Post #124,861
11/9/03 11:24:59 PM
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Shocking admission
Since I got injured - I've fallen into depravity. Now I have to confess...
I prefer Dr. Pepper to beer!
Oh LORD what can I do? I'm addicted! A twelver every other day and I CAN'T STOP! The more I code, the worse it gets - Mother of GOD help me!
-drl
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Post #124,862
11/9/03 11:26:46 PM
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Dr. Pepper
just whatever you do, make sure that you can burp. If you can't, you will have major gas problems. 12 cans a day is a lot, unless you meant a twelver as a 12 ounce can. The extra Caffine will also make you jumpy.
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Post #124,872
11/10/03 12:03:53 AM
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Join. The. Club. (only mine is Diet Coke)
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Post #124,949
11/10/03 1:37:33 PM
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Re: Join. The. Club. (only mine is Diet Coke)
Mine is Pepsi, but I also have really cut down. Now I usually have four cans a day, maximum, except when I have to drive late at night.
Two are regular and two are caffiene free. Plus I've been balancing my diet so well that the sugar intake isn't extreme anymore, AND, I water the pepsi down by drinking it with ice over a long period of time, I don't guzzle a can anymore, well rarely, anyway.
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Post #124,950
11/10/03 1:42:10 PM
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Pepsi /shudder
'specially Diet Pepsi.
I'll take Diet Lemon Coke, then Diet Coke, then Diet Dr. Pepper, lastly water.
At home I only drink the caffeine free diet 'cuz wife has reaction to caffeine.
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever."
1 Peter 1:24-25
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Post #124,951
11/10/03 1:42:30 PM
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Re: Pepsi /shudder
I can't handle any diet soda, and I don't need to diet anyway. :)
Nightowl >8#
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Post #124,968
11/10/03 4:38:32 PM
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Re: Pepsi /shudder
My kinda girl :)
-drl
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Post #124,963
11/10/03 4:15:22 PM
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tried diet Vanilla Coke?
That's replaced diet DP as my beverage of choice. The vanilla flavor kills the diet coke aftertaste.
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Post #124,969
11/10/03 4:42:55 PM
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Diet Cherry Coke is better....
My current favorite. But, at the office, the CEO we got rid on 10/31 was a big Diet Dr. Pepper fan, so we've got to drink off a couple of cases of DDP before we get to reorder.
Maybe, when we reorder, I'll request some Diet Cherry Coke.
Glen Austin
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Post #124,971
11/10/03 5:12:10 PM
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Re: Diet Cherry Coke is better....
I can't believe so many people swill down rat poison - saccharine or Nutra-Sweet or whatever that foul chemical is - without flinching. Surely a few grams of corn syrup is better for you than mystery chemistry.
-drl
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Post #125,063
11/11/03 6:21:18 AM
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I don't like Diet Coke, myself.
I just don't like the taste. But I also don't have artificial sweetener. Or fat-reduced milk. Or salt-free butter. Or decaf, except in the extremely rare circumstance that I want a cup of coffee after 9pm but without the caffeine hit (that interval is usually measured in years...).
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Post #125,209
11/11/03 6:50:57 PM
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For some localized alternatives
Available only around Chicagoland:
1. Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge soda. Tastes like a carbonated liquid Hershey's candy bar. An acquired taste, I'll admit, but only a few calories and it does quash your chocolate jones.
2. Green River. A bright green lime soda (not lemon-lime, but LIME) with a truly unique taste. Mostly available around St. Patrick's Day, but some stores like the occassional Jewel have a few bottles and/or 6 packs all year around.
3. Canfield's Fruit Punch soda. As the urban legend goes, Mickey Rooney was in town back in the '80s, his desire for a punch soda was learned, they whipped up a batch, and brought it to his hotel room to sample. He gave it the "thumbs up", they moved it into production, and even got Mickey to do the TV commercials.
4. Dad's Root Beer. Not as good as A&W, which makes the perfect root beer float, but tastes better out of the can. Fresh A&W in a frosted mug is unbeatable.
lincoln
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Post #124,874
11/10/03 12:19:07 AM
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Good golly. Miss Molly!
Isn't that about 40 grams of carbohydrates per can? One can exceeds Atkin's recommendation for a day! And you drink six?
Please say it's Diet Dr. Pepper and all is forgiven! :)
Alex
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." - Henry Kissinger
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Post #124,876
11/10/03 12:31:58 AM
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Re: Good golly. Miss Molly!
God help me no - it's THE FULL LEADED DEAL - oh God how shameful! Next thing I'll be listening to teen idols and hanging out in malls! WHERE DOES THE HEARTBREAK END??
-drl
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Post #124,878
11/10/03 1:07:42 AM
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Re: WHERE DOES THE HEARTBREAK END?
I'll let you figure it out: The average 12-ounce (360 ml.) can of soda pop contains about 40 grams of refined sugars. That's 10 teaspoons of pure calories. Would you ever eat 10 teaspoons of sugar at once? Diets high in refined sugars can promote obesity, which increases the risks of diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease. Sugary soft drinks also promote tooth decay. The high sugar content is a major reason why health professionals are concerned about frequent consumption of soft drinks. [link|http://www.saveharry.com/bythenumbers.html|Reference]. Alex
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." - Henry Kissinger
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Post #124,880
11/10/03 1:43:55 AM
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Re: WHERE DOES THE HEARTBREAK END?
Seriously, lately I just crave sugary things - very unusual. I eat almost no meat and not much cheese - no alcohol - I'm living on soup and soda.
