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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004What do you drink?
Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea too. I never drank just plain water. Now, I can't have juice (too much sugar). Diet Pop really should be off the menu too though I do have at least one a day (usually Diet/caff. free Mt. Dew). Tea has caffeine. I do drink water, but it is so plain and I get tired of it real easy. What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY kind. Thanks in advance, Peggy 197/173/150 > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 197/173/150 I have heard mention on here of Crystal Light, and Fruit 2 O. Occasionally I add to my water some stuff called RealLemon, which is concentrated lemon juice. I seem to remember making Kool Aid as a kid, and having to add your own sugar. I guess you could do that but add Splenda instead, right? I drink diet sodas about twice a week or so, they don't bother me.  SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 197/173/150 Before I started this WOE I made hubby mad numerous times calling him at work to tell him to bring hom Diet Coke. I would drink a three liter a day, when they had three liters, all by myself. Hubby had some medical problems and the Dr told him to switch to Caffeine Free drinks. So now we get Caffeine Free Diet Coke. The wonder of all wonders is that I have maybe two glasses a week now. Yes, a week! If that. My mainstay in the drinks department is now flavored waters and good old filtered water from the tap. I never leave home without my flavored water and it's become an inside joke between me and my friends and family. I never was much for fruit or fruit juice but I have noticed that I get cravings for pears or a good glass of orange juice once in a while. SignatureKelly 270/213.5/3.5 lbs for March/Goal Weight 140 44 inches Start Date: April 21, 2003 March Challenge Weight: 210 >> Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would >> drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> Thanks in advance, >> Peggy Flavored waters and flavored seltzers. Coffe, tea. You could go the diet soda route. Diet Rite uses splenda, i think Fruit2O and some Arizona Iced Teas do now. ALl other will use Nutrasweet. These could be triggers for craving carbs. Even if the biology of the carb isn't there it is sweet and we can react just like when consuming sugars. (Pavlov's dog didn't need food in it's mouth to make him salivate as if it were already there) After the first bad week--with headaches from giving up caffeine also--my desires for something else to drink reduced drastically. At first it was a BIG issue. By, i dunno, 3rd/4th week I just forgot about other drinks. I don't think about options other than water much. Certain meals trigger habits. Breakfast makes me want orange juice or a fresh fruit mix (canteloupe/honeydew/grape/oranges/strwabery). Anything chocolate flavored makes me want milk--which i loved and drank every day. And some mornings I would just like milk for a breakfast(no food). Now I use Hood's Carb Countdown "Milk" which is nice since I can also have some All-Bran cereal as a breakfast. Since having it in the house I do look forward to it more... a warning to me mentally. Tropicana is coming out with Light-N-Healthy, which is 17carbs/cup. A half cup of orange juice on some mornings looks do-able. >> 197/173/150 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Caffeine Free Diet Coke. The wonder of all wonders is that I have maybe two >glasses a week now. Yes, a week! If that. That's my experience. I estimate I drank up to 1200 cals a day in glorified sugar waters. I hated diet colas because nutrasweet tastes nasty. I used induction to break any sugar or caffeine addictions. Just water. I don't like seltzer(though I've tried). No coffee or teas either. My first non-water drink was on day 28. I bought Diet Rite to try. I opened the 2 litre on Day 28 and finished it on Day 55 (4 weeks later, very flat). My brother showed up the next day and drank 3/4 of a new 2-litre that day. LOL. >My mainstay in the drinks >department is now flavored waters and good old filtered water from the tap. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I never was much for fruit or fruit juice but I have noticed that I get >cravings for pears or a good glass of orange juice once in a while. