Dreaded Soda

Help!! So my weight loss is slow...very slow but still going. (small blessings!!) And I know for a fact my weakness to soda is the culprit.

Not only do larger amount of carbs stall weight loss for me, everything in there is garbage and inflates my caloric intake.

What do you guys recommend to help? I cant be the only one who has suffered. Tea is my best friend and all I drink besides water. However it doesn't seem to be enough when I wanna reach for that bubbly goodness.
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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    Can you stand drinking diet soda?
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    Why don't you just mix it with some flavored water. I use diet Sierra Mist mixed with some flavored water, usually lemonade. Less than 5 calories and bubbly goodness.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Diet soda or sparkling water. That's all I drink outside of plain water.
  • danhib
    danhib Posts: 290 Member
    Do you have sugar in your tea? If so cut that out. When you change your diet your taste will change and some things taste better. I can't even drink diet soda it gives me really bad acid reflux. Very rare I treat myself to one. But there is way too much sugar in soda it is really really bad for you. Try & quit it & go diet soda. I drunk a lot of diet soda & that's not good for you either if you drink too much. But it's better than full sugar. You should alternate with diet soda & water or squash. you don't want to end up like me lol
  • Joshacham
    Joshacham Posts: 467 Member
    I drink Coke Zero in the bottle, not the can. Gives me the soda taste without the calories. Scientists say that it will still put weight on your body but I haven't seen it yet, personally. The fun thing is the caveat of "may" is always added. It may do this, it might do that.
  • __leis__
    __leis__ Posts: 100 Member
    Diet dr. Pepper is awesome, or I love unflavored sparkling soda with sugar free syrups (the kind you flavor coffee and Italian sodas with) or you can muddle fresh fruit with the sparkling water. I love fizzy drinks, I don't think I'll ever give the. up completely
  • dmariet116
    dmariet116 Posts: 530 Member
    Try switching gradually to diet soda. It's not especially good for you, but at least you can cut the calories/carbs. Maybe start by using half of your regular pop and add half of the diet version. Adjust little by little til you acquire a taste for the diet version.
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    Pelligrino w a tablespoon of juice!
    Or
    Laqroxi (spelling? Lol) w fresh berries
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Pelligrino w a tablespoon of juice!
    Or
    Laqroxi (spelling? Lol) w fresh berries

    Lacroix
  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    Diet Dr Pepper. Lacroix.
  • Annahbananas
    Annahbananas Posts: 284 Member
    Diet soda is my go to drink
  • ericatoday
    ericatoday Posts: 454 Member
    Diet soda is actually worse for your body. Yes it can help your weightloss but its bad for you. I would say just stop buying. Trying cutting down to only buying it when you go out to eat. Unless you go out everyday to eat. But dont put it in the house. I wish i had better advice but i dont drink soda its too sweet and bubbly. I use to drink it until i did the gallon of water a day for 28 days challenge now i cant stand to drink a whole soda i just get a sip of my husbands when we go out.
  • Annahbananas
    Annahbananas Posts: 284 Member
    She already knows about water. She posted about it in her post. She wanted an alternative to regular soda.
  • raccoon3
    raccoon3 Posts: 6 Member
    La Croix! I HATE diet soda (just don't like the taste) but La Croix hits that refreshing, bubbly spot for me. It takes a little getting used to since it's not sweet at all, but I think the orange is a really good "transition" flavor from regular soda - it has a really strong, almost sweet taste that isn't quite as big of a change as some of the other flavors. I love them all now though!
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,736 Member
    She already knows about water. She posted about it in her post. She wanted an alternative to regular soda.

    Deja Vu.

    I'll be pushing the diet root beer agenda today. When I drink soda, it's the only one I'll drink just cuz it's the yummiest of all. :)
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    When I hated diet soda but needed to get off of sugar soda, I bought different fruity flavors of Lipton green tea bags and put them in my 32 oz water bottle.

    Now I drink diet soda.
  • jenniferpiotrowski0
    jenniferpiotrowski0 Posts: 215 Member
    I have been cutting back pop lately and only drinking it around the holidays since I don't want to cut it out completely, so I'm looking for better alternatives too..I would reccomend trying out zipfizz as I just tried the orange soda flavored one..I'm not really a huge orange flavored fan but I feel like if you like orange pop then you'll like the orange soda flavored ones. They have other flavors like fruit punch and pink lemonade..they have a similar fizz to them like pop only they don't contain carbonated water. They have a bunch of b vitamins in them and are meant to be an energy drink but I would drink no more than 3 of them per day as suggested on the containers. You can look into zevia natural pop sweetned with stevia and teas and juices. Or even get some club soda and just add stevia with juices you like. Even if you use a few tablespoons of sugar in it..its a lot less grams of sugar in it compared to a glass or can of pop. Sparkling flavored water would also be good to look into
  • danhib
    danhib Posts: 290 Member
    danhib wrote: »
    Do you have sugar in your tea? If so cut that out. When you change your diet your taste will change and some things taste better. I can't even drink diet soda it gives me really bad acid reflux. Very rare I treat myself to one. But there is way too much sugar in soda it is really really bad for you. Try & quit it & go diet soda. I drunk a lot of diet soda & that's not good for you either if you drink too much. But it's better than full sugar. You should alternate with diet soda & water or squash. you don't want to end up like me lol

    You're going to have to pry my sugary tea out of my cold, dead hands. I can't have tea other than with sweetener and a bit of sugar, because otherwise it just tastes like drinking hot water! And if I can't have tea, I'll have to deport myself. Everyone knows that British people without tea aren't really British ;) If I fit the sugar into my calories, it isn't a problem. It wouldn't be a problem for OP either.

    Like everyone else has said, OP, diet soda is a perfectly fine alternative. It's 99% water and tastes almost the same as normal soda but with no calories.

    Lol I've never been much of a tea drinker & haven't had sugar in my tea since 1982
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    edited June 2016
    Tea with sugar is not even in the same league as fizzy pop, calories wise. Type a couple of teaspoons of sugar into the database and compare with a glass of Coke (or similar) and you will see that not all sweetened drinks are created equal.

    I'm one of those that has yet to taste an artifical sweetener I don't loathe - haven't even found one I can ignore except in minty things (mint masks the flavour).

    If I want a fizzy drink and can't afford a real one, I'll combine plain soda water with a cordial or syrup. I like soda water and lime, though it's an acquired taste. And again, a dash of syrup is minimal calorie wise when compared to full sugar fizzy drinks.
  • LisaKay91
    LisaKay91 Posts: 211 Member
    If you don't want soda but want to soda taste/feel... Sparkling Ice drinks are awesome to me!! Very bubbly, refreshing, yum
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Diet soda seems like the glaringly obvious answer.
  • akf2000
    akf2000 Posts: 278 Member
    I love Diet Dr Pepper that i actually visited their website, there was a great entry in the FAQ

    "What is the flavor of Dr Pepper supposed to be?"
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    edited June 2016
    Love that Dreaded Soda, but it's hard to find it unless you're in Jamaica. It's like Pepsi but chiller.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Love that Dreaded Soda, but it's hard to find it unless you're in Jamaica. It's like Pepsi but chiller.

    Have you tried Amazon?