I don't know what my injury has to do with this but I'm sure it's related.
-drl
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Post #124,883
11/10/03 2:03:14 AM
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One word.
Salad.
At least one a day, raw spinach along with the useless lettuce-stuff; with as much beans, peas, whatever garnish as can add a few extra substances needed by the machine. Then you might have a chance. "Marie's" (refrigerated) dressing has 0 preservatives; the usual bottled stuff could mothball the Enterprise.
Bon appetit
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Post #124,891
11/10/03 6:39:13 AM
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Too much spinach
Dangerous.
Calcium leach.
People think it supplies calcium but it actually removes it from the body!
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Post #124,895
11/10/03 6:49:04 AM
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Off limits for me
Too much vitamin K, exacerbates hypercoagulability.
My favorite vegetable too. My luck. Salads are also mostly out. All green leafy things are rich in vitamin K. So I do a V8 a day.
-drl
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Post #124,907
11/10/03 10:13:02 AM
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Not diabetic are you?
Man, my limit for sodas is about 3-4 a day, and most of the time only 1 of those is a sugar soda.
It is very rare if I even have two sugar sodas. And I'm 270+ pounds. But my weakness is bread and all things breaded. Cheese, etc.
I'm actually trying to get back down to 250, then possibly to 225, but my plan is exercise and try to follow Weight Watchers program.
At least it's a balanced diet. And that means less bread and more veggies for me.
I would probably go mad on Atkins.
Glen Austin
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Post #124,938
11/10/03 12:44:27 PM
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Re: go mad on Atkins.
I know what you mean about bread.
It is possible to buy (~$5/loaf) or [link|http://health-1.jeekim.com/recipes/helpful-recipes-081803.2987.html|make] low carbohydrate bread. The main ingredients are wheat gluten and soy flours with other flours to lend interest. I've made this bread for my wife and got some positive feedback.
Alex
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Post #124,897
11/10/03 7:22:54 AM
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Yeah, but...
...just how much do you have to eat for that to be a problem?
"Bloody loads", is my guess.
Peter
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Post #124,994
11/10/03 7:23:17 PM
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"Bloody loads"?
Is that what happens to you after too much?
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Post #124,995
11/10/03 7:37:54 PM
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/me hands Broomberg
an English-to-American dictionary.
"bloody loads" == "a rather substantial amount, and surely more than could sensibly be eaten by a rational person"
Peter
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Post #125,018
11/10/03 9:48:55 PM
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Nah
I liked my misinterpretation better.
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Post #125,080
11/11/03 8:38:29 AM
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/me hands Peter the sign
[image|/forums/images/warning.png|0|This is sarcasm...]
Deliberate misinterpretation
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever."
1 Peter 1:24-25
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Post #125,096
11/11/03 9:48:24 AM
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Ah, you see...
...you can't be too careful :)
Peter
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Post #124,929
11/10/03 11:48:36 AM
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fizzy drinks
I used to reach for a tall frosty (generally "Redhook ESB"), or several tall frosties, whenever I felt parched, and this was often enough in the last decade that I approached and occasionally crossed the upper limit of poundage I could carry gracefully. In latter years I've discovered that it was the carbonation rather than the alcohol that I craved--or at any rate that the two had become sufficiently associated in my limbic circuitry that the one would serve in place of the other--and because the sweetened beverages are unbearably cloying to me I have found that mineral water, plain or with a squeeze of lime, serves the purpose admirably. The weight trend since then has tended steadily albeit slowly downward (not a ready benefit of leaded Dr. Pepper, I should think) and also, as you may have discovered already in banishing the beer, life seems a generally cheerier proposition when it's not descried through the smoky glass of a near-perpetual low-level hangover. To paraphrase an old ciggie slogan: "Reach for a tonic instead of a brew!"
cordially,
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Post #125,076
11/11/03 8:11:01 AM
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If I have a soda, DP is my favorite as well
although I prefer Club Soda with a twist or shot of key lime juice.
thanx,
bill
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Post #125,152
11/11/03 1:00:27 PM
8/21/07 6:38:04 AM
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Coke
The real thing baby. That (was) my bev of choice.
Actually, in France I got rather hooked on Orangina - fizzy water with just a little OJ in it - rather light and refreshing rather than sugary.
With current ulcer its pretty much water and herbal "tea" (the kind without tea in it) I'm drinking. Orangina on occasion but its a bit pricey for the unemployed.
I think I've dropped a few pounds too.
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Post #125,175
11/11/03 3:49:57 PM
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Why bother choosing?
They all taste like malted battery acid...
The universe makes no sense until you accept that God uses base 13.
Even then, it's still pretty dodgy.
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Post #125,207
11/11/03 6:38:20 PM
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Now that's something I haven't tried...
malted battery acid
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever."
1 Peter 1:24-25
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Post #125,195
11/11/03 5:17:27 PM
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Gads! Maybe it's your (our) age?
Dr. Pepper is, after all, merely carbonated prune juice with lots of sugar ;-)
bcnu,
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Post #125,229
11/11/03 8:23:04 PM
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What the hell is the matter with you people?
Coffee. Tea. Accept no substitutes.
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Post #125,230
11/11/03 8:24:36 PM
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What about the Dew???
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Post #125,231
11/11/03 8:25:54 PM
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That would fall into the category
of one of the aforementioned "substitutes".
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Post #125,232
11/11/03 8:26:35 PM
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Re: What the hell is the matter with you people?
Actually I'm on Dr. Methadone, otherwise known as instant coffee. It's not COFFEE, but it's something to do while programming.
-drl
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