Mental and physical aspects of Competition

[Billfred]

On the subject of soda, since you'll be drinking so much, consider diet. The average bottle of soda has a few hundred (empty) calories--so you might as well cut them out, right?

[Bcahn836]

Always make time for homework. Robotics is important but grades are much more important.

And prepare not to get much sleep, However when you do finally burn out all that caffine from sodas and fall asleep nothing i mean nothing will wake you up.

[Warren Boudreau]

Originally Posted by Billfred

On the subject of soda, since you'll be drinking so much, consider diet. The average bottle of soda has a few hundred (empty) calories--so you might as well cut them out, right?

I heard yesterday that diet sodas have a detrimental impact on your short term memory retention. I haven't verified the study, but I thought that you might want to know. Personally, I think that you will need the calories since your work output will be up.