I drink a lot of soda. Anyone have any suggestions to help cut the soda out??
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karenzehob wrote: »I love those sparkling ice drinks!!!! The orange, raspberry, cherry lime, kiwi strawberry are my fav. Haven't drank soda in so long because of them. Taste great, 0 cals and has the bubblyness of soda
How are these not soda though?
Carbonated Water, Natural Flavors, Blackberry Juice Concentrate, Malic Acid, Potassium Benzoate (To Ensure Freshness), Sucralose, Green Tea Extract, Red #40, Biotin 1% Trit. (Maltodextrin), Niacinamide (B3), D-Calcium Pantothenate (B5), Vitamin B12 0.1% (Mannitol), Vitamin D3, Pyridoxine HCI (B6).6 -
Try Arbonne Fizz sticks, they are a great pick me up to start the day and better for you compared to soda/pop. (just add them to water)
I used to be a Diet Coke queen, and only crave it once in a while now.0 -
Just have to do it, I tried many times, and failed many times, but the last time it worked and Ive been without it for 6months and don't crave it anymore. Try finding something other than plain water if you need to, water with lemon, seltzer water, or I love kombucha as well now..1
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I have cut down to one pop a day. It's so hard for me to do. I have been drinking lots of tea and powerade...3
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davisfanny wrote: »I have cut down to one pop a day. It's so hard for me to do. I have been drinking lots of tea and powerade...
Yay keep up the good work!
Not sure about the powerade though, i'm not familiar with it, but isn't it very similar to soda? 1 -
You are moving in the right direction @davisfanny I read elsewhere that you were depending a lot on Red Bull. This is better.0
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Carbonated Water. Wal-Mart and Kroger have realllllly yummy ones. I've been soda free for about almost 2 yrs now. You got this!
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Wait a minute. Powerade is a sugar drink isn't it? That's still a lot of calories. I had hubby switch to Mio sport. Far fewer calories.0
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Cold turkey for 6-8 weeks. After I did that, I found I just couldn't stomach the stuff anymore. It was undrinkable.
THIS! I loved my soda, back then. Now..well recently my son brought home a Cherry Coke Zero. I took a small sip to taste and then I took a larger gulp and that was it. After about 15 minutes my stomach became bloated again and hurt. I will not touch the stuff again.
Agreed! It taste like sugar water and grosses me out!
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What I found most satisfying is Perrier water ( for the carbonation factor), squeezed lemon to taste, and crushed ice. I wouldn't advise resorting to any diet sodas, as they are loaded with chemicals your body can't process, and you do more harm than good. It also doesn't do anything to help you move away from soda products, which is the habit you are really wanting to move away from. To help with the caffeine withdrawals, try dark chocolate. The higher the cacao level the better. I've found 70% is a good place to begin. And it is very rich, so less may satisfy your sweet tooth. And it's purported to be a healthy treat. I put it in the freezer and ration as I like. Good luck to you in your journey to health. And remember, it's not dieting, but your diet for life.0
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For the caffeine fix, you could always take 5 hr energy shots. They provide caffeine AND a a great dietary supplement.0
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OP when you are ready to really quit you will, but you got to want too first. Every bad habbit addiction I had, I stopped when I finally really wanted too, I mean everything. Soda = 10 years quit, Smoking = 1 year 2 mo, drinking alcohol = 2 years, other things Id rather not mention = 7 years lol. Trust me when you mentally make that decision to stop and really have intent behind it, and not fooling yourself because you know when you really want to do something vs when you want to because of some reason usually for others or people, but when its for you and only you and that "you" want too.
Im sorry if that wording was confusing just a bunch of thoughts came out all at once and grammer never was my strong area!0 -
I used to drink a lot of soda as well. 12 cans of coke a day. I switched to seltzer water which gives the bubble sensation like soda but without the sugar or calories. Took a while to get used to the flavor, but haven't had a soda in 8 months.0
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I loved Diet Coke but I discovered that the reason i drank so much soda is because I didn't like water. I feel like the water everywhere tastes bad. I switched my soda habit for my favorite bottled water...more expensive yes. Silly, yes. In my head...probably. Got rid of soda...check!0
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davisfanny wrote: »Most my calories come from drinking soda. MT Dew is my biggest issue. I get headaches from lack of caffeine....
