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RWB

Thank God for Blue Monsters

7,356 Posts

15 Aug 2006, 2:06am

I know Tea is good for you... but in order to get over my Soda addiction I am drinking nothing but Tea becuase water is just plain GROSS. I mean a full LARGE pitcher a day of Tea. Lipton Cool Brew Tea. I add a bit of splenda and have been drinking it like mad to stop drinking soda. Frankly I have drank so much soda it's become noticible in howmuch weight gain I have.. and I drank alot before. :P

So I am stopping, even trying to lower the amount of splenda I take, and sometimes just drinking the tea without sweetener. I don't use that much splenda though, I've heard some stories about it.

Just curious... I know too much much of anything is bad, I figure this is better than the soda thing either way. But man I am pissing like an old man... who... pisses alot. Or something

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Black Hawk

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15 Aug 2006, 2:18am

Anything in excess is bad. Try drinking some juice. There's apple, orange, grape, lemon. Hell! Make some of your own. Juicers are pretty good.

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Thrax

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15 Aug 2006, 2:21am

Lipton tea is pretty much the ass end of the tea quality scale. Some very healthy teas include chai (Without any dairy additives) and green tea. However, tea has caffeine in it, which is a diuretic, which means you're going to be expelling more water when you piss. You need to drink more water in a rate of 2:1 tea:water.

Try diet sodas, too. It took me 3-4 years to find ones I like, but I swear by Diet Pepsi, A&W Rootbeer and Diet Dr Pepper. Despite the claims of aspartame causing cancer, the FDA hasn't been able to even remotely verify those claims in 35 years. I'll let you know if I die from it.

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Leonardo

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15 Aug 2006, 2:43am

An easy drink to fix, which is healthy, tasty, and inexpensive is lemonade. Either squeeze lemons or purchase lemon juice in the bottle, mix the juice with water, and add the sweetener of your choice. If you use artificial sweetener, then you don't even need to think about the calories.

The Crystal Lite beverages (powdered concentrate) are also very good and inexpensive.

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RWB

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15 Aug 2006, 2:56am

Quoting Thrax

Lipton tea is pretty much the ass end of the tea quality scale. Some very healthy teas include chai (Without any dairy additives) and green tea. However, tea has caffeine in it, which is a diuretic, which means you're going to be expelling more water when you piss. You need to drink more water in a rate of 2:1 tea:water.

Try diet sodas, too. It took me 3-4 years to find ones I like, but I swear by Diet Pepsi, A&W Rootbeer and Diet Dr Pepper. Despite the claims of aspartame causing cancer, the FDA hasn't been able to even remotely verify those claims in 35 years. I'll let you know if I die from it.

All expencive and I am trying to stay away from cokes, even diet ones.

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Thrax

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15 Aug 2006, 3:05am

Aside from price.. Why?

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airbornflght

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15 Aug 2006, 3:25am

I dont even drink pop anymore, I drink a lot of crystal light, it is really good (lemonade flavor) and it is at lest 98% water, because you might put a table spoon of powder(mix) to a half gallon of water.

I drink a little bit of pop, but maybe a pop once a month, I just dont care for it really.

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RWB

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15 Aug 2006, 3:29am

Soda's are just not very healthy, I am eating healthier now and just working my way up... Soda's have sodium and stuff, amoungst other things that slow down the metabolism. Besides, Dr Pepper is the best and going to Coke Zero is not a small downgrade :P

I do buy the expencive teas as well... without caffine, I like green tea, and it has a strong enough taste that drinking without sweetener is actually preferable.. But Lipton is so much cheaper and ever since I have begun drinking so much tea... well my piss is clear instead of dark yellow and stinky LOL TMI, I know.... but funny imho :P

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Nightwolf

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15 Aug 2006, 3:34am

I buy my tea at the wall mart, they sell tea by the gallon and its not expensive.

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Thrax

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15 Aug 2006, 3:41am

Quoting Nightwolf

I buy my tea at the wall mart, they sell tea by the gallon and its not expensive.

You live in Kansas. The only thing you have is Wal*Mart.

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Nightwolf

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15 Aug 2006, 4:20am

Quoting Thrax

You live in Kansas. The only thing you have is Wal*Mart.

