The People
Through our hydration challenges, student education programs, and interaction with people through community outreach, we have already reached more than 10,000 people across the country!
Have you been affected by NoFizzUSA? We want to hear it! Click here for details on sharing your story with us.
Vincent Ammirato
Mint Hill, North Carolina
Vincent was the first person who took the initial NoFizzUSA challenge via Twitter. Both he and his wife experienced a great benefit from dropping soda and high fructose corn syrup – a plan they are continuing well after the first challenge! Read more…
The Charlotte CheckMates
Charlotte, North Carolina
The Charlotte CheckMates, dance team for the Charlotte Checkers Hockey Club, took on our hydration challenge as a team, and found that they all had great success with drinking water in their own unique ways! Read more…
Morgan Fogarty
Charlotte, North Carolina
Morgan, co-anchor of FOX Charlotte’s News at Ten, took the NoFizzUSA Challenge and made it more than 5 months soda-free! She developed amazing healthy habits that now have her craving water instead of soda. Read more…
Jacinda Garabito
Pineville, North Carolina
Jacinda, a Charlotte television and radio personality for WBTV and WGIV, was taken by the NoFizzUSA hydration challenge and experienced great health results, while also getting her friends to join in on our movement! Read more…
Kelly Pasour Davis
Charlotte, North Carolina
Kelly, a food and health blogger at Foodie Fresh, took the NoFizzUSA challenge as she was training for a marathon in 2010. Hydrated and healthy, she saw great results in her training. Read more…
Kim Hughes
Charlotte, North Carolina
Kim, a Wisconsin native, took the NoFizzUSA Challenge in 2011 to shore up some of her less-than-desirable health habits, and make a lasting change in her lifestyle. Read more…
Mary Pat Baldauf
Columbia, South Carolina
Mary Pat took the NoFizzUSA Challenge at a pivotal point in her life – when she was beginning a long-term health regimen. She lost 50 pounds in five months with the help of NoFizz America, and is now hooked on water and better nutrition! Read more…
Mike D’Avria
Charlotte, North Carolina
Mike took the NoFizzUSA 60 at 60 Challenge at a key turning point in his life – as he turned 30. He made it a goal to take the hydration challenge as the beginning of his new focus on health, and it’s working! Read more…
The Mitchem Family
Charlotte, North Carolina
You are what you consume. Jim Mitchem (pictured) and his family took the NoFizzUSA challenge in order to realize how easily a small change in lifestyle and habits can have positive results that span years. Read more…
The Jaworski Family
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Chuck and Michell Jaworski came up with a great way to motivate themselves to stay properly hydrated during our 60-day water initiative. Check out their ingenious idea, and how it worked to help their wellness habits! Read more…
Anthony Proctor
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Anthony Proctor spoke with us on video about his experience with the hydration challenge, including how his strict water-drinking routine helped him ease right through the last 40 days of the initiative. Read more…
Josie Mazzaferro
Charlotte, North Carolina
Josie came to the NoFizzUSA Challenge impressed with the amount of university-backed studies and facts we had promoted as reasons for giving up soda. In her quest to go soda-free, she lost 18 pounds in four months, too! Read more…
Rich Tucker
Charlotte, North Carolina
Rich, a Charlotte-based travel industry professional, took the NoFizzUSA Challenge to help him escape drinking 3 added sugar energy drinks every day. More than six months later, he hasn’t had a soda or energy drink, and credits us with his transformation! Read more…
Jenn Bauguss
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jenn was so moved by the NoFizz America 30-Day challenge, that she cut out high fructose corn syrup and aspartame from her life completely! She even went a step further – and took it out of her niece and nephew’s lives, as well! Read more…
Eric Sprouse
Charlotte, North Carolina
Eric doesn’t drink soda to begin with, but when the hydration challenge started, he saw it as a great opportunity to refine his health goals and maintain his consistency towards drinking water. Read more…
James Hodgins
Lubbock, Texas
James took our 60-Day hydration challenge all the way from Lubbock, Texas – along with his entire office – and he quickly noticed how much better he felt when drinking water and avoiding soda. Read more…
Shannon Warren
Charlotte, North Carolina
Shannon took the NoFizzUSA challenge to help rid her of a self-professed diet soda addiction. Low and behold, it changed her life! 25 pounds later and feeling better, Shannon now chooses water for life! Read more…
Ken Buck
Chesterfield, South Carolina
Ken excelled during our first 30-day no-soda challenge; here, he shares with us his story on what he noticed about the value of having a community, via Twitter, to interact with during the month-long no-soda challenge. Read more…
Alex Hubbarth
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Alex began NoFizzUSA slowly, but after finding her rhythm, she carried the lessons on to her family. She now leads a healthier life in general, and serves as a great example for her children! Read more…