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) 350/319/Mar-315/200 Atkins since Jan 12, 2004 > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. I drink lots of water, a couple of cups of tea a day and vodka and diet tonic in the evening. Arizona Diet Green Iced Tea is made with sucralose and has VERY little caffeine. It's what I drink when I want something cold, liquid and sweet. Otherwise, I chug water like it's a chore, and occasionally squirt some lemon or lime juice and a dash of Splenda into it. Quick lemonade, almost as easy as popping a can of diet soda and satisfies the sweet-drink urge. Or make up big pitchers of iced herbal tea (no caff) and sweeten it with something safe. (Must get some liquid Splenda. Stupid maltodextrin.) Piedlourde My husband home roasts our own coffee beans, and I drink the resulting coffee. (For those who have never experienced such nirvana, ANY coffee you have ever drank in your life just is a different species of drink, seriously). I drink it either black or with cream (no sweetener). Water of course. Sometimes I drink mint, camomile, or Red Rose tea. But the coffee and water is daily. CM > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. Lately I've been adding low-calorie lime concentrate to my water, which is very nice. I make it way weaker than the instructions say, otherwise it catches in my throat and tastes overpowering (I use about 1/8 instead of the 1/5 ratio they suggest). Rachel (New Zealand) I drink water, decaf and sometimes milk. I know milk isn't low carb, but I am at a low weight and workout and feel milk is good for me. Curt SignatureStarted low carb May '03 211/183/180 . . 6'2" 15.78% BF Age 38 Highest weight 250 5+ years ago > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 197/173/150 >What can I drink? Water. Water. And more water. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/223/140 & hubby- 310/244/180 newsong80@yahoo.com (Peggy) wrote in news:185172c0.0403111410.6c543681 @posting.google.com: > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. Have you tried flavored seltzers? They have no sugar; be careful not to pick up a flavored carbonated water or something called 'New York Seltzer' which has sugar. The flavor is subtle compared to fruit juice, but it's there. I like the lime and berry ones. I exist mostly on water and wine, and maybe a cup of coffee per week. Cate Squirt or two of lemon juice in my water. Now that I have sweetzfree, I put a drop (or two in a big glass) with the lemon juice. Yum :-) > newsong80@yahoo.com (Peggy) wrote in news:185172c0.0403111410.6c543681 > @posting.google.com: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Cate > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea > too. I never drank just plain water. we get free sodas at work, so i drink diet whatever flavor i feel like at the moment. i make sure to down a glass of water each time i go for another soda. i try to stay caffeine free, so diet sprite, diet root beer, and (my favorite) fresca. at home i drink diet lemon nestea (unless i'm feeling really motivated, then i make my own peach ginger iced tea), crystal light, and water. and when i go to coffee (yes, this is part of my routine), i get an americano, hot or iced, sometimes with a sugar free flavor, with a splash of cream. i'm still waiting for someone to come out with a sugar free milkshake. :-) -kelly > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. How long have you been on LC? I only ask because I have read that some people who start out not liking water grow to like it after a time. This may be because they are genuinely thirsty, and for some people water is really the only thing satisfying when one is thirsty. Anything flavored just makes one thirstier. I have never had a problem drinking water - good, slightly cold water tastes absolutely fine to me, and since I've been on low-carb for a few months I have rarely wanted anything else. But occasionally I will take a glass of water, either regular or sparkling, and stir in a tiny bit of lemon juice and Splenda. It takes about a teaspoon of lemon juice and maybe a quarter packet of Splenda to turn a 12 oz. glass of water into a nice glass of lemonade. carla >What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY >kind. Sugar-free TANG is pretty close to orange juice (and I never drank regular TANG). It's sweetened with aspartame, but I personally don't believe the occasional exposure to that ingredient would be disasterous. I used to hate the taste of water, bottled water specifically...but my tap water tastes great, and now I can drink up to 3L a day... Along with this, coffee with cinnamon (on the grinds in the machine, this is so good) and caffiene free diet coke once in a while... I n Canada the only pop we've got with Splenda is orange and pink Crush....which gets old quick...it's alright mixed with vanilla low carb shakes though...:) Heather > >What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > >kind. