I decided to write this article because I was amazed at how many people are hooked on pop, the liquid candy. In the course of last year alone I have lost 20 lbs, and know at least 10 of those pounds were lost due to the release of drinking my favorite pop every day and sometimes at least three times a day.

As an addictive pop lover, I never wanted to hear anything bad about my favorite past time grabbing a pop and downing it, running back to get another one. Not even thinking about what it would do to my waist line, my heart, or if it was upsetting my sugar levels.

All I knew was it tasted good and I loved it. I had no ideal that it would cause me to have weight gain, I mean think about what it does to you, and then think about taking off 10 - 20 pounds this year with just deciding to give up 1 can of pop a day.

Now that isn't going to be a problem for most of us, because we normally drink two to three pops per day. I am not going to be long winded on this, but in doing just that, just giving up 1 pop per day this is what I have gained in my life = MY LIFE :) yea isn't that a kicker.

I did this because one day I was sitting in the doctors office with my aging mother-in- law and happened to spot on the wall, a free take one brochure about The Liquid Candy "POP".

It totally blew away my mind, it tells you everything you need to know about drinking pop and weight gain. Below I am going to share what I found out about how pop effects many areas of my life.

Hope this will help all of you who struggle with weight gain and with being addicted to the Liquid Candy called "POP"

Here are some facts about pop and weight:

1. Drinking regular pop can lead to weight gain and obesity.

2. A can of pop has 150 calories and 9 teaspoons of sugar.

3. Drinking one can of regular pop a day a year is about 54,000 extra calories. That's over 10 pounds of weight gain in one year!

4. It takes two hours of walking to burn off the calories in one 20 oz bottle of regular pop.

5. Sugar and acid in pop can lead to both tooth decay and dental cavities.

200,000 die each year from obesity-related illness.

Things that we can do to keep us in better health:

Avoid drinks with added sugar:

1. Regular pop

2. sport drinks

3. juice drinks

4. Some flavored water

Instead, drink:

1. Water

2. Coffee or tea

3. Diet pop

4. 100 % fruit juice (limit to 1/2 cup per day)

Is this going to make a difference?

Yes! Losing 10-20 pounds can greatly improve health in overweight adults. If you only cut out one can of pop each day which add up to 150 calories you could lose up to ten lbs per year.

Even a small weight loss can lower your risk of disease and it could even lower your health care cost, as the report mentions that overweight people spend an extra $450 per year on health care costs alone. Obesity is a leading cause of death in the U.S

Obesity has been known to cause:

1. Early death

2. Diabetes

3. heart Disease

4. Stroke

Don't let this Liquid candy affect your life or your waist line anymore. Let's learn to live, eat, drink. Be Fit and Be Healthy.