Pepsi Addiction

I was a huge Dr. Pepper freak! I just weaned myself down..... man it took weeks!! I now have one every great once in a while! You can do it!! Who would have thought that something so "normal" could make us so sick and addicted huh!!

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sounds like the sugar is driving insulin spikes and subsequent crashes. you need a 2-3 day cleanse with no sugared drinks. You are also probably dealing with a caffeine addiction. This is going to be somewhat controversial but i would recommend even drinking diet soda instead of the full flavored soda. I know there is some dispute over the affect of artificial sweeteners in the body but for the sake of weight loss, I would recommend (at the minimum) switching to diet.

Good luck! I know it's hard and your will probably be miserable for a day or two, but you can do it!

I need some help on overcoming my Pepsi addiction. I can drink upwards to about 5-6 Pepsi cans a day, and if I don't, I get intense cravings, where I'm really cranky and sluggish if I don't get enough. I really want to kick the habit completely, but it's really difficult when I've had this habit for many years.

Anyone have any tips on how they overcame a soda addiction? It's pretty much my major roadblock to weight loss because I'm good with eating healthy and exercising, but the Pepsi is just out of control.

I would try the Dr. Oz way by weaning yourself off slowly to substitute 1 can for same oz in Orange juice.
Example: week 1: substitute 12 oz. Of soda for Orange juice. Each week try to cut out a little more until you cut it out completely.
Once you substitute out all soda repeat the process to substitute out the orange juice for water.

I drank 3 to 4 cans a day myself and when I decided to get healthy I quit cold turkey. I had to go cold turkey. I tried weening myself but just a little sip made me want more. The caffeine withdrawls were horrible, but they went away after a few days. Now if I have caffeine it makes me feel horrible. I get jittery and have hot flashes. Makes me realize how much the caffeine and sugar were effecting me physically. The weight dropped off like crazy too. Now I drink A & W Diet Root Beer if I want soda. It's the only one I have found that doesn't really taste like diet soda.

I only drank 1 can of coke per day. I cut back to 1 can every other day for about 2 weeks, then cut back to 1 can twice per week for a few weeks, then cut back to 1 can per week and then none at all. I've been pop free for almost 3 months.

Pour a Pepsi in a Glass, Drop a Penny in it let it sit a week....

I would say try the pepsi max....I use to be in that boat...and I had my withdrawal symptoms....go slow because I know what it is like to get sick. Pepsi max isnt bad....I drink either diet pepsi or pepsi max when I want a soda.

I can totally relate, except I'm a coke addict (gah, that sounds terrible doesn't it? haha). Firstly I never ever buy them for at home. And now when I'm out and I decide to get one as a treat I try to get coke zero when they have it, or diet coke even though I don't like it as much.

My mom used to drink a lot of diet dr. pepper, and she stopped when she started the 17 day diet, which had a rule of drinking 8 glasses of water per day, and you could drink as many diet sodas as you wanted but for every soda you had to drink an additional glass of water. That really deterred my mom from the soda because she honestly didn't think she could drink any more water than what she already was!

I didnt read all the replies (soz I is tireds) but I overcame my addiction to diet coke (aspartamin (sp??) AND caffeine ... kablerg!) with really cold soda water cans.

Aside from the headache for two days I dont miss it THAT much. I found that the thing I like best about diet coke is the bubbles. I got the low sodium cans of soda water and now Ive switched to mineral water. I still have the urge to buy diet coke when I see it but I just get a mineral water instead.

thats utter crud.. - soda is soda - both have 150 cal per can and are made up entirely of carbs that cause you to get fat.
all soda ESP the sugar free ones are bad for you

think about this. you breathe in oxygen and you breathe out carbon dioxide.. guess what they use t o make bubbles in soda.. thats right co2. so barring the debate of which tastes better they are all bad for you

the ones that are zero calories are worse.. ( calories are a measure of what burns for energy . so basically if a drink a has no calories it has nothing in it your body can use.. )

the aspartame and artificial sweeteners are known carcinogens.. much like sucking a cigarette .

now that being said.. i do drink pepsi . . but one or two cans a day at most. usually with rye whiskey (crown royal ) and as long as i watch my overall caloric intake and balance of fat to carbs to proteins and veggies i am losing weight regularly .. slower now as i am gaining some weight back as muscle as i lose fat..

do some real research.. you will be amazed what medical documents actually reveal about soda and things like artificial sweeteners that the media wont print because their advertisers are big contributors to their budgets ( ahem coke pepsi etc.. )

I was drinking about a 2-liter or more a day from the time i got up until the time I went to bed and had been doing that for about 8 years. It got to the point where I was only getting about 4 hour of sleep a night because my body was so wound up on caffeine and sugar that I couldn't fall asleep. I stopped cold turkey and started drinking flavored sparkling water, I prefer the clear american brand that you can find at wal-mart for about $0.70 a liter. The carbonation made it feel like I was still drinking soda and the black cherry flavor even kind of reminds me of dr.pepper or cherry pepsi. Long story short I was able to quits drinking soda completely with out and cravings or migraines which was a great surprise with how many previous failed attempts I have had in the past. And the best part is the sparkling water has 0 calories so its helpful if you are trying to loose weight as well!! Hope this helps!

Up here in canada they have pepsi next(low sugar).. I havn't tried it but it maybe a good start for kicking the habbit rather than going full sugar.

I think someone already suggested this, but try the flavored sparkling waters. I find that they satisfy my craving for "sweet and bubbly" without the caffeine or sugar of a coke. I do still drink one diet soda a day, though.