Cutting out diet soda

I quit sodas in june. Water only a little juice here and there. once a day a flavoured water. i think i have more energy without caffiene. My coworkers drink engery drinks heavily and always tired. I drink water and have great engery levels. I like you are concerned about diet drinks.

Good job I am glad it is working out well for you. I used to drink tons of diet soda but I cut it out completely at the beginning of the year not so much for weight loss but just because water seemed like a healthier option in general. These days I will have a diet occasionally- like maybe 1-2 per week at a restaurant or something but that's about it.

I'm trying to cut out soda too. It's tough. I'm having a hard time when going out to eat, and sometimes I just want something other than water. What are you replacing it with? Any suggestions?

YAY! This Sunday will be one month for me too. I had reduced my soda intake to just one a day and then just cut it out. Sometimes it's hard but I'm so glad to be done with that.

Keep up the good work!

i gave up diet sodas a few months ago. i used to have one every afternoon. no real reason - just decided to have coffee instead and the sweetener is just kinda gross to me. i haven't noticed any giant changes in myself, but i can say that i never crave one anymore, so it can be done!

I was a big time Coke Zero drinker. Since I have joined this site I have only had one bottle. I will still have one when out the odd time, but I'm def not drinking it daily or even weekly. Nothing against it at all, just know that for me it can be a trigger to eat bad. Not sure of the science on that one but that is how I feel.

I work from home and I used to almost perpetually have a coke zero on the go, I have successfully replaced it with green tea. I got a "Perfect Tea Maker" from Teavana and it was game changing. Makes it super simple to steep loose leaf tea. I'll have a couple cups of green and oolong a day now. It is winter here in Canada though, so maybe the summer I will be craving something a bit cooler.

Do any of you former soda drinkers, drink alcohol? I haven't drank in awhile, but that is my one concern. A diet and Jack was my goto mixed drink. Gonna miss it. I guess I'll have to become a vodka and soda guy.

My skin is a lot more radient and I'm building so much more muscles compared to before. I have also started eating organic fruits and vegetables more often, and substituted some of my refined carbs for whole grains.

Well you don't "build" muscle while on a calorie deficit (there are exceptions,but you don't look to be in that category), so what you're seeing is less body fat which is a good thing.
Muscle building means adding weight since adding muscle means weight increase.


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Good for you! I was drinking tons of coke zeros (3-8 bottles/cans a day). I quit diet soda cold turkey back in the spring. I haven't slipped up once. Glad I did it, I dont miss it at all---the stuff is no good. I drink a ton of water and tea now.

oh no! that was my drink too, and I just swore to give up diet sodas, right before a party tomorrow...what was I thinking? Keep up the good work, thanks for the tip on drinking tea instead. Can you do iced green tea in summer?

I have seen a few times that even diet soda adds 7 pounds a year if you consume just two a day. Many runners also say the carbon dioxide cuts your wind when running (more difficult to manage O2 levels). Many studies reveal drinking between 64-100 oz of water a day can help you drop weight and Bob Harper's (Guy from Biggest Loser) book, The Skinny Rules, has his number one rule as Drink a Glass of water before each meal....NO EXCUSES. Filling up on water helps you to eat less at meals, thus reducing caloric intake.