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Anonymous
I'm loving these new boards I just hopped on here and I have a couple of questions that I hope haven't been done to death.

So I've been doing poorly with my diet recently (read lots of junk and lots of coke) I've still kept active like I used to though. I usually run for 30-60 minutes a night going about 4-8 miles.

Here are my questions though. I want to get back on track and I wanted to know how bad the cokes are for my body. I switched to diet in order to help lose the weight, but now I hear that can be even worse and I don't really understand why.

Also is there a better exercise to be doing in order to cut fat? Should I be running longer periods of time or could I get away with running shorter distances faster. I'd like to work on my speed because my endurance has already been developed. I don't really have a great amount of variety in my workouts either is that going to hurt me a lot?
>> Anonymous
Drink water. Its not that hard.
>> Anonymous
>>8808
I was just wondering what was so bad about it. I keep hearing it slows down your metabolism but it sounds like an old wives tale because I've never heard why.
>> Anonymous
>>8808

What he said. I don't know if there's any concrete research on the effect of diet sodas, but if I had to choose I'd pick diet over regular any time.

Regular sodas eg coke are extremely bad for you. Ultra-refined carbohydrates (sugar or HFCS) will spike your insulin (hello diabetes) and make you accumulate fat. And in a 2L bottle of coke there are about 800 calories. And they rot your teeth.

If you're running at 8mph you'll burn 900-1000 cals over an hour. Ditch the soda and suddenly that'll have a big effect.
>> Anonymous
Wiki HIIT. tl;dr, run as fast as you can for 30 seconds then jog for 30 seconds, and run fast again. Do it for 10 minutes at first if you can, and slowly increase the time.

If you do it right, you'll feel fucking exhausted at first. Actually, you'll always feel exhausted after a good HIIT session. Most people will tell you that a 20 minutes HIIT session will be somewhat like a 50 minutes regular aerobic session, but HIIT has the added benefit that you'll keep burning calories after your workout, since your body will try to repair your muscles.

Regarding soda, just quit it, diet soda as well. If you're a pussy who can't stand plain water, just add a few lemon drops or drink green tea (do it yourself, don't buy premade tea). Watch out with juice, even organic ones, since they always ave lots of sugar.

And watch what you eat. If you plan to lose weight, you should burn more than you eat; but NEVER starve yourself. Just eat normally (pick healthy foods) and work out a lot. Plan 5 or 6 smaller meals through the day, so you'll force your metabolism to act faster. Drop potatoes and other starchy foods, watch out for saturated fats (don't drop them, your body needs them, just not that many), and be really careful with carbs: drop white bread, rice and pasta, and eat whole grain bread and pasta and brown rice, since they have complex carbs that your body won't absorb as fast.
>> Anonymous
>>8802
>lots of junk and lots of coke

Wow, could that be misinterpreted.
>> Anonymous
the only thing I've heard about diet coke being bad for weight is that your brain doesn't regitser the volume of liquid becuase of fake sugar, and you feel more hungry therefore eat more. but that shouldn't affect you, unless you're thick uneough to think you can eat more cos you're drinking diet.