My sweet addiction - advice please!

My dad is the same way with Coke. He has some mental addiction to the coke so he will mix half a coke with half a glass of soda water so he doesn't have all the sugar and toxins from the coke.

Maybe try that. And each time, increase the ratio just a little bit more in favor of the soda water. Spritz in some lime. Maybe before you know it, you will just be drinking soda water with lime!

I am addicted to Diet Coke. I used to drink 1 to 2 Super Big Gulps of it a day.

I weined myself off it slowly first by quantity daily then by one ever second day then every third day etc.

Now I have it as a treat when hubby and I go out. I don't drink alcohol so it's my thing to drink in a crowd at a bar or restaurant.

They headaches do only last a couple days. When in withrawl I don't fight them I just have some to get it to go away.

Not much else I can say other than once you detox you have to have the self-control to say no plain and simple!

I quit drinking soda a little over four years ago. I have one once in a while, usually involving alcohol or the desire for something a little different. I never crave them anymore, though I do see diet dr pepper sometimes and think dang... The headache sucks because like stated before caffeine is a drug and your body is addicted. But it goes away, I think they took excedrin off the market for the moment so try taking some midol(it has the same ingredients as excedrin including that little bit of caffeine). You do have to be careful if you do start drinking caffeine again, even unintentionally, I found that if I have a caffeinated beverage more than a day or so in a row, I have to deal with a caffeine headache again, which just goes to tell you how terrible it is for your body.
Once I cut soda out I found that I didn't crave that bubbly stuff, but then again I find the various forms of soda water to be icky...
Get through the first few days and it get's easier. You could even try rewarding yourself... If you spend X amount on Diet Mt. Dew a week, if you make it y number of weeks without soda, then you can buy yourself something that you would like that cost yX, and you don't have to feel guilty about it because you would have spent that money on soda anyway.
Good luck!! You can do this, if I can you definitely can!!

I would gradually cut down my intake day by day and then switch it up with a diet mt dew, caffeine free. Most of my sodas contain no caffeine so that I won't have to worry about the addiction.

Im a recovering Dr Pepper/now Diet Coke addict. I started by replacing ONE soda a day with tea/water etc. I LOVE the fizzie !!! But it really impedes my weight loss not to mention how bad it is for us. Anyway, so once I got used to that one, I cut out another one etc. I had crept back up on my usage and was frustrated with the lack of movement on the scale and I cut back down to 1 in the morning and 2 lbs fell off almost immediately

I see youre going cold turkey, good luck !!! I got violently ill (from the no caffeine part).

i just went cold turkey when i stopped drinking soda. now i'm in the habit of drinking water with lemon or some times iced tea. its been about 5 years now and if i have to drink a coke or something (like no other choices), it gives me a huge headache and makes my stomache hurt.

I would gradually cut down my intake day by day and then switch it up with a diet mt dew, caffeine free. Most of my sodas contain no caffeine so that I won't have to worry about the addiction.

Note that she's trying to get away from artificial sweeteners, too.

I've never had a pop ADDICTION, but did enjoy regular Coke and Ginger Ale quite often. I decided that this wasn't the best use of my calories, so pretty much stopped a year ago................but because I like the FIZZ, I started to drink more 'fizzy' water. My fizz of choice is Klarbrun, and I like to throw a shot of Powerade in it (NOT the artificially sweetened one..........I like the White Cherry.) It gives me the sparkle, a bit of sweet, and only about 30 calories with 4 oz of Powerade added.)

I still have a pop at times..................but never diet. Just have never acquired a taste for diet drinks AT ALL. Ugggh.

Much success to you!!!

When I started to eat healthier a few months ago I cut all soda and caffeine. The first week or two SUCKED! I had headaches felt tired and moody. I just kept telling myself, wow I'm a addict! Maybe just with soda but if my body is having the same effects like someone trying to quit smoking then that is horrible. Any kinda of soda, be it diet or not, it Not good for you at all. Yes Diet may have little or no calories but the ingredients in it are really bad for you and can sabotage your weight loss. When I was detoxing I kept thinking how EASY it would be to grab a soda at the vending machine at work and make the headaches go away, but if losing weight and being healthy was EASY then everyone would do it! So I pushed myself past those first two weeks and now I feel great. I no longer feel the need to take naps or recharge myself because I have so much more energy from eating healthy. I ONLY drink water now, unless its fat free milk with cereal or something a part of my meal, like organic apple juice in a smoothy for breakfast. I no longer have soda or juice along side my meal. Why drink my calories and screw my sugars for the day! I do drink tea on occasion but not with caffeine. Now my body wakes me up at 6 or 7am on my days off unless I go BACK to sleep. I feel refreshed and a lot healthier. I spend my days off hiking or walking my dog, instead of sitting on the couch. You can do it! Yes it will SUCK for a little while but I promise if you push threw you will feel a lot better. I just try to think of the crap I am putting in my body. Did you know if you put a screw (like for the wall) in a can of Coke, a week later it dissolves! yes I tried it and yes that helped me realize I do not WANT this in my body! It also helped when I read an article that said drinking one soda a day can make you gain 10 pounds in a year! yuck. Do your body a favor and skip it!

I successfully cut soda out of my diet back in January. In it's place I drink bottled water and add these little flavor packets I get at Walmart. (They're like crystal light but it's the generic great value brand). They have several flavors available and they're caffeinated. You could try those and put them in charge water (seltzer?) to make them fizzy.

I cut coke zero (my love) out of my diet about 6 weeks ago. I went cold turkey but the key for my success was drinking tons of water. Honestly after about a week I did not crave it at all and have not had one since. I feel solo much better. I used to drink coke zeros all day-from the time I got up until bedtime. Drink tons of waterand good luck.