Alternatives to soda

[Kickstart7]

I love myself some coca cola, dr pepper, Mountain Dew, you name it I love it! I've cut it out since I'm on cycle but I want to know if you guys have found any good alternatives to these! I'm sure some of you love these as much as me and I'm curious what's out there!

 

[braskibra]

Carbonated flavored water, not joking at all.

 

[PumpHouse]

What part are you trying to avoid?


I drink mostly iced tea since cutting out soda.

 

[Abe Lincoln]

Carbonated flavored water, not joking at all.

This for sure. I'd say zero calorie energy drinks, but you need to be careful with these. I love Rockstar and Monsters

 

[Kickstart7]

Thanks guys! Just trying avoid sugar and some of the preservative chemicals. I like sugar free monster! And carbonated flavored waters good but idk how good or bad these are!

 

[braskibra]

Thanks guys! Just trying avoid sugar and some of the preservative chemicals. I like sugar free monster! And carbonated flavored waters good but idk how good or bad these are!

No cals brotha

 

[Abe Lincoln]

Rockstar has this zero calories blue raspberry drink that is amazinggggg... I'd replace with my blood if I could.. And some methyl tren as well haha

 

[booneman77]

Get your own carbonation machine and flavor with calorie free stuff. They make cheap ones now for like $15

 

[Abe Lincoln]

Get your own carbonation machine and flavor with calorie free stuff. They make cheap ones now for like $15

Actually been curious about those machines.. Just sounds funky to make your own, but kind of cool

 

[booneman77]

Actually been curious about those machines.. Just sounds funky to make your own, but kind of cool

I dont even like soda so I haven't tried them but I have a buddy who's kid wanted one and they love it. They've used it to make some sweet mixed drinks before too.

 

[gokix811]

Diet soda. They even have some sweetened with Stevia, if you can find them. Also, Powerade Zero, and MIO flavored water.

 

[drinkyboy]

LaCroix makes awsome favored water

 

[Rocket3015]

I like Water & Coffee

 

[Abe Lincoln]

Ooh, and green tea as well is amazing monster has tea drinks now, they have about 20 calories in them, I find it worth it

 

[blaykeryan]

Diet soda. They even have some sweetened with Stevia, if you can find them. Also, Powerade Zero, and MIO flavored water.

MIO is awesome..so many flavors...I drink bottle of those a day ha...I drink coke zero everyday...I haven't noticed any negative changes in body composition but I'm not anal like some of these guys because I don't compete ha

 

[Billy R]

I drink mainly unsweetened iced tea and water with a little lemon juice in it......

 

[01tj]

I've heard that carbonated beverages slow down the absorption of nutrients. Has anyone else heard that?

 

[Abe Lincoln]

Never heard of that.. I know when I drink something carbonated I feel fuller longer..

 

[01tj]

Never heard of that.. I know when I drink something carbonated I feel fuller longer..

I pretty much drink water, coffee, preworkouts and occasionally milk but if I want something different I'll drink Diet Rite. I wish I could remember the guys name but there was a nutritionist at the arnold classic years ago that did a blood test on site and he talked about my nutrition. I know he said that carbonation does some bad stuff

 

[Abe Lincoln]

I barely have anything carbonated.. Milk and water are my main liquids. A diet soda on occasion.

 

[BrianFitness]

Amino Acids? BCAA's?

 

[BrianFitness]

Diet soda. They even have some sweetened with Stevia, if you can find them. Also, Powerade Zero, and MIO flavored water.

^BCAA's are flavorful as well!

 

[CallItKarma]

Here's what I would do:

My first option would to be make my own soda...(I already do)

You can be ghetto about it too, you don't need to invest in some machine unless you really want to.

I simply purchase carbonated water (jarritos mineral water) and then I add in my own flavoring. Personally, I don't mind the sugar or calories, but I know there are some calorie free flavorings that you could try.

Lately I've been doing vanilla blueberry...it's slammin!

My second option, would be to just get rid of carbonated beverages and go towards tea. Iced tea is refreshing, you have tons of options as far as what to make it from. I'm currently using chaga, reishi and chamomile. You can add lemon/lime to taste, and if you really need a sweetener with no calories, try stevia with it.

There's also agua frescas, which can rack up the calories pretty quick if you aren't careful. But look into Jamaica (hibiscus) and tamarindo (tamarind) those two are delicious, and can be made relatively low-calorie/calorie free.

My final option, would be to find a nice tasting BCAA to sip on when you're thirsty.

 

[JackBox]

I gave up soda a while back and used tea (no sugar or anything added) as a replacement, especially green tea. takes a while not having the sweetness, but it tastes pretty good and it's good for you. and of course, black coffee in the earlier half of the day is always good for the caffeine.

 

[Kickstart7]

Not a about the calories or carbs, I just don't feel it's healthy. The amount of lifting and cardio I do is above normal but idk if it can compensate.

 

[LeanEngineer]

I use to be a really big soda drinker but i started lifting and eatting right and then i subsituted amino acids for my soda and drank a soda with my cheat meal. ha

 

[Spaniard]

Green tea fo sho

 

[LeanEngineer]

Green tea fo sho

Theres a lot of benefits from drinking green tea unlike soda to

 

[puccah8808]

I stopped drinking sodas a long time ago (13 years) and now I drink lemon water all day long. I use to squirt the mio into my water.