I had a friend that asked me for diet advice. A girl, all of 4'10"or so, very short and about 225 lbs. I asked her to write down everything she ate during the last two days. I guestimated her calorie intake and it was about 1100 calories per day... Which is f**ked up because I would have guessed her to need 3600-4000 cal. per day to maintain her weight as she was somewhat active. I then asked THE question, "Uh, do you drink much soda?" "Yes," she says, "About four of these per day." - she said, pointing to a 44 oz big gulp. Inside, I was thinking 'holy shit!!' Politely, I advised her to switch to diet as I knew that's about the best I would get her to do.
Jacob