I am addicted to Coke!

most people will tell you to stop or switch to tea but I switched to Diet and Coke Zero. I got rid of all regular coke in the house and only bought Zero/Diet after a few weeks I didn't notice I was drinking diet anymore. its worked for me.

You could try the caffeine free Diet coke Tescos own is really good!!

Compromise with yourself and switch to diet coke or Coke zero. In the end tho, you don't want to stop drinking or cutting back for sure.

I would recommend casually cutting down on your soda intake until you can completely cut it out and can just treat yourself to a can one or two times a week. Diet sodas are made with artificial sweeteners like aspertame which is way worse for you than regular Coke. Aspertame is linked to a lot of horrifying health problems (like schizophrenia!) and IMO should be avoided at all costs. I would try drinking tea (to get the natural caffeine as your body will probably initially go through caffeine withdrawals!) Good luck!

I understand I used to jokingly call my mom a Popaholic.... I have struggled giving up soda myself and I had to cut back so I din't get the caffiene headaches.... I cut back to 1 a day then a half, now none. I know cold turkey might work for some but I craved it more that way... :happy:

I have a similar issue with Dr Pepper. I would drink one or two a day. I had my last one on Friday. I am crabby, exhausted and I know that it will get better. I feel like an alcoholic who keeps one last beer in the fridge to remind themselves what not to do. Every time I open the door, there is that cheerful red can staring at me from the top shelf.

Harvard study of 6000 people found that drinking just 1 soft drink a day increased the risk of obesity by 31%,now there's more evidence that diet drinks are as bad as normal ones;1 university study found that rats fed artificially sweetened drinks for 10 days gained more weight than those fed sugar drinks.Researchers theorize that when you eat artificial sweeteners,your body prepares for a large intake of calories. When these fail to materialize,your body demands food by making you feel hungry.


I recently quit cold turkey.

I lost weight over diet soft drinks. It had nothing to do with weight gain. Of course I kept the food diary going. My concern is my diet soft drinks a hazard to to my kidney function filtering out the artificial sweeteners.

I feel your pain! I LOVE Coke but you are right it is probably holding you back slightly with your weight loss, not to mention it is horrible for your teeth and sugar levels. I still enjoy Coke in moderation but I make sure I drink ALOT of water every day to balance out the sodium in it. If you want to cut out coke completely, go cold turkey, deal with the temporary headaches and energy drop and stock up on carbonated flavored water...lower calories at least:)

I am not a have to have person when it comes to soda, my husband thought he was. His fix was diet dr pepper, I just refused to but it and made sure there was alternatives for him. Water, sugar free kool aid, and tea. When we would go out to eat he would always order a soda, when the bill cam e and they charged 2.29 for his drink in which he would rarely get refills, his own argument was this cost a much as a 2 liter. I let him sink his own ship when it came to soda. the final straw for my family was watching everyone around us act like they couldn't live without it ( as if it was air!) and knowing that they could.

One thing that help me cut calories when I would drink soda was to do half and half.Esp fountain drinks. Half coke half diet or zero. Maybe if you can't give it up you can save some cals.:drinker:

My "drug" of choice is Coke Zero....tastes and "feels" more like regular Coke. I know there is research that shows that drinking even diet soda can increase weight because your body will "crave" the real sugar and cause over eating but I want to remind you that YOU are in control of your eating and if you make a plan of what to eat then that won't happen.

I've recently lost 12 lbs and I drink diet soda and I know that I'm the only one that can put sugary or high calorie food into my body!!! Take responsibility for what you put in your body and you will succeed!!!! You are in control and you can do it!!!!

That's a great way to look @ it. I'm trying to get past my caffeine withdrawal headaches right now. I've been soda free for 4 days. I just quit cold turkey. Try a flavored Crystal Light in some water. They have some that are caffeinated and don't taste half bad!

I was the same way with Coke and Dr. Pepper. Whenever I thought a headache was coming on or I felt nauseous, I grabbed a soda! I've quit a couple of times and gotten back on the wagon within a week or two, telling myself that one soda here or there was okay. Well that one soda led to one a day then one at every meal, until I was back on my full blown coke habit!

What finally worked for me was reading an article on Yahoo! about how soda (even diet soda) was shown to increase belly fat - my archenemy. So I did more research about how bad sugary drinks are for you and I decided to just stop drinking it. I got myself down to half a coke in the morning and half a coke at lunch. Then, just half a coke at lunch. Then half a coke every other day until I didn't need it anymore. I haven't had a soda now in about 6-7 weeks and have no desire to drink one. The first 3 weeks are the hardest, because you get used to having something sugary when you eat.

Don't give in! "Nothing tastes as good as skinny does. Nothing." That's my mantra now. I eat things that I like, and that are good for me, but I won't eat anything I know is bad for me. Because it's just not worth it.

Easiest way, diet and zero. Both taste great IMO. You will get used to them if you drink them more often. I never was like a 'I have a specific drink' person, so thats why I got good about drinking diet and zero though

How about a coke zero. Still has coke taste, just without the calories