Wow - this thread is like a time capsule. Saw my old post from 2009. Still battling similar deal in 2012. Total Dew addict. Average two cans a day. However: I reached an apex in December 2011. Just after Christmas, I crossed over to the heaviest I've ever been: 227. (I was 225 when we got married in 2005). Made a commitment - did not drink an ounce of Mt. Dew from January 1st to May 1st. Went from 227 down to 204. Then work got crazy. Started drinking one here and there. Then these past few months I've been back up to two a day. See the weight start to come back... 205, 206, 207, 208... So now I've been off it for a week again... will probably never be able to truly give it up... there are a lot of people who just find Mt. Dew disgusting. And others of us who think it's the greatest beverage ever created. I wonder what the science is behind that? Anyway...