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > believe the occasional exposure to that ingredient would be > disasterous. > Now, I can't have juice (too much sugar). Diet Pop really should be > off the menu too though I do have at least one a day (usually [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. I drink mostly water. I usually have about 2 cups of decaf coffe a day. I also drink tea and have a vast collection of decaf herbal teas. It's been very warm over this last week and I've had some Diet Rite cola (with Splenda). The lemons on my Meyer lemon tree are ripe right now, so I've also had some lemonade, although I limit that to about 1.5 cups/day due to carbs. You might try some Celestial Seasonings teas. Their Lemon Zinger and Red Zinger teas make EXCELLENT caffeine-free iced tea, as do many other flavors. SignatureSaffire 205/166/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 MMMM. Meyer lemons made into lemonaide. Heaven Saffy. SignatureBear Grrrrrrrrrrrr :o) 297/264.5/210 http://home.earthlink.net/~polarbear50/ > > Now, I can't have juice (too much sugar). Diet Pop really should be > > off the menu too though I do have at least one a day (usually [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > You might try some Celestial Seasonings teas. Their Lemon Zinger and Red Zinger > teas make EXCELLENT caffeine-free iced tea, as do many other flavors. > MMMM. Meyer lemons made into lemonaide. Heaven Saffy. You bet! They smell so heavenly that sometimes I'll take one into the house and slice it up just because it smells so divine :-) SignatureSaffire 205/166/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 They do smell wonderful. Sometimes one of the seniors brings in a huge bag from her tree. Just having a bowl of them in the room makes the whole room smell grrrrrrrrrrrreat. SignatureBear Grrrrrrrrrrrr :o) 297/264.5/210 http://home.earthlink.net/~polarbear50/ > > MMMM. Meyer lemons made into lemonaide. Heaven Saffy. > > You bet! They smell so heavenly that sometimes I'll take one into the house and > slice it up just because it smells so divine :-) Vodka SignatureBear Grrrrrrrrrrrr :o) 297/264.5/210 http://home.earthlink.net/~polarbear50/ > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 197/173/150 > Vodka Scotch when I am having a cocktail. Diet soda when I crave something fruity tasting. Tea, either with cream and splenda, or just plain with nothing in it. Bottled water the rest of the time. SignatureEvelyn (To reply to me personally, remove sox) > > Vodka > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > (To reply to me personally, remove sox) Well for dinner I drink a big, healthy red wine. Something like a big Cali Zin. <1 carb. For an aperitif, I drink 1 martini. with Vodka, again < 1 gram carbs. The Atkins way of thinking is that alcohol assimilates much like carbos. I have not found this to be the case. Went from 168 to 140 and have kept t the weight off even during the holidays. Rich > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. i drink water 99% of the time. on the very few occasions that i've craved something sweet to drink, i've mixed sf torani syrup with mineral water. you could try sprucing your plain water up with some lemon and cucumber slices (best served over ice). it's just about one of the tastiest things i've ever had in my life, and it's very refreshing. it might just hit the spot. > you could try sprucing your plain water up with some lemon and cucumber > slices (best served over ice). it's just about one of the tastiest > things i've ever had in my life, and it's very refreshing. it might > just hit the spot. Cucumber slices? Hmmm, will have to try it. Do you eat the cucumber? Marsha/Ohio > > you could try sprucing your plain water up with some lemon and cucumber > > slices (best served over ice). it's just about one of the tastiest [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Cucumber slices? Hmmm, will have to try it. Do you eat the > cucumber? nope, just toss the cuke slices and some lemon slices into your ewer of ice water, let 'em perk for a few minutes and then guzzle. it's amazing how good it is. let me know if you like it! >Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would >drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Diet/caff. free Mt. Dew). Tea has caffeine. I do drink water, but it >is so plain and I get tired of it real easy. ...ummm more water?..maybe