Soda

Yeah, for sure. I am totally addicted. At one point I was having 4 cans a day. Now, I am down to 1 a day. I am not even aiming for 0 at this point. One coke puts me over my daily sugar and it takes away half a meal's worth of food...
but...
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I love it....

soda is my vice, but i barely drink caffeinated pop any more and have reduced my consumption to a few a month
but i feel your pain i don't think i can cut it out completely lol

I feel ya ! I like regular classic coke. I mostly drink Dasani water , but sometimes I get a yen for something else to drink
so I take a couple of sips (about a quarter to a half cup) of coke. One bottle lasts me about 7 -10 days. You may want to cut back gradually, so that it's not too uncomfortable for you .

I gave up my precious soda when I started doing this, and haven't had one in three weeks now. I usually drank around four sodas a day (large glasses at home, 16 oz bottles at work). I still have a couple of Dews in the fridge waiting for me, but I haven't given in to temptation yet. Sure - I would love to have one, but I haven't been craving soda. One of these days, I'll just have one again, but each day I think about it, I think, "Well, I've gone xx days without it, might as well go without one more day."

The diet drinks will save you the calories and sugar, but the sweetness is still there. Diet or regular, that will make you hungrier.

I will drink my soda again, but I'll limit them, and it could take a while to get through my supply in the basement.

I quit smoking three and a half years ago. I quit drinking diet coke (a six-pack-a-day habit) three years ago and it was easier to quit smoking. I know it's hard, but it can be done. I did it because I wanted to quit ingesting artificial sweetners. Soooo three years later I went to India, and of course got "Dehli Belly" (the Indian version of Montezuma's revenge), and drank a coke in an attempt to settle my stomach (regular, but made with cane sugar since it was bottled internationally). I had to let it go flat. I couldn't stand the carbonation and it was WAYYYY to sweet. A few days later I wanted to see if it was the illness that made the coke unappealing or just that I no longer like cokes. Guess what - still couldn't do it. It actually made me feel sick! On the other hand, I am now severely addicted to coffee....

Diet Pepsi was my drug of choice...however, I have been on a "get rid of the soda" mission for about month now and I haven't had one in ...geee, almost a week and ya know what, I haven't missed it! I have discovered a little secret that really helps me drink water ( not a water drinker at all)'. I put a small piece of raw Ginger in the bottle sometimes I also add a cucumber w the Ginger...sometimes a strawberry or any fruit that I like. So refreshing and I find that I am now craving my "spa" drink instead of the Pepsi. Give it a try...my son loves this way of drinking water and it's gotten him off the soda too.

OOh Ginger in your water is a good idea. I have not drank sodas (anything carbonated) since 2007. I had terrible heartburn, throat pain and after many physicians visits and eventually major throat surgery I havent drank them since. Now, I can't even drink them. They taste terrible. Once you don't drink them a while they no longer taste good. Try it.... You will be suprised...

ooo soda. its been 4 weeks and honestly i dont miss it now. The first 2 weeks were so hard, i wanted to hit the coke button instead of the water button in the vending machine here at work. LOL. But im ok now. Good luck!! : )