Stopping soda..

Send it all to me. I love it. If I drink it all for you, then you won't have to.

But seriously... why do you want to stop soda? And what kinda soda are we talking here? The kind with sugar or the diet kind? If it's sugar kind, try switching to diet and drink the sugar kind only as a treat occasionally. If it's diet, you're doomed (kidding again)... well you don't need to stop unless you want to. It's not gonna hurt your weight loss.

I've switched to diet for now but not sure of that's enough

Sure. Diet is fine. You'll hear people tell you it's not. In fact, I think there's an argument about diet soda nearly every day on MFP. You can search for them and read all about it if you want. But long story short, some people don't trust the FDA and they think aspartame and artificial sweeteners are the devil. Others (like me) are more moderate and believe that a little aspartame is fine.

Drink it if you like it. You'll do fine.

I used to be addicted to Coke, I've tried many times to give it up (obviously going back every time.) I was most successful after deciding to cut out all caffeine because I was having panic attacks. It's eased back into my diet since, but definitely nowhere near what I used to drink.

Here's what worked for me:

Switching to natural soda - I drink Blue Sky Cola now.
&
Resolving to not bring it into the house, but allowing myself to drink it when I'm eating out, which isn't often for me.

I used to be addicted to Diet Coke. My coworkers and I would buy the huge cartons of it and drink it in 2-3 days. Ironically I lost most of my weight then :huh: I still drink it now but I drink much more water. Soda is my treat when I am watching TV

I stopped my diet mountain dew habit cold turkey, as part of a bet with friends. I had the worst headache for 10 days. As soon as I win the bet, I'm going to go back to it...although in moderation. With age (I'm 33), I'm more sensitive to the caffeine (good for my migraines, bad for my sleep), but quitting soda hasn't helped my weight loss or inches lost in my tummy. Honestly, I like the taste. I don't buy into all the "dangers" of diet soda, but if you want to quit, I've found that water with lemon slices helped me...plain water didn't cut it. Also love the "fuze" drinks, but depending on why you want to quit soda, they may not be an option....

It is hard, but is is one of THE best ways to cut empty calories. I am off them now, I have had two glasses of rasberry soda with a cheat meal this week. You can try adding flavoring to soda water, that can be quite low cal, or even adding lemon juice to soda water. But there is some good diet drinks on the market. Some people are worried about some of the additives, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it. If I had to have cola, coke zero do me fine!

I drink diet when I do drink soda. We have a Soda Stream machine and drink a lot of carbonated water (selzer, club soda). I think the first thing not to have it in the house. Secondly, when you eat out maybe have one glass then switch beverages.

Don't buy it, don't drink it if somebody offers it to you. Always carry a water bottle. I allow myself the occasaional soda, but have no inclination to drink a gallon every day.

I have tried before and didn't succeed at quitting drinking regular soda. I can't stand the taste of diet soda. Since I started this journey, I have given it up almost completely. This past week I didn't have any. The week before I had 1 glass about 4 days out of the week.
When I do go out, I am trying to drink iced tea or just water with a slice of lemon. I do drink a lot of water.

I've tried to before but never get past three months..
How can I sucesfully quit soda?

Not putting it in your mouth would be the obvious choice but if that's not working out then diet (aspartame) is fine. There's the folks who will tell you it will give you cancer and grow you extra fingers and whatnot but they typically know little about chemistry of the body and they buy into the fear campaign that the sugar industry is waging, quite successfully I might add. There are in fact few substances that have researched as much as aspartame and the conclusion is that it's perfectly safe.

I just posted a whole thread on sugar withdrawal as i stopped my Mt. Dew addiction with my new diet plan.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/474803-sugar-withdrawal

For me, I have tried off and on to stop for YEARS. Finally, I just had to do it. Hopefully, this time I am ready. I quite cold turkey.
Since I started my new life 'style', I had one Diet Soda when I was doing a 8 hour drive one day. Now, I've switched to unsweetened tea. So far, so good.

Good luck to you. I am sure you will find your 'substitute' and live happily ever after!

When I was a teenager, I drank 2-3 cokes or diet cokes a day...created a MASSIVE caffeine addiction. Since then, I've gotten a little bit better. For the longest time, I was averaging about 1 a day (my lovely boss stocks the fridge regularly). Since starting the new, healthy habits, I started drinking TONS of water in a day. The rule I gave myself was, I had to drink at least 32 oz. of water before drinking anything carbonated, and follow it up with another 32 oz. of water. For the most part, after the first week or so, I just sipped water all day, and didn't even bother with the diet coke. I was still averaging about one a week, on the day that I splurge and have fast food. This past week (five weeks into my new water habit) finishing that one diet coke was sort of painful. It really burned my throat and left me feeling bloated. So, I'm not saying I'm never, ever drinking another one, I think I've pretty firmly got myself switched over to water, and will most likely forgo the diet coke from now on. I'll drink unsweetened tea if I want a change. (That also took a little bit of time to form a habit for, instead of sweetened tea, but now I love the stuff!) I know you said you usually keep the habit up for about three months before slipping, and I think for me at least, the key was definitely replacing the soda with an alternative.

I drank diet mt dew by the gallons. I quit a couple of weeks ago and feel pretty good. I always have a water bottle with me and drink mostly water. It tends to get boring though so now i drink milk at supper (never drank much milk). I actually look forward to milk (go figure).

I am not going to say i will never have it, i don't mind once in a while but not like i was. I might have a diet coke once in a while, trying to stay away from the diet mt dew (not sure it is safe to have one). If i open a diet coke it usually takes me a few days to drink it, and it is a treat then.

I have a can of pepsi pretty much every day. I don't have any ulcers or crazy stuff. Yeah, it is a TON of sugar. But I'm not doing diet drinks.

Just the bubbly of it. It is a habit. You can stop drinking it by simply not drinking it. It will be annoying and you might get mad. But you can do it. Just stop drinking it.

I don't buy it at all to keep in the house. It's just like cookies and sweets. If it is in the house I am going to want it and not in moderation. You have to know your own self-control. I allow myself a coke when I go out to eat with friends or family. There are instances where I will go plenty of months without any: soda, soda pop, pop, cold drink, coke, cola or any other people call it.

I call it a Coke by the way.