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At home we picked diet soda and water to drink? Why didn't we do that when we were out?
by mod 10y ago
At home we picked diet soda and water to drink? Why didn't we do that when we were out?
- projektir 10y agoIndeed. I do sometimes get a milkshake or an alcoholic drink, but most of the time I just drink water at restaurants.
- logfromblammo 10y agoAt home I make beverages with stevia and erythritol sweeteners. When I go out, about everything non-caloric is sweetened with aspartame, sucralose, and acesulfame-potassium. Also, I don't like kola-flavored or caffeinated beverages, and very often the only "diet" option is a cola. Because of that, I either drink water or the HFCS-sweetened beverages when I'm out. Some restaurants get snotty when you order water. That's probably because fountain drinks are a huge profit center, and corporate accounting leans on managers, who in turn lean on line employees, whenever the break-even or loss-leading entrees outnumber fountain-drink cups by too wide a margin.
- ashark 10y agoYeah, drinkable desserts (soda, milk/ice cream drinks) seemed to be best intersection between "easy to address" and "removing would cause a major calorie reduction" in their fast food picks. The food portions wouldn't have looked quite so small if they'd bumped those up to account for cutting that crap. Then again maybe they were going for the typical order, which I'm sure does include a giant soda or shake.