LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE! TO SCRUB YOUR TILES WITH!

This was a fabulous topic! I completely adored the retro Coca-cola image! Loved it! Diet Coke was my drink of choice for a long time, but times have changed and I do try SOOOOOOOOO HARD to drink 8 glasses of water a day but it’s difficult as I’m just not that thirsty! Everything you read about being healthy advocates drinking 8 glasses of water a day! The best hint I found to help achieve that goal is to fill a pitcher with 8 glasses of water and then every time you need a drink take it from the pitcher and the goal of the game is to drink it all by the end of the day! Sometimes I actually succeed! My real inspiration for water drinking is my Harley man...he can drink a bottle of water in one minute flat and does! He says he got this skills from the old beer drinking days when he was young! He carries water with him everyplace he goes no matter what! If he was an old time outlaw in the west, he’d have water bottles in both slots of a hip holster as well as lined up on an ammunition belt slung across his chest! He’s THAT into water! Anyway...the best testimonial for him is that the dentist constantly tells him what great condition his teeth and gums are in and they both attribute it to all the water he drinks! So...just another reason to keep sucking down the clear liquid that comes in bottles, out of the tap, out of backyard hose, in filtering units...water is our friend!

Oh, and sweetassgal - I'll be on the look-out Crystal Geiser for my camping tricks... just as soon as I finish off the 15 gallons I have in my garage right now ;) Thanks for the tip! I'm always looking for good water if I'm out and about w/o my Brita!! I HATE chemical-tasting water - yuck!

Love, love, love water! I get on kicks where I'm all about it, then my hubby brings a 2-liter of Sprite home & I'm like, "Brita who?" But once I'm back on the water, I really do feel a difference. It's much better for your bones & especially YOUR TEETH!! Nevermind the different views on whether the chemicals break down your teeth or not, they still leave a coating of sugar on them & that is warfare for your enamel! I've been a smoker for almost 20 years now (I KNOW, I KNOW - working on it!) & friends always ask how my teeth can be so white - I believe it's b/c I don't drink all the soda & coffee like they do. You definitely have to get yourself in the habit of drinking to be healthy & hydrated, not to satisfy your sweet tooth. Now that it's getting so cold out, water is more important than ever. Save the soda for special events (like when you're at a friend's house and they give you water from the tap - ewww! It actually feels like a treat when you've gone a while w/o a soda) Even if you don't drink the 8 glasses, at least drink a few and try to build yourself up. Plus, I've had friends that have lost weight simply by cutting out soda!! I'd much rather EAT my calories than DRINK them (unless we're talking cocktails, then it's all out the window). Save your calories for what really matters - ALCOHOL & DESSERT!! ;) Priorities, ladies - priorities :)

I wish I could be one of those ladies who just HATES soda pop but I'm not. I love thetingly way the bubbles burn my nose and bubble down my throat. Sometimes there is justnothing better than a Mickey D's Coke (don't know why theirs is better) or a fountainpop 7Up. However, I also LOVE water and drink a TON of it. To me the key is balanceand moderation. My H2O intake definitely dwarfs my soda consumption but every once ina while I have to have one. One thing for sure...our country drinks WAY too many sodas,power drinks, flavored waters, and fake healthy stuff. I cringe every time I see a teenage kid downing a mega sized Monster energy drink. Because yeah...that's what everyteen needs...MORE energy! Anyway, though I admit I have to have a pop now and then,if it came down to one choice I'd pick the natural spring stuff any day!!!

I stay away from Coke. I used to drink it but now I avoid it. If you read the label you'll see an ingredient called phosphoric acid. It is a strong acid, that's why you can clean rust with Coke!

EUGH im so glad i prefer water anyways.. i watcher supersize me once and that changed everything, i used to love going for a big mac meal every now and again... oh welll.. plenty of other more healthy things taste well better

Water is my beverage of choice. Unless I'm having a cup of tea or a cocktail, the only thing I drink is water. Not sure why, I've never been a fan of dark sodas (except Dr Pepper, which I was addicted to for a long time), Coke and Pepsi always gross me out. It might have something to do with the fact that I was never allowed to drink it growing up.. soda was a rare 'treat', and even then it was only the clear stuff-- 7UP or Sprite, or Ginger Ale if I had an upset tummy.

I have always had a serious coke & root beer addiction. I had several sodas a day...think of all the wasted calories and sugar.I finally gave up soda and now drink at least 8 glasses of good old fashioned h20 everyday.I like the soda uses you listed...very eye opening.

Water is beneficial for a million reasons, and I try to drink at least 8-10 glasses a day, and I can really feel it on the days I drink less! But, I have to admit, I love diet coke and can not go one day without a can! Interesting fact: Coca-cola contains less citric acid than orange juice! and the gastric acids in your stomach are much stronger than any of the acids in Cola-cola so it will do no harm in that aspect!

The funny thing is, everyone says that diet coke is horrible for your diet because it makes you crave more sweets. But it is completely opposite for me, if I'm craving any type of junk food, I can drink coffee or a diet coke and poof! craving is gone :) But soda is bad for your teeth (as well as coffee) and unfortunately I love both!

I wish I didn't like soda......But I love it!  It tastes delicious, gives me energy, and makes me feel good inside.  I do try and drink a ton of water too.  And I don't drink soda everyday.  My favorite is Dr. Pepper, and nothing tastes better then a ice cold Dr. Pepper on a hot summer day.  Some of the things listed above are very scary.  I'm not sure if all of those are true or not either.  But even if every one of those statements are correct it won't change anything for me.  I have an addiction a horrible horrible addiction to DP.  If you tried to take me off of DP, I would literally go into DT's.  And until the day that a soda rehab center is available, it will be unfathomable for me to stop drinking soda.  Water is great though!  I try and drink about 80 oz a day.  I have read a lot of places that some people need more then the standard 8-10 cups a day, and it is all based on body weight.  Apparently the more we weigh the more water we need.  And that makes a lot of sense to me.  And then for every 30 minutes that you are sweating a lot, like if you are working out or tanning you will need an additional glass of water.   To figure out how much water you need you are suppoed to take your weight and divide it by two.  The resulting number is the amount ,in ounces, of water you need each day.  And remember to add an extra 8oz glass of water for every 30 minute period during the day where you are sweating a lot.   So let's say that you weigh 140 pounds.  140/2=70.  So that means you would need 70oz of water a day.  And then let's say you work out for an hour that day.  That would be an extra 16oz of water you would need.  So in that day you would need to down about 86oz of water that day.  Which would equal to almost 11, 8oz glasses of water.  

Water is mostly what I drink.  I love coke but it's scary that you can use it in abrasive cleaning. 

I've read that article before, freaky huh?  I hate coke, it just seems evil to me, lol.

I drink a couple of pints of water a day, but need to get in the habit of drinking more. Having said that, an occaisional coke is alright :)

i love this

good thing i love water.