Soda how long can you go without it?
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Gave up sodas several years ago. Prior to that, used to have at least 2 Mtn. Dews a day. The only thing I will occasionally have now is a Butterscotch Cream Soda, and I can usually only find those during the fall at one of the local organic grocery stores.0
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my entire life, soda is nasty0
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Your assumption is correct diet is soda is great until you're done i loathe that after taste it's sugarey and unsatisfactory to my taste buds I just wind up drinking water after and no caffeine isn't much of a big deal as I have found new ways to boost my energy I actually don't even drink coffeeyourstrulynancy wrote: »Ok so far a few sips does no harm very tempted to have a sip but will continue to go cold turkey until im down a few more pounds im a stay at home mom with a one year old so the soda sitting in there can turn from a sip to two cups easily
I assume you don't like diet soda? No need to cut it back so much as it is basically zero calories. Unless of course you are worried about the caffeine.
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I have a few cans of Dr. Pepper each week and you will have to pry them out of my cold dead hands before I give them up! I just make it fit my overall calorie goal.0
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Used to L O V E it. Wild Cherry Pepsi is first choice, then Coke. It's too addictive for me (whether it is or isn't actually, is for another thread, it was just a word I choose to use). So, I've been soda-free for about a year. I had switched over to Soda Stream for awhile, but noticed my weight creeping up when I would have 2 bottles per day. Don't do that anymore and just use it for fizzing water and adding a spritz of lemon or lime, maybe some raspberries. Much better feeling when I just avoid it.0
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I drink seltzer regularly, diet coke about 5 days a week, and real soda maybe once a month.0
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Yes the bloating is another issue its this nasty feeling I had a a two day headache when I initially stopped but it feels better now that the bloating is goneKayleighIsGoingFatToFit wrote: »I used to drink nothing but Pepsi Max and cut it out 5 weeks ago and had such bad headaches from the caffeine withdrawals but I feel so much better without it and less bloated. I still drink it if we are out but its only every now and again.
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I was a huge addict of soda. First regular coke then I thought i would be "healthy" and switch to diet coke. Probably consumed about 6 per day. I haven't been drinking soda for about three months now. My weight has not changed at all. I started drinking the SAMS sparkling water and I love it. I crave the carbonation and it does the trick. I enjoy the strawberry, peach and coconut pineapple. They are all zero calories and sodium. No guilt for me on that one.
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Thank u so much for you honesty I was starting to think I'm the only one who's feels like they're going thru some kind of soda rehab lmaooo but for some of us it can become an addiction cold turkey is the way to goBigLifter10 wrote: »Used to L O V E it. Wild Cherry Pepsi is first choice, then Coke. It's too addictive for me (whether it is or isn't actually, is for another thread, it was just a word I choose to use). So, I've been soda-free for about a year. I had switched over to Soda Stream for awhile, but noticed my weight creeping up when I would have 2 bottles per day. Don't do that anymore and just use it for fizzing water and adding a spritz of lemon or lime, maybe some raspberries. Much better feeling when I just avoid it.
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The only time I drink soda is when I need something to mix with my whiskey, so it's ususally diet ginger ale or diet 7-Up. Other than that, I might have just a plain, old soda to drink maybe three times a year.0
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cynthiarenee64 wrote: »I was a huge addict of soda. First regular coke then I thought i would be "healthy" and switch to diet coke. Probably consumed about 6 per day. I haven't been drinking soda for about three months now. My weight has not changed at all. I started drinking the SAMS sparkling water and I love it. I crave the carbonation and it does the trick. I enjoy the strawberry, peach and coconut pineapple. They are all zero calories and sodium. No guilt for me on that one.
Mayb the soda has replaced other things in your diet not everyone body is the same i lost 5 pounds in the last two months just quoting soda alone Cuz to b quite honest I just started working out about two weeks ago , and started dieting about three weeks ago I stopped soda and went down 5 pounds
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I've never tried to see how long I can go without, BUT I never really drank soda so often anyways... maybe once a week. Lately I've realized I actually share my can of regular Coke with my boyfriend... most of the time I don't even finish them anymore. :drinker:0
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I drink 2-3 cans of diet soda a day... I've never had a problem0
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yourstrulynancy wrote: »cynthiarenee64 wrote: »I was a huge addict of soda. First regular coke then I thought i would be "healthy" and switch to diet coke. Probably consumed about 6 per day. I haven't been drinking soda for about three months now. My weight has not changed at all. I started drinking the SAMS sparkling water and I love it. I crave the carbonation and it does the trick. I enjoy the strawberry, peach and coconut pineapple. They are all zero calories and sodium. No guilt for me on that one.
Mayb the soda has replaced other things in your diet not everyone body is the same i lost 5 pounds in the last two months just quoting soda alone Cuz to b quite honest I just started working out about two weeks ago , and started dieting about three weeks ago I stopped soda and went down 5 pounds
You lost weight because you removed those calories from the regular soda, not because soda itself was the problem. You could have also kept drinking the soda and cut calories elsewhere, or increased exercise, and had similar results.
To the original question, I drink about 1-2 diet cokes a day. I have been drinking it for 20+ years and am pretty sure that it runs through my veins at this point.
