I read too much shit about calorie counting and diet soda on this board. REAL RUNNERS DON'T DIET! They eat a shit load of whatever they want and then hit the crete until they are skinny little bastards.
I read too much shit about calorie counting and diet soda on this board. REAL RUNNERS DON'T DIET! They eat a shit load of whatever they want and then hit the crete until they are skinny little bastards.
I am a real runner and I sometimes drink diet soda. Regular soda makes me feel terrible on the next run and is generally disgusting.
game over, man. game over.
i am a semi-real runner. I am eating my second pizza this evening and drinking my second diet soda. tommorow, I am going to do my long run if the weather cooperates.
◦Drink no diet sodas
Diet sodas have been called the "new crack" because they are so addicting. Diet sodas will actually make you gain weight as well as make you depressed. Because of the artificial sweeteners used, such as aspartame, they are also giving you a variety of medical symptoms. If you want a soda, ideally, get an organic soda from your health food store; or if you must indulge, drink a regular soda. If you were to stop drinking all diet sodas and replace them with regular soda, you would in fact lose weight. The idea that diet sodas have less calories, thus are good for weight control, is a lie. The exact opposite is true. Remember, all carbonated drinks block calcium absorption.
◦Eliminate aspartame and monosodium glutamate
Aspartame goes by NutraSweet. Both Aspartame and MSG are classified as excitotoxins. There are three great books on this subject. Aspartame, Is it Safe?, was written by a medical doctor. Based on hundreds of case studies, the doctor concludes that aspartame is responsible for many distressing medical problems, ranging from headaches and memory loss to hyperactivity in children and seizure disorders. Next, the book Excitotoxins, The Taste That Kills, also written by a medical doctor, examines how monosodium glutamate, aspartame and similar substances cause harm to the brain and nervous system, and how these substances can cause Alzheimer's, Lou Gherig's disease, depression, MS, and more. Lastly, In Bad Taste, The MSG Complex, again written by a medical doctor, explains how MSG is a major cause of treatable and preventable illnesses such as headaches, asthma, epilepsy, heart irregularities, depression, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
◦Do not eat any artificial sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners are man-made chemicals. They are poisons and should never be consumed. They cause all kinds of health problems. Use raw organic honey, organic raw evaporated sugarcane juice, or the herb stevia. All are excellent choices for sweeteners. Remember, science is not better than nature.
Real runners don't drink soda, period. I don't drink soda, and don't feel any desire to.
someone else wrote:
Real runners don't drink soda, period. I don't drink soda, and don't feel any desire to.
Being a "Real" runner has absolutely nothing to do with your dietary habits, it has to do with, well, RUNNING.
rukiddingme - I think it also important to mention that even diet sodas are terrible for dental health, too.
Staying away from sugary drinks and diet drinks - anything with a sweetener - really helps dental health.
My own dental health has been great since I began to drink mostly water and unsweetened (fresh brewed, not out of a can or bottle) tea.
Bad teeth can really impact running, a reminder that a lot of young runners should take to heart.
I don't drink soda, but it is not because of running - I just don't really like soda.
P.Whelan wrote:
someone else wrote:Real runners don't drink soda, period. I don't drink soda, and don't feel any desire to.
Being a "Real" runner has absolutely nothing to do with your dietary habits, it has to do with, well, RUNNING.
Well, if you want to argue semantics, then you have a point, but do you ever see Hall, Ritz, etc. drinking any kind of soda?
I actually don't know the answer to this question.
someone else wrote:
Well, if you want to argue semantics, then you have a point, but do you ever see Hall, Ritz, etc. drinking any kind of soda?
I actually don't know the answer to this question.
I once was on hand to witness Kara Goucher and Shannon Rowbury taking a bath together in a tub filled with Diet 7up. I don't know if this has anything to do with the thread. I just wanted to let you all know.
someone else wrote:
Well, if you want to argue semantics, then you have a point, but do you ever see Hall, Ritz, etc. drinking any kind of soda?
I actually don't know the answer to this question.
If they did would they not be real runners? What if Geb drank 2 liters of soda a day? Is he less of a "real" runner than a 25 minute 5k weekend warrior who only drinks water?
P.Whelan wrote:
someone else wrote:Well, if you want to argue semantics, then you have a point, but do you ever see Hall, Ritz, etc. drinking any kind of soda?
I actually don't know the answer to this question.
If they did would they not be real runners? What if Geb drank 2 liters of soda a day? Is he less of a "real" runner than a 25 minute 5k weekend warrior who only drinks water?
Bill Rodgers drank 5-6 16 ounce bottles of Pepsi a day.
I know of a guy that drinks a lot of Diet Coke and Kool-aid because he can't stand water. He also pushes 200mpw on occasion. Of course, n=1 doesn't prove anything. But, it's worth noting, nonetheless.
Are you perhaps speaking of the most recent winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon?
falkaaq wrote:
I know of a guy that drinks a lot of Diet Coke and Kool-aid because he can't stand water. He also pushes 200mpw on occasion. Of course, n=1 doesn't prove anything. But, it's worth noting, nonetheless.
I drink 2 liters + diet pop every day.
I run on the treadmill
I run with an ipod.
I wear shorty shorts
I train in big clunky pillows
I could kick your a55 any day of the week in a race
I severely question anyone who spends a lot of time trying to pinpoint who and what a "real runner" is and who would actually make such a judgment based on soda intake.
RuKiddingMe!! wrote:
◦Drink no diet sodas
Diet sodas have been called the "new crack" because they are so addicting. Diet sodas will actually make you gain weight as well as make you depressed. Because of the artificial sweeteners used, such as aspartame, they are also giving you a variety of medical symptoms. If you want a soda, ideally, get an organic soda from your health food store; or if you must indulge, drink a regular soda. If you were to stop drinking all diet sodas and replace them with regular soda, you would in fact lose weight. The idea that diet sodas have less calories, thus are good for weight control, is a lie. The exact opposite is true. Remember, all carbonated drinks block calcium absorption.
This is an awesome, fact-based, unbiased-reporting, bit of information. Thank you very much.
I have also heard that the MMR vaccine causes autism.
best answer!
Those who are really good runners just run and don't spend so much time trying to distinguish themselves from not "real" runners
keeping it real wrote:
I read too much shit about calorie counting and diet soda on this board. REAL RUNNERS DON'T DIET! They eat a shit load of whatever they want and then hit the crete until they are skinny little bastards.
You are correct. The people who disagree need to hit the runner's world message board... :/
Frank Shorter used flat coke in the '72 olympics.
Real runners drink real soda, only "de-fizzed."