Goal For 2013 - No Soda or Candy!!

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  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    Sorry, but as others have said, I have no plans to give up anything especially candy. I don't eat candy often but the difference now is when I get the big giant bar of salted caramel dark chocolate from lindt, I actually have 3 squares (sometimes 2) and not the whole fricken bar (20 squares) in one go and I have candy for a few days for a couple of bucks.


    Soda for me is diet soda (also not giving it up) when I go back to the spiffy Carribean restaurant I will have one of their homemade ginger beers even though it's LOADED with sugar. It's a treat, I'm gonna have one, but just one and I hit that restaurant maybe 3 or 4 times a year.
  • TaterTotz777
    TaterTotz777 Posts: 23
    You have way more will power than i do....chocolate is my weakness, i think i eat it almost every day. I would like to give it a try though so I'm with you 110%
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    I am making a goal to not have any soda or candy for 2013. Is there anyone who would like to join me?

    Nope.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Good luck! I gave it up and after about 6 days your cravings should be gone (but watch out because I was an asshat when in withdrawal). Anyway, you might be happier if you just did it in moderation...
  • rciszek
    rciszek Posts: 134
    Yeah, I can't do that :noway: ! I already don't do soda for the most part, I have maybe one a month, if that and can easily do that. If I can quit my coffee habit and revert to a once a week decaf, I can quit soda easily. Candy though, I'm not willing to cust that completely out. I don't sit and eat tons of candy, but I won't deprive myself of my one vice once in a while treat. Sorry....
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    I really should do this as I read somewhere that asperatine causes hair loss.

    No evidence of that. None.

    "Evidence does not support links between aspartame and cancer, hair loss, depression, dementia, behavioural disturbances, or any of the other conditions appearing in websites. Agencies such as the Food Standards Agency, European Food Standards Authority, and the Food and Drug Administration have a duty to monitor relations between foodstuffs and health and to commission research when reasonable doubt emerges. Aspartame's safety was convincing to the European Scientific Committee on Food in 1988,2 but proving negatives is difficult, and it is even harder to persuade vocal sectors of the public whose opinions are fuelled more by anecdote than by evidence. The Food Standards Agency takes public concerns very seriously and thus pressed the European Scientific Committee on Food to conduct a further review, encompassing over 500 reports, in 2002. It concluded from biochemical, clinical, and behavioural research that the acceptable daily intake of 40 mg/kg/day of aspartame remained entirely safe—except for people with phenylketonuria."

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC520987/
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    Ha! there's no way i'm giving up candy for a year.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I never drink soda unless I'm at someone else's house and that's all that is offered. And I'm not much of a candy eater. But I don't think I could honestly say I would never consume either for the entire year. I usually have a little candy around Halloween if nothing else.
  • skinnybitchbarbie27
    skinnybitchbarbie27 Posts: 306 Member
    I cut out soda April 2011 and I haven't regretted it. Best wishes on your journey!
  • Codefox
    Codefox Posts: 308 Member
    I rarely have either. Soda is something I only drink at other people's houses or a cup of ginger ale on an airplane. (I don't know why...I like ginger ale when I fly.) Its been a while since I remember when I had any soda though. As for candy, I don't have that very often either. But when I want it, I'm going to eat it. I just don't have to eat a lot of it.
  • eazieske
    eazieske Posts: 212 Member
    I was thinking about that the other day i was walking!!! yes im with you!!!
  • soTERRAble
    soTERRAble Posts: 5 Member
    I might have to hop on this bandwagon. Haven't had candy nor soda in 2 weeks. There's definitely temptation because there's boxes of soda in the house. I am definitely trying to stay away from that stuff.
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    7 1/2 years ago I gave up soda. I went cold turkey. I went from drinking 64-80+ oz a day to none. Since then I've had no more than a couple sips like when picking up the wrong Mcdonalds cup and it tasted awefull. I had to quit that way. I don't think any other way would have worked.
  • cnelson1974
    cnelson1974 Posts: 235 Member
    You can do it! Get your sweet fix from natural foods. What a great goal you have.
  • mq68
    mq68 Posts: 118 Member
    I haven't had a soda in years... BUT I switched to energy drinks 5 to 10 a week... then I found out I was allergic to HFCS, maltodextrin, etc .. SO I quit all of the monsters et al ....except for RBtotalzero because i thought it gave me wings... I quit that 12 wks ago... when I have candy, its dark chocolate... or candy with no HFCS.

    GL! Eat more fruit and you won't crave the candy:)
  • KarenZenaida
    KarenZenaida Posts: 27 Member
    I haven't had a carbonated beverage in years! I know you can do this no problem!!!
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I could do the first half! Gave up soda a month and a half ago, haven't looked back.

    I'm scared to give up my candy......:embarassed:
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    :noway:
  • Granada88
    Granada88 Posts: 40 Member
    I really need to do this !! Ok.... I'm in. New Year's day, it's on!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Why don't you want to be happy?:angry:
  • phyllisbobbitt
    phyllisbobbitt Posts: 347 Member
    do you really think this is normal? maybe one or the other at a time but not at the same time!:bigsmile: :sad: :sad: :cry: :sick: :devil: :frown: :noway: :grumble: :explode: :laugh: :wink: :wink:
  • lenoresaari
    lenoresaari Posts: 500 Member
    I thought Candy was a food group
  • bridgelene
    bridgelene Posts: 358 Member
    better you than me :tongue:
  • sarahslim100
    sarahslim100 Posts: 485 Member
    Good goal. I havent had either for years. I dont think ive missed out on anything
  • tigerlinly
    tigerlinly Posts: 219 Member
    i need to cut it out myself. i already cut candy way way down to where only time i get it i'm really stressed or at christmas (maybe 6 times a year with excetion of m & m's i love those) but soda even though i cut back on that i still need to cut down even more even cut it out
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    No problem!
    I never drink soda, I gave that up in 2010
    candy is not my thing either
    (but if you had said cake or cookies I'd be in trouble!)
  • silverlil
    silverlil Posts: 70 Member
    Candy is my downfall. Count me in the group.
  • twentytwelve12
    twentytwelve12 Posts: 245 Member
    Same here, I was doing good until leading upto christmas. Deffinately no soda or candy for 2013.
  • RECowgill
    RECowgill Posts: 881 Member
    I've been quit on soda since October, and generally speaking corn syrup as much as is reasonably possible. Candy... well, I still have the occasional bits. But just occasional, I admit I'm not a real candy addict or anything so its pretty easy for me to have whole weeks where I don't have any.

    Although I'd quit candy completely if I thought it was holding me back from a goal. Wouldn't think twice about it!
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Not in to it.

    I think I would rather make it my goal to have MORE candy and soda than 2012, but always make it fit in my goals.

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