diet coke addict?

Start watering it down bit by bit. Add an ounce of water each week. You'll be great!

I am about a month "sober" from Diet Coke. I quit cold turkey. My husband said I was a chain drinker. I wouldn't even have a can all the way gone and I'd open a new one!! The first three days for me were the worst. I stocked up on crystal light and powerade zero, but I've recently added sobe life water zero, since it has a natural sweetner, not an artificial one. but mostly I have water. Lots and lots of water. I did caffeine free diet coke, so I didn't have to worry about the caffiene withdrawl, but you can do it. it saves a TON of money, and I feel better. I actualy tried to have a diet cherry coke last night and I had to give the can to my hubby because it tasted so artificial, so chemical. You can do it, and yes, I totaly agree that it is an addiction!!

I have had the same problem. Diet coke is not the best for you. The sodium alone is a killer. My advice is to wean yourself off slowly. I drink one diet drink a day. 1st thing in the morning I have hot tea, which I love. Then at lunch I have my diet drink. And at dinner I have either crystal lite or iced tea. Of course I drink water all day. U will have headaches as you start to wean off. Thats the withdrawl. And yes caffeine is an addictive drug. Start by cutting one diet out this week, when u feel like you have accomplished that, take another out, until you are down to a # u are comfortable with. Also, to substitute try diet Rite. It has low sodium and is caffeine free. Hope this helps. B

What the hell is wrong with diet coke? People are overworried as far as I'm concerned. I drink a lot of it too. I'm diabetic and the last thing I am going to worry about is a few mg of whatever is in the diet coke. It doesn't affect your weight loss, it taste good and I love it.

What you are reacting to withdrawing from is the caffeine, hun. So I say drink your diet coke and don't worry about it. If you want to stop for some reason, switch to caffeine free and start slowing weaning from one to the other until you are on all caffeine free and then you can stop without any ill effects. But I don't see any reason to worry about it.

YES, I was addicted to REAL COKE once upon a time!! I drank it DAILY. What I did was start slow, got it down to one a day, then 5 days a week, then 3 days a week, then once a week, then every other week.....You get the picture! Dont go cold turkey, cuz coke is a drug!! Start slow and wean off of it! I started replacing that with coke zero when I needed one....NOW I have a coke zero maybe once or twice a month! I drink 8-10 glasses of water everday now and dont really think twice about coke.
I also had headaches DAILY.....and I am not sure if it is coincidental that I dont drink them now, or that I eat clean......but my headaches are down to 1-2 a month now! Your headaches may get worse at first, but they will taper and get better!

Just take it one COKE at a time!!
Good Luck!!

I hear ya!!! Right now I am doing the same thing. I haven't had a diet coke for 4 days. It's tough but I am feeling a lot less bloated. I do drink coffee and not planning on giving that up, just cut out all the nutrisweet especiaaly gum too!

I buy those 7.5 oz cans. I usually have one of those a day. They have diff. flavors. Good Luck. I cvan't quit my diet pop either. I did see where they make truvia drinks. I haven't been able to find them yet.

I was completely addicted to sodas for years. Went through 3-4 cans of diet soda per day for 3 years.

I quit cold turkey earlier this year. I had horrible headaches and moodiness for about a week. After that, I dropped nearly 10 lbs in water weight and lost 2 inches around my waist within 3 weeks of quitting and was sleeping better than I had in years. My BM's were finally regular for the first time in years. I don't miss it at all.

If you can, get off of it. Stock up on Ibuprofen and get through it.

If I drink any soda now, I immediately feel bloated and "blah."

My Dr. said diet soda doesn't hurt healthy people. But if you have insulin resistance problem (diabetes), the sweet taste will trigger your pancreas work hard to generate insulin for nothing; and if you have high blood pressure problem or heart condition, the high sodium amount in carbonated soda is not good for you. So if you don't have the above problems, enjoy the zero-calorie soda however much you want.

One time I read about no more than 12-can a day guideline. So if you drink less than two 2-liter a day, you should be fine.

I was a huge Diet Coke addict. Many per day. I thought: "people drink coffee all day long and this has less caffeine." It turns out that it is really bad for you on many levels. There are other threads under the search tab just above your original post that you can go to and find out more. One reason is the Aspertame has a link to formadehyde when being metabolized in the body. The body cannot understand what aspertame is as it is not a natural sugar. You should drink if very cold as it is nearly toxic when it has been kept in your car or is room temp. (This is from research my doctor has done.) When I drank it my muscles hurt all the time. Some people are more succeptible to this than others. I also got kind of a brain fog and had trouble concentrating. Aspertame is also an appetite stimulant so it causes you to eat more. It may not have calories but you are more likely to put on weight if you are a Diet Coke drinker. There is also research connecting aspertame to Multiple Sclerosis. Scarey stuff.
I quit by reducing the number I drank each day by one a day. I have not had a headache since the last time I drank one just over 2 months ago. I am no longer bloated by the bubbles and sodium and find that most days I have to force myself to eat my minimum 1200 calories as I don't crave the empty calories I was eating with the pop. I now have room in my stomach for healthy filling foods. The only sore muscles I have now are from going to the gym. I feel like I am having much less fog brain maybe because I am getting better quality sleep now because I don't have caffeine in my system.

My opinion is do the research then QUIT completely. I used to say I'll quit when they pry this silver can from my cold, dead hand. It my have come to that had I continued. :grumble: I do miss it when I see an ad or someone is drinking it, but I don't crave it and have not even been tempted to go back. Good luck to anyone trying to stop. I tried several times over the past few years but never stuck with it very long. This time its forever.

Thank you for all the useful information everyone it is very appreciated! after reading what you all had to say im wondering if the need for sweetness is the issue I am having with watching what I eat. At times it seems impossible to eat healthy!! I am also having trouble with bloating and belly fat.....just wondering if its all connected....anyway thanks again!

Scientists I have read say it is actually the bubbles that we crave. My bloating went away when I quit drinking DC.

I just don't get it, I have successfully lost over 100lbs drinking 2 liters of DC a day. Granted I don't drink soda anymore but it doesn't make you fat, and it has almost no sodium (40mg per serving). The extra food you eat as a result of the cravings that artificial sweeteners can cause on the other hand is a different story.