I actually find I miss the fizz more than the sugar and club soda just doesn't cut it!

I was there! I was drinking several Mountain Dews a day, but with my second pregnancy I had Gestational Diabetes. I HAD to kick the habit. I found that having an alternate supply of caffeine is important. I found that unsweetened iced tea was the best for me. I bought a iced tea maker, and made a pitcher every morning. I added a little lemon, but that's it. If I had something easy I could grab instead, it was much easier to avoid the soda (or pop, as we say in Minnesota). I also miss the carbonation, and have found that I like some mineral waters, while others are gross. I personally like La Croix orange flavored a lot.

I'm with several of you other Mamas in that I miss the carbonation when I don't drink pop. I've given up pop several times, and really didn't have much of an issue with cravings for the sweetness beyond the first few days...but I missed the bubbly goodness. When I went back and had one after not drinking pop for a while it tasted too sickeningly sweet. I don't like artificial sweeteners, so it's the "hard stuff" or nothing for me. ;-)

I found that it's hard to find alternatives, if you don't like artificial sweeteners. There are few things to add to your water for flavor. I've tried homemade "pop" with soda and juice concentrate, but it isn't the same.

One thing I've "tricked" myself with is keeping track of my water consumption on MFP and using a very pretty cup. Seriously, it sounds so "girly" when I say it but I have my favorite 24oz Tervis Tumbler and I tricked it out with a pink lid and handle. I also tend to drink more water when I have a straw as opposed to without.

That being said, I definitely get my caffeine kick in the pants with my coffee in the morning. ;-)

Sodas are one of the worst nutrition habits we can have. You can break away! I did. I used to drink Cokes all the time. Way too much sugar and calories that are doing you no good - doing you harm actually. Now I drink Vitamin Water Zero, sweetened naturally with Stevia. If you need some caffeine, try the Starbucks Refreshers (also sweetened with Stevia) and are only 60 calories. They do have some sugar because they are made with fruit. They are made with green coffee beans, which are very high in antioxidants. These come in cans at some grocery stores. The Refreshers at the Starbucks stores are not sweetened with Stevia (heck knows why?), so be aware that they have more calories and sugar.

Got this from fitnessmagazine.com

Dump Your Diet Soda Addiction

Think you aren't addicted? Think again. When French researchers hooked rats on cocaine and then gave the critters a choice between a cocaine fix or a nibble of saccharine (a popular diet drink sweetener), most went for the saccharine. And the drug of choice comes with its own set of side effects: In a 2011 study from the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, participants who averaged two diet sodas a day over about nine years experienced an increase in waist circumference five times greater than those who didn't drink diet sodas. Why? To your body, consuming artificial sweeteners is like hitting the accelerator with no gas. Your brain gets let down when the sweet stuff has zero energy to offer, and makes you crave -- and eat -- more food (especially sweets) throughout the day, says Grotto.

Oh i am so bad with this!!! when i dont have it i feel great.. but as soon as i have some its like i want it all the time! and i feel icky when i drink soda!!! I love tea but really only sweet tea, not a big fan of coffee unless im SUPER tired and its SUPER sweet! guess the best thing is just not to buy it!

I have the same problem with root beer soda. I cant have caffine right now since I'm breastfeeding and caffine bothers my son, but root beer doesn't have caffine so I've been drinking it. I'm slowly cutting down how much I drink and hope to have the habit kicked by next month. I don't like teas so I'm trying to find something to replace my soda. I use to drink a 2 liter every 2-3 days, now I drink one in about 2 weeks, it goes flat before I finish it.

I don't think I can say that I truly kicked my habit, but I have gotten it much more under control. I drank 2-3 cans of Mounain Dew a day, and now I allow myself one a month. Allowing myself that one lets me have it when I really feel I need it. I can be having a bad day , or have a sore throat or whatever. But, once I had January's, I'm done. I only cheated once last year (two in October). That helps me.