yes soda is BAD i recently stopd and i am now drinking just water or some type of juice oj ect..(but i think juice has alot of sugar to) i try to work out 5days out of the week for 1 to 2 hrs a day ill see how it turns out its my second week and im at 190 at the moment and following a veggy diet,and now that i saw eating after 9 is not good ill stop.any body have any work out tips??