The morning Coke

Most places offer tea and water. That's how I stopped drinking them.

 

I've never liked tea. Lived in the south my whole life, but I've never come close to appreciating the taste.

 

I'm on Day 8 of removing soda from my diet completely. It really sucks.

McDonald's iced coffee takes care of the cold kick I need, but what I'm finding I miss most about soda is that it takes long to drink. I'd go through a 20 oz bottle in an hour or two, but I can go through 20 oz of water in 5 minutes.

Water's a terrible boredom beverage.

 

Better or worse how? They both have almost no calories (Diet Coke has 1 calorie per 8 oz., Zero has 0.7 per 8 oz.). Besides a difference in sweetners (Coke has aspartame [aka NutraSweet], while Zero has aspartame and acesulfame potassium), they're essentially the same.

 

Coffee always gave me the drizzly shits. Back when I would actually have to function during breakfast hours (I've worked for a.m. papers for most of the last 15 years), I would have iced tea. It's a southern thing.

 

TMI

 

Just got a coffee grinder for Christmas. Amazing difference having fresh beans at home versus the big can of Maxwell House that I used to keep. I love the taste of coffee, I need the caffiene in coffee.

 

Seems like I mentioned this on another thread just a day or two ago ... water is in no way a solution for a long-term Coke drinker. Not even close. We're not drinking Coke for the moisture; we're drinking Coke for the kick, the "burn."

 

I love Coke - and Dr Pepper - but I never have one before noon. Can't start the work day without an extra large double-double from Tims (or a few cups at home on the weekend). Won't drink either after about 6:30 p.m. or so. I have enough trouble sleeping.

 

My aunts used to start the day with three Devil Dogs and three Diet Cokes.

 

I can't stomach coke in the morning, almost any carbonated drinnk for that matter. It just doesn't go down well, especially coke or pepsi. I can't drink diet coke at the best of times, I think it is one of the most vile tasting drinks on the planet. I'm a coffee guy. I don't always need it, but on morning's with production, few things are better than an extra large cup of Tim's, especially early when I need that caffine kick.

I have an uncle though who was addicted to caffine, all of it from drinking coke all day. He had it with breakfast, lunch, supper, snacks, etc. Basically drank it all day long for as long as I could remember. However, he decided to get himself checked out when he started getting tremours.