Casey Brewton
Charlotte, North Carolina
Casey used the 60-day hydration challenge to refine and perfect her water-drinking goals as they related to her training for a half-marathon. She quickly found that on days where she drank enough water, she ran like a pro! Read more…
Heather Quinn
Indian Trail, North Carolina
Heather took on the hydration challenge for both business and personal reasons. Along the way, she noticed how many health benefits she reaped from simply drinking more water every day! Read more…
Dean Bauguss
Charlotte, North Carolina
Dean is a family man, and he used his family as the motivation for the no-soda challenge. Wanting to be healthy for the future, he jumped head-long in to the 30-day challenge and changed his eating habits in the process! Read more…
Robbie Hodge
Charlotte, North Carolina
Robbie’s story is an amazing one – he is now down to no soda, from drinking almost a dozen per day several months ago. In the process, he watched himself lose 40 pounds in two months! Read more…
Mick McGuire
Belmont, North Carolina
Mick took the NoFizzUSA Challenge in February of 2010 after cutting out regular soda on his own. He used our challenge to cut out diet soda and focus on healthier alternatives at work and home! Read more…
Brian Baltosiewich
Charlotte, North Carolina
Brian, a local television producer, gave up soda once and for all in 2005, after dealing with a hefty soda habit – and he noticed changes immediately, losing 30 pounds. Ever since, he’s been on a mission to improve his health and stay away from soda! Read more…
Terra Baltosiewich
Charlotte, North Carolina
Terra, armed with a Nutritional Science Degree, decided to give up soda several years ago after learning what it does to your body. She hasn’t looked back, instead relying on healthy drink alternatives for her and her husband, Brian! Read more…
Jennifer Bullock
Charlotte, North Carolina
Jennifer, a busy mother of two, took the NoFizzUSA Challenge in 2010 to focus on her health and herself. She also ended up using it with her family, as a way to set a good example for her girls as they grow up living a healthy lifestyle. Read more…
Desiree Kane
Charlotte, North Carolina
Desiree gave up soda in her quest to avoid caffeine and artificial sugars, and tighten up her eating habits. She experienced an immediate benefit of losing 8 pounds from taking one of our monthly challenges! Read more…
Christie Bales
Concord, North Carolina
Christie took the NoFizzUSA challenge back in 2010 to help her lose almost 100 pounds, and to hold herself accountable for her workouts and nutrition regimen. She hasn’t looked back, and joins us every month! Read more…
Philip McGrath
Charlotte, North Carolina
Philip, a former United States Marine, was raised to drink water and understand its benefits for his body and mind. So, our hydration challenge came easy for him – and he’s got some tips for other people starting their own challenge! Read more…
Jane Reynolds
Charlotte, North Carolina
Jane experienced great personal success with increased energy and weight loss while taking our challenge. However, the biggest benefit to the campaign was what her second grade students experienced when she challenged them to drink more water, too. Read more…
Heather West
Charlotte, North Carolina
Heather spoke to us about how the hydration challenged helped her set a good example for the students in her classroom, showing them the importance of hydration, health, and proper nutrition as it relates to academic performance. Read more…
Ansley Meredith
Charlotte, North Carolina
After consuming soda her entire life, Ansley gave it up cold turkey and turned to drinking just water when a day at the gym made her realize just how many empty calories soda was putting into her body. Read more…
Olga Bowman
Charlotte, North Carolina
Olga took the challenge as part of her work with Exhale Healing, and she completed it with ease, while reducing her coffee intake and avoiding soda. Watch this video interview on her tips for newcomers to the challenge. Read more…
Keia Mastrianni
Charlotte, North Carolina
Keia used our hydration challenges to tighten up her health habits while working towards some exercise goals. Drinking water and avoiding soda through our programs helped her get into the best shape of her life and refined her health focus. Read more…
Wess Pasour
Gastonia, North Carolina
Wess took the challenge with his sister Kelly, and exceeded his expectations with proper hydration. After trying to give up soda in the past with no luck, Wess found moderation and success through our challenge and is on a path to improved health! Read more…
Todd Cahn
Charlotte, North Carolina
Todd, a student at Johnson & Wales University, took our challenge in 2010 and lost ten pounds by cutting soda from his daily diet. In 2011, he plans to use this momentum to achieve more health goals, and kick the soda habit for good! Read more…
Ashleigh McHenry
Charleston, South Carolina
Ashleigh, the first daughter of Coca-Cola (literally – her father worked there for decades), overcame her soda habits through hard work and with awareness of what she was doing to her body with each soft drink. Read more…
Sarah Shumway
Indian Trail, North Carolina
