I drink water, soda, beer, sports drinks, whatever. I know I'm gonna have to ride harder for longer to break even, but that's what I want to do anyway. I'm 6'5" 205 so I'm good right now. Just for the heck of it I went to a few BMI calculators, and got this result "For your height, a normal weight range would be from 156 to 210 pounds." 6'5" 156 sounds terrible. I graduated high school at 170 and I couldn't imagine losing 15 lbs off that.