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Can you do diet Dr. Pepper? Just an ideal! Good Luck!

Sparkling water is diet soda without dyes...

I gave up soda(pop as you say) a little over a year ago. I was addicted in every meaning of the word. I tried for YEARS to give it up and never succeeded for very long. I finally figured out that it had to happen very slowly, not cold turkey. I started by not allowing myself to keep it in the house. Ever. I rewarded myself by having soda only when I went out to eat. I eventually was able to give up all dark soda and still allowed myself to drink clear sodas like sprite. I slowly wound down to carbonated waters (the flavored kind) and now all of my hard work has paid off. All I drink is water and I drink at least 8 glasses a day. It is remarkable what giving up soda will do for your body. I lost weight but gained confidence. My complexion is better, my nails grow long and strong and I just FEEL better than ever. Giving up sodas has given me so much more energy and I use that energy to exercise which leads to additional weight loss. You CAN do this!!!

I think thats so cool that you were able to give up the soda. I used to be addicted to soda and I havent had any in a very long time. If I were to drink soda it will upset my stomach same thing with fast food. Continue your journey and if you would like to be friends we can incourage eachother. keep up the great job

try different types of water. for example, Perrier or San Pellegrino (different types and levels of fizzy water); add fruit to your water (like lemon, berries.... a la expensive spas); ice water, room temperature water, hot water like real Asians.....

wish you the best

Giving up pop is so terribly difficult, keep with it, you willbegin to crave water soon. Hubby and I gave up pop at the beginning of jan and haven't looked back. The first month or so was dreadful, but, I instinctively grab for water.

Good luck and here are some best wishes that you stick with it.

There are also carbonated juices called Izze's that you can buy at Target and sometimes Martin's. These are a little bit better then pop. Not sure if it would do the trick for you, but I thought I'd mention it.

Have you tried that new Dr. Pepper 10. It tastes better than diet. Something I do when I get a soda now is I do 2/3 diet and 1/3 regular, so I still get a taste of the regular, but not as much sugar. Seriously, if I happen to drive through McD's while kids are in the car the workers think I am crazy when I order a large drink and ask for just the cup so that I can come in and fill it myself.
Good luck. My mom was a single mom, I have a lot of respect for that, take care of yourself!!

We seem to be in the same boat. Well, have been anyway I'm proud to say that I am no longer a Dr. Pepper addict, though I use it to cook with occasionally. I used to work at a warehouse club and it was on tap ALL DAY LONG. I don't even want to tell you how many 32 oz. drinks I consumed of that stuff. Then I got pregnant and decided I had to quit. I started doing one Dr. Pepper a day, one sweet tea and one water. The water was hard even though i like water I think it was the lack of the sugar that made it so hard. Finally I cut out the Dr. Pepper and made it a date night treat with my daughter's father. Then I was on 2 half cut sweet teas a day and water. Finally got down to all water around 5 months. I did great at keeping it only water for about a year and then, I got hooked again. But I noticed I didn't like how I felt, so I went back to cutting down. Now, I get it once a week when i go through a drive thru or something, but I feel you on how hard it is to stop! I liken it to crack lol Go small. Instead of having a 2L around the house get cans and only put 2 or 3 in the fridge at a time (because warm Dr. P is nasty hahaha). Take an empty 2L bottle and fill it with water and make that your goal. Heck, write on the bottle in magic marker a phrase that motivates you. For me it would be something like "I'm stronger than this" Or "I love my kidneys" But it does take small steps! Feel free to add me!

Omg i did the exact same thing!! a 2 liter of pepsi a day everyday..tried to stop went right back to it, and i finally decided that it had to stop i stopped drinking regular soda and switched to diet soda but cut down my amount and drink more water, right now im having a vita water...its hard but it had to be done.

cold turkey!! Don't do diet it will keep you as bloated as you were before. It's going to be hard and you will have a couple slip ups when you go out to dinner or pick one up while your in line at walmart but getting it out of the house is a must. Changing that and nothing else you will lose 10lbs in the first month if not more. My addiction was sweet tea my family would finish 2gallons a day(thats the one cup I let my daughter have and my guy works all the time it was mostly me). Good luck

I just read down the page and saw more suggestions on how to get off the diet pop or any pop. Thank you everyone.

I second trying out the carbonated water. When I gave up diet coke, I needed something to take its place when I went to the fridge in need of my carbonation fix. La Croix makes some good ones (well, they're not sweet so it's definitely an acquired taste). This worked for me! Now I only drink regular water but this helped me during the transition. Good luck!!

I have to have coffee every day! I was drinking mochas but I have switched to coffee. I still have cream though. I need to switch to green tea. Have you tried that? also I'm doing the zone diet and after 1 week I do not crave sugar like I was. Amazing for me to not crave sugar and chocolate! I suggest to cut back and slowly get completely off of the Dr. P. Tell yourself, 'I can have 1 can a day', and pick the time of day.
You can do it! also log everything! when you see whatit does on the food diary, it will help you stop.