For those of you participating, NoFizzCLT is finally over… in fact, it ended at midnight on the night of May 22nd. The biggest question we have been getting from participants is pretty obvious – what’s in store next? Today, we’re going to answer that – there are a couple of cool things in store for NoFizzCLT!

…The Challenge Continues
We’re not stopping at 30 days! Now that so many of you have been successful with 30 days free of soda, we’re going to continue to challenge you guys to give up soda whenever possible. Sure, you can enjoy a soda as a reward every now and then, but we challenge you to take what you’ve learned this month and apply it to your life in the long-term. Avoid soda at picnics. Seek out alternatives at restaurants. Know the right things to purchase at the grocery store.

Most of all, understand what soda (and all of its associated processed ingredients) does to the human body – and why you should avoid it and seek out healthy alternatives. We honestly hope that the long-term benefit of NoFizzCLT is that participants, and their friends and families, are more educated, aware, and thoughtful when it comes to soft drink consumption!

…The Information Continues
One of the best, and most well-received, parts of NoFizzCLT was the information we put forth on our Twitter and Facebook pages… that’s not going anywhere! We are going to continue to highlight medical research, health and fitness articles, weight loss resources, and more websites, publications, journals, and interviews about the dangers of soda, high fructose corn syrup, and aspartame.

Education is half the battle. If we can change one person’s mind about soft drinks by providing them with quality education and information, then we’ve done our job! We will continue highlighting research on the danger of soft drinks in the hopes of showing our blog readers, Twitter followers, Facebook fans, and those surrounding, that there are healthier alternatives to soda!

…The Support Continues
Another great part of NoFizzCLT, according to our enthusiastic participants, was the open forum of discussion and support that became our Facebook and Twitter outlets. Tweet us! Facebook us! We love answering questions, hearing success stories, interacting with participants (both new and original!) and more. Try us – we love supporting those in Charlotte and beyond!

…The Foundation Begins
As we have spoken about to some of our participants, we are in the process of creating a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of soft drink consumption. While the organizations is in its infancy, and there are plenty of directions to go, we are planning on mainly educating families and children about the dangers of soda, how to avoid it at school, better cost-effective things to purchase at the store, reasons for avoiding soft drinks for young athletes and students, and more.

We have so many ideas of where to take the organization, and we are excited to be in the midst of the website design process (among other business-related ventures for NoFizzCLT). And with that, we’d love to hear your feedback; what should we do? Whom should we advocate for? Where should we take NoFizzCLT? Which populations are particularly vulnerable? E-mail us here with feedback, suggestions, resources, and more – this is an organization for the Charlotte community, and we want you to be an interactive and vocal part of NoFizzCLT in the future!

To conclude, we are not done with NoFizzCLT. In fact, we are really just beginning! We’re excited to see where this will take us, you, and Charlotte – and we want you to be involved. Keep letting us know how you’re doing with soda consumption. Keep asking us about questions, alternatives, research studies, and more – and keep us posted on your progress!