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I mostly drink just bottled water or skim milk with chocolate syrup and OJ. I think I have had root beer a few times like when we were at In n Out burger and Shakeys. I gave up my Pepsi habit long ago, well actually switched to sprite and then diet sprite and then nothing.

We filter our drinking water at the tap so there is no reason to buy bottled water. I try to drink water throughout the day. Soda is a rarity because of it's high calorie and sugar content.

I also filter my well water with a Brita filter for drinking plain, making tea and cooking, but can't stop drinking a diet lime cola or 2 every day. No calories, no sugar but a refreshing flavor that I enjoy.

I went to the doctor's office the other day and they were nervous because they found some blood in my Pepsi stream.

I should have bought stock in that company.

I've mostly cut out sodas, but they've been replaced by sugar-free drink mixes, highly-caffienated sugar-free drink mixes, coffee, and sometimes plain water.

I *know* water is better for me. I actually drank 5L of plain water yesterday. (BBQ + Heat Index of 108 = drinking lots of water) Of course, then I made the mistake of stepping on the scale... 5L of water = ~20 lbs, so I shouldn't be surprised that 5-ish lbs were still in my system. It was all gone this morning, but argh. I need to stay away from that scale.

Water, i don't drink any soda