Question

HOW did y’all quit drinking soda? I crave the carbonation so badly, but I cannot stand seltzer water  I buy diet drinks, but still wind back up to the original before the day is over. I have zero self control when it comes to sodas  

Answer 1

Don't beat yourself up to badly, just keep trying. We all have that something that is our downfall. I've been doing WW for a couple of months now. Mine biggie is sugar. For the first month I had sugar cravings so badly it was almost unbearable. But now, it seems I've made it past that wall. I still want sweets but not in the severe craving way that I did before. I can walk away from it and not think about it again. Stick with your soda ban and it will get much easier.  

Answer 2

Don’t drink diet drinks it’s worse for you! Try sprite like clear pops

Answer 3

Fill a very small glass with crushed ice, pour small amount of soda just enough to cover the ice, and chew or suck on the ice.  

Answer 4

Try lemonade or orange juice mixed with orange or lemon seltzer then slowly cut it out. I do water with a splash of something fruity

Answer 5

I have broken a lot of bad habits. My last indulgence is Diet Coke. I drink about 4 cans a day and have no plans of stopping. I lost a lot of weight and maintain most of that loss. I decided I will continue to enjoy my Diet Coke.  

Answer 6

I quit cold turkey and lots of prayers! I was drinking at least 6 a day, but got news from the dr that I was borderline type 2 diabetic and quit that day. I prayed and prayed for the help and guidance and for no caffeine headaches and I never got one. I had gotten them in the past when I had tried to quit. I have been off of sodas and caribe for 4 years and it is wonderful!  

Answer 7

Sparkling Ice drinks

Answer 8

I lost 117 pounds drinking Diet Coke

Answer 9

Is it the carbonation you miss or the caffeine? I quit Diet Coke with caffeine and had a mild headache for 3 days after that no problem.  

Answer 10

My husband stopped drinking coke alone and lost almost 50 pounds. I don't drink soda, but occasionally will drink soda water. A lot of the other "low calorie" or "diet" drinks contain fake sugars which are SO bad for your body.  

Answer 11

I cut out 1 soda everyday for a week, second week I cut out another daily soda, until I wasn’t drinking any sodas. Don’t stop cold turkey, give your brain time to adjust. It takes a little longer, but you will be stronger.  

Answer 12

I have 1-2 coke zeros a week

Answer 13

I quit for 6 months it was hard then after that I brought it back to no more than one a week

Answer 14

I love diet Dr Pepper and Mt Dew.  

Answer 15

CROIX. LIME ON SUPER HOT DAYS OR PASSION FRUIT, HOT OR ICED TEA

Answer 16

I stopped drinking sodas about a year ago, cuz the carbonation made my stomach hurt. I started drinking only water, then I got tired of plain old water, so I added some lemon juice n Stevia, n it honestly helped me loose some weight, cuz the lemon juice helped alkalize my body!  

Answer 17

We bought a soda stream and use it for our water daily. I still get my bubbles

Answer 18

Get these from Walmart and love them. I hate seltzers and most sparking waters. 0 points, lots of different flavors, and plenty of carbonation.  

Answer 19

I didn’t. I have a coke in the morning (don’t drink coffee) and just watch points the rest of the day and bump up exercise. I do diet the rest of the day.  

Answer 20

Fresca is so good

Answer 21

Try a Soda Stream, its far more delicious then regular soda water that would buy, and you can still flavor it.  

Answer 22

I buy the fizz powder packet you add to water from Arbonne. I don't even miss pop anymore. The pomegranate flavor is my favorite.  

Answer 23

I started drinking bai carbonated drink. Bubbly like pop. Healthy too. Now I dRink Bia antitoxidant infusion. All flavors are good. The teas are good too. My husband drinks them all the time.  

Answer 24

Go without for a week or more. then when you choose your “favorite “ diet soda, it will taste better than if you just stop sugar soda and jump into diet. This worked for me.  

Answer 25

I don’t drink sodas but I’ve heard that the Zero sodas are good.  

Answer 26

Pure will power! Eventually you won’t crave it. If you do drink it you will find the taste to be really syrupy and sickening! Don’t drink diet soda, it causes you to crave sugar. Good luck!  

Answer 27

Say you don't drink soda, rather than you can't drink soda. It gives the power to you, not your craving.  

Answer 28

We have all sorts of carbonates drinks here, one being Bubly. You may have to shop online for choices

Answer 29

Mind over matter I used to drink of 12 case of pop by myself in two days I haven't drank pop in almost 2 months

Answer 30

Honestly! I bought a soda maker. You get water squirt the fizz in and put in a flavor. I use the zero sugar juice packets and it really gets rid of the crave.  

