Trying to give up Coke's!

chew gum!!!!!!!

sounds silly, but it works

have you tried coke zero? It tastes a little more like regular coke, but this is coming from someone who loves loves loves diet coke. Also, I acknowledge that diet coke although none of the calories is just as bad as regular, I might give it up some day

My boyfriend is completely obsessed with coke. He drinks them all day long. What I did to help him out is I asked him what other kinds of drinks he likes. He told me he likes lemonade...so i replaced his coke with crystal light lemonade and now he only drinks 1 or 2 cans a day, which is a huge improvement. Try replacing it with something else that you like...but don't cut it out cold turkey because you'll crave it too much.


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If you go cold turkey - you'll cave way too easily.

best way? buy fountain coke and start with a full regular with a splash of diet. Next time, add two splashes of diet. just keep doing that slowly and eventually you'll end up with more of a taste for the diet.

Or....find things to replace with - flavored waters, etc. I love the carbonated, flavored waters or diet sprite (doesn't taste as "diety" to me!)

I love Coke Zero but my absolute fav is Cherry Coke Zero

Drink water first and if you are still thirsty drink a coke. Wean yourself a little at a time. Good luck.

Oh my gosh I know exactly how you feel, I love coke but it is the only regular pop I drink. But one summer I worked as a lifeguard and on my way home I would stop by the gas station and get a 32 oz coke, and days I wasn't working a lot of times I would drink even more than that. I've found that not buying any at the store doesn't help me because I'll just go to the gas station or somewhere and end up getting it, and that just costs more money. So now what I do is I buy coke zero (cans, not 2 liters, it's easier to tell how much you're drinking). And I've noticed once they've been in the fridge so they're completely cold, they taste pretty similar to regular coke. And once you stop drinking so much regular coke, you also notice less of a difference. But if I go to restaurants where they have coke (usually they don't have coke zero, and when they do it doesn't taste too great) I just get regular coke AND water. And don't feel bad about it.

Ok- I was addicted to deit pepsi. here's what I did. I only allowed myself tohave it as a treat when we went out to eat- which is like 2X during the week-usually lunch and on the weekends. I don't crave it any,ore. I enjoy having it but I have created the new habbit of drinking the water instead. AHHHHHH thinkof all the cals you will save! You go girl.

Good Luck! I used to drink about 2 liters of diet Coke a day. Now maybe a can of diet coke a week.
No easy way to do it- cold turkey is hard, but if you don't buy it you have to go out and get it to cheat! My rule was I could only buy a 12 oz can at a time. You will need to wean yourself off the caffeine- I used tea instead- or the headaches will drive you nuts! Eventually it is worth it.

I've had the hardest time giving up soda (I'm addicted to Mountain Dew). The best advice I can give is to slowly wean yourself off of it.... this is what I'm doing. Instead of 6-12 cans a day, I have been drinking 1-2 cans and replacing the rest with lots of water. I usually just need 1 can to help knock out the caffine withdrawel headaches.

I've also tried cold turkey... which works but is HARD... and drinking a glass or two of tea or coffee to knock out the caffine withdrawel. I was successful with this method for about a month, and then after that I would crack.

I wish you the best of luck! And even if you go down to 1 soda a day, I bet you'll still drop a good chunk of weight not just because of the calories, but the sugar as well. :flowerforyou:

Im a Mt Dew addict too.
I weened myself off it too...I had THE worst caffeine withdrawls because I used to live off that, coffee, and energy drinks (litterally, I didnt really eat much food for years and managed to gain weight)
Now Im down to one a day/one every other day.

Ive also started drinking diet cherry 7up...it calms the craving for carbonated flavor.

I am a major Coke a cola addict regular not diet I need help kicking this & its so hard. I have no energy (thus all the sugar) and hate feeling this way. I will skip meals alot as long as I have my coke!! Pathetic right? Calories I shouldnt have I cant just drink water believe it or not coke quenches my thirst more than water..ugh I am trying to lose about 20 lbs and I think cutting out soda will help alot. I see advice on here about cutting down I have tried that but am willing to try again.

I was addicted to coke (the cola ). I would always walk around with a big gulp. I gave it up cold turkey for lent in 2008, and have never looked back. The first two weeks were so hard, but then it was easier. And now I can only drink a little before it makes me feel a little sick. I replaced with unsweetened ice tea, for the caffeine. You can do it.

What helped me kick Diet Pepsi was getting a Sodastream machine and making my own seltzer. I found that while I was very picky about taste of my cola drinks (only Diet Pepsi would do... no Diet Coke and definitely no regular), what I wanted most was the fizz. By switching to homemade seltzer, I get the fizz without the sodium and also without the high cost of soda, which really adds up when you drink as much as I did. I drink a Diet Pepsi on occasion now, but I have to be really careful because I become re-addicted just by drinking it two days in a row.

I used to be the same way! I loooooooOOOOooooved me some Coke!

When I decided to start improving my health I quit them cold turkey. It was early this year so I honestly don't remember how long it took to stop craving them. It wasn't long though. I drink plain black coffee in the mornings so I didn't have caffeine headaches.

Get them out of the house. Do everything you can to avoid the fridge or the vending machines at work. Have water on hand so you have something to sip - I really think part of the habit is a psychological need to hold and drink something at certain times of the day. I promise it won't take long to break the habit.

You can do it!! It's not easy in the beginning but before you know it you'll be turning your nose up at the stuff. After being away from it for several months it just looks and smells unnatural to me. Good luck!