Calling former Diet Coke Addicts

I am a diet coke fiend too.. but actually find it's not that bad for me. I've cut back, swapped for water (as I don't drink enough water for sure), but still drink 1-2 cans per day.

I find as it's gassy it fills me up, so I can't eat as much. Remember when a kid, your mum would say "don't fill up on fizzy drinks, eat your dinner"... well it works.

I can't eat as much if I have a diet coke with dinner. Yippee....

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I used to drink about 1 diet pop a day, and more than that on special occasions or weekends. For the past few months, I have tried to cut back as much as possible. Now I have 2-3 per week probably (usually Friday and Saturday nights still). I did it mostly because I know that artificial sweeteners are not particularly good for you. I was also in a free nutrition seminar at my gym and they told us about a study - long story short, our bodies don't know what to do with aspartame, and it therefore just stays in your body - NOTHING comes out when you sweat, go to the bathroom etc...

To be honest, I don't think that I have found much difference in by body since cutting way back, but I don't know what I should have been watching for either!??

Good Luck on your journey, and either way, I'm SURE that water is healthier!

Former diet soda addict reporting in. I stopped drinking Diet Coke, Diet Mt Dew, and Coke Zero pretty much cold turkey in January 2009. It was around that time that I first started reading articles that suggested artificial sweeteners still triggered an insulin response, which may make you want to eat more anyway. Right about that same time, I had a co-worker, a health-conscious fellow whom I respected a great deal, said "Did you ever notice that the only people who drink diet soda are fat?" Now, that isn't strictly true and it's not very tactful, but between the articles and this guy's blunt remarks, I decided to quit drinking the stuff.

Since I quit, I've found that I've had tremendous success since then re: losing weight and keeping it off. I was 230-ish in January of '09, and I'm around 184 now. I can't credit quitting diet soda entirely, of course - I changed a lot of habits in the last two-and-some years.

I'd encourage anyone who suspects diet soda is holding them back to try giving it up for a short period of time. Say, 30 days. It takes about that long to start a new habit, right? So use those 30 days to start getting a taste for something else. Plain, clear water, ideally. Maybe unsweetened iced or hot tea if you need the caffeine hit. See how you feel after 30 days. If you haven't died and you think you can push it out to 45 days, give that a try! Eventually you'll just fall out of the habit of drinking diet sodas.

Best wishes to all of you!

I lost a lot of weight drinking diet coke everyday.

I cant say that i have notice any difference entirely down to the fact that i have cut out diet coke....... I do love it, but apart from a few cups of tea during the day, all i drink is water... I dont buy fizzy drinks for the house, so i only ever used to buy cans of fizzy when i was out and about....i now take a bottle of water every where to solve that little prob... I must admit that i do treat myself occasionally, mainly at weekend, after weigh day.... Stick with it people.x

I drank regular Coke growing up*, then switched to Coke Zero. My family refused to ever let me bring diet anything into the house because of aspartame (my dad won't even chew gum because aspartame is in it).

I just decided that I needed to cut colas out for good, and switched to water, juices, and teas. I don't have any tips or tricks, I sort of just did it. Ever since I have, I feel less sluggish, lazy, and tired.

*by drank regular Coke I meant I was a Coke fiend. I drank it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Coke was my comfort thing growing up as a kid! I used to get in trouble for drinking it so much that my family just stopped buying it.

I used to be an addict too. I drink iced tea instead now (only in the am hours....after that I am strictly water) I made this change about 3 months ago. I really thought I missed it, until I got a diet coke with lunch last week and could not even drink it. It was SO sweet and sugary and tasted SO strong to me.
I think I have had my last diet coke for awhile!

I switched from regular pop to diet pop (diet coke, I was addicted) in my early twenties. At first, it was great. By my late twenties, I was drinking about 3 to 6 cans a day and I could not keep my weight under control. I was hungry ALL the time. I craved sugar like a madwomen! About a year and half ago, I started to experiment with eating clean (no artificial sugars, no white sugar, no white flour.) I had withdrawal symptoms from no diet coke. I am still trying to incorporate eating clean. But since I gave up diet coke I no long have problems with gaining weight. I am not hungry all the time and I can eat sweet treats as just that a treat. If I drink (or eat) anything with artificial sugar I am "starving" for the rest of the day. I now choose to drink regular soda (my personal choice is made with cane sugar) for an occasional treat. This is my first serious attempt to lose weight since I quit drinking soda. I have to say it is sooooo much easier than ever before. I truly believe this is something I can do for the rest of my life. Everyone is different, but if you are struggling with your weight I highly recommend you play with you diet and what you eat to find out how you react. Good luck to all.

PS I don't miss Diet Coke, and think it tastes like crap.

My fiance talked to me about how he likes me better when I get my source of cafienne from something other than diet coke. I stopped buying the flats of diet coke, I started drinking a coffee in the morning. I was focusing on 8 glasses of water a day. If I drank the 8 glasses, and had the coffee in the morning and wanted a diet coke I had it. I am down to 1 a week now.

Oh and I don't think diet coke is bad. I know aspetane chemicals, whatever. I haven't noticed a difference in weight loss or how I feel since I stopped. Mainly I noticed I saved a lot of money.