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After multiple trial and error's of "cutting back" on non-diet sodas, I have come to the conclusion that I just have to give them up completely. I am extremely addicted to soda having drunk at least 2 to 3 per day for the past several years. I am on day four of no sodas. One glass of sweetened tea per day is barely helping the withdrawl headaches. Thats alarming.0
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I have one can of diet mtn dew every day. Occasionally I'll have two. I'm ok with that, it makes me happy.0
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I don't like diet soda - I hate the taste of artificial sweeteners. So if I drink soda at all I go for the "real deal". That said, it's something I indulge in maybe once or twice a year.0
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Not very long if it's in the house but i'm usually far too lazy to buy it so if it isn't here i can go a very long time. Especially since i don't like diet.0
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I haven't had a soda in almost 2 years. I try to stick to water. I'll have coffee or maybe some lemonade once in a blue moon but no soda.0
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yourstrulynancy wrote: »Soda! We see it everywhere they advertise it in low calorie forms , and oh the sweet goodness in your mouth! But how bad it is to drink too much soda I have gone on a soda strike for about a month now and have seen great improvements. So my question to you is do you drink soda ? Is it diet? Or are you like me and refuse to touch it anymore ? Or do you just drink some on cheat days ? Please share
Soda is something that is not necessary if you chose not to drink it. I was an exchange student in the US in the mid-60s and again in the mid-70s and drank a lot of soda ( mostly Fresca ) just because everyone else did and because it was not something people drank in my home country.
It's been 40 years now and I have never had a yearning for soda, even though every once in a while I have one ( usually Ginger Ale ), because I live in a country where water is not drinkable and bottled water is not always available.
In regard to your question as to how long one can go without soda, I would say as long as you chose to.
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After multiple trial and error's of "cutting back" on non-diet sodas, I have come to the conclusion that I just have to give them up completely. I am extremely addicted to soda having drunk at least 2 to 3 per day for the past several years. I am on day four of no sodas. One glass of sweetened tea per day is barely helping the withdrawl headaches. Thats alarming.
Sounds like u had it bad don't worry pop a pain killer it's worth the staying away From the soda everyone is different and our bodies don't always react the same
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I can take soda or leave it. I don't think I've had regular soda for years. I do drink a diet now and again but I could give it up no issue...now if I could just do the same with bread.0
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yourstrulynancy wrote: »Aspartame what is it ? Can someone spread some knowledge
Artificial sweetener used in a myriad of diet products, but very prevalent in diet drinks. There are always two sides to every food story, but personally, I think anything sweetened with it just tastes bad. This article may be a bit over the top, but you get the idea......articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/06/aspartame-most-dangerous-substance-added-to-food.aspx
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I'm addicted to diet coke. I just have to have one a day. I've read a million times that it adds to belly fat but I just can't give it up.
My diet plan includes soda even though I feel so guilty about it. I've tried giving it up and can go maybe 4 days without it, but then it just re-enters my diet when I go out or something and can't stop the craving! 0 -
After multiple trial and error's of "cutting back" on non-diet sodas, I have come to the conclusion that I just have to give them up completely. I am extremely addicted to soda having drunk at least 2 to 3 per day for the past several years. I am on day four of no sodas. One glass of sweetened tea per day is barely helping the withdrawl headaches. Thats alarming.
you probably need caffeine. go have a coffee or something.0 -
My doctor basically has forbidden me to drink any type of caffeine and its been 5 months since i have drank a can of Coke. I thought it would be hard to cut it out but actually i don't miss it all!0
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I'll have a coke maybe once every couple months. And I can't drink diet.
I do drink a lot of club soda. Same carbonation bite, but no sugar.0 -
yourstrulynancy wrote: »cynthiarenee64 wrote: »I was a huge addict of soda. First regular coke then I thought i would be "healthy" and switch to diet coke. Probably consumed about 6 per day. I haven't been drinking soda for about three months now. My weight has not changed at all. I started drinking the SAMS sparkling water and I love it. I crave the carbonation and it does the trick. I enjoy the strawberry, peach and coconut pineapple. They are all zero calories and sodium. No guilt for me on that one.
Mayb the soda has replaced other things in your diet not everyone body is the same i lost 5 pounds in the last two months just quoting soda alone Cuz to b quite honest I just started working out about two weeks ago , and started dieting about three weeks ago I stopped soda and went down 5 pounds
You lost weight because you removed those calories from the regular soda, not because soda itself was the problem. You could have also kept drinking the soda and cut calories elsewhere, or increased exercise, and had similar results.
To the original question, I drink about 1-2 diet cokes a day. I have been drinking it for 20+ years and am pretty sure that it runs through my veins at this point.
Once again everyone is different my reason for leaving soda alone is due to using it as an energy source and not eating right combined was just a horrible experience , not everyone is the same I would rather have water all day and be able to replace the three cups of soda for a delicious meal im a foodie when not replaced with a meal and just water I saw weight loss so Im not saying that drinking soda will make you fat , I am saying that if taken out your diet and replaced with water can make all the difference
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I love coke. I used to drink a ton of it, every day. Not only was that concerning from a calorie standpoint, but it gave me stomach aches. I pretty much felt like crap all the time but I didn't care, I loved my coke more.
I've cut back to once or twice a week, and when I do drink it it's in much smaller amounts than before. It's awesome to be able to still fit in the things I enjoy. If I thought I couldn't ever have a coke again, and then beat myself up every time I "slipped", I'd be miserable.0 -
Capt_Apollo wrote: »
you probably need caffeine. go have a coffee or something.
Hence my daily tea. ;-)
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