How many soda's do you drink in a week?

@jillhill (37354)
United States
May 14, 2008 5:37pm CST
I know I drink too much and I am in the process of trying to cut back and drink more water. I drink a 12 pack about every three days....sometimes four. How much soda do you drink?
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
15 May 08
I seldom will drink a soda - perhaps 2 cans in a month. now if those were seltzer waters I could go through as many as you with no difficulties.
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
ah....we all have our downfalls! LOL
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@brimia (6581)
• United States
15 May 08
I stopped drinking soft drinks a couple of years ago. There was a time when I drank a couple a day. A friend got me hooked on diet Pepsi for a while. Nowadays it's just water, tea, or naturally flavored mineral water for me.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
That's good!
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
15 May 08
It varies from week to week. Last week I drank a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi in about 3 days. This week I am not drinking any soda at all. Have Crystal Light in here with me tonight and also a bottle of water. I use to drink alot of regular soda and packed on a few pounds. The scale scared me so I cut way back and the weight dropped off. I try to load up on water since it's much healthier.
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
I did that last night too.....drank crystal light while I was on the puter.....I like water too but drink it almost all day. Thanks for sharing Carol!
@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
15 May 08
I dont drink soda very often as it upsets my poor sensitive tummy. I will have one once and awhile like a rootbeer float fotta have those yummy.
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• United States
15 May 08
Other than the peeing non stop and the braxton hicks contractions im doing just fine thanks.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
And how are you feeling these day? Hope everything is going good!
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@AmbiePam (92864)
• United States
15 May 08
I've cut back to one a day. I refuse to give it up entirely because I'm not going to deny myself completely. It would just tempt me to cheat. I drink about 10 8oz. glases of water a day, so I know I get enough of that. For every soda I drink, I like to drink two times more water than what the soda was.
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
THat's good...water is so very good for you!
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• United States
15 May 08
I drink soda on a very rare occasion...and that is only recently. I actually went about 6 months with none at all. I used to drink 2-3 a day. Now, I drink water instead.
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
You go girl!
• India
15 May 08
Well, I don't drink too much soda. I drink one or two bottle in a week and that is too much I think . Thanks !!!
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
That's not much at all! Thanks for posting!
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• United States
14 May 08
I know I drink a lot more than I should. When I'm at school, I usually don't drink as much as I do when I am home. When I am at school, I drink a lot of different things, water, soda, gatorade, sometimes some juices. When I am home, I don't have access to a lot of things so I just end up drinking whatever I can get ahold of. And usually that tends to be soda. However I am trying to cut back at home and start drinking other things.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
14 May 08
It's hard when you are used to drinking them too...nothing else tastes as good! LOL
• United States
14 May 08
I know! That's definitely my problem, and the fact that soda is loaded with caffeine. I need it, and I really hate that I need it too.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
24 Jun 08
12packs of soda every three days?? wow. that's too much jill! i don't make it a habit to drink soda because i don't want the calories! i try to stay away from it. the only time i drink soda is when i'm in fastfood chains or when there's no available clean drinking water (like when i was working as a community organizer and we went to this remote place where the water they drink is from a dug up well, i couldn't drink the water because even if i close my eyes, i still can see those small whitish stuff floating in it. ^.^ so i had no choice but buy and drink soda.)
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
24 Jun 08
Ah! Water is better for you unless like you say you just can't drink it!
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
26 Jul 08
Wow, that is a lot of sodas. I don't drink many any more but I used to at one time in my life. I used to drink diet coke and I used to drink about 2 or 3 a day and I thought that was too much. But you are drinking about 4 a day. That is a lot. The reason I quit drinking so much of it is because I read an article about the aspertain in it being so bad for me and I had so many of the symptons of aspertain overdose that it really scared me. Now I only drink regular coke and since it has sugar in it, it has a lot of calories and since I am dieting I don;t want all those calories, so I have really cut back and I now drink water instead. It took some getting used to, drinking water, but now I have no problem with it. So now I may have one or two cans of coke, per week. And some of the symptons I had are gone now and I feel better for not drinking the diet cokes.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
26 Jul 08
What are some of the symptons?
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
26 Jul 08
Wow..it really packs a punch doesn't it?
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
26 Jul 08
One is ringing in my ears. Another is tiredness and weakness, fatigue basically. Another is headaches. Blurred vision. Strong urine. Low blood pressure. Poor circulation of blood. Cramps in feet and legs. Cold feet. General tiredness and fatigue, basically. There are more but I can't think of them right now, as it has been a few months since I read about it.
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
9 Jun 08
I drink at least one can of pop a day.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
9 Jun 08
That's not too bad!
@wiser2 (237)
• United States
15 May 08
I do not drink sodas but my husband drinks a lot not as much has he but alot,he is now doing the water thing.I drink ice tea or water4
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
15 May 08
For some reason I just can't get the taste for iced tea. I am sure it's better for you then soda all the time!
@wiser2 (237)
• United States
16 May 08
Even my grandskids do not have soda.There mother says no way
• Malaysia
6 Jun 08
I often drink soda because soda is not good to our health.You drink so much soda ,you don't scared you have diabetes because drink so much soda .And inside the soda have so many sugar...So,my advice is not to drink so much soda...Ok?
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
9 Jun 08
I am trying to cut down!
@thestar (304)
• Egypt
26 Jul 08
wow 12 packs this very big number of packs i only could get one or two every day i could even don't get it some days . i like to drink water more than soda cause i know that i don't have to drink a lot of soda i think this is not healthy so i keep my self away of it as much as i could resist lol good luck my friend and i hope you get lose of this addiction very fast .
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
26 Jul 08
Thats a good thing for you!!!!
• United States
17 May 08
I only drink soda so I haven't stopped to count.I will never drink water so I will stay with the soda.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
17 May 08
I prefer it myself.
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• Singapore
31 May 08
Nah, I am not a soda kind of person. I seldom drink soda. Usually I drink it only if it comes in a fast food set meal. I rather drink water, coffee and tea.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
9 Jun 08
Cool!
19 May 08
there was a time when i was practically living on soda...and my mum had told me that i'm bound to get diabetes and they had to cut my legs off. that got me scared...
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
9 Jun 08
That would make me scared too!
• Philippines
16 May 08
I am what you can say addicted to soda. Guilty as charged. I can't last a day without one (i like to think that). I drink soda after every meal and every once in a while if I feel thirsty. I don't know if its psychological but water is not enough to quench my thirst.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
17 May 08
I think we do get addicted to the flavor and then crave it. I drink too much I know....oh well....
• Philippines
19 May 08
i used to drink 4 cans in a day of coke light. i started getting sick so i started shifting to juices and water.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
9 Jun 08
Good for you!
@ml2blog (414)
• United States
31 May 08
I love drinking soda before when I was in high school. But after I went to college, I gained the facts about soda through health lesson. From that on, I don't drink soda less than before. I do love soda but don't drink it much because drinking soda can only make you unhealthy. I want my body healthy, so I control the amount of soda intake.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
9 Jun 08
Good for you!