That's one of the ways I got to where I had been(481lbs - now I estimate at
one point I was over 500lbs)... It was nothing for me to down a 2 liter of
Dr. Pepper in one sitting, usually downed a couple in a day...

I love carbonation, so now I get my fix from low-sodium carbonated water
(lemon lime Canada Dry is my favorite)...

Matty
481/303/241
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04
Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/05
Third mini goal - 300lbs (or 181lbs lost) by 09/30/05

Wasn't there an article out recently that discussed that pop (or soda)
use many other sweetners in addition to sugar.

I had been until I gave them up long ago. I've recently given up diet soda
as well.
Now I drink nothing but water or green tea.

Fortunately pop has never been a problem for me. I had a lot of kidney
problems as a child and my mom just didn't allow it in the house. We drank
tea lots of tea and still do. But water is my drank of choose. A friend of
mine drank 2 to 3 liters a day he was a truck driver he weighed around 380
and he got really sick . Doctors told him it was the pop the carbonation was
actually eating at his bones and causing his kidney's to shut down. I got him
hooked on tea no sugar just lemon. And he lost 60 pds in 6 mths. without
changing his diet much at all.
Even if you dont have a weight problem pop is just one of the most unhealthy
things you can put in your body.
I am guilty of 1 or 2 cans of diet coke per week at times. I have a 30 pack I
bought back in june and its not 1/2 gone yet and my daught has drank most of
those.

Lori