Anyone having a hard time giving up soda??

LuckyLeprechaun

I love coke zero. I really really do. I started drinking it when I started with MFP, and you can see on my ticker that it hasn't hampered my progress...I bought a 32 pack from Costco and my hubby joked...oh stocking up for the next three days, huh? I don't drink that many each day, between 1-2, but I do not plan to give it up, nor do I understand the claims that diet soda has a lot of sodium...40mg per can isn't even making a dent in my daily amount.

If it makes you feel good to abstain, that's cool, but among all the bad things I could put into my body, coke zero isn't even on my radar. So enjoy! :drinker:

blerch18

Did you know that consuming 1 regular soda per day for 1 year equals to 10 pounds. I have a friend who used to work for a soda manufacturing company. The things she told me that were in soda is enough to make me stop drinking it. phosphoric acid, glycerin, corn syrup. If that isn't enough, the more sugar you consume the less of a chance you have at having gorgeous skin.

coroner66

For the past four Easter Lents, I gave up soda, tea, and chocolate. Talking about headaches and withdrawls, they were pretty nasty. After Lent was over, I returned to the my vices, but I noticed I did not have the urge for them like I use too. I gave up soda for good (I can proudly say that I am a recovered Diet Cokeholic!) My teeth started to hurt everytime I drank a soda. My dentist also mentioned that although I was taking care of my teeth, the soda was ruining the enamel and giving me small cavities. My dentist said that she is seeing a lot more adult and children with tooth decay due to soda. In addition, with all the chemicals in the soda, that itself can kill you. I recently discovered that you can pour a Coke in your toilet to take out the hard water stains! Can you imagine what that Coke is doing to your bones and brain? Little by little, wean yourself off and you will see the weight drop and you will feel better!

dj_stevie_c

Just given up my main vice, pepsi max. Was drinking upto 4ltr's a day.

Gave it up monday, had withdrawal symptoms tuesday, today I'm fine. A Little tired perhaps (less caffine I guess) but otherwise I've been good. So I guess the answer is no... I thought I would struggle a lot more with it.

Oh and since Monday I've lost 3lbs.... not sure if that's a co-incidence or not...

Jennwith2ns

Ugh yes, I won't be able to give it up completely. I have cut back a lot though. I used to drink at least 6 cans of diet coke a day, I am down to 1 or maybe 2. I haven't been able to conquer the caffeine headaches, so I drink it with lunch to battle the migraines.

rfialkiewicz

I'm a Mountain Dew addict. I've switched to Diet which helps a lot, but I don't think giving it up entirely is ever going to happen.

MzMolly

I have given pop up totally. I have not had one in over 8 months. Every once in a while I miss it but for the most part I don't. I find if I give myself other good things to drink with some flavor it helps with the craving. I drink a lot of Liptons Diet Green Tea, either the Mixed Berry or the Cirtus. Love them both. I also add fresh lemon or fresh cucumber to my water and that helps. Give yourself other options not just water all the time and see if that helps.

Mama_Bug

Diet soda is my addiction. I am fully aware of this. I should not drink it at all due to all of the chemicals in it. But, that ice-cold fizz just keeps calling my name every day! Better a soda addict than something else, right? :drinker: Cheers to you!

dj_stevie_c

I found the 'less sugary' water drinks have given me a real boost in keeping off the Pepsi max.

Perfectly Clear, supermarkets own brands.

Things like volvic touch of fruit has as many calories in it as fruit juice so I tend to stay away from that (it's all sugar) but there are plenty of drinks that are 3-8 cals for 250ml, those appear to be the ones worth going for. Although they do have Sucralose in them.

That or just plain water.

I haven't craved any soft drink although I did come really close to buying a bottle out of habit the other day.... which was odd.

betheranne

I go back and forth. I started drinking Diet Pepsi in 1997. Gave it up completely from around May 2009 for almost a year, then slowly worked it back in.

I'm cutting it out again. I simply feel better without it. Without aspartame my sugar cravings and my hunger levels both decrease. Diet Pepsi is the only place I was getting it.

I have a coffee in the morning (around 20 ounces w/o any cream and sugar and that was harder than giving up soda!), and then water for the rest of the day. I keep limes and lemons around to squeeze into my water.

allief

I am on day 2 of giving it up and it is killing me.

adonaghe

I had a hard time giving up my Dr Peppers because of the headaches but I started drinking tea with lemmon. I got the caffien my body wanted with out the sugar. Now I dont even drink tea that often. It has really helped

TateFTW

Why are we giving up soda again? I make it a point to drink atleast a couple diet sodas a day. I swear they have a magical power to help my evening cravings between dinner and my bedtime drink of Casein protein. In places where you pour your own drink I like to toss a splash of fruit juice and Dr. Pepper in my diet coke. Nice and sweet wtih like 20 calories.

Take it from someone who's already been through this whole process and came out succesful, diet soda is a MUCH better go-to for cravings then a snickers.