Diet Soda (for those who gave it up)

Diet soda makes me want candy for some reason but it has never given me a headache so that's really weird that some people struggle with that. I drink probably a glass a week or maybe two. It doesn't hydrate you like water will so if I want an alternative I make different sorts of sun teas.

I have drastically cut back my diet pop obsession. I might it a small glass every couple of days now. I find when I drink it, it makes me want to eat other bad stuff-chips, nachos, etc. Not really "more" food just stuff I'm trying to avoid. I think because that's always what I'd eat together at restaurants or my snacks.
I find it's easiest to avoid it.

My current favourite drink is water with True Lemon or lemon slices (whatever I have around) and a few mint leaves. So good!

Do I feel better? I definitely don't have as much trouble sleeping as I used to. Most people I know who stay awake all night drink a lot of pop. This was for sure me. Now I usually fall asleep around 10 and wake up around 6. I'm happy with that. I also find my energy is more even through the day. I'm not as draggy in the morning( probably because I sleep more). I use to have a glass of pop when I woke up, like people would have coffee.

It has been a big struggle though. At first I felt like crap all the time...I just wanted my fizz and the caffeine!

Never had headaches from diet soda and I feel no different I was about a 6 a can a day drinker more if we were eating out. 0 difference 0!!!

after giving up diet soda, I have NO food cravings, not one. do not crave sweets or carbs like before. the artificial sweetners in diet sodas make you crave carbs on top of many other nasty side effects. I also have had no problems with my ulcer or reflux after giving them up.

I've never had any reactions from diet soda... I started drinking more water instead one day, and then I didn't have $7 to spend on a 24-pack of diet coke, so here I am with just water.
I used to drink at least 3-6 cans a day, now I'm downto about a can a week- and that's only when I'm out and already paying for a drink with my meal. I'd rather have water, but if they're going to charge me anyways, I may as well have a diet coke. I had it today for the first time in about 2 weeks, and it was super sweet, I couldn't even finish it.

I gave up diet soda... I never had headaches from it but I do have to say that I feel better now that I have stopped. I sometimes have flavored sparkling water now or vitamin water to have something to switch it up from water... It was a lot easier to cut it out than I thought it would be though!

i switched to zevia a long time ago, a no calorie naturally sweetened soda.
i never experienced headaches, it wasn't difficult for me to cut out (i never drank too much of it anyway)

A lot of people give up diet soda for all the headaches, others, the chemicals. I love diet soda...it is a good alternative to water for me. I still drink a ton of water a day. I am drinking about 2 cans a day, not a huge amount, but still a decent amount.

My question is for the people who have given it up (I want people who to respond with no headache issues from diet soda). How do you feel now? Do you feel the same?

I know diet soda can trick some people into craving more food.....I was never like this either.

i never realized how much i like diet soda til i gave it up. I did so almost 2 weeks ago. i do have an urge to have one every now and then but i push past it and move forward... I dont know if i have and side effects or now, but my doc said diet soda causes belly fat and that i want to get rid of...

I haven't drank a soft drink in over six years! I just drink water or protein shakes. The odd oranje juice but usually just water. Diet soda makes me crave more sugars etc. it's really about habit!

I used to drink only diet soda. Barely anything else. Cut it out entirely... for a while. Now occasionally have one or two when I'm out. I don't feel any different. Don't miss the caffeine. If I feel a caffeine headache coming on, I will drink some tea. But try to avoid relying on pop.

I just don't drink soda anymore. I drink coffee, tea (iced of hot) and lots of water. Love sparkling San Pelegino with lime!

it's worth giving up just for the way that it affects your teeth! why would you drink diet soda when it has no positives effects on your health (and according to some people has negative effects)? just drink water

I have never had any problems with diet drinks. I used to drink atleast 5 a day. Now I only drink maybe 2 a day
and I drink carbinated flavored water with zero calories the rest of the time. I have a real problem with drinking
plain water.

Well, I was an addict. Diet Sunkist or Diet Dr. Pepper. LOVED THEM BOTH and I still do. I cut way back in April. Then I ran out one day and couldn't get to the store. I realized I started losing better, I think because of water retention. The diet sodas bloat me a little and make my body hold on to water. When I first cut back to one 12 oz a day, I noticed an increase in my energy level. When I cut them out altogether, another increase in energy. I'm not sure if that is due to the diet sodas, or an increase in exercise, or both. But I do know I feel better when I don't drink them. Interestingly enough, I did have a Diet Sunkist this morning! First one in a while, but no problems with it! I think cutting them out except for an occasional one does help. But, we are all different!

I used to drink Diet Soda with lunch ... and any time that we went out to eat. I loved it. However - I have noticed some differences now that I havent drank it. When I first stopped drinking it - I had headaches a few days after I stopped. That went away. Ive noticed that gastrointestinally things are better too.... i used to experiance "gas" bubbles from soda.. where now I have NONE it was almost like gas pains rather than actual flatulance/burps. I am adictd to caffine so I drink unsweet tea now. I also drink black coffee in the mornings ... every now and then I add milk. But mostly black coffee.