helpful soda pop trick
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From: joesterl on 11 Dec 2005 20:40 I cannot stand the taste of diet soda pop. Even the kind with Splenda makes me want to gag. But I am addicted to Dr. Pepper. But I am diabetic. And I have been over-weight for years. That problem has existed for years. Then a few months ago I realized the perfect solution. In a mug I put 1 part of regular Dr Pepper and 2 parts of caffeine free Diet Dr Pepper. The resulting taste is acceptable. It has one-third the sugar. It has one-third the calories. It has one-third the caffeine. If I mix it half regular and half diet I honestly cannot tell that it even has diet in it. At one-third regular and two-thirds diet I can taste the diet a little bit but it is still acceptable. That change is one of the things that helped me lose 35 pounds this year! - moshe
From: Mary on 11 Dec 2005 20:45 Cool! I'm a Dr. Pepper fan, also, but I don't mind the caffeine-free diet kind. I must drink 3 cans a day, shame on me! Congratulations on your weight loss--I respect those who succeed--it's no easy job!!! Mary joesterl(a)hotmail.com wrote: > I cannot stand the taste of diet soda pop. > Even the kind with Splenda makes me want to gag. > > But I am addicted to Dr. Pepper. > > But I am diabetic. > > And I have been over-weight for years. > > That problem has existed for years. > > Then a few months ago I realized the perfect solution. > > In a mug I put 1 part of regular Dr Pepper and 2 parts of caffeine free > Diet Dr Pepper. > The resulting taste is acceptable. > It has one-third the sugar. > It has one-third the calories. > It has one-third the caffeine. > > If I mix it half regular and half diet I honestly cannot tell that it > even has diet in it. > At one-third regular and two-thirds diet I can taste the diet a little > bit but it is still acceptable. > > That change is one of the things that helped me lose 35 pounds this > year! > > - moshe >
From: joesterl on 11 Dec 2005 20:50 Mary wrote: > Cool! I'm a Dr. Pepper fan, also, but I don't mind the caffeine-free > diet kind. I must drink 3 cans a day, shame on me! Congratulations on > your weight loss--I respect those who succeed--it's no easy job!!! ======== Doctors say, "Eliminate all that Dr Pepper from your diet and you'll live to be 100". But, if I eliminate all that Dr Pepper from my diet, *why* would I *want* to live to be 100? :^)
From: Mary on 11 Dec 2005 20:52 My thoughts exactly! joesterl(a)hotmail.com wrote: > Mary wrote: > >>Cool! I'm a Dr. Pepper fan, also, but I don't mind the caffeine-free >>diet kind. I must drink 3 cans a day, shame on me! Congratulations on >>your weight loss--I respect those who succeed--it's no easy job!!! > > > ======== > > Doctors say, "Eliminate all that Dr Pepper from your diet and you'll > live to be 100". > > But, if I eliminate all that Dr Pepper from my diet, *why* would I > *want* to live to be 100? :^) >
From: RB on 11 Dec 2005 21:21
On 11 Dec 2005 17:40:19 -0800, joesterl(a)hotmail.com wrote: >I cannot stand the taste of diet soda pop. >Even the kind with Splenda makes me want to gag. > >But I am addicted to Dr. Pepper. > >But I am diabetic. > >And I have been over-weight for years. > >That problem has existed for years. > >Then a few months ago I realized the perfect solution. > >In a mug I put 1 part of regular Dr Pepper and 2 parts of caffeine free >Diet Dr Pepper. >The resulting taste is acceptable. >It has one-third the sugar. >It has one-third the calories. >It has one-third the caffeine. > >If I mix it half regular and half diet I honestly cannot tell that it >even has diet in it. >At one-third regular and two-thirds diet I can taste the diet a little >bit but it is still acceptable. > >That change is one of the things that helped me lose 35 pounds this >year! > >- moshe Why not work on the ratio over time, reducing the regular Dr Pepper. Might be able to eliminate the regular type over time. RB |