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  • _beautiful_disaster_
    _beautiful_disaster_ Posts: 182
    why dont you do diet soda? no calories?
  • GreekByMarriage
    GreekByMarriage Posts: 320 Member
    Let me also say that now I still sometimes buy the flavored seltzer waters to bring with me to work and since I have stopped drinking regular soda they taste SOOOO much stronger to me (lemon lime is my favorite and it feels like I am drinking sprite).
    I started drinking flavored seltzer water... which as first was not my favorite, it seemed to lack the taste I was looking for. But for mothers day I bought myself a SodaStream machine and I love it!!! They have 3 different types of soda syrups... a full cane sugar syrup, a cane sugar/splenda syrup (i call that half diet), and a full splenda syrup. I have always HATED diet sodas but I went ahead and started buying the cane sugar/splenda syrups (I have cola, lemon lime, and orange) and I only ise 1/2 of the amount of syrup they tell you to use. I just looked up the calorie information for the cola I use..

    8 ounces
    35 calories
    10g sodium
    8g carbs

    Now take into consideration that I only use 1/2 of the recommended syrup and mine works out to be:

    8 ounces
    18 calories
    5g sodium
    4g carbs

    That cuts down on the calories dramatically and you still get your soda fix. I have enjoyed the machine from day 1 and can HONESTLY say that I do not have a craving to reach for regular soda now. When I have had regular soda recently it tastes sickly sweet to me and I can not even finish it! Hope this info helps, I put the link to the machine below.

    http://www.sodastreamusa.com/store.aspx?gclid=CKGW-qKfj7ECFUlN4AodTwq3Cw
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    we like to brew fruit-flavored teas and then chill them. there's no sugar in them, but they still "taste" a little sweet and are very refreshing on hot days. I used to drink a lot of soda; in fact, I would say that soda was the main contribution to the weight I'm taking off now.

    when we first made the switch, we used carbonated water to satisfy the "bubble" need and mix it with juice. eventually, we removed the juice and just drank the bubble water. then we just started drinking tap water & cold tea.
  • Nerple
    Nerple Posts: 1,291 Member
    Soda is yummy. But that said when I have given it up in the past (for over a year in a few cases) it has always been cold turkey and usually started with doing it for Lent.
  • sistasledge101
    sistasledge101 Posts: 80
    Okay, here's my experience: I struggled with dehydration after my last child was born. And ever since. I discovered that as I got more dehydrated, it actually seemed to knock out my thirst mechanism. What I mean is, even tho my body was dehydrated, I did not want to drink water!! Never had that problem before.

    So here is what I say: Don't do the flavor packet stuff. For the next couple of days, use a glass or bottle, and totally keep track of water intake. Drink 8 -10 cups of water each day Minimum, and keep track! You will find that after a day or two of doing this you will start to get hydrated, and your thirst mechanism will kick back in...you will want water again. This is what happened to me.

    I am in the same boat. Except it was sweet tea. Once you start drinking water, you will get a the "thirst" and it becomes easier each day to meet your goal. I drink 2 24oz bottles at night when I am tempted to snack.
  • JustJudy
    JustJudy Posts: 142 Member
    I'm on day 9 no caffeine, no diet sodas. I am headache free now but do miss the carbonation. I am on summer break (work in the schools) and know that's when I'll miss the caffeine. I was up to 2-3 diet sodas a day. I am mainly doing it to rid my body of the sweeteners and all the crazy *kitten* stuff I've read about what a can of diet anything contains. Arsenic really??? :noway:
  • Katie3784
    Katie3784 Posts: 543
    You just have to deal with it until you get used to it. Most people like the way soda tastes better than water, but if you want to see results, you have to make sacrifices.
  • depressednurse
    depressednurse Posts: 7
    I have been soda free for 66 days. One of the best things I ever did was give it up. No diet soda either. I was a 2 liter aday guy.
  • musicmint
    musicmint Posts: 469
    Yeah just think of a dentist drilling your tooth to pull the dead nerve out and put a crown on top of it. I had two of these they are called root canals and thats what happens if you continue to drink soda. This is what helped me to stop. Also know that if you stop you'll probably lose about 10 pounds for sure.
  • myfitnessval
    myfitnessval Posts: 687 Member
    my SIL is the same way, is addicted to soda and hates water, she found the only way she could drink it is if it was coconut water or spa water (water infused/soaked with strawberries, cucumbers & oranges) its delicious and naturally sweetened. give it a try! :)

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  • MaybeAMonkey
    MaybeAMonkey Posts: 247
    I cut soda cold turkey almost two years ago, after 10 years of only drinking caffeine-free soda. I was addicted to the sugar, not the caffeine. It was really hard the first two weeks. In the last couple of months I've had root beer (a former favorite) and it honestly tasted so gross that I tossed the almost full can. I felt terrible for wasting it, but gah - nasty! I still love Barq's root beer (but can't have it anymore because of the caffeine) and fountain Sprite, but even that doesn't really taste good anymore. :P Good luck, that soda addiction is incredibly hard to break but is SO worth it (dropped 10 lbs without exercising over the course of a couple of months simply but cutting out soda).

    ETA: PS. My urologist said that sodas and sweet teas paid for both his kids to go to college - lots of his patients had health issues directly related to the crap they ate/drank.

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