Soda - Bad

Are you a soda junkie? Can’t get through the morning without at least one 20-ounce bottle of your favorite soda?

Well, I’m here to tell ya, that soda can really pack on the pounds.

First, some background on calories.

In order to lose a pound of body fat, you need to burn 3500 calories under your maintenance calorie level. The same goes for gaining a pound of fat too. Take in 3500 calories more than what your body needs to maintain your weight, and you’ll put on a pound of fat.

So let’s look at how soda affects this.

Take regular Coca-Cola Classic. There are 242.5 calories in one 20-ounce bottle.

Let’s say that you only drink one bottle a day. What that means is that if you were to stop drinking it, and didn’t make any other changes to your lifestyle, in the course of 26 weeks (6 months), you would be taking in 44135 less calories than if you kept drinking that one coca-cola a day. That means you would lose roughly 12 ½ pounds during that time period. And that’s only if you’re drinking one a day!

Addicted to Mountain Dew? Mountain Dew has 275 calories in one 20-ounce bottle. If you were just drinking one a day and decided to stop drinking it cold turkey and no other changes to your lifestyle, within 6 months you would lose over 14 pounds.

So if you’re addicted to regular soda, start pulling yourself off of it and the weight WILL start to come off.

But what do you drink in place of soda? Simple. Water. No calories, no added sodium, no man-made ingredients. And your body will love you for it.