Answer 31

It really does save money in the long run as well!  

Answer 32

I went cold turkey. Started drinking unsweetened tea for t he caffeine and a single ice cream Come from mcds when cravings got bad

Answer 33

I simply stopped! No soda in 3 yrs

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@leveridge wow That’s great

Answer 34

I drink a diet soda Daily . Sometimes a half of one on a stressful day .  

Answer 35

I was addicted to soda too. I do the Crystal lite. It’s not bad

Answer 36

Try flavored waters. If it is the carbonation that you are looking for. Some like Walmart brand have carbonation and my husband who is not a water drinker is hooked on them.  

Answer 37

Try Sparkling ICE. The flavors are great almost like soda.  

Answer 38

Love Sparkling ICE especially the Cherry Limeade and Peach Nectarine flavors!  

Answer 39

Maybe just go for the small kid-sized cans of soda instead and just be careful about food points. Balance!  

Answer 40

I still drink my diet Dr Pepper  and I’m ok with that

Answer 41

I have a friend who swears by her soda stream.  

Answer 42

Maybe try getting plain sparking water and adding flavor to it? I like the stevia liquids - they have every flavor you can imagine. There are tons of others, but I don't do well with artificial sugar free stuff.  

Answer 43

Load up your fridge with healthy alternatives instead. Mine is flavoured sparkling mineral waters. All these came from the $ store except the Perrier. Zero cal/fat/etc. Some even have calcium!  

Answer 44

I hate diet soda, so I had to just quit it on the daily. I still allow myself a soda on the weekend, and it is sooo good!  

Answer 45

Get it into your head that diet soda actually causes you to gain weight, causes insulin resistance in your body & sets you up for craving more sweets. Do you want to be healthy? Go through the withdrawal & be done with it. You'll be so much better off.  

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@likeness I also am a diet soda junkie! Most of my life. 50 yrs. I have them up cold turkey a week and a half ago! I still miss them but not as much as I anticipated! Well I have ms and have bladder issues. And I knew it wasn’t good for me. But I don’t like plain water at all. I am trying not to use sweetners etc. so my husband bought me some nestle splash. Just a tad of flavor. They r amazing! They have several flavors and I like them all. It saved me. Give it a try and let me know ok? Good luck

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@likeness I hate plain water but there is little bottle of sweetener called MIO And although can be expensive, I get it when it’s on sale and you only need a small squirt.  

Answer 46

I gradually started cutting back - I was drinking 5-6 diet cokes a day. Finally I got down to only one a day. I started drinking water and tea. At some point the diet cokes started tasting awful and I preferred tea or water. Now I will have one once or twice a year. If I can stop drinking them anyone can.  

Answer 47

Flavored water with no sugar added. Fit & Active liquid flavor drops added to plain water. Better then pop or carbonated, for. me.  

Answer 48

We all have our weaknesses. For some of it is certain foods or beverages, for others it is a certain time of day. I am 66 years old and still dont have a good answer to that question.  

Answer 49

I'm right there with you. I, too, love my Coke. I decided not to try to give it up completely because that would just make my craving worse. Now, I allow myself a 7 oz. mini can of Coke once a week and all is well. Perhaps that might work you for as well. Everytime I deny myself a "favorite" food or drink, I just want it more. This way I get my Coke count the points and get on with it.  

Answer 50

Reverse osmosis in the kitchen sink about $250-300 at Home Depot. I drink diet but I stopped cold turkey and was off for 2 months even while others brought them sodas in the house. Don’t buy any to keep at the house. Take water when you go out. Preferably in a glass/ice that will keep it cold for a long time. It made you not even want the soda because you could start to actually just taste the syrup yeck. I did start drink diet again because of some stress factors when someone brought it back into my house. But I have been drinking it like 40-50 years or more. But I probably will stop again because now I know I can.  

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@puca17591 agreed! I used to drink a 6 pack of cokes or a 2 liter a day! Cant even make past a few sips because it just tastes like syrup to me now!  

Answer 51

I tell you what is pretty decent. Cherry flavored seltzer mixed with a half of a stick of the true lime black cherry limeaid. I really like it and its a diet drinkwith no artificial sweeteners but tons of bubbles and flavor

Comments

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@vive100 i have been using it for years! Love it

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I get mine from walmart!  

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@houselights5982 you can buy it at walmart for 97 cents. It great!  