try it at different temperatures? <g> nah,, seriously. something I tried once (till I got lazy) was squeezing fresh limes,oranges,lemons or grapefruit and mixxing just enough juice with a glass of soda water to get the taste. it worked for me with nil effect. yes, tea does have tannins and caffeine but I suspect no where near what coffee has of same. 1 sm. cup of coffee per day maybe,, and as much tea as I need - usually around 2.5 pints - and I am set. oo Roo I drink mainly water, no coffee or tea, etc. whatsoever. But, every now and then, about once a week to ten days, I will drink a Diet Rite cola with one of my meals. Best Wishes; Marty >I drink mainly water, no coffee or tea, etc. whatsoever. But, every now >and then, about once a week to ten days, I will drink a Diet Rite cola >with one of my meals. >Best Wishes; Marty hi there marty,, IC ur still hanging in there..well done :- ) MM "The central problem with the concept of the 'Axis of Evil' is that it involves an assumption that the US is the 'fulcrum of virtue'." Bob Hawke hi there marty,, IC ur still hanging in there..well done :- ) -------------------------------- Thanks MM. I'm as of today, I'm down 78lbs., with only 4 more to go! Whew, I gotta say though it's been a trip to beat all trips, both physically and psychologically. But I'm in for the long haul, good or bad. Best Wishes To All; Marty > hi there marty,, IC ur still hanging in there..well done :- ) > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > physically and psychologically. > But I'm in for the long haul, good or bad. Best Wishes To All; Marty Wow! Congrats to you for 78 lbs!! Thanks for all the great drink suggestions. To the one that asked me how long I've been LC-ing, it's been 20 months now...and I STILL hate water. hehe. Peggy Wow! Congrats to you for 78 lbs!! Thanks for all the great drink suggestions. To the one that asked me how long I've been LC-ing, it's been 20 months now...and I STILL hate water. hehe. -------------------------------- Thanks, Peggy. It's only been about 7 and a half months for me, and I just love water, so the "what to drink" question never really was an issue for me. I did give up my coffee (4 cups a day) and my beloved Pepsi (40 oz. a day) though. : -( Best of Luck; Marty I mostly drink coffee and water. Sometimes Crystal Light or diet soda, but mostly coffee and water. Sometimes breakfast is a protein powder shake, thus drinkable, but that's more in the "food" category than the "beverage" category for me. An occassional treat... diet root beer over ice with a splash of heavy cream - it tastes like a root beer float. Similar thing done with diet orange soda tastes like a creamsicle. These are more "desserts" than beverages though. Oceans of water, flavored with a little vanilla (my urine has practically no color at all) One can of diet soda per day. If I'm thirsty for milk, I'll take a glug (about a tablespoon) of heavy cream, just for the flavor. I plan on introducing Carb Countdown dairy beverage soon. If choosing betwen low-carb bread and low-carb milk, I'll take the milk any day. And it's much lower in carbs than the bread, to boot! That's about it, unless you count the occasional Atkins or Keto shake (the powdered variety for breakfast. Carol, the fit and trim person who is temporarily wearing a fat suit Signature227/220.5/150 (mini-goal, One-derland) Low Carb (again) since March 12, 2004 Type 2 Diabetic since May 15, 2001 This is what backsliding does: http://photos.yahoo.com/carol_arie Decaf Coffee all day Diet Tonic with Ice and a slice of lemon all evening - the next best thing to wine of gin & tonic Tony water and some FF milk. i > Decaf Coffee all day > Diet Tonic with Ice and a slice of lemon all evening - the next best > thing to wine of gin & tonic > > Tony > Decaf Coffee all day > Diet Tonic with Ice and a slice of lemon all evening - the next best > thing to wine of gin & tonic Errr that was wine OR gin & tonic. you knew that didn't you :) Tony Hola, My Top 10 drinks in order of preference and "drinkage". One is the most I drink, 10 the least. 