Soda Diet?

[NikkiHorror]

Now, I know most of you are absolute angels and don't drink soda, but I'm no angel, LOL. My best friend and I went on a soda diet back when we were 17...I remember it was really hard getting past the first few days, but we lasted over 3 months and felt amazing! We lost alot of weight and our skin looked alot better. Every time we'd get a drink it would either be water or raspberry iced tea if we wanted caffeine and something with a taste to it. I know I can't give up caffeine completely because I like a small coffee every morning, I want to try giving up soda again. Is anyone else on a soda diet who can give me tips (and some encouragement) on how to make it work? Thanks in advance!

 

[little teaser]

no girl i have no tips but need some like you iam totally hook on soda and tried to stop a few times and it work but i crave the taste your not suppose to quiet caffeine cold turky unless you dont mind the head aches

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

Yes I am also a soda lover... its terrible. My boyfriend hates that I drink so much soda and he tells me how terrible it is for me... So i order Iced Tea when hes around.. and when I am with my friends.. Dr.Pepper please.. lol
I tried to quit drinking soda, and started drinking sweetened Iced Tea for a while .. you know putting a few packets of sugar in a cup of iced tea at a restaurant STILL has WAY less sugar than one can of soda. It helped for a while.. Then I failed and started drinking soda again .. arg.

 

[thestarsfall]

I'm definitely no angel either...but compared to my boyfriend I am a saint, he drinks like 4+ (Pepsi) a day whereas I have roughly 1 a day (of Coke). I dont usually drink it unless I actually buy it, so maybe just refrain from buying any cases of soda, and if you're ordering at a restaurant pick something like lemonade or water.

 

[NutMeg]

I just drink Iced Tea.. But in Canada it's sweetned. It's always a shock when you forget and order and iced tea in the States and take a gulp of unsweetened iced tea. Lol.

 

[DaizyDeath]

dr pepper is my weakness when i go out but when im at home i never drink soda just green tea or iced tea

i suppose i shoul try to eliminate soda all together and just order fruit juice or tea when i go out but its soo hard! haha

 

[mskitchmas]

i wish i had some advice to make things easier. i gave up soda over 8 weeks ago, because i was outa control! i was easily drinking 6-8 diet cokes a day. even writing about that damn diet coke is making my mouth water right now!

i don't do a lot of healthy things for myself, so i thought this would be a small step, that could do a lot of good.

i am sleeping a bit better (major insomniac), and hopefully my bones will benefit from not being weakend by all that soda that i would guzzle.

i drink a lot of water and tea (hot or iced). white tea with tangerine or peach is pretty tasty and doesn't have a lot of caffeine. i also like hot water with lemon, i know it might sound odd to some, but somehow it satifies, and warms me up during these cold months.

if you decide to do it, good luck!

 

[MiCHiE]

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Originally Posted by NikkiHorror Now, I know most of you are absolute angels and don't drink soda, but I'm no angel, LOL. My best friend and I went on a soda diet back when we were 17...I remember it was really hard getting past the first few days, but we lasted over 3 months and felt amazing! We lost alot of weight and our skin looked alot better. Every time we'd get a drink it would either be water or raspberry iced tea if we wanted caffeine and something with a taste to it. I know I can't give up caffeine completely because I like a small coffee every morning, I want to try giving up soda again. Is anyone else on a soda diet who can give me tips (and some encouragement) on how to make it work? Thanks in advance!

Just don't quit cold turkey. You should never deprive yourself of something you really want (unless it's immoral or illegal, LOL). I wouldn't reach for it until I totally want it. In the meantime, find a flavored water or non-carbonated substitute. I love almost frozen (slush-like) FIJI water. I hardly ever drink a soda, except with certain foods and even then, I rarely finish it.

 

[IcePrincess2250]

My parents never kept soda in the house when we were growing up and I am so thankful for that! I hate the taste of soda, and I hate the bubbles.

Good luck with this honey, they say you can loose pounds and pounds a year just from giving up one soda a day!!

 

[caffn8me]

A single can of Coca-Cola contains 35 grammes of sugar (that's about an ounce and a quarter) or seven level teaspoons. Two cans a day and you drink over a pound of sugar a week. Scary! Try Coke Zero instead if you must have fizzy.