Answer 52

Soda water

Answer 53

Cold turkey! Just stopped. Drank real for years. then Coke Zero for a long time. just stopped all 3 years ago. mind thing.  

Answer 54

Use sparkling mineral water. I add a squirt of Jiff lemon or lime juice to mine.  

Answer 55

I would mix diet and regular until it was just diet. Took a couple of weeks.  

Answer 56

Ice drinks from Costco!  

Answer 57

I just had to quit cold turkey. I went from 3 liters of coca cola a day to nothing. I thought I wouldn't survive the caffeine withdrawals, but I did. I am so glad i made that decision. I keep cold water around at all times.  

Answer 58

Love Sparkling Ice drinks.  

Answer 59

Have you tried zero sugar sodas?  

Answer 60

I started by only drinking one a week. It got to the point that i cant drink soda all the time because the taste is awful to me

Answer 61

ICEE brand carbonated flavored waters (got them at Costco) are really good

Answer 62

Bubbly water

Answer 63

Believe it or not, I went cold turkey, and I used to drink nothing but dr. Pepper. I can't stand the taste of diet so I just stopped. I guess I was too scared to end up on insulin so I got super serious about changing the way I eat and drink.  

Answer 64

Get flavered selzer in can ten times better than bottles selzer.  

Answer 65

I cant stop drinking coca cola  

Answer 66

I didn’t give up Diet Pepsi. Who says you have to?  

Answer 67

I drink ICE water. It is has carbonation. It comes in several flavors.  

Answer 68

Ice water is amazing! I don’t even miss soda anymore because it’s that good! Zero points!  

Answer 69

Ice is good. Drink Coke Zero or the other zero drinks. Taste like the real thing. I hate diet sodas.  

Answer 70

Try ice water with fruit in it

Answer 71

I still drink when we go out to eat but I stopped just by Substituting flavors in my water. I drink Starbucks every morning so I don’t need more caffeine.  

Answer 72

I just quit a long time ago. Sodas keep you fat. Especially diet soda. I now squeeze a lemon in my water bottle and some stevia, stick it in the fridge.  

Comments

Soda not only has sugar it has sodium, not healthy

Answer 73

Zevia is a good soda

Answer 74

I got a soda stream

Answer 75

Cold turkey. find something without artifical sweetners.  

Answer 76

Those of you who have said you like soda streams, which ones do you like?  

Answer 77

Try Bai Sparkling Water.  

Answer 78

Zip fizz! I love them

Answer 79

I drink 2 diet cokes a day. I just make sure I get my water in.  

Answer 80

I felt the same way. My mouth was craving the fizz. Now I use ZipFizz from Costco.  

Answer 81

It takes time but you can overcome. It is like any other addiction. You have to want to be healthy more than you want the soda. Your body craves what you give it. Give it water and you will crave water. It takes time but you can do it  I was a diet Dr Pepper girl for YEARS! Now it is an occasional treat.  

Answer 82

I broke my chip craving by setting a goal of not eating them on Monday. And worked my way to chips with a sandwich only. Was not easy but it worked.  

Answer 83

I drink diet ginger beer

Answer 84

I started drinking diet Canada Dry ginger ale. It’s the only thing I’ve found that doesn’t have a nasty aftertaste. But I do miss my coke!  

Answer 85

Gingerale with lime

Answer 86

I started drinking Bubly. The watermelon and strawberry are my two favorite flavors. No sugar, no artificial sweeteners. Very refreshing and you still get the carbonation.  

Answer 87

I had a really hard time with this. I loved my soda. I had to find something to replace it that I could tolerate. I finally started drinking tea. To date it is the only substitute I can tolerate. Good luck.  

Answer 88

Zevia soda and ice sparkling water.  

Answer 89

Cold turkey. Hardest addiction i have had to break but now cant stand it.  

Answer 90

Zevia is great. I love the cream soda.  

Answer 91

Years go I went 5 years without soft drinks. After about 2weeks you don't even want them anymore.  

Answer 92

I had to go cold turkey. The thought of losing my vision or a limb was enough for me to be able to do it as a diabetic. My mother died from kidney failure from drinking diet drinks. Three top kidney specialist in the nation told her to stop but she didn't. They told her the chemicals in the drinks will kill her kidneys, and they did. It was a painful death. No drink is worth that. I don't know how it will affect you, but once I quit I started craving water which was great. Now I am always drinking water and don't miss the soda's. Good luck!  

Answer 93

I drink 1 coke zero per day. So far, keeping the weight off after 15 months of becoming a Lifetime member.  

