Giving up pop

dansgirlkel
dansgirlkel Posts: 1 Member
edited November 30 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone else struggle with this ? I have tried so many times to quit drinking Coke. It's so hard!! Trying once again !
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    How much do you drink each day? Have you tried transitioning to diet soda?
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.
  • rainwater467
    rainwater467 Posts: 12 Member
    I really like carbonated water. Gives me the sensation of soda with no sugar.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.

    What in the world are you talking about? How is switching from one sugary drink to another sugary drink helpful in this situation? What "harm" does the carbonation cause?
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
    I gave up soda long ago because I didn't want the sugar or artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, inorganic phosphate, factory-produced caffeine, or anything else that might be in that fizzy drink. I drink water, black coffee, unsweetened tea, and a little skim milk. I don't miss sodas.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.

    Huh?!?!?!?
  • ClosetBayesian
    ClosetBayesian Posts: 836 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.

    What? So, replace sugar with sugar, then replace that with sugar?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ClosetBayesian wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.

    What? So, replace sugar with sugar, then replace that with sugar?

    lmao
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    ClosetBayesian wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.

    What? So, replace sugar with sugar, then replace that with sugar?

    Yup basically lol
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    ClosetBayesian wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.

    What? So, replace sugar with sugar, then replace that with sugar?

    Yes because everyone knows carbonation is horrible for you, even though it is just carbon dioxide bubbles......

    *rolls eyes*
  • Kamikazeflutterby
    Kamikazeflutterby Posts: 770 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    ClosetBayesian wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    It's the sugar you're addicted to. If you switch to sweet tea, you'll still get the sugar but you won't have the harm of the carbonation. After you are well and thoroughly done with Coke, you can start reducing the sugar content of your tea. It takes time to break away from a sugar addiction. It might help if you deliberately have sweet corn, watermelon, or other naturally sweet foods in your diet to further trick your mind into associating sugar with good nutrition.

    What? So, replace sugar with sugar, then replace that with sugar?

    Yes because everyone knows carbonation is horrible for you, even though it is just carbon dioxide bubbles......

    *rolls eyes*

    Hey, carbon dioxide can kill. What if she accidentally put her head in a box and inhaled nothing but bubb... yeah. I couldn't even finish that hyperbole. As you were.
  • Veryana
    Veryana Posts: 122 Member
    Buy smaller packs of it. If you really need Coke some moments you can just have one can or less if there's smaller portion available where you live (can is smallest around here). Go buy it separately from a shop walking distance away from your home and choose a shop which isn't right next to you so you have to go get it if you want it. And just stretch the times between drinking them and figure out something nice to do so you won't be thinking about it as much. And if it doesn't have to be Coke exactly you can try carbonated water and mix something into it to give taste and start reducing drinking from that.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    DancingDarl wrote: »
    By pop you mean soda(what we call it here) nearly early news show warns about this to our culture that it's the soda connected to obesity-so giving up coke is key. Good luck it will def aid weight loss not to bother with those empty calories..

    Excess calories lead to obesity. If you are consuming soda but staying within maintainence calories or in a deficit you will not gain weight.

    Also, diet soda has no calories and therefore has no direct impact on weight loss (some people find it increases their cravings and giving into those could lead to a calorie surplus).
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    Before 2014 I drank sodas several times a week. One of the things I love about this country is free drink refill. It's everywhere. My workplace is surrounded by fast foods.

    I think the addiction came from the combination of sugar or worse high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, and whatever the heck the fast food scientists came up to get you hooked.

    Whoever above suggested going for tea has the right idea. That was how I weened off. Started going for 1/2 the cup with sweet ice tea, 1/2 with fresh brew tea. The suffering felt more tolerable. Eventually full fresh, plain ice tea.

    Getting off soda is worth it. No more bad breath that sugar causes, the afternoon crashes, the occasional coughing.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    Before 2014 I drank sodas several times a week. One of the things I love about this country is free drink refill. It's everywhere. My workplace is surrounded by fast foods.

    I think the addiction came from the combination of sugar or worse high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, and whatever the heck the fast food scientists came up to get you hooked.

    Whoever above suggested going for tea has the right idea. That was how I weened off. Started going for 1/2 the cup with sweet ice tea, 1/2 with fresh brew tea. The suffering felt more tolerable. Eventually full fresh, plain ice tea.

    Getting off soda is worth it. No more bad breath that sugar causes, the afternoon crashes, the occasional coughing.

    The what?!? Want to explain how on earth soda made you cough? (Aside from the occasional accidental "snorting" while laughing or choking-which can happen with any liquid).
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    Do people use the Interweb for research anymore?
    http://naturalsociety.com/chemicals-really-in-coca-cola-coke-soda/

    Read here about the additives. Some "can eat away at your stomach and esophageal lining."

    Make an educated guess yourself. Between the additives, the withdrawal symptoms, the allergy...

  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    Do people use the Interweb for research anymore?

    Do you? Your source is mostly nonsense.


