Anyone quit drinking soda?

laurad1406
laurad1406 Posts: 341
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
I'm assuming plenty of you have, but I just recently completely dropped diet coke out of my daily routine and am wondering if anyone else has done the same...what type of effects/results can i expect? (and i know everyone is different, just looking for an idea!)
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  • jezirus
    jezirus Posts: 33 Member
    I had headaches for about 3 or 4 days when I stopped drinking it, but now I feel great, I sleep better, and I am more awake in the morning! Good luck!
  • jezirus
    jezirus Posts: 33 Member
    sorry, double post!
  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
    When I started losing weight 6 years ago, I cut regular pop cold turkey with no side effects. I know quite a few people experience caffeine withdrawal (headaches). I find it ironic that I get a headache now if I consume anything with caffeine in it.
  • Jizes318
    Jizes318 Posts: 409 Member
    I had a few headaches but nothing serious. It's just the cravings I had to worry about. I am addicted well was to fountain soda. I loved the fizzy burn! I am use to not having it and I am fine. I love water now. I feel guilty if I have liquid calories now lol
  • mzhunnie
    mzhunnie Posts: 10
    I dropped pop/soda several years ago- no side effects, i drink no calorie drinks now..... wonderful subsitute. Good luck
  • abalicious
    abalicious Posts: 361 Member
    I never really drank it to begin with, but occasionally I'll have a can or two. Today I had diet coke and it was disgusting tasting to me. If I'm going to have soda it can't be diet, so I just cut it out completely because its "empty calories"
  • ashleymeagan
    ashleymeagan Posts: 31
    Took me a little whlie but I dropped them. No side effects, thankfully. I know headaches are common for a few days while trying to get rid of the caffiene intake. Now sodas just do not taste right anymore. I prefer water over anything else. And I do feel good.
  • DivaDLB
    DivaDLB Posts: 85 Member
    I dropped it completely and did notice some of the puffiness that I had started to diminish. The soda was making me gassy.
  • ceirawillsucceed
    ceirawillsucceed Posts: 519 Member
    i stopped drinking diet coke 2 months ago. i used to drink about 2 litres a day. i was worried i would get bad headaches but i didnt get any at all. i bought a small bottle last week but i couldnt drink it as it tasted horrible.
  • Ashalahn_LMT
    Ashalahn_LMT Posts: 342 Member
    I miss the caffeine buzz more than anything else. I hate coffee, so that's no help. I do like an Absolute Zero Monster every now and then. That's my cheat.
  • StevenCabral
    StevenCabral Posts: 22 Member
    I only quit drinking Diet Coke but I love bubbly soft drinks to I switched to Diet 7up. It's delicious and I dont need to log it in my food diary since it has no calories and very very little sodium.
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    i have pretty much cut out sodas, except very occasional , though not for weight loss issues. I had to quit them because every time i drink to much i end up with cystitis
  • mapexdrummer69
    mapexdrummer69 Posts: 445
    Nope!


    I love diet soda. It has no adverse effects on weight loss.


    Some people seem to benefit by dropping caffeine due to headaches, restlessness, etc, but I personally love the stuff.
  • Vcaser
    Vcaser Posts: 36
    I haven't had "real" sodas in years, but I have been a heavy Diet Dew drinker until recently. I tapered back to one a day and was feeling smug that the caffeine headaches weren't too bad. Then I started retaining water - I mean swelling up like a TICK before my period, where I looked like I had elephant feet. Have never had much problem with that before, and my doctor reminded me that caffeine = natural diuretic. So I have started allowing myself to have two a day again! My problem is that I HATE water and if I can force myself to drink 3 16 oz. bottles in a day, I have really accomplished something. So I now have to take water pills to make up for the reduced caffeine.

