anyone else like diet soda after a long workout?
Mar 13, 2011, 6:04 pm
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anyone else like diet soda after a long workout?
I never drink soda.
With one exception. After a long run (over 15 miles or so), I like to stop in at the local 7-11 and get myself a Double Big Gulp of Diet Coke. For some reason I find it to be the perfect rehydrating tool. I get a lot of fluids, it has some flavor, and it helps to settle my stomach (which can be queasy if it was a particularly taxing effort and/or real hot outside). I literally do not have a desire to drink the stuff except for that one bizarre condition.
So I wonder, does anyone else do this? Or am I just a weirdo? I imagine it's not the best post-workout beverage, but it seems to work for me. I don't like the sports drink after a workout.. too much sugar or something.
With one exception. After a long run (over 15 miles or so), I like to stop in at the local 7-11 and get myself a Double Big Gulp of Diet Coke. For some reason I find it to be the perfect rehydrating tool. I get a lot of fluids, it has some flavor, and it helps to settle my stomach (which can be queasy if it was a particularly taxing effort and/or real hot outside). I literally do not have a desire to drink the stuff except for that one bizarre condition.
So I wonder, does anyone else do this? Or am I just a weirdo? I imagine it's not the best post-workout beverage, but it seems to work for me. I don't like the sports drink after a workout.. too much sugar or something.
Mar 13, 2011, 6:33 pm
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Mar 13, 2011, 7:08 pm
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I've definitely had moments in a long run where I'd love a Coke.
I'm not a big fan of Diet Coke. Once in a while, I'll have a Coke Zero. Even more rarely, I'll drink a real Coke, but water it down because the sugar/HFCS content is just over the top for my palate.
I don't keep any Coke variant at home though, and I don't carry money when I run, so I've never had the chance to indulge. My guilty pleasure is lemonade (Newman's Own, similarly watered down) after a run.
I'm not a big fan of Diet Coke. Once in a while, I'll have a Coke Zero. Even more rarely, I'll drink a real Coke, but water it down because the sugar/HFCS content is just over the top for my palate.
I don't keep any Coke variant at home though, and I don't carry money when I run, so I've never had the chance to indulge. My guilty pleasure is lemonade (Newman's Own, similarly watered down) after a run.
Mar 13, 2011, 8:27 pm
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After a long workout (going from memory here) - water. Or Diet Squirt. Never a diet coke. Heck, I'm still that way even on minor workouts. h2o first, then diet squirt or diet vernors. but not h2o followed by those. Now weirdly enough, if I find my sugar level is off I reach for the latter two, even though they have the fake stuff. I don't get it.
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Mar 14, 2011, 11:07 am
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Interesitng you say that as I am always a firm believer in that sometimes you have to listen to your body. I was training for an ultra a few years ago and after my Friday long run (I detest running on a weekend) of about 5-6 hours I would crave Coke (which I never drink ordinarily) and salt and vinegar crisps - and I mean a craving like I have never had for anything else. I guess my body was telling me I needed more sugar and salt.
Mar 14, 2011, 11:21 am
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Interesitng you say that as I am always a firm believer in that sometimes you have to listen to your body. I was training for an ultra a few years ago and after my Friday long run (I detest running on a weekend) of about 5-6 hours I would crave Coke (which I never drink ordinarily) and salt and vinegar crisps - and I mean a craving like I have never had for anything else. I guess my body was telling me I needed more sugar and salt.
That's the bit I don't get. A regular coke I could understand, but my craving is for diet!
Mar 14, 2011, 2:53 pm
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Yep! I think that it is because Diet Coke feels so cold on my tongue which is a wonderful contrast to my otherwise miserably hot body. I think that I also crave the sweet flavor. Nothing will satisfy me like a Diet Coke.
Mar 14, 2011, 2:58 pm
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I'm a big guzzler of water (not too cold) after a workout. Drinking carbonated beverages always felt weird to my body for some reason. (Probably just more habit than anything else.)
Mar 15, 2011, 1:06 pm
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Diet coke is chock full o' sodium. Could be up to 160 mg or so in that Double Gulp. That's as much as a small order of McDonalds french fries.
That may well be what your body is craving after a long dehydrating run.
That may well be what your body is craving after a long dehydrating run.
Mar 15, 2011, 1:24 pm
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