1. water 2. milk (low carb and/or regular), dairy products (yogur, cream) 3. LC orange juice (Tropicana) 4. Iced Tea (unsweeted), other teas 5. Diet sodas 6. Puertorrican Rums (Don Q, El Barrilito, Bacardi) 7. Coffee 8. Crystal Light 9. Other alcoholic beverages (spirits mainly, I do not like beer) 10. Any high carb beverage that I crave (not frequently, though) Yazaira Member since Oct 03 265/228/154 http://geocities.com/yazaira/dieta/ | Yazaira | Member since Oct 03 | 265/228/154 | http://geocities.com/yazaira/dieta/ you have a great website, with terrific progress pictures! i love your haircut too! rosie Rosie, Muchas Gracias! Yazaira > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. You can drink water. i > Thanks in advance, > Peggy > > 197/173/150 I drink the Fruit20's.....they come in 4 different flavors and are fruity.....sweetened by Splenda......try the Berry Relaxing. It has the best flavor. Vickie > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 197/173/150 We used to enjoy hot chocolate on a cold winter's day, but now Thing One and Thing Two just pop a big blob of Crisco into a mug and microwave it for a tasty hot beverage. Thing One likes it with a dash of Splenda and some sugar-free Cool Whip on top, and Thing Two likes it plain cuz the Cool Whip clashes with her BBQ pork rinds. Yum! Happy lo-carbbing to you! :) > Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would > drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 197/173/150 Yup. I lived on juice. Think of all those carbs! Now I drink Fruit 2O, Crystal Light (not a lot of that because of the Aspartame; the bottles are actually made with Splenda, but I don't like the bottled stuff so much), Light Ocean Spray beverages (which are still pretty high-carb, so I will usually dilute them, the amount varying depending on how many g of carbs I can afford), and Fruit Refreshers (I love the cranberry one, but they are made with Aspartame, alas). I loved the Ice Botanicals, but they seem to have disappeared (some contain tea, so beware). MinuteMaid is venturing into the lowER-carb realm, but is still to high for me. I have just seen their Light & Healthy Orange Juice (or is it Orange Beverage) but have heard of some lime drink too, which would imply they also have lemonade. Since I would have to dilute the OJ (etc.?) A LOT, and it only comes in half gallons, I would end up throwing out most of it, so I have not tried it. SignatureJean B. > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > kind. At my local Trader Joes, they carry Smucker's juice drink which is made with Splenda. They have a few varieties... Cranberry, Cranberry-Raspberry, Grape, and Grapefruit. The cranberry has 5g of carbs (3g sugar) per cup, which isn't bad at all. You can even dilute it with water. don't forget the old stand by, crystal light, and if you can't get that you could always make Kool-Aid with splenda "> > What can I drink? Sometimes I long for a big glass of juice...ANY > > kind. > > At my local Trader Joes, they carry Smucker's juice drink which is made with > Splenda. They have a few varieties... Cranberry, Cranberry-Raspberry, > Grape, and Grapefruit. The cranberry has 5g of carbs (3g sugar) per cup, > which isn't bad at all. You can even dilute it with water. Can't you get juice without any extra sweet? At an organic food store? I thought even regular supermarkets had it. What about getting fresh fruit and juicing it yoursefl? Or run it through a blender and get the fiber too. Skinny -- pre-diab hypo -------------------- >don't forget the old stand by, crystal light, and if you can't get that you >could always make Kool-Aid with splenda [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Grape, and Grapefruit. The cranberry has 5g of carbs (3g sugar) per cup, >> which isn't bad at all. You can even dilute it with water. > Can't you get juice without any extra sweet? At an organic food store? I > thought even regular supermarkets had it. > > What about getting fresh fruit and juicing it yoursefl? Or run it > through a blender and get the fiber too. Fruit juice is quite carby! I should know, since I used to drink A LOT of it. Now I sometimes have maybe a quarter of a cup of real cranberry juice diluted with something that is zero carbs. As for, say, citrus fruits, it is better to eat some of the fruit than it is to juice it. For one thing, you need a lot of fruit to make a decent amount of juice--much more than one would normally eat. SignatureJean B. I find that something acid is as good as juice. Even plain seltzer water is almost as good. Lots of herb teas, some might even be good for you. :-) I make a drink of yoghurt, water, and half and half, sometimes with sour cream or fresh cream. I make the basic mix and then put in more or less water in the cup, maybe add sweetener or whatever. Skinny -- pre-diab hypo -------------------------- >Before LC life I drank juice most of the time. Occasionally I would >drink Slice, Mt Dew...or any other lemon/lime kind of pop. I liked tea [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >197/173/150 |
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