Hey buddy, according to CNN we're the 13th best place in the U.S. to live, we got a target too.....

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Thrax

Cad

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15 Aug 2006, 4:21am

Ziiiiing.

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sfleuriet

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15 Aug 2006, 5:00am

Limeade!!!

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Nomad

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15 Aug 2006, 6:12am

Quoting Nightwolf

Hey buddy, according to CNN we're the 13th best place in the U.S. to live, we got a target too.....

You're 13th best place to live because you're not a terrorist target?

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Leonardo

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15 Aug 2006, 7:25am

I think we've hijacked this thread enough. Poor RWB is probably already drinking a liter of full strength sugary Coke out of frustration!

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airbornflght

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15 Aug 2006, 8:03am

I thought enid would be a safe place to be, but since we are the #1 training base....yeh, we have a big target.

anyway, I dont care for tea, but crystal light keeps my pee clear

I just dont care for pop, I dont really know why, Id rather have water or something like that.

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bothered

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15 Aug 2006, 9:35am

Quoting Thrax

tea has caffeine in it, which is a diuretic, which means you're going to be expelling more water when you piss.

Tea, is there nothing it can't do?

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Thrax

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15 Aug 2006, 12:33pm

As far as I am aware, no. Tea, I'm sure, is the UK equivalent of PHI.

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airbornflght

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15 Aug 2006, 5:02pm

Quoting bothered

Tea, is there nothing it can't do?

The laundry?

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RADA

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15 Aug 2006, 5:46pm

RWB,

Good job on reducing your soda intake, it is really bad for us, even the diet kind. When Amanda and I do drink soda, it's either Pepsi One / Coke Zero, or Diet Dr Pepper. We still try to limit our intake to one or two (cans) per day, which is an accomplishment for me. Just a year or so ago, it was nothing for me to polish off a 3 LITER of regular Pepsi during a marathon gaming, or paper writing session.

Thrax is right, you can actually dehydrate yourself from drinking tea, and soda.

I get sick of water too, I just add a splash of lemon or lime juice to make it more palatetable. You can make one batch of tea a little weaker than normal to reduce the diuretic effects. Adding a lot of ice can help to.

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RADA edited : 15 Aug 2006 at 6:01pm .

Winga

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15 Aug 2006, 6:25pm

Try see if you can get hold of some Rooibos Tea. It's exceptionally healthy and is good for all sorts of ailments. Great for dieting too. It contains no colors, additives or preservatives and no caffeine.

I normally put a few bags in a pot and boil it on the stove to draw maximum flavour. The Brits in the forums will brobably shoot me to learn I boil the tea to death, but Rooibos is a very different tea to the Ceylon variety.

You can have it with a slice of lemon or honey or add milk and sugar like I normally have it. It's best when hot, but you can have it cold liked iced tea.
It has a kinda wild taste that takes getting used to initially, but it definitely grows on you

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RWB

Thank God for Blue Monsters

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15 Aug 2006, 6:39pm

I tried the water and lemon thing... I'll just stick with Tea and see how it goes :P Dehydration from soda or dehydration from tea... I choose tea. I actually like it alot more, but a soda is nice to have from time to time. Same as alcohol.

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Nomad

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15 Aug 2006, 7:18pm

A year ago it wasn't uncommon for me to drin, five or six cans of Coke a day. I've been caffeine/pop free for a year now. I lost fifteen pounds in about a month after quitting pop. Ignore the enormous headache of when you first quit.

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RWB

Thank God for Blue Monsters

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15 Aug 2006, 7:24pm

Never got a headache as some peple say.... I've quit before, several times for a month to a couple months at a time... then go back to drinking a 12 pack every couple days... no headaches. But it's hard to say becuase of a neck injury I have that cuases a massive headache when I accidently pop my neck... dunno why that happens sense the xrays and everything look normal but it started after a car accident I was in back in highschool... and it only happens after poping the neck or high upper back.

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V|P

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15 Aug 2006, 7:35pm

I'm trying to quit soda to. I've been drinking Nestea Iced Tea lately, and I know it's not that much of an improvement, but were getting somewhere. I have to try this crystal lite stuff. Anyway, I can't help having soda when everone else around me is having some, and when we have foods like Pizza and stuff where you just sort of need soda.

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