Giving up diet fizzy drinks???

Sodas are my absolute worst weakness. My most successful method has been cold turkey, allowing an occasional (like once every two weeks or so) drink, if we go out to eat. In terms of sticking with it, I just train myself to sip water every time I have a craving. It certainly doesn't satisfy that fizzy sugary desire, but it fills me enough to not want it anymore. Plus I get to feel good about not giving in!

First day of attempting! I"m hoping that will help with eradicating some of my cravings!

i would never give up my diet soda.

i would never give up my diet soda.

I'm with you.

I drink them on occasion. Try diluting it with water, so you drink less, until your body doesn't want it/ need it anymore.

I went cold turkey with mine. The day I started my diet I completely cut sodas out.
I will say it is HARD. I drank at least 2-3 cans a day. You WILL get caffeine headaches and they are BRUTAL. They make you irritable, tired, etc. It took me about 4 days to finally get through the caffeine withdrawal stage. After that it is so much easier and you feel a ton better. I strictly drink water now, a green tea once in a while. You just need the willpower to cut soda!

Just have a nice cold glass of water next to you, and whenever you feel the need to go grab a can take a nice gulp of water. It should quench the thirst and perhaps even get rid of the desire for a soda.

I just quit drinking them one day (years ago). I don't miss them. I feel so much better. My digestion is better.

I drink only water, skim milk, and decaf unsweet tea these days. I'm good with those.


You can do this!!! The first couple of days are the worst. After that, you'll be fine!

I've lost 310 lbs. drinking 2-3 Diet Pepsi's a day along with 120+ oz. of Water..... Won't be giving up my Diet Pepsi anytime soon but if you feel you need to then good luck with that.....

That's how I've had the best success, too. Not giving up completely, but cutting back. I still treat myself, I just make better "other" choices to offset that day. Just have to be honest about the "amount", I have found that is the key to my success. I measure everything. I've still managed to lose 20 pounds...not too bad. And that is with the sugary, non-diet sodas...

I went cold turkey with mine. The day I started my diet I completely cut sodas out.
I will say it is HARD. I drank at least 2-3 cans a day. You WILL get caffeine headaches and they are BRUTAL. They make you irritable, tired, etc. It took me about 4 days to finally get through the caffeine withdrawal stage. After that it is so much easier and you feel a ton better. I strictly drink water now, a green tea once in a while. You just need the willpower to cut soda!

Just have a nice cold glass of water next to you, and whenever you feel the need to go grab a can take a nice gulp of water. It should quench the thirst and perhaps even get rid of the desire for a soda.

I gave them up cold turkey, but I still drink [black, unsweetened] coffee so no caffeine withdrawal headaches. I do drink carbonated water. It takes a while to break the habit - particularly of ordering it at restaurants, where I now stick to water - but I lost 5lb by giving up diet soda, before making any other changes.

I love DIET soda, sugar free RB, you name it.

Never crossed my mind once to give them up for weightloss reasons - but maybe for my teeth

I was exclusively a soda drinking until I decided to just drop them all together- both diet and regular. Once I got used to just drinking water, I really didn't miss them.

I can honestly say I as addicted to them. Drinking as many as 8 or 10 in a day was quite the norm. I live in a very hot part of the world so you need to keep up the fluid intake, and my logic was why not 0 calories, I can’t be doing much harm. Then I was diagnosed with a liver problem, a big wakeup call especially as I drink very little alcohol. In my case the pain killers I needed for my back disorder and the soft drinks were killing me. The caramel colouring in the drinks, and the artificial sweeteners were all aiding my body into self destruct so I had to go cold turkey. I started making my own unsweetened iced tea, and adding a very small amount of fruit juice ( the lesser of two evils) Gradually the fruit juice has become less and a slice of lemon is just as nice. I also drink a lot of water both sparkling as well as still. In the beginning it was really, really hard, but became easier as time passed. Once my liver started improving (no medical proof yet but I feel so much better so it must be) things became easier still. It is still early days for me but I have had no fizzy pop for around 10 weeks, and I really no longer miss it. Do you body a favour, quit.

I used to drink soda a lot..and Sweet Tea I just stopped =/ and started drinking water. Then I went a long time without any soda, I'd try to go for diet if I wanted the caffeine.. then I started drinking regular soda again...I cut it all out and don't drink any now. I don't want to piss any one off or start a debate.. but I don't think diet soda is good for you. It can cause cravings and the sweetners and chemicals aren't good for you either **I'm NOT trying to piss anyone off, Not saying it will stop weight loss, Don't try to debate me**
If your weight loss stops, I'd try to cut them out and see what happens. You might just need more water.

I find I feel better/do better without any type of fizzy drink. For one thing, it's hard to find one I like because the sugar substitute leaves a bad aftertaste. But even though it is diet, they do still carry A LOT of sodium, so they still make me feel like poo. I've been off sodas ever since a week or so into my diet change. Now, I don't even crave them, and when I attempt to drink one, the fizziness is too much for me. Water does wonders for your body and makes you feel a lot better. And another thing, you can't even count sodas (even diet) towards your daily water intake because of all the extra ingredients. So you'd be drinking that on top of your eight cups of water a day. Talk about bloated! This is just me, I feel that it's better for me to give up soda all together. So far, it's paid off!

Side note: when my father was diagnosed with diabetes, he dropped the sodas and went straight to drinking water like a fish. So far, he's lost about 23 pounds just with that lifestyle change ALONE! Plus, the artificial sweeteners make your body crave calories since there are no calories to accompany the sweet taste. So there really is nothing "diet" about it. That's just my opinion with the research studies I've read!