Every time you want to reach for a soda. Drink water instead.0 -
I know its not healthy but also if you are having caffeine headaches you can buy Stay Awake's from Walmart they are 200mg caffeine pills that will end that issue until you can get used to not drinking cola.0
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I used to drink a lot of soda as well. 12 cans of coke a day. I switched to seltzer water which gives the bubble sensation like soda but without the sugar or calories. Took a while to get used to the flavor, but haven't had a soda in 8 months.
I've often seen posters on here claim that no one drinks that much soda everyday.. I'm sure there are many more people out there like you @rianneil who drink the same amount day in day out like you used to.
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Coffee and tea. And the added bonus that coffee drinkers have less depression than soda drinkers. 0
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I used to have a glass of Diet Pepsi every day. It was like an addiction but more likely just a habit developed over years.
I stopped drinking it last year, instead I have water, sometimes sparkling water, with lemons or berries.
You'll feel better and your skin and hair will look so much better once you cut all those t nasty things out.2 -
I used to have a glass of Diet Pepsi every day. It was like an addiction but more likely just a habit developed over years.
I stopped drinking it last year, instead I have water, sometimes sparkling water, with lemons or berries.
You'll feel better and your skin and hair will look so much better once you cut all those t nasty things out.
What nasty things are in diet pepsi that aren't in sparkling water with lemons?6 -
I made it a challenge to drink at least 3 liters of water per day. I bought one of the large Smart Water bottles at work one day and drank it. Since it is 1 liter, I refill it 2 more times at the water fountain and make it a challenge to drink at least a quarter of the bottle by the top of the next hour. Now I have a hard plastic bottle that is 24 oz. I am an avid Pepsi drinker and I would get headaches too. The headaches still come every now and then, but I can drink two-three refills of my 24 oz waters a day and I noticed my craving for Pepsi has disappeared. I can drink water throughout the day, but it's when I'm eating that I can't stand the taste of water. My solution- I get a cup with my lunch meal and fill it up with a little ice, then 2/3 unsweetened tea and then top it off with a little lemonade. It tastes watered down, but once you start moving away from soda, sweet drinks like Mt Dew and others almost have a sickening taste to them. I quit soda a while back and lost 20 pounds. I'm trying to quit altogether again. You can do it!0
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Sparkling water and flavours in it 0
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Christine_72 wrote: »I used to drink a lot of soda as well. 12 cans of coke a day. I switched to seltzer water which gives the bubble sensation like soda but without the sugar or calories. Took a while to get used to the flavor, but haven't had a soda in 8 months.
I've often seen posters on here claim that no one drinks that much soda everyday.. I'm sure there are many more people out there like you @rianneil who drink the same amount day in day out like you used to.
Yep. 12 cans Diet Code Red Mtn Dew every day for ten years. Horrible knee pain/swelling issues that went away when I switched to the non-red regular diet kind... ?! But I miss the red...
Finally switched to the occasional diet orange sunkist (has caffeine!) and Rock Star Recovery (orange, no carbonation) mixed in with Orange Vanilla Mio flavored water the rest of the time. Its a work in progress 0 -
Coffee or either Tea Coffee is more cafeine dense so choose what you like. Cheers 1
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I used to have a glass of Diet Pepsi every day. It was like an addiction but more likely just a habit developed over years.
I stopped drinking it last year, instead I have water, sometimes sparkling water, with lemons or berries.
You'll feel better and your skin and hair will look so much better once you cut all those t nasty things out.
I went from 4-5+ cans of diet soda a day to now drinking none-1 a day and nothing magical has happened to my skin or hair, and I feel the exact same as I did before, (which matches up to my experience when I've cut it out before).
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I started SodaStream which gives regular water carbonization. You can add fruit for flavor. Now I don't even like Diet Coke anymore.0
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I used to drink a monster/mountain dew daily. I still think they are amazing. I found a way to cut-down on soda by drinking coffee in the morning and having a flavor of ice tea with my lunch. Also chugging water helps0
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I gave up soda cold turkey. I drink mostly water now, 4-6 oz of kombucha a day, and 1-3 cups of green tea. If I'm craving something fizzy, I'll drink kombucha or La crois. I just try to distract myself and move on to something different.0
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I went from 3Ls of pepsi a day to cold turkey for about a month now. Any time I crave pop.. I drink a sip of carbinated water that is naturally flavored.. I do that about twice a week. I dont drink anything but water with lemons now. I feel so much better without pop. It was literally taking over my health.1
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