The Ban soda from your body team!

I totally stopped drinking soda for some time. First since I kept hearing people say "I stopped drinking soda and I lost 10 lbs". Well I didn't lose any from that. I stopped drinking sweet tea and only order plain tea now.

BUT once in awhile I have a soda now. I just like it still, and feel I can't totally deny a craving when I really want now.

I am with you! I have banned Soda since January 1st. Two weeks ago I hada a Dr. Pepper (my old vice) and it didn't taste the same or give the feelings I used to crave. I actually dumped most of it out. (I hate wasting) Now I feel I can go the rest of my life soda free! And I have lost weight and I am losing my "soda belly"

I really need to get rid of soda...I know this sounds silly, but i get ice pick headaches from soda. No fun and they truely suck. YET I am still drinking 1-2 cans of dt dew a day.

How did you quit without all the side effects and how do you get through the cravings? I quit years ago and didnt' drink it for 3 years! I have tried many times to quit since but somehow I just can't.

Plus...migraines (2-3 a month), the only way I can get rid of them is with Coke and my medicine. If I have a really bad migraine month, I end up getting addicted all over again to soda because I'm trying to get rid of the migraines. It's been a real challenge.

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Well the longest time i have stop drinking soda was almost a year up until i had my wreck and i had no control but now i am slowly getting off it again just trying to have a glass a day or even a week or a month but it is hard when all your friends and family love to drink soda.

I'm REALLY trying... down to about 1 a week. I try to think about all the money I'm saving too, because I used to buy soda from a vending machine at work.

I quit drinking all soft drinks back in July when I joined the site. Honestly, it was HARD to give up because I was super addicted to the caffeine and sugar.

What I did was prepare a big pitcher of ice tea each day. At first I had to add sugar to it, but I weaned myself off the sugar in that too, adding a little less each time. Anyway, I would just make sure to drink the tea at lunch and supper with all my healthier food, and other than that drink water during the day. The little bit of caffeine really took the edge off, and kept me from temptation. The few days that I forgot to make the tea I got pretty bad headaches, so I was pretty consistent with drinking some everyday for a month or so until I just didn't need it as much. Now I drink unsweet tea when I feel like having a flavored drink, and I really enjoy the taste. No temptation for sweet tea or soft drinks.

Soda is the DEVIL. Even if you aren't trying to lose weight that amount of sugar in your body IS SO BAD. It gets your glycemic levels all over the shop and hello, diabetes!

I heart water.

oh i fight this fight all the time its worst for me than quicking smoking was (did that like 10 years ago) I'll go months without a diet pepsi and than I'll have just one as a treat, than another and soon its back in the house and I'm having to fight with myself to only have on a day. It's a sad love hate relationship.

oh i need to! i drink one can in the morning and one at lunch. what did blair say in her video? i love her makeup videos!

For the most part, I gave them up amost 25 years ago and haven't looked back. I had a ridiculous TAB habit...for you young 'uns that was the diet drink of choice before Diet Coke/Pepsi. Every once in awhile I will have one, usually when there are no other options available (which hasn't happened lately!!), but I don't miss them at all. My hubby has pretty much given them up too.