help quiting soda

When I stopped drinking diet coke, I went cold turkey. It wasn't in the house and so I didn't drink it!

Haven't drunk it since (over two years now...)

I used club soda or seltzer to quit.
At first I added 1/4 cup orange juice or grape juice or any othe juice you like and then I was able to cut out the juice and drink it plain or purchase a no calorie flavored one such as lemon/lime, etc.
Of course you can also squeeze your own lime in it.
The only time I have diet soda now is a sprite zero on a plane when u travel. It's my special soothing plane treat, lol.

Buy a Soda Stream and make carbonated water. You can add sugar free syrup or lemon, but I just drink the fizzy water. You can get extra bottles, so you can take one with you to work.

Do it slowly, just like anything else we might be addicted to. I used to drink a lot of coca cola but then switch to sprite and now I'm consuming less and less. Have other healthy and not a lot of sugar drinks in the refri when you have that crave to drink something. I keep my refri full of water and cut lemons inside for some taste.natural orange juice, non sweet apple juice, grateful or cranberry juice are good alternate. Drink something and reduced your soda intake slowly and before you know it, you'll lose the craving for the soda. Good luck.

I went to seltzer water and haven't turned back since. Sure I miss it but it isn't worth the calories to me. You just have to be careful with seltzer because some use aspartame as a sweetener and some are loaded with sodium. I alternate between water and seltzer during the day and I didn't have withdrawal symptoms either from the caffeine. The ones I find that have no sodium and use natural flavoring if its flavored is Canada dry plain and lemon lime and aldis brand lemon lime.

Don't buy it. If you need something fizzy, try flavored seltzers or flavored carbonated water (apparently there is a difference because they are in different aisles in my grocery store). If you need caffeine, have coffee or tea with a minimum amount of milk/cream and/or sugar.

After the fake sweetness of diet soda, both seltzer and black coffee seem to be acquired tastes, but now I don't even really like the flavor of Diet Coke.

I use to drink 6 soda's a day. How i cut out drinking soda's is the following scheduel:

Week one: Drink 5 soda's a day
Week two: Drink 4 soda's a day
Week three: Drink 3 soda's a day
Week Four: Drink two Soda's a day
Week Five: Drink 1 soda a day
Week 6: No soda

I made sure that every time i took away a soda i replaced it with a glass of Water. Now i'm working on increasing my water intake.

meeperoon wrote: »

When I stopped drinking diet coke, I went cold turkey. It wasn't in the house and so I didn't drink it!

Haven't drunk it since (over two years now...)

squishprincess wrote: »

stop drinking it

idk i quit cold turkey 3 years ago. now i can't stand the fizzy carbonated drinks

Same here... I quit soda cold turkey, haven't drunk it since, and now can't stand the thought of drinking any...

I most like the fizz about soda, so recommend the flavored seltzers. Some of them are really good.

I first quit the diet sodas. Actually added in a can a day of full sugar soda and still lost weight just by quitting the fake chemicals. Then I eventually had a habit of 2-3 cans of full sugar soda a day habit. So I quit that cold turkey. Not even any while out to dinner. I used iced tea, club soda with lemon and lime added to keep some "flavored" drinks. Skip the liquid water enhancers if you ask me. they are all loaded with chemical crap. None of it is good for you. Better to track the calories of adding real juices or real blended fruits to your club soda. (just my honest opinion). I can now have a crown and coke when out to dinner and it won't trigger a downhill slide. I also allow myself some real Coke or Vernors when I'm dealing with really bad illnesses like stomach 'bugs' or bad bronchitis where I just don't eat anything. Good Luck! I think you'll find your wallet fatter and your body healthier- if not thinner- for giving up the soda habit!