Sarah joined NoFizz America after finding us on Twitter, and in doing so, became more aware of the high fructose corn syrup and aspartame she had been putting in her body. After taking control of her life – and nutrition – she’s off soda for good! Read more…
Lisa Ray
Flint, Michigan
Lisa, a television news producer who works late hours while preparing for early morning newscasts, joined us to give up her usual energy drinks and sodas late at night. Hear how well she did to overcome the difficult habit! Read more…
Joe Katon
Charlotte, North Carolina
Joe took on the NoFizzUSA challenge after dealing with migraines and other health problems related to the overconsumption of processed foods. He tightened up his hydration habits and made small changes to improve his health! Read more…
Andrea Robson
York, Pennsylvania
Andrea stepped up on the second NoFizzUSA challenge – by eliminating high fructose corn syrup from her house completely. Now that her husband and daughters are on board, listen to her describe how great it feels to teach her family healthy habits. Read more…
Amy Mann
Charlotte, North Carolina
Amy used the second NoFizzUSA challenge as a way to make up for what she missed on the first one. In doing so, she found out that she didn’t really need soda in her life – during the challenge, or forever after! Read more…
Tabitha Osman
Charlotte, North Carolina
Tabitha used NoFizzUSA to examine just how ingrained her soda-drinking habits had become. She started slowly, and made subtle changes to her habits, until she got to the point where she really began to see success avoiding soda! Read more…
Susan Hilger
Charlotte, North Carolina
Susan came to the hydration challenge fresh off her own 21-day cleanse, and integrated the 60-day challenge seamlessly into her life. She started well, and found a consistent rhythm for the whole challenge, promoting hydration in her daily habits. Read more…
Jason Yarborough
Charlotte, North Carolina
Jason used the NoFizzUSA challenge to examine the food choices he made in conjunction with drinking soda – and found that soda often contributed to a bad meal choice. Read more…
Dee Decker
Bryson City, North Carolina
Dee, a nutritionist by trade and a health and fitness nut by lifestyle, was a full-on soda addict. All it took was one question (Are you in?), and she took the challenge. She struggled at first, but before long, she became a star pupil and a healthier person! Read more…
Amy Crane
Huntersville, North Carolina
Amy (Dee’s daughter) analyzed her soda (and food) cravings and habits due to the NoFizzUSA challenge, and after 30 days, realized that this wasn’t just a challenge – but a new, healthier habit to follow! Read more…
Lydia Morban
Mooresville, North Carolina
Fresh out of college and looking to get healthy, Lydia took the NoFizzUSA Challenge right from the very beginning. Because of her participation and her disciplined regimen, she lost more than 25 pounds! Read more…
Laurie van Thiel
Seattle, Washington
Laurie was brave enough to take our NoFizzUSA challenge all the way from Seattle – after struggling with soda all her life, she used her brother’s incredible willpower as motivation to improve her own health! Read more…
Maricela Flores
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Maricela took on the NoFizzUSA challenge to help her family’s habits – and it worked! Her children now know the importance of avoiding soda at school, and they are eager to live a healthier life. Read more…
Ari M.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Ari joined our 60-Day Hydration Challenge and excelled from the start, enjoying different health findings, as well as the benefits of a social media community that worked with him during the campaign. Read more…
Giovanni Sepulveda
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Giovanni, who does not let his children drink soda, used NoFizzUSA as a way for him to tighten up his own habits regarding soda. He is now proud to say he has not consumed a soft drink since April! Read more…
Anthony Ortez
Denver, Colorado
All the way from Denver, and through the power of Twitter, Anthony joined NoFizzUSA as an addition to his general overhaul of his health and wellness regimen – a promise he made to himself at the beginning of 2010. Read more…
Elaine Forger
Cornelius, North Carolina
Elaine took the NoFizzUSA challenge not believing she could give up her soda-a-day habit. Sure enough, after a couple of weeks, she started craving water! She lost weight, feels much better, and now only has a soda every six weeks on average! Read more…
Genevieve Jooste
Charlotte, North Carolina
Growing up a soda drinker, Genevieve wasn’t aware of the damage soft drinks do to the body – until she started our 30-day challenge. She hasn’t looked back since, focusing on healthy alternatives like water! Read more…
Lelia King
Charlotte, North Carolina
Lelia used her peers in the NoFizzUSA challenge to continually help her along with support and open discussion on soda habits. The sense of community and togetherness fostered in her a no-soda habit to be proud of! Read more…
Corey Anderson
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Corey, a former television sportscaster with a competitive streak, took on the NoFizzUSA challenge to work with (and, in a good-natured way, in competition with!) his social media peers against soda consumption. Read more…
