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Originally Posted by cpoole
A typical can/bottle of soft drink can contain over 200 calories. One bottle per day is the same as 20 pounds of weight per year (200 * 365 / 3500)
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That's assuming that you are hitting your daily caloric need on the nose every day, and that knocking off that one soda wil put you in a calorie defecit. Even then, it likely won't result in a 20 pound weight loss. when in a caloric defecit, the body turns to muscle for food first. I don't know the calorie density of muscle, but whatever spare you have is going first. Then we turn to fat for fuel.
That's an annoying way for me to say I hate these types of simplified calculations that have become so wide spread. I chew a pack of gum a day, at 5 calories per piece of gum, 14 sticks - that's 70 calories pe day! Why, if I stop chewing gum I'll lose over 7 lbs this year!
Slightly off topic....