Answer 94

I couldn't stand the taste of seltzer at first either. after a while I started to like it once my body was used to not having all the sugar. I could never go back to soda now. too sweet

Answer 95

I have been soda free for 30 days. I switched to SOBE water now I drink water with lemon.  

Answer 96

Soda stream

Answer 97

I love Fresca and Crystal Light (which really helps me get my 100 oz a day in). Flavored seltzer does nothing for me.  

Answer 98

Zevia! I would get mine from earthfare but since they’re closing I guess I will buy from Kroger or amazon

Answer 99

I finally gave it up after years of being a soda addict. It seriously is an addiction. I craved it. I now drink flavored water using crystal light. The first few days were hard and I still crave it. I allow myself to drink it at restaurants to get my fix. The first week I lost over two pounds! That is honestly my motivation!  

Answer 100

My friend is addicted too. Break the mental cycle they are not healthy

Answer 101

Try carbonated flavored water.  

Answer 102

I bought mio to add to my water.  

Answer 103

Perrier with crystal light I have to have fizzle too.  

Answer 104

I started drinking water, cut back on the soda(diet) after a while I realized I felt better w/o the soda and I tended to overeat with the soda

Answer 105

Add a little freshly squeezed orange juice or other fruit to seltzer

Answer 106

Sparkling water like LeCroix helped me.  

Answer 107

Soda stream, it makes sparkling water

Answer 108

"Ice" drinks

Answer 109

Sparkling water

Answer 110

I had to quit them because they caused urinary tract infections for me. I do crave the carbonation sometimes. I’ve haven’t had one in a year! I do drink green tea.  

Answer 111

Stevia soda. I just bought two 6-packs of cream & I love it. It was $5 in our local Shop Rite. …. It is made with Stevia. Zero calories! It comes in Orange, Cola, Ginger Ale & Root Beer. Delicious! <3

Comments

@beitris @lammas can you share a picture of the packaging

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Sorry. don't know how.  

Answer 112

I've come to love seltzer water

Answer 113

I love seltzer. I add a little fresh lemon.  

Answer 114

Iced tea crystal light

Answer 115

It’s SUGAR. Sugar is poison. So is Aspartaine. Try the bubbly with stevia! It’s satisfying; the grape is my fav but I like the cola too.  

Comments

@schwinn this?  

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@teresa never tried that . It’s called Zevia

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There is also grape Sosa, and a ginger beer in a slightly smaller can.  

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0 points no aspartame. Stevia.  

Answer 116

Comes in 6 PACs!  

Answer 117

Seltzer water

Answer 118

Try the sparkling ice brand

Answer 119

I drink diet gingerale.  

Answer 120

Walmart has 0 calorie drinks but are sweet carbonated waters in flavors

Answer 121

Go buy yourself a soda stream… They’re excellent for adding carbonation to water and then you can flavour it with lemon, lime, strawberries, cucumbers… You can even sweeten it with Stevia

Answer 122

Zip fizz

Answer 123

BAI SPARKLING WATER DRINKS! they are amazinf!  

Answer 124

La croix!  

Answer 125

Try some other diet sodas that taste more line real ones. Yhe walmart rootbeet and cream soda diets are great. Diet dr pepper, Coke zero cherry, Sprite zero and mt dew zero are my go to.  

Answer 126

I've been drinking Sevia Cream Soda. It satisfies my soda craving. I didn't like the cola flavored one, but the cream soda is pretty good.  

Answer 127

That’s a lot of sugar

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@leathern Hadke- Brumm ummmm. this is truly eye opening!  

Answer 128

Zevia soda. sweetened with Stevia. Comes in 6 pack of cans. cream, cola, orange, root beer, grape, Dr. Zevia, lemon, strawberry, grapefruit, black cherry, cherry cola, caffeine free cola, Mountain & ginger ale. It was in the organic foods aisle in my supermarket not with the regular sodas. They only had about 4 flavors but they are excellent! You can order directly from the Zevia website & have delivered. @duodenal7290 @sinciput2886 Katy Sullivan.  

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OMG, this Zevia is so disgusted ling sweet Walmart sell it, TERRIBLE

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@beitris @lammas i tried the cola one and it didnt have much flavor. I didnt care for it.  

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@lakendra I guess we all have to drink what we like. I really enjoy it & it feels like such a treat.  

Answer 129

Sodastream was my lifesaver! Mix in flavoured drops (Walmart brands are the cheapest)

Answer 130

Gt kombucha! And seltzer tastes 20x better with a splash of juice in it like lemon or Pom. Maybe even those soda powder packets you add to it (but I have no clue on the nutrition facts of those)