I WANT A SODA

Distract yourself for 15 min. If you still really want one, ,my suggestion is to have one can of full-sugar soda (not diet) and work it into your daily calories. You will be much more satisfied with just one coke then you will be with a diet...

I always tend to drink only half a can because it's so sweet, but it does the trick if you are craving it. If you ignore a craving that doesn't go away after 15 min. being distracted, you could end up feeling resentful and eating crap later.

Speaking for myself, I find that if I'm craving something it's better for me to give in to that craving because if I substitute with something else I always tend to end up having what I was craving in the first place anyway.

I think if you have your one can of soda it will get that craving out of your system and you'll be able to move on.

Don't beat yourself up when you crave the things you like. As long as you stay within your macros you're still going to keep losing.

Hope this helps

V. :-)

Artificial sweeteners confuse your body and make it store fat. Have a can of regular pop if you want one. I have a can of coke every day! It makes me happy

I gave up soda in January, and I do quite well with just having a diet root beer or diet orange pop every once in a while to kill my craving for pop. The few times I have allowed myself to have Diet Coke or Diet Mtn Dew, I have regreted it and have kept craving them.
Honestly, I would say stick to the sparkling water and stay away from the soda. I feel better, have lost more weight and have not had any cavities since I decided to stay away.
Good Luck!!!

I love Dr Pepper and would usually drink a 12oz can every other day and just about every time I went out for lunch or something. But after having quit with the soft drinks about a week ago, I've been craving-free. I do drink two cups of black coffee every morning though, so maybe that's enough to keep my caffeine cravings at bay.

But to answer your question, I don't think it would do too much hurt to have a can of soda every now and again. As with most everything, it's a lot to do with portion control. Have your soda; just don't have too much of it.

If you have the calories available, I don't think it's so bad to have one can of soda.

However, I've recently discovered that the cans of flavored sparkling water really kill the soda cravings I get. No caffeine, no calories, no artificial sweeteners, just carbonated water and citric acid. You may be able to find something like this in your grocery store: http://www.lacroixwater.com/ Give them a shot!

My rule is that if I crave it for 1 week, then I usually give into the temptation, but I make sure it's good. Like, I wouldn't drink a generic root beer, I'd have the A&W to make the calories worth it.

Although, my cravings tend to be high-calorie things like cheeseburgers.

You either make the choice to let yourself have it guilt free or you make the choice not to have it. Simple. Your actions are your own.

Personally, if I was really craving it and you've not had one since May, I'd have it. I'm not about rewarding my good actions with a treat, but I am about being able to have the nice things in life occasionally, and if that's your nice thing, then have enough control to have one, and then maybe have another in a few weeks.

Alternatively, if it really is your achilles heel, try having cordial instead of plain water. Might curb the sweetness you need.

I am on week 8 of no soda, and the one time I tried it since I quit was around the week 3 mark, and it was too sweet for me then. Obviously we are all different. Here are my thoughts:


"I know having one soda isn't going to set back everything I've been done, but I have an addictive personality & diet coke/diet dr pepper used to be my one vice. "

Would you let a recovering alcoholic have ONE drink? or an ex smoker have ONE cigarette? Someone recovering from an eating disorder to binge eat just ONCE? It's a slippery slope. I think you should resist the temptation. You already went 3 great months without it, don't spoil all that hard work!

If you MUST have soda on occasion, reserve it for extremely rare and special occassions, and even then limit yourself.

I promise you, you can hang in there! I have faith in you!

If you want a pop drink a pop. It's not going to harm you. Diet pop will not harm your progress. As long as you aren't sensitive to caffeine and as long as you don't have medical issues with sweeteners you are fine. If you don't want the caffeine get the caffeine free pops.