    OP, easiest step is to develop a taste for diet soda. Then sugar soda will eventually taste too sweet.

    For colas, I suggest Coke Zero and Pepsi Max.
  • Shrinking_Erin
    Shrinking_Erin Posts: 125 Member
    Just give it up cold turkey. It will feel uncomfortable for a week .. Or 2 .. Or 3. But eventually you may not miss it to much. And drink lots of water.
  • MAB0218
    MAB0218 Posts: 39 Member
    I use to drink 4-5 redbulls a day and 2 sodas a day. 2/4/16 I gave up all redbull and only have a coke zero when I have a migraine. I switched to home brewed unsweetened green ice tea. I drink about 5 cups a day. One or two cups of coffee a day with 1 splenda and 1/4 cup of almond milk. It really wasnt hard. I was super addicted to my caffeine/sugar and I quit it. Mind over matter.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Stop picking it up, putting it to your mouth, and drinking it.

    Food and drink holds no power over you.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    DancingDarl wrote: »
    By pop you mean soda(what we call it here) nearly early news show warns about this to our culture that it's the soda connected to obesity-so giving up coke is key. Good luck it will def aid weight loss not to bother with those empty calories..

    I don't drink much soda at all. Why am I overweight?
  • Veryana
    Veryana Posts: 122 Member
    booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
    DancingDarl wrote: »
    By pop you mean soda(what we call it here) nearly early news show warns about this to our culture that it's the soda connected to obesity-so giving up coke is key. Good luck it will def aid weight loss not to bother with those empty calories..

    I don't drink much soda at all. Why am I overweight?

    Must be because you... looked at soda too much? :D
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    Veryana wrote: »
    booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
    DancingDarl wrote: »
    By pop you mean soda(what we call it here) nearly early news show warns about this to our culture that it's the soda connected to obesity-so giving up coke is key. Good luck it will def aid weight loss not to bother with those empty calories..

    I don't drink much soda at all. Why am I overweight?

    Must be because you... looked at soda too much? :D

    That must be it!

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  • skbrodie
    skbrodie Posts: 81 Member
    Here's what I did to stop drinking Coke. I limited myself to ONE can a day at first. When this became easy I did every other day. Once I was comfortable with this, I found myself skipping Coke on more days and it wasn't even deliberate. Then, once my last case of Coke was gone I didn't buy any more. Started the whole process around Christmas and it probably lasted a month. Now I don't miss it. I will have soda if I go out to eat but that's not very often.
  • Lucy1752
    Lucy1752 Posts: 499 Member
    eringurl33 wrote: »
    Just give it up cold turkey. It will feel uncomfortable for a week .. Or 2 .. Or 3. But eventually you may not miss it to much. And drink lots of water.

    This is what I did. An occassional Diet Coke these days usually ends up unfinished.
  • ssweeney99
    ssweeney99 Posts: 8 Member
    I quit cold turkey. after many attempts and failures to get off diet coke I decided I couldn't ween myself (i.e have just 1 a day) and just had to go for it. I drink sparkling water, my favorite is LaCroix grapefruit and I I drink black iced tea no sweetner, when I need caffeine. Good luck! it has been over a year for me!
  • amandatapar
    amandatapar Posts: 246 Member
    I gave up soda last October and haven't had but one sprite when I was sick and couldn't keep anything else down. The first few weeks are hard but it soon becomes a habit that just becomes second nature.
  • shannie018
    shannie018 Posts: 57 Member
    I quit cold turkey in February 1st and this time it hasn't been hard at all. I believe it is because I am ready and determined this time. I used to drink Pepsi like it was water, limiting myself didn't work because once I had one then I wanted another. The only time I have had a bit of a problem is when I am eating out. It was finding somethings else to order instead of pop.
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I had a 2 liter a day habit years ago. I quit drinking pop in 2000. It was a little difficult at first but it didn't take too long for me to lose my taste for it. Now I find it too sweet and will only have a can once in a great while. When I quit drinking it I dropped about 20 pounds pretty fast. But I was well over 300 pounds at the time.
  • positivepowers
    positivepowers Posts: 902 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    Before 2014 I drank sodas several times a week. One of the things I love about this country is free drink refill. It's everywhere. My workplace is surrounded by fast foods.

    I think the addiction came from the combination of sugar or worse high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, and whatever the heck the fast food scientists came up to get you hooked.

    Whoever above suggested going for tea has the right idea. That was how I weened off. Started going for 1/2 the cup with sweet ice tea, 1/2 with fresh brew tea. The suffering felt more tolerable. Eventually full fresh, plain ice tea.

    Getting off soda is worth it. No more bad breath that sugar causes, the afternoon crashes, the occasional coughing.

    The what?!? Want to explain how on earth soda made you cough? (Aside from the occasional accidental "snorting" while laughing or choking-which can happen with any liquid).

    Seriously elphie754 you have to stop! After reading your post I snorted my coffee and began coughing. OMG! I don't have to give up my morning coffee do I?

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