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I quit cold Turkey. Didn't have a choice it was making me sick and I can't drink diet. I have one every now and then. 1 per month or so

I have lost 304 lbs. drinking 3 to 4 diet pepsi every single day, it doesn't cause me to have cravings, yada, yada, yada.... To each his own though I was eating over 8000 calories a day 34 months ago and I decided my diet pepsi was going to be my one vice through this weight loss.... Good luck to you....

start phasing it out of your diet until you are drinking water or fresh fruit juices only. Its much easier than going cold turkey.

I drink diet pop daily.

I have lost 304 lbs. drinking 3 to 4 diet pepsi every single day, it doesn't cause me to have cravings, yada, yada, yada.... To each his own though I was eating over 8000 calories a day 34 months ago and I decided my diet pepsi was going to be my one vice through this weight loss.... Good luck to you....

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Do what works for you! If you need a diet pepsi and popcorn, have it! It's not the end of the world!

Hi i use to love drinking pop when i started my diet. I went from haveing a 6 pack of regular to 6 pack of diet a day. I loved my soda pop. What helped me quiting is every three day i would take a can away untill i was down to one a day. Hopefuly as it help me, it will help you. I dont drink pop no more good luck

Go slow, especially if you drink the caffeinated versions. I found it was the fizz I missed, not the taste, so try substituting fizzy water (mineral or seltzer). You can buy flavored or just buy plain and add a slice or two of lemon, lime or orange. Perrier makes a great pink grapefruit flavored mineral water.

Like you I was TOTALLY Addicted to soda, I would drink soda from the minute I woke up till I went to bed, I would drink about the equivalent to a case of soda a day, sometimes more, Quiting cold turkey wasnt easy, the first week was the hardest, the headaches alone were painful, but each day got better, Iv been off soda for a little over a month now, and to be honest, the weight is dropping off, I still have a long was to go, but, I know that its the little hurdles that count, and taken one day at a time. I have found a product called Sparkling Ice, its flavored water, thats carbonated, with no sugar, no calories, no nothing, I even got my kids drinking them over soda. or other sweet drinks,

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.

I used to have to have the Diet Coke after lunch and one after supper daily - I just gradually added more wanter. Have you tried the sugar free Crystal Light packets you can add to bottled water? I have several boxes of those in my drawer at work and they only have 5 calories. As for the PC, I figure we need to have something snack-like and as long as it is not overdone or you don't have health issues that prohibit your eating it, go for it! You need to wean down the pop if you are going to try and get rid of it - it is probably too difficult to go cold turkey. Hope this helps!

I have been addicted to aspertine in diet soda's for years. After reading so much about the side effects of aspertine (memory loss, increased appetite, breast cancer, etc.) I have given them up for three months now. Occassionally I crave my diet soda and I can not stand the taste of regular soda so I give in to maybe one on the weekend but I am seeking an alternative because the side effects scare me.

only "take away" or "add" things to your life you can live with forever....

if you can live without pop or diet pop forever than give it up - i personally can't - so i have limited my intake of diet soda....

if you can make the gym 3hrs a day every day for the rest of your life than by all means get your *kitten* there - i work full time and have 2 kids so i schedule my workouts in advance so i know what i'm doing so that nothing gets neglected in my life including me and my workouts....

my point is this....simply make changes to your life that you can DO....do NOT cut yourself off from the things you love and enjoy....make them a part of your life but in moderation.....

i have had chinese takeout every thursday for the past 4+ years, i drink diet coke, i eat cake at bday parties, i eat pizza occasionally and i have lost about 80lbs doing all those things....i just dont eat a huge piece of cake, i dont eat a 1/2 a pizza, i dont get the fried saucy chinese....i make it work for me....i will not feel deprived or i will feel like i'm on a diet and then i will quit and essentially there is nothing to quit here if i make changes i can live with...

move more and eat better....that is the best way to lose weight....good luck in your journey...denise

I quit cold turkey last year late summer. have not missed it once.

If it was so bad for you the FDA would not allow it to be sold and consumed.

That's not necessarily true. The FDA is a victim of political pressures and big business as any other government agency, and actually have a strict level of scientific proof necessary to "ban" things. But most of the studies aren't done on humans because the expense and length of time (likely decades) that would be necessary to complete clinical trials with sound science. So the studies are done on rats/mice at accelerated rates and aren't conclusive enough for bans in most cases. Doesn't mean it's good for you. And worse, it doesn't mean it isn't bad for you. I wouldn't use FDA approval as a benchmark for quality/health.

YES!!!! You CAN dO it! I recently stopped drinking Diet Pepsi. My favorite thing in the world. I found it made me feel more hungry than when I have been having water. It's hard... But what's even better is knowing that you are doing something healthy for yourself! I feel better without it. It also doesn't taste as good after a few weeks. Slowly cut back and then take that final leap! You can do it!!!!