[nathanvanfleet]

I got a job at a company that had free soda. I was happy with that. I started drinking 1 diet coke in the afternoon every day. until after a few weeks I realized I was also getting a headache in the afternoon everyday. Fixed by switching to Perrier over the Diet Coke.

[jleyank]

Granted, one person is an anecdote not data but switching from coke to diet coke lost me 20 lbs in a year. 500-1000 calories less each day.

[lucaspiller]

You must have been drinking around 2 litres of Coke for that many calories. Have you tried switching from Diet Coke to water? You'll need a few trips to Starbucks a day (an americano has 0 kcal, it's like caffeinated air!) until you can reduce your caffiene dependence.

[jleyank]

Given the college or hacker environment, a six-pack or 2l over the course of 18 hours isn't a lot to drink. Healthy, no, but then neither is doing a 12" pizza solo and that was pretty commonplace as well. Coffee shops didn't exist, and even if they did, it's hard to beat a quarter a can. Hacking without caffeine? Gunna take a while...