Sodas

Great job!

Good for you. Soda(not diet) has gotten too thick and terribly sweet since I was a young kid.
Can't even drink it without feeling gross.

You can still have one every once in a while. Just budget for it in your calories by either a good workout or only drink half the bottle at once.

My husband switched to sodas made with Stevia instead of sugar to fix his soda cravings. He hates diet soda, but like natural sodas. It has helped a lot.

I've had to cut out sodas altogether, I have candida, so any form of sugar, unless its stevia, is bad for me, also any caffeine is bad since it inhibits my liver function to battle my stupid condition. i do miss bubbles though once in a while, so i have mineral water. Diet Dr. Pepper was my favorite diet drink though!! barely tastes diet!

That was a very smart move Carrie! (Wow that's a lot of dr.pepper lol I myself drunk 3 sodass a day and no water before my calorie counting which I thought wasn't too bad but that was until the gut started sticking out )

Just because your on this journey to lose weight it doesn't hurt to have a can once a week (That's what I do )

An I'm still losing weight its just now I drink a lot more water and crystal light because of it lol

I think if you keep at it, you'll eventually stop missing it. I haven't had soda in over 8 months. I quit wanting it. Food is much better!!

Agreed. I used to drink 4-6 cans of Dr. Pepper a day. I thought I'd never be able to give it up but when I started having anxiety issues, I thought maybe giving up caffeine would help. This was before I started trying to lose weight and I lost 10 lbs JUST by giving up the soda. I still have it every now and then (probably one every 2 weeks) but I don't crave it like I used to.

Same here! I was drinking almost 800 calories a day.....no wonder why I wasn't losing any weight

That's great! I was so addicted to soda/Caffeine and candy for the longest time. I've been on here for just over 6 months and this is day 11 of my NO Soda/Caffeine/Candy change. I feel so much better, of course i still crave it occasionally, but i've been having carbonated water or some carbonated juice, just so i get the bubbles. I think that's what i loved the most....Bubbles, and Sour Gummy candies. So, carbonated water (sometimes) and more fruit for my sour fix. . I believe it'll get easier as time goes by.

Good job. Diet Dr, Pepper is pretty good or Walmart's Diet Dr. Thunder - I love that stuff, its their generic Dr. Pepper but better lol. But try to give up sodas if you can and try more water, teas and coffee (unsweetened), and crystal light. I went through a HUGE crystal light phase, buying every flavor I saw and buying them in individual packets - some I like, some I hated, and some I loved. I always kept some packets with me in my purse so I could always add them into my water for a quick taste drink.

just by cutting out the soda and drinking water you will lose. So great job! Avoid sugary sodas and sport drinks (watch how soon u will get to the weight you want to be at). For added taste in ur water add a lemon. You can also get flavored water with no sodium and no calories... watch out for aspartme (gives most people a headache).

I miss Dr.Pepper and also root beer. I've had one soda since April, and it was a no name terrible tasting one that I got for free on a very hot day after carrying in a 70lb piece of scrap metal to a dealer. I've I'd had water with me, I might have declined.

At one time in my life I used to drink 2 a day in summer, one year a lot more while I was working for Coke and got all I could drink.

Dr. Pepper and tacos - sigh

You can still have one every once in a while. Just budget for it in your calories by either a good workout or only drink half the bottle at once.

Yup, although my every once in awhile is still one a day. But I went from drinking at least 2 64oz dr peppers to one can. I hate the taste of artificial sweeteners so diet never worked for me. I just work it in. I've been trying to get up the courage to cut it out completely, but I haven't made it there yet.

Good job! I know how hard it can be.

I rarely have pre-made sodas anymore, when I go out to eat I get either water or sweet tea. I do indulge in a cherry limeade from Sonic every now and again, I suppose that's technically a soda since most of them use Sprite now instead of soda water and lime squeezings.

I tried to make my own vanilla creme soda syrup to go with the Sodastream I bought a couple of years ago, but I've never managed to find the balance between flavor, sweetness and syrup concentration that I like. I did, however, make some awesome homemade vanilla extract using tequila instead of vodka or light rum.

Of course, small-batch sodas and root/ginger/birch beers/sarsaparillas are a weakness of mine, the best are always made with either cane sugar or agave. Have yet to come across a "diet" root beer that was worth drinking.