Quitting Diet Soda

I am not surprised at this study. I gave up diet soda a couple of years ago and it was one of the best decisions I have made in my life.

So, in order to quit, I decided that diet soda was hurting my health. I had headaches for about two weeks and cravings. I drank lots of water and still do. I also needed to sleep more for about two weeks after I quit so I allowed myself to do that.

I feel so much better eliminating diet soda from my diet. On a side notes, my trips to the dentist are awesome - no more issues. The acid in soda wrecks your teeth. I don't drink any caffeine now and I get much, much better sleep which helped my overall health as well.

I tend to crave the carbonation more than anything...so I substituted kombucha!! It has the fizz, and a little flavor, is good to REDUCE adic in the body versus what soda does which is increase it, and its super low cal! I like Synergy Cranberry, Passionberry, Mango etc. Also substitue tons of iced (unsweetened!) tea especially green and mango black with lemon, and seltzer water. Good luck! Your body will thank you!

I just had to quit cold turkey. I felt like I had the flu and was a walking zombie for a few days. Once I got past that and the headaches I was fine.

The reason I chose to do it that way, was I couldn't wean myself off slowly. It was either I drank it all day or not at all. I realize my method isn't the best for everyone.

I've heard sparkling water is a good thing to drink if you're going to cut back slowly.

If you have the withdrawal headaches be careful of certain pain relievers as they have caffeine.

If you're craving that carbonated deliciousness, try Fruit Water (by the makers of Vitamin Water.) They have AWESOME flavors, they're carbonated, do NOT contain aspartame, and have 0 calories, fat, sugars, sodium. They're so yummy! That helped me.

Coffee is tasty

I gave it up and just quit cold turkey. It wasn't easy! All I drank was coffee, water, and diet coke. Now I have 1 cup of coffee in the morning and then water all day and all night. Invest in a good quality water bottle and refill throughout the day. Sometimes I add fruit to mine to enhance the flavor, most the time I just drink it plain. It's one of the best things you'll do!

I honestly thought I'd miss it more...I watched my husband crack open a can of ice cold diet coke (Diet Coke in a can was my all time fav) just this past weekend and didn't even want one sip. I was perfectly content with my ice water.

I think once you change your habits, your tastes change.