You can see what about 35g of sugar looks like below with a nickel for size comparison. It's a lot

 

[DaizyDeath]

thanks to this thread i quit soda!
hehe

i went out today and got some iced tea and the day before i got lemonaid

 

[msburgundy]

I read that if a woman drinks one soda a day it increases her chance of diabetes by 80% does that help? I hope so. It sure helped me. I've never been too big on soda...but I can see how it's addicting.

 

[asnbrb]

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Originally Posted by IcePrincess2250 My parents never kept soda in the house when we were growing up and I am so thankful for that! I hate the taste of soda, and I hate the bubbles.

Oh my God! Your family sounds exactly like mine! We weren't allowed soda until maybe 7th grade, no matter how much my brothers begged. Now? Can't stand carbonation. I'll drink Coke when it's on ice mixed with Crown and super rare occasions of Sierra Mist (when water tastes funny), but I never drink the stuff otherwise.

 

[amoona]

You guys are sooo mean haha soda is not the enemy it's ur friend! haha j/k but i'm totally obsessed with soda. it's kinda bad ... i drink soda in the morning! i could never quit, coke is my heroin ... but at least i don't drink alcohol or do ne drugs or even smoke. everyone is allowed one bad habit.

 

[MiCHiE]

^Um....I thought makeup was our bad habit? You're cheating.

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

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Originally Posted by caffn8me A single can of Coca-Cola contains 35 grammes of sugar (that's about an ounce and a quarter) or seven level teaspoons. Two cans a day and you drink over a pound of sugar a week. Scary! Try Coke Zero instead if you must have fizzy. You can see what about 35g of sugar looks like below with a nickel for size comparison. It's a lot

The Cans of coke must be larger here in the states because last time I checked a can of soda had more than 35 grams of sugar! Its insane! holy heck.

EDIT, Coca cola may be lower in sugar than some colas.. Ive seen some colas with upwards of 53 grams of sugar!!!! yikes!

 

[amoona]

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Originally Posted by ♥MiCHiE♥ ^Um....I thought makeup was our bad habit? You're cheating.

make-up is the obsession ... soda is the bad habit haha. make-up only hurts my wallet.

 

[eowyn797]

it's not just the sugar in soda that's bad for you - it's the carbonation as well. CO2 in your body seems to be attracted to calcium, so it will work it's way close to your bones and any toxins in your body (and you'd be totalyl surprised just how many acidic and destructive toxins you consume a day from things OTHER than soda) get trapped against your bones by the CO2 and it greatly (and i mean GREATLY) raises your chances of osteoporosis.

so there's reason #2

and i don't recommend the Coke Zero thing (or ANY diet drink) - they use aspartame (Nutra-sweet) a lot of the time, which breaks down into formaldahyde (preservative for dead bodies, YAY) and phenyalalanine (elevated levels of which is what gives epileptics seizures).

OMG that was the most joy-filled post ever, nes pa? sorry, my mom was a nurse and my brain is thusly filled with all manner of nutritional trivia.

 

[jenii]

Oh, I feel for ya... I am addicted to soda. I keep trying to quit, I even started drinking diet sodas, as gross as they are... But, I kept going back to the regular stuff.

I have two big boxes of this stuff called emergen'C, it comes in fruit flavors and fizzes up in water. I try to cut down on the soda by replacing at least a can per day with a cup of that instead. The best flavor is raspberry.

Anyway, good luck with it. If you find any tips or tricks that work, please let me know. I'm having such a hard time! And it's not even the caffeine, since I can get that with coffee. It's the stupid BUBBLES!

 

[GalleyGirl]

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Originally Posted by jenii Oh, I feel for ya... I am addicted to soda. I keep trying to quit, I even started drinking diet sodas, as gross as they are... But, I kept going back to the regular stuff. I have two big boxes of this stuff called emergen'C, it comes in fruit flavors and fizzes up in water. I try to cut down on the soda by replacing at least a can per day with a cup of that instead. The best flavor is raspberry. Anyway, good luck with it. If you find any tips or tricks that work, please let me know. I'm having such a hard time! And it's not even the caffeine, since I can get that with coffee. It's the stupid BUBBLES!

I loooove EmergenC! But I'd trade you the berry flavor for tangerine any day

I used to be the biggest Diet Coke addict until it made me so dehydrated I got a parotid stone (a blockage in the salivary gland) and the left side of my face swelled up for a week. Now I drink it maybe once or twice a week as a treat.