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  • saxnviolin
    saxnviolin Posts: 129 Member
    I believe going cold turkey! Just give it up completely- none at all. It will be hard for 2 weeks then it gets easier. In May, I'll be 2 years soda/shake free. I only drink water and coffee without sugar now. Definitely tough, but you can do it.
  • LCBinGA
    LCBinGA Posts: 102 Member
    love the flavored seltzer waters. no calories, natural flavors...LaCroix, Perrier, or store brands!
  • Savyna
    Savyna Posts: 789 Member
    After finding out how many calories are in juice I pretty much have stopped drinking any juices or sodas. i also quit drinking for right now. The only thing I drink is water and sometimes tea with no sugar or anything and count that as water as well.
  • chellekoren
    chellekoren Posts: 273 Member
    I switched to diet sodas, but limit to having them only a few times a week. I LOVE Peach or Raspberry Fresca. It tastes fancy. I also like coke zero, then diet pepsi. I HATE diet coke.
  • Kayla165
    Kayla165 Posts: 118 Member
    I love soda well I used to drink a lot of it. Dr. pepper is my fave. I went from drinking a 2 liter a day to one can which is 150 calories every other day. Now I only drink two cans per week.
  • leanmachinedream
    leanmachinedream Posts: 223
    I loved soda, too. I stopped drinking it for a long time, especially when I was breastfeeding. Then I switched to vanilla coke zero once in awhile.

    I'll deal with the aspartame. I'm aware it's bad, but I prefer it to drinking empty calories. My S/O makes fun of me every time I drink one though. We're pretty big on keeping things simple and natural in this house, nothing with HFCS and no artificial sweetness for the kiddo, organic meat if we can afford it at the time, coconut milk, et cetera.

    I'll listen when he stops drinking 2 energy drinks a day.
  • leanmachinedream
    leanmachinedream Posts: 223
    Oh, or Izze. Izze is carbonated juice, and as far as I know, no bad or artificial ingredients. It's just carbonated juice.
  • bunji587
    bunji587 Posts: 4 Member
    I started winging myself off by making myself drink 2 cups of water before I could have a soda. Then worked it down to 1 soda a day.Now if I have the craving for a soda, I get a flavored, carbonated water drink. The carbonation & flavor make me think I'm having a soda only without the dyes, calories, or sodium. Now, I haven't had but 1 soda in over 2 months & too bequite honest, it didn't taste all that great :)
  • carrollel
    carrollel Posts: 57 Member
    so does anyone know if club soda "OK" then? is it a safe alternative?? i only drink coke zero on the weekend with vodka, its the reason im not dropping pounds and my weakness :(
  • leanmachinedream
    leanmachinedream Posts: 223
    I'm loling with all the crystal light drinkers. You realize that crystal light has aspartame in it, too, right?
  • lindsayletcher
    lindsayletcher Posts: 6 Member
    Back in medival times, monks (and some Priests) would sprinkle ashes on their food so they wouldn't indulge in the deadly sin of gluttony.

    Try pouring salt into every soda you open until the thought of drinking a soda is repulsive. :tongue:



    HAHAHAHAHAHA awesome idea. I was a big pop drinker too. I've really cut back. If I feel the need to indulge, I go for diet pepsi lime. I will take the aspartame over sugar
  • JessAryn
    JessAryn Posts: 9
    For me I quit cold turkey. It was a goal of 2012 to not drink any soda. I had to detox for at least a week. I had to take excedrin to replace the caffeine.

    Now I drink a ton of water and if needed add in some crystal light or propel zero.

    I quit cold turkey as well. I mostly drink unsweetened tea now or just lots of water. If I get bored with water I like adding in Mio.
    Christmas made 2 years now that I haven't had soda. =]
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    Start limiting your soda portions bit by bit. Not all at once, just over time reduce your intake of it and eventually your cravings for it may stop.
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