AW: 60 Hours without a Diet Coke........

[2boys2danes]

So I am literally addicted to diet cokes... like to the tune of 2 Route 44 Sonic Diet Cokes a day andplusalso a couple of cans throughout the day.  I never thought I could get this far.  Anyone else kicked the soda habit?  How long did it take to not crave it? 

[wambam]

That's awesome! Keep it up!

I quit soda about 2-2.5 years ago. It took about two weeks before the intense cravings went away and about three months until I genuinely never wanted any.

[Deleted]

That's awesome!

[thinkofthesoldiers]

i think they should give the chips or whatever aa gives. meetings wouldnt be bad either. lol that stuff is hard to kick.

[curtains]

I managed to stay off of it for a month while I was clean eating. It was the only thing I craved... I went right back to it once it was over. Good luck - I swear there is crack in there

[callalily]

I'm with frkls, I'd mainline diet pepsi all day every day if I could. I seriously need to quit.

[hisno1girl]

I've significantly cut down the amount of Diet Coke I drink, and for a while I was coke free, but it keeps crawling back into my life.

I used to be a 6-8 cans a day consumer and now I'm down to about 1-2 cans per week. If I buy a 2-liter bottle it will normally go flat before I finish it and I won't drink it once it's gone flat.

More power to ya sister!!

[CurlyQ284]

I got down to 1 can a day during pregnancy but I would watch the clock until I was "allowed" my DC. I couldn't drink it with food because it would waste it so it had to be drunk slowly and by itself. I looked forward to 12:30 every day for 9 months. After I quit BFing I'm back to a massive amount. I can't quit you DC!

[snickers]

That's awesome!

I've tried, but I am never strong enough.
I wish they would make a patch for that lol

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

I have quit several times. After drinking a 2 liter plus more of Diet Mountain Dew a day for a long time, I kicked the habit for about 6 months. Then I picked it back up. I don't drink nearly as much anymore, but I still drink a lot. Good luck to you, it is a hard habit to break!

[Deleted]

I usually have 2-3 diet Pepsis a day. I need to cut back.

My SIL told us this weekend that she drinks a 24 pack of Dr. Pepper every day!!! We were in shock.

[wambam]

Oct 30, 2013 7:25:03 GMT -5 @t2j said:

I usually have 2-3 diet Pepsis a day. I need to cut back.

My SIL told us this weekend that she drinks a 24 pack of Dr. Pepper every day!!! We were in shock.

How does she even have time for this?! She has to be quite literally constantly drinking it. 

[TrickyBob]

I stopped cold turkey for about 3 months back in 2012 and slowly added them back in at 1 to 2 a month and I keep it there. It's the perfect balance.

The first 2 weeks were the hardest, I had constant migraines and felt so gross. At the time I had been drinking several McDonald large dr.peppers a day, for a year.

When I added them back in, drinking one would give me a migraine but I powered through because I knew if I cut it out 100%, I would miss it and fall right back into it so I figured indulging once or twice a month was worth it.

ETA: If you are trading it out for water and aren't good with keeping a refillable water bottle around, grab a 24pk of bottled water from the grocery store. The fact that you can just reach in the fridge and grab a water bottle helps because (at least for me) it was just like reaching in for a soda and mimicking the same act helped. And then from there transfer over to a refillable. 

[TrickyBob]

Oct 30, 2013 7:25:03 GMT -5 @t2j said:

I usually have 2-3 diet Pepsis a day. I need to cut back.

My SIL told us this weekend that she drinks a 24 pack of Dr. Pepper every day!!! We were in shock.

Holy shit! How does she not feel bloated all the time?! 

I'm a big water drinker and that doesn't mean others have to be but my God, set the soda down and have a glass of water once in awhile. 

[shostakovich]

I stopped drinking DC (and actually soda in general, except for ginger ale when I'm drinking vodka about 9 years ago, and I never went back. I've had a few sips of someone else's DC here and there since then, and it tastes gross to me now.

When I quit, it took about a week before I stopped craving it. Good luck!

[Kit]

Thats awesome!! I tried to quit and made it about a week. Fail! Lol

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[MixedBerryJam]

Oct 30, 2013 6:00:13 GMT -5 2boys2danes said:

So I am literally addicted to diet cokes... like to the tune of 2 Route 44 Sonic Diet Cokes a day andplusalso a couple of cans throughout the day.  I never thought I could get this far.  Anyone else kicked the soda habit?  How long did it take to not crave it? 

I don't know if this will be helpful to you, because it wasn't caffeine that concerned me but the artificial sweetener in diet coke (well, mostly diet Dr. Pepper, but really, I was a diet cola whore and anything would do) but I kicked diet soda remarkably easily by substituting black iced tea. I was up to 3 litres of diet soda per day. Yes, per day. and I probably drink a nearly equivalent amount of black iced tea, but since I take it without sweetner I'm just not that concerned. I do try to limit iced tea after dinner because of the caffeine, but other than that I don't have any other rules or anything. Frankly, I didn't miss the diet soda at all. Now, if you don't like black tea or it's the caffeine you're concerned about, I can't help you there. But for me, it was really easy to transition away from diet soda altogether.

I make a pitcher of sun tea each day, letting it brew for about 8-12 hours, and have one brewing on the counter, and one in the fridge that I drink from, at all times. An advantage to this is that I can make it full strength, but sometimes I do 6 Earl Grey teabags to 2 or 3 decaf tea bags, and that does cut down on the caffeine a bit. I think I probably still get more than whatever the recommended daily allowance is for caffeine.

[Deleted]

Good job!

I used to drink like 4 cans a day. I stopped keeping it in the house, but most days I stop to get a fountain coke while I'm out somewhere.

[Deleted]

A 24 pack a DAY?! That would be freaking expensive!

[noodleskooze]

That is seriously so impressive! Good job!

[shopgirl07]

Wowza, I'm a huge diet Coke addict myself so how much other people consume doesn't usually faze me but 24 a day?! That's madness. I'd be drinking them on the toilet because I'd be peeing non-stop.

[Deleted]

That is awesome!!!!

[CurlyQ284]

::popping the top on DC #2 for the day::

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Oct 30, 2013 7:48:36 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

A 24 pack a DAY?! That would be freaking expensive!

I bet.  Just imagine what she could do with the extra cash if she drank tap water.

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Oct 30, 2013 8:29:55 GMT -5 toledo said:

Oct 30, 2013 8:26:46 GMT -5 @imback said:

I bet.  Just imagine what she could do with the extra cash if she drank tap water.

More Stride Rites?

Whatever floats your boat.

[thebamker]

great job!

I was never that bad, but I think I had a couple cans everyday when I quit. It took a couple weeks, but I never went back. I actually had a drink of someone's on Monday and didn't even like it.

[LauraMoser]

I've done it a few times. The first time I cut out soda, the cravings lasted about a week.

Now I only allow myself soda when we eat out. I don't seem to have a problem this way. No cravings or any other withdrawal symptoms.

I have, however, moved on to a coffee addiction, lol. Luckily its only a cup a day though. Much better than how much soda I used to drink.

[dirtyred]

I am currently 6 minutes without a diet Coke.....

[Deleted]

Good for you!

Out of curiosity (I've never liked soda, so I have no idea what I'm talking about), what is it about soda that is so addictive? Particularly diet. Some of it has to be caffeine, but are the artificial sweeteners addictive too?

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Oct 30, 2013 8:29:55 GMT -5 toledo said:

Oct 30, 2013 8:26:46 GMT -5 @imback said:

I bet.  Just imagine what she could do with the extra cash if she drank tap water.

More Stride Rites?

We all have our priorities, man! Lol