Drinking too much soda?

Have you tried cystal light instead?

Slowly cut it out little by little so the withdrawals aren't that bad. I don't drink caffeine every day anymore. I'll have a cup of coffee maybe once a week. Life is MUCH better without the caffeine, I promise! I have so much more energy now.

Not to sound snarky, but just don't buy it. Originally i switched to flavored seltzer but then stopped buying that and now drink water or add some diet decaf iced tea mix to it.

If you absolutely can't cut soda out, cut it to only 1 soda a day. When you buy a case, write on it with a permanent marker when you should finish it by if you only drink 1 a day. DO NOT let yourself buy another case until that date. So that will hold you to only consuming 1 a day.

I have the same issue me and my husband can go thru a 12 pack a day if we are both off this is my greatest struggle

I've had to gradually ween myself down. I was drinking close to a 6 pack a day. I started by limiting it to only a soda at meal times (3 a day). After a while I was able to cut it down to 2 and now I only allow myself 1 a day.

By doing it gradually I allowed my body to adjust to less caffine and avoided the hellish with draws from it. There are some days now that I go without any soda at all. I eventually want to cut it back even more.... but for now I'm baby stepping my way to that goal.

Good luck!

Replace it with better drinks. 1 cup (8 oz) of 100% fruit juice a day is fine (I wouldn't go much over that) and water is the best replacement. But if you like something with flavor, look into Crystal Light or G2 (lower calorie/reduced sugar gatorade) or PowerAde (they also gave a low carb variety). I personally like the Crystal Light to go packs - I tend to dilute them more than suggested (about 20 oz of water per pack instead of 16) and ice water. Skim milk is also a great drink, it goes especially well with a meal - studies have found that women who drink at least 2 cups of skim milk daily have healthier weight than women who drink diet soda instead!

Stop buying soda. Don't get the cases at the store, and avoid running by the convenience store for a quick fix. Also don't carry change that you can use to buy a can from vending machines at work, etc. Instead, throw your loose change into a giant pickle jar (empty of course, lol) and save it for something useful

You can indulge once in a while in a soda - at a party, out to dinner, maybe at a movie. But once you replace soda with better drinks, you'll probably find you care much less for the taste!

4 cans of soda per day = 560 calories x 7 = 3920 or over 1 pound per week
one pound per week is 52 lbs a year
these are empty calories with NO nutritive quality at all and may actually harm your body in the long run
Water has NO calories and your body needs it to function correctly - in fact, our bodies can't function properly w/o water, but surprisingly, they can w/o soda

your call

I have been a Coca Cola addict my whole life. Love coke and I used to drink it all day long... it was such a thing for me that friends would buy me coke product gifts of all kinds. It was a joke that I never went anywhere without a coke in my purse. So, let me just say... I have been there. BUT... I am not there anymore. You can do it... it is possible.

The first thing I did was go cold turkey... I made it a competition with myself to see how many days I could go without it. I did it for about a month and a half... at that point it got much better. Then... I felt like maybe I shouldn't stop drinking coke altogether because people just associated me with Coca Cola, but I knew that wasn't a good or real reason. I still wanted to drink some of it, but I started to scale back. One a day, then a couple a week, then one a week. It was hard, but when I started thinking about the empty calories and how bloated drinking so much soda made me feel it became easier to turn it down.

Now, I hardly ever drink coke. It was a process, but I made it. I think it took me about a year to get to this point... so, don't get discouraged. I will still drink coke on occasion... only when I feel like it. But I don't crave it in the same way. It isn't something I need anymore. You can do this. It will be a process, but don't give up! Just take it one day at a time.

I used to drink MT Dew like crazy!!! I gave that up and then got on a Diet Rootbeer kick. And i know i was drinking too much of that, but now I am down to maybe 1 can of diet rootbeer a day. I make a deal with myself that if i drink atleast 64 oz of water a day i can have 1 can. and usually don't even finish the whole can!

I gradually switched to caffeine free soft drinks (mostly ginger ale) before giving it up completely. I don't like the diet soda after taste so I drink mostly water these days.

Gave them up in March of this year. I drank a 2 liter bottle (or more) of Diet Pepsi a day. When I cut out the soda, I drank green tea (over ice) to keep me from having caffeine withdrawals (headaches). AFter about a week, I switched to just water. That is ALL I drink now. Good luck

try to cut it to 1 can a day and then drink lots of water.

That is something I struggle with too. I have a product called Want More Energy that helps me when I need something besides water. It is all natural and really good.