    I have a question of my own: If I drank more water, which is unlikely to happen, would it help with water weight gain???
  • LeeLeeTunk
    LeeLeeTunk Posts: 84
    I switched from Diet Mtn Dew (6 cans a day!!)
    to Diet Snapple Tea (lost a few pounds!)
  • PNWriter
    PNWriter Posts: 223 Member
    I still drink one Diet Coke every day or so. It doesn't hurt anything.
  • laurad1406
    laurad1406 Posts: 341
    Thanks everyone! Just to clarify, I'm not expecting quitting soda to be some sort of miracle weight loss trick- in reality, I just knew it was providing NO nutritional value, and to be quite honest, I just needed to know I COULD do it. I quit smoking December 31st, and diet coke was my 2nd worst habit to kick, so I decided it was time. I guess I'm lucky, I only had the terrible headache for a day and a half or so! Also, i think even after only a week my taste buds are adjusting to the lower amount of sugar i'm consuming. I had a gatorade after the gym last night and had to dilute it with water because it was too sweet!
  • aisenbart
    aisenbart Posts: 22 Member
    I've never done diet pop, if I drink anything it's either Mt. Dew or Sprite. I gave up pop for lent and never really experienced headaches or anything, and I noticed that it really had no affect on my weight loss. Now I only drink it occasionally, maybe one or two a week. Usually, I don't even finish a whole can of Mt. Dew. It's just too sweet, and I prefer water.
  • nowic
    nowic Posts: 171 Member
    I use to drink about four 44oz cokes a day! Crazy I know. Anyhoo, when I quit I read an article about the withdrawals such as headaches and it mentioned a trick to help. Take a No-Dos on the first day then half the next day and so on until you have weaned yourself off. I only took it 2 days and it worked great! It helped me to fight the pop addiction rather then the side affects. The No-Dos has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee(I think, its been a while) so it was easy to get away from but just enough to keep the headaches away that would tempt me to drink another coke. Hope this helps :)
  • laurad1406
    laurad1406 Posts: 341
    Thanks everyone! Just to clarify, I'm not expecting quitting soda to be some sort of miracle weight loss trick- in reality, I just knew it was providing NO nutritional value, and to be quite honest, I just needed to know I COULD do it. I quit smoking December 31st, and diet coke was my 2nd worst habit to kick, so I decided it was time. I guess I'm lucky, I only had the terrible headache for a day and a half or so! Also, i think even after only a week my taste buds are adjusting to the lower amount of sugar i'm consuming. I had a gatorade after the gym last night and had to dilute it with water because it was too sweet!
  • Sweetcheeks278
    Sweetcheeks278 Posts: 356
    I cut out soda 3 years ago and went from 167 to 155 over a few mths. I occasionally will splurge and have one but there was no denying the benefit of not drinking it on a daily basis. Now this was regular soda, not diet.
  • TheBraveryLover
    TheBraveryLover Posts: 1,217 Member
    I stopped drinking pop about a year ago (on the odd occasion, I'll have Ginger Ale for a hangover or a sugar-free energy drink) and I can honestly say, it's done wonders for my face. I get, zero breakouts and it's super smooth/even-toned with a minimal daily wash routine.

    Now, juice, I stopped drinking a few months ago and that has helped me to be able to drink an ample amount of water everyday (10-15 cups on most days). I've read that drinking a minimum of 8 glasses of water a day can help you burn up to 500 calories a week!
  • OttawaJeannie
    OttawaJeannie Posts: 206
    I stopped drinking all pop, diet and otherwise, a few months ago. I will have it if I want a treat, so far not too often. I drink a lot of low sodium club soda and green tea now, water gets boring all day long.
  • lucero22
    lucero22 Posts: 75 Member
    i haven't completely stopped, I'll have a soda every now and then but I try to drink more water than anything but I haven't really noticed a difference in anything....oh but I do notice when I do drink a soda after not drinking them for awhile the carbination hurts my chest and is really heavy for me. which is an incentive for me not to drink any lol
  • msdominique1
    msdominique1 Posts: 65 Member
    Well I quit sodas completely 3 months ago when I started changing my eating habits... I didn't really drink a lot of sodas like that and I did drink regular and diet, but when I cut them out there was no change or withdrawal symptoms...
  • poustotah
    poustotah Posts: 1,121 Member
    I cut out soda about 4 or 5 years ago with no side effects. I do drink unsweet tea on occasion and I drink coffee in the morning without any sugar but that's about it for me. For me, it was more about the sugar content and I just find all of that stuff too sweet for my taste. I'm full on water now - sometimes with a little lemon.
  • spaz2phreek
    spaz2phreek Posts: 6
    I used to drink 3-4 cans of Coke a day. I love the feel of it, the taste. I don't think I can give it up altogether. (I've tried...) So I let it be my daily treat thing. One coke a day at home. When I'm out and drinking fountain soda, I used to skip the ice to get as much not-watered down Coke as I could. I don't do that anymore.

    First I switched to more juice. Now I'm trying to switch to more water because juice still has lots of sugar in it.

    For those days where I'm just dying for another Coke, I try to keep a stash of these fizzy drinks that are fruit flavored but have little to no sugar/calories. They are to me what Nicorrette gum is to my ex-smoker boyfriend who still has the occasional craving for a smoke, it's just enough to take the edge off.
  • wildon883r
    wildon883r Posts: 429 Member
    I drink one or two soda's a month. I gave up drinking it many years ago with any frequency. I drink water, coffee with creamer and Mio to flavor my water occasionally. My weight gain was from drinking too much beer, eating to much food while i was drinking and in general and eating too many chips, cheeto's etc over 25 years. My diet in general has never been really unhealthy. Have eaten raw foods ie non processed most of my life. I don't eat premade food that comes ready to eat in boxes.
  • andreabjarnson
    andreabjarnson Posts: 29
    i never drank diet but i did drink regular soda everyday all day long. and when i quit drinking it i lost 7 Lbs. in a couple of weeks. and i felt soooo much better and more energetic.
  • MrsSki
    MrsSki Posts: 196
    I quit right before my wedding a year and a half ago. I had headaches, so I drank unsweetened iced tea to help curb those. Now I can go days and days without drinking any type of soda. Although I do drink one occasionally. We have free pop at work, so that's really really hard to turn down some days.
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