Soda pop.

I have frequent Migraines and sometimes I drink a coke with my meds to make it work better. It may be all in my head, but it works. I just fit it into my calories and go on. Mind you, this is only about once or twice a week.

I do not miss pop much. However, if I truly want some Coke........I just have a little, track it and move on. That way I'm not continually thinking about it.

I did notice that I am less likely to do that now that I am tracking food because I can see the non-nutritional calories and they seem much more real!

The more water you drink, the more you will love it!

I have found that if I start with drinking pop then I want pop. If I start with water, I want water. Mostly I seem to want pop out of habit more than anyting. I drink one mug of coffee and bring two 25-ounce water bottles to school every day. After my coffee I make myself switch to the water. I don't let myself have any pop until all my water is gone. I have found that doing this I really don't even want the pop, and my body craves the water. If I do get the pop, it rarely tastes as good as I remember.

I used to drink 5-8 12oz cans of Coke a day. Now, I rarely ever have one, MAYBE one a month. When I was cutting back, if I felt the urge to have one I'd drink half and throw it away. Then I'd cut to just a few sips and throw the rest away. That way you don't feel that you are depriving yourself and it helps with caffeine headaches if you get those. I didn't switch to the smaller can because metally it helped to recognize the soft drink as garbage and that's where it belonged. Now, like fast food, it taste horrible and I just don't want it anymore.

Marketing is amazing. If I see a Coke commercial it still triggers the "Oh that sounds soo good", but to actually drink one...blah.

I love my soft drinks - I love the sugar, the caffeine, the carbonation...soooo I know how hard it is to stop completely. Some things I've done in the past 1) stop cold turkey (I get headaches and irritability for a few days, but it passes), 2) reduce your intake each day (right now, I only allow myself ~8-10 ounces everyday of something to drink other than plain water) 3) make yourself drink the same amount of water that your drinking in soda everyday on top of the 6-8 glasses of water you should be drinking everyday.

Two things I haven't tried, but have heard of working for others: 1) for every calorie of soda you drink, workout to burn that many calories, 2) a friend of mine got one of those "make your own soda" machines. She loves it and sometimes even just makes carbonated water because she likes the carbonation.

Good luck!

I don't curve it, I take it straight.

Seltzer water. It's a nice change to just plain water. I will have a diet soda maybe ONCE a month, and never regular soda (sugar + inflammation disease = more pain).

I spritz some lemon or lime juice in my seltzer water too. Nice flavor.

If I want it, I have it. If I don't, it's all I will think about. I dont believe in deprivation, moderation baby *wink*

I just make sure I have a bottle of water first.

I hear you, but my version is Diet Coke. It is a tough one to kick..I did go off totally, for a month then had one and gradually am back to my original intake. I have to focus on weight loss as my priority, but do want to address this, soon.

I have been a huge Coca-Cola drinker for years - and find the taste of Coke Zero or Diet to be awful. So far I have been able to cut it out and maybe have one Coke every 2 weeks.

I started adding the Propel Zero packets to my water bottle (one packet in a 32 oz). Helps curb that sugar craving and allows me to drink more water instead.