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Unsweet Tea instead of Pop!!

jdavis193
jdavis193 Posts: 972 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So usually for lunch I would drink a 12oz can of diet pop. Half way through I would think why am I drinking this it doesn't taste good to me. I was just sick of drinking pop. I switched it with unsweet tea with two packets of splenda oh so much better!!! I will still drink one can occasionally. I am so over most of the diet drinks.!!! I drink water the rest of the time..

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  • aam_84
    aam_84 Posts: 46
    I did the same thing! On my way to work I would get a 32oz of Diet Dr. Pepper and sip on it all morning. When I decided to really get serious about my diet I cut it out and substituted with unsweet Tea. I feel so much better!!!
  • Frappuzzino
    Frappuzzino Posts: 342 Member
    I usually get straight unsweet tea or half unsweet half sweet but I'm sure adding Splenda is much healthier. Do you add the Splenda when the drink is cold?
  • jdavis193
    jdavis193 Posts: 972 Member
    Splenda is better for you than diet coke and two a day is not bad for you. That was per THE Doctor's... I put it in the container in the morning than I bring it to work adn freeze the tea and have it for lunch.
  • bethrs
    bethrs Posts: 664 Member
    As you get used to tea you can eventually move from splenda to flavored teas and cut out artificial sweetners too- just a suggestion for a challenge!

    Congrats to you folks on giving up the soda, I know folks struggle with that!
  • tracey2710
    tracey2710 Posts: 197 Member
    I don't normally drink fizzy drinks (Only the occasional one if there's vodka in it). But to the other extreme I drink a lot of water - between 2-3ltrs a day, plus 2 cups of fruit tea, plus pint of skimmed milk! Think it might be a bit too much!
  • BifDiehl
    BifDiehl Posts: 474
    This is something I'm trying to do! I think about 24 ounces of diet Dr. Pepper each day and want to switch to tea instead (I'm not ready to give up caffeine yet :noway: ).

    I'm not a big tea fan, though. What kind of tea do you use?
  • jdavis193
    jdavis193 Posts: 972 Member
    Tea does have caffeine in it ;) I just got tired of pop.. I would waste the can bc I would just want it with my meal. I will still drink a can every now and then. Good Luck.
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