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COCA COLA

JAYNEROCKS310
JAYNEROCKS310 Posts: 13 Member
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi! My name is Melissa and I found out about this site by a family member. I am very excited about how easy this site seems to make keeping up with calories and data for me. I want to lose about 50 pounds. I hope I can use this site to aid in my success!

I am a Coca Cola addict ... Any hints, tips or tricks for giving it up an making water my new friend.

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  • durbanski
    durbanski Posts: 183 Member
    Yep, for me I switched to crystal light. Over time it helped me get used to artificial sweeteners. Now I actually almost cant drink regular pop because its too sweet. Try it out.
  • Markieemel
    Markieemel Posts: 14
    ooooh, im in the same boat as you. everyone assumes that bc your fat, you eat. i dont eat. i jus drink a whoooooooole lotta soda. I used to drink about 6 liters a day. no joke. I switched to tea and kept all soda's out of the house.
  • natspoiledbrat
    natspoiledbrat Posts: 133
    I too loved coca-cola and still do, but I was able to cut back from drinking anywhere between 6-10 a day. I first started by limiting myself to one a day (usually with my dinner). After about a week, I noticed how awful I felt when I did drink a coke. I would feel bloated and just not very good. I realized that I really felt like that all the time, but just didn't realize because I was constantly drinking cokes. This is what made it easy for me. I'm not gonna lie, the 1st month was really hard. I craved them all the time and had to just force myself to not drink them. Now as time has gone on, it has become a lot easier. I still crave them from time to time, but I make sure that I have room in my calories everyday and usually allow myself one on the days I work out. So that is also my motivation to hit the gym. I know if I went and worked out that I can allow myself a coke. Also, when I see the number of calories I burn on a machine, I say to myself "Ok, I just burned 140 calories, one coke, 280 calories, two cokes", and so on. So before you know I have counted almost an entire 6-pack.
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