Soda....

ckidd84120
ckidd84120 Posts: 1
in Food and Nutrition
This topic's probably been beaten to death, but..... it's my Achilles heel. I'm an emotional eater...whenever I get stressed out, I grab a can of Mt. Dew. This, of course, makes my stress worse because of the caffeine. I've also gotten used to going to work and grabbing one out of the machine first thing.

I've tried and tried to stop, but it hasn't worked. I'm weak.

Any practical strategies to kick the stuff? If I am able to skip a day or two, I feel tired but I actually perform better at the gym - so I am motivated.

Thanks!
Chris

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Make room for the calories in your day. Or go diet Mr. Dew.
  • phoenixx866
    phoenixx866 Posts: 173 Member
    Start with taking small steps. If you tend to drink, say, 3 cans of Mt Dew per day, promise yourself that you'll replace 1 can with 1 glass of water. Keep doing this until you feel ready to up to 2 glasses of water and 1 can of soda. You don't need to cut it out all together at once. Just make one small promise and stick to it. :)

    Also, there's no need to completely cut it out of your life. I have soda almost once a week, if not more. When you do decide to indulge, either make enough calorie room if you want a regular or switch to a diet. There's no need to eliminate it completely from your life, unless that's your goal.
  • carebearrum
    carebearrum Posts: 18 Member
    I was/am a HUGE Soda drinker. Pepsi is my weakness I was up to 5 to 6 bottles which was 16.9 oz. a Day. sometimes more. Then one day I found myself this 16 oz Mason Jar Tumbler which I ONLY use for water. I put water and ice in it and tell myself if I drink that then I can have a pop, as I spend most my day sitting or at a computer, I found I didn't want to get up any more then I had to to get the pop as I had water to drink there. It was mere mind over matter. Now I'm drinking less maybe 1 or 2 every few days and I'm drinking like 2 to 3 of the Mason Jar water. now if I want Caffeine I found myself drinking this Iced Coffee that has 100 calories instead of the Pepsi. SO it can be done. It really can you just need to find what your niche is.
  • Straitlover1965
    Straitlover1965 Posts: 39 Member
    They make caffeine free MD. You won't probably find it in a machine , though. You'd need to buy a six pack or 12 pack at the store. It's cheaper that way, too. before I cut out soda, I drank CF Diet MD. Yum, still miss it! Gave up sodas because they bloated me really badly and made me crave sugar (YMMV, I'm just saying what it did to me).

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