We spoke to Heather West, a teacher in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School district, and a member of our Board of Medical Advisors, about her experience with the 60-Day Challenge and avoiding soda.

She relayed her experience with the challenge personally, as well as what taking the challenge meant to her students in the classroom, and how her presence as a teacher and mentor affected their desire to be healthy and practice good nutrition.

Listen to her describe how social settings, and being out with friends and family, were some of the most difficult times to avoid soda and choose water, noting that the temptation to fit in to the social aspect sometimes made it difficult to ensure proper water intake.