Soda Addiction?

Coke Zero?

Water.

I used to drink Coke like there was no tomorrow.

I quit cold turkey.
Water water water water water water water

I increased my exercise level. With the extra exercise I was craving water -- and I am now left with 3 cases of Diet Dr. Pepper that I haven't touched in three months.

If it's really hard to quit - switching to Diet would be a good first start, but you still don't want to be *that* dependent on caffeine or whatever - maybe try watering it down a little? Go a few days with pouring some of the soda out of the can and replacing it with water, maybe like an 8th of the can? And then a few days later pour a litlte more out, etc.?

I hear you. I had to go cold turkey too. I had to switch to iced tea with lemon and a little Splenda. That works for me. You won't ditch the pounds while drinking regular cokes. The sugar is off the chart.

If you really don't want to give it up, don't. Otherwise you'll feel deprived, and be more likely to give up.

However, having said that, a couple suggestions:

- Cut back instead of quitting. Instead of 2-3 a day, try 1-2 and see how that goes. If that goes well, you can always cut back more later.
- Try the diet sodas. Like a previous poster, I am not a fan of chemical sweeteners, but it might help.
- Try other alternative drinks. I used to drink 3 liters of Mountain Dew a day, but now I only have 1-2 cans of soda a month, max. I've found I like unsweetened ice tea (if it isn't overbrewed and bitter), a homemade chai I make with no sugar (or almost none if I feel like sweetening it a little), and rooibos as alternatives.

Been there and I totally understand. I told my doctor that I prefer to drink nothing then to have a diet pop. He challenged me to drink diet pop for 1 month only and that if I did not like it, he would never bring it back into our conversation. It's been over 5 years now and I find regular pop way too sweet. And believe me at first diet pop made me want to throw up.

Try it

honestly, drinking all that coke is a very bad idea. trust me, i have an addiction to drpepper and i have trouble Not drinking it when i want to. but for the past week i have strictly had water. i feel so much better...so it's motivating me to continue not drinking it. the best thing to do when trying to do is start off by drinking a lot less soda and drinking a lot more water. when your body gets used to having that much water it'll start craving it and you'll crave soda less. i'm to the point now where soda almost tastes like pure syrup...and none of us drink soda for the syrupy taste!!

a lot of people have said to drink diet soda or coke zero instead. i don't know much about coke zero, but i do know that diet is BAD for you. it has been proven that drinking diet soda over regular increases your chances of becoming obesse And will prevent you from loosing weight.

good luck to you!!

Diet sodas arent much better, in fact there is a ton of info on how it can keep you overweight. I kicked a diet coke habit....like prev person stated....water, water, water, water.

I've lost weight and I drink a can of Coke Zero 2x a day...

I LOVE Coke! Especially out of the fountain. Don't know why but I think it tastes better. I have a soda addiction. but instead of drinking regular Coke, I have been drinking Coke Zero. And that seems to satisfy my cravings.