Help with giving up cans of coke

Forgot a trigger......caffeine. Do you drink coffee or tea? If not your caffeine intake is going to take a hit. Not fun. Dial this back a couple cans at a time.

I went cold turkey off Coke about a year ago. As mentioned by @TracyL963, knowing what craving the drink is satisfying can help find a more effective substitute. For me it was the carbonation. I have a Soda Stream, so now I just drink carbonated water (ice cold with crushed mint leaves from my garden if I want to get fancy). I will sometimes get diet Coke if I'm craving the sweetness and caffeine or am in a social situation where everyone else is ordering Coke.

In the winter I would typically switch to coffee with sugary creamer. I found that sometimes it was just the warmth I wanted, so I'd have black coffee. Sometimes I still wanted that sweetness/flavor, so I'd do an herbal tea that hit the right flavor notes without added sugar. And sometimes I wanted the creaminess, so I'd go for a latte made with enough milk/cream to scratch that itch, but usually a small or medium where I used to go for a large.

Some people have far more success with tapering the food/drink they love, so don't feel like you have to go cold turkey. It worked well for me, and I can't remember the last time I actually wanted a coke, but results may vary.

cupcakesandproteinshakes wrote: »

I would swap to Diet Coke. And then try and cut down the number of cans you drink gradually. I feel you. I had a real thing for coke. It took me several months to get it down to one can a day. Now I only drink it as a treat when I am out of the home

THIS

So far I am three weeks in to giving up diet coke. Not necessarily committed to giving it up forever, but definitely would like it to be an occasional treat, not something I drink several tomes a day. All I have done is to NOT buy it for home plus I always keep a bottle of water close by.

Good luck! Our bodies certainly don't need all those chemicals@

anitaob123 wrote: »

Hi guys,
Does anyone have any advice on how to give up cans of coke?
I’m currently drinking nearly 8 cans a day and have gained so much weight.
What can I do to help with the cravings?
And does anyone have any success stories from giving up fizzy drinks?

A can of coke is 139 calories.
8 cans = 1,112 calories.
That’s 7,784 cals per week in soda alone.
That’s 2 + lbs of fat. (3500 cals = 1 lb)

If you gave up regular soda completely - you would see an immediate weight shift. When you are out of coke, don’t buy any more and watch the scale drop instead. When you get a craving for it, drink water.