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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3030492" data-attributes="member: 19675">First, that IS exquisite, dead guy!I recognize that diet- when I graduated from High School, I was 5'3" 242lbs.After finishing my first year of college, I was 5'7" and 193lbs.I, too, was taking in huge amounts of calories in soft drink form (more than you).  I gave them up cold turkey, substituting iced tea (unsweetened), water, milk and fruit juice.  Currently, I've added certain diet soft drinks back into the mix- namely Tom Thumb's carbonated flavored waters- cheaper & tastier than any bottled water out there!It wasn't just the drinks- like you, I also excercised a LOT more than I had been doing before.  Specifically, I played intermural sports.  All of them.  Mens & Co-Ed.There were some days I was so tired I fell asleep before eating dinner.Where my diet differed from yours was I didn't alter my content- I altered my eating habits (and portions, to some extent).  I allowed myself 3 meals a day + 2 snacks...but anything that passed my lips was either a meal or a snack.  The metabolism stayed stoked, and I didn't get munchies.  I'd even eat things like ice cream...but I didn't buy it and bring it home- too easy to eat lots of it or eat it right before bedtime that way.One bit of advice- don't hang out too much with too many people who reinforce your negative habits.  Because of situations beyond my control, I had to move back home after school, and gained my weight back...and haven't lost it.  The house was full of snacks, etc., there was no portion control- you know how it is.</blockquote>

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