Stopping soda..

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  • Transforming_Sarah
    Transforming_Sarah Posts: 27
    I quit on November 7, 2011 and am pretty shocked that I am actually done. It's so nice. Amazingly, I really don't even want it anymore. Like I said, I can hardly believe it. What worked for me - I told my kids I was quitting for good. Maybe telling someone you see regularly would help hold you accountable?
    It has occurred to me that I could drink it when they aren't around but I don't want to lie to them. Sometimes I think; only on holidays or only when I'm out to eat, but once I start then I know it will creep back into my everyday life and it isn't worth it to me. Good luck!!
  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    i have always drank diet i grew up on it my issue is i need to add water in too lol I can sit and drink diet soda all day but not get any water i say if you can get your water in then why not have diet soda.
  • TheJustPull
    TheJustPull Posts: 66
    Good thoughts everyone.i may check out the soda stream as
    I've heard it mentioned before, I'd probably
    Make the diet.. Is it closer Pepsi or cokes diet?
  • cassblue21
    cassblue21 Posts: 207
    Just try to cut back some. I used to drink a can or two of dr pepper everyday but figured I could buy the smaller cans and that worked for a while, and then I cut back again and got a fountain drink just a couple of times a day, but now I just do it once or twice a month and it works great! Baby steps! :) And drinking diet in my opinion is not worth it. It doesn't taste the same and is definitely not good for you. On the drs once it even said that diet soda holds onto belly fat more than regular.
  • christa_dee
    christa_dee Posts: 37
    I drank a gallon of water a day. Some days I had to force myself to finish it, but I did. After about the first week all I wanted was water allll the time. Occasionally I would crave soda at work and get some just to find that after a sip I just wanted more water. Now I can't drink soda, tea, or anything like that...it just tastes gross!
    It is hard at first, but try it for like 2 or 3 weeks and trust me, it will work! Just don't give into your soda craving so much...especially the first week!
    Good Luck!
  • nitnole711
    nitnole711 Posts: 29
    There is a lot of good advice here.... the best of which is to just stop buying it and drinking it. Yes, you could switch to diet sodas, but the diet sodas are actually more harmful to your body than the regular kind. I used to drink sodas every day. Now I drink water. Think of it this way.... if you are allowed 1500 calories a day, do you want to drink those calories, or eat them??



    Ditto!!!! Just don't buy it!! I had a diet Pepsi addiction about 5-6 years ago & I stopped buying it...was rough in the beginning...but you can do it! Yes, diet sodas are calorie free, but they are CRAP for you.... What's important...weight loss, over-all health, or both? If it's both, like it is for me, don't do diet!!!!
  • Mary_elle
    Mary_elle Posts: 1
    Such good advise thanks. I'm goin to attempt to do the same. As I have been adicted to soda ( coke) for ever.
  • nikolaim5
    nikolaim5 Posts: 233
    Yes, you could switch to diet sodas, but the diet sodas are actually more harmful to your body than the regular kind.

    I'd love to see the study you're referencing. Can you post the link?
  • Kelly50054
    Kelly50054 Posts: 141
    I tried for years to get off of pop, but to only fail at it.
    Once I eliminated anything yeast made, all grains the cravings for it completely stopped. I have not had any in the house since June of 2011. Now when I go out to eat I will have a Pepsi once in awhile and I can not stand how sweet it is and the smell gets me.
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    flavored sparkling water helped me wean off. Now I just drink water or (occasionally) milk. If I drink the "fizzy pop pop" stuff (flavored sparkling water) now, it makes me crave soda like a crack addict.
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    I've tried to before but never get past three months..
    How can I sucesfully quit soda?

    duck tape......place it over your mouth.....

    it'll assist with losing weight *kitten* well
  • AZDizzy
    AZDizzy Posts: 434 Member
    My drug of choice is Diet Mountain Dew. I have cut WAY back, but still allow myself one can or 20oz a day. It's been five weeks. I don't use my allotment every day any more...I'm down to 3 a week or so now. FOR ME, allowing it in moderation has made me not crave it as much. I also have a daily water goal and sometimes, I say to myself "you can't have that diet mountain dew until you've had all your water" and then I just don't. I wish you luck.
  • onmyway31
    onmyway31 Posts: 66
    You need to ween yourself off of it. I used to drink soda with every meal, now I don't drink any. I went through a withdraw for a week, as I weened myself off I allowed myself to only drink it with breakfast because I needed the caffeine. Some people have their morning coffee and used to have a coke! But I feel great now that I do not drink soda, I don't have headaches and I don't crave soda anymore. When I want something besides water, I will get a vitamin water zero. I feel great and I do not feel bloated anymore.
  • cccpups
    cccpups Posts: 3 Member
    I am crazy for soda too, but I have managed to replace it with half seltzer half grapefruit juice! It's got a sharp, tart taste, it has bubbles, so it has everything I want. I tried mixing seltzer with other fruits but grapefruit is the only juice that does the trick for me.
  • cbo2cute4u
    cbo2cute4u Posts: 14 Member
    I have always drank diet thinking it was better for me. My endocrinologist said diet could cause insulin resistance issues because your body needs sugar in a limited amount not a fake sugar that tricks your body. There was a whole anatomical explanation but basically I have had a hard time letting it go. There are many posts of carbonated water flavored or not can help with the transition but water becomes crazy craving when you start drinking it all the time. Im trying....trying :(
  • Mads1997
    Mads1997 Posts: 1,494 Member
    I used to drink a litre of coke a day. I just stopped cold turkey, no diet coke or any other substitute. Just stop buying it.
    I drink nothing but water and 2 cups of tea a day.
  • HSingMomto7Kids
    HSingMomto7Kids Posts: 345 Member
    You won't see me get too close with soda anymore with it not being healthy, but I will have a rootbeer every once in a great while. Water has no calories while soda does. If you do want soda why not try sparkling water as a substitute instead. For me I used to love soda!! For me my stomach would not agree with it, so that helped. Water is much cheaper too!!

    Good Luck!!
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