Question

Hi all, wondering anyone had any success quitting drinking Diet Coke/ Pepsi while on ww? I am about a month in , and thinking it’s time to make a change . Wondering it will help with brain fog. I just don’t know how , I honestly love it . ‍♀️

Answer 1

I treated myself to 1 for dinner IF I drank all my water for the day. It encouraged me to drink my water so I could get my treat .  

Answer 2

Yes, it was actually easier than I thought it would be. I like flavor and have a hard time drinking just water, so I’ve been doing either decaf coffee or add a little Mio to the water for flavoring. Now, pop is too sweet!  

Answer 3

I went to seltzer water with fruit or naturally flavored. I found I needed bubbles and have been soda free for 8 years or so. Now really don't use seltzer water much.  

Answer 4

I just started WW yesterday and decided no soda starting then as well. I bought Mio Energy water enhancer. It has caffeine to help keep caffeine withdrawal headaches away. It’s only 2 days but so far so good!  

Answer 5

I stopped a few years ago my only suggestion to plan for the caffeine headache. Mine happened about 2 days after my last caffeinated drink.  

Answer 6

@mathi light has many flavors and is 0 pts. I like the peach tea

Answer 7

I still have my diet cokes, just not every day.  

Answer 8

I have. I really like flavored water. Nestle is good but also like the sparkling ones from kroger or Walmart! Also sparkling ice. Tons of flavors only 5 calories per bottle

Answer 9

I stopped and took up lemonade instead  

Answer 10

I have 2 Diet Cokes a day. I don't like coffee but I have to have caffeine.  

Answer 11

I only allow myself a diet pepsi if I have had my 100 ounces of water for that day!  

Answer 12

Honestly I just quit. I drink flavored sparkling water.  

Answer 13

I still drink Diet Coke, but has to be from the fountain; it’s one of my few vices, I won’t give it up

Answer 14

I was drinking 3-4 cans of Diet Pepsi a day. I’d encoded to give them up for the 40 day challenge for lent and I haven’t gone back. If I need the bubbles I’ll use my soda stream or have a Bubly. but if not, I usually reach for water.  

Answer 15

Remind yourself how bad it is for you, that being said, occasionally you may still want one but. try making infused water instead. Try lemons or limes, do a fruit infusion, cucumbers with mint. Keep a container in the fridge handy. Much healthier, good luck  

Answer 16

I gave them up 20 years ago , Thank you Jesus, all I drink now is water , I just prayed

Answer 17

I was totally addicted for most of my life. Haven’t had any for over a year! Never thought I could give it up!  

Comments

@hoehne14693 how did you do it ?  

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@romaromagna9088 cold turkey! I drink water & crystal light. Better for my health!  

Answer 18

I love seltzer honestly. Try to slowly wean yourself off and replace with seltzer.  

Answer 19

So Kroger has a cola selzer. Is so much better then diet soda for your bones and brain . you will start to feel so much better. I drank diet squirt and coke for to many years. I quit 6 years ago You can do it!  

Answer 20

I used to drink six 24 ounce bottles of Pepsi Max - now Pepsi zero and in 16. 9 oz bottles DAILY! I found when I gave up all artificial sweeteners my sugar cravings diminished

Answer 21

I was drinking at LEAST two liters of Diet Coke or do Pepsi a day, sometimes more. after a nasty pancreatitis attack, quit cold turkey and haven’t looked back, then joined WW.  

Answer 22

I have stopped all regular soft drinks. I now have a diet dr pepper every so often. I'm trying to stick with water and unsweet tea.  

Answer 23

I feel you! I used to drink 2 diet sodas day. When I first started WW I stopped drinking it. Never really missed it. I had hip surgery and the first thing they gave me was ginger ale Well that set me off to drinking soda again! However, I only drink one at lunch time. I love it❤️❤️❤️

Answer 24

I did, but for me, it was a very gradual process. I gave up one (per day) each week, replacing it with water, until I was down to my final one per day, my after work can/bottle. That took me a few weeks to give up. But, well worth it! Others might prefer to do it 'cold turkey'

Answer 25

I drink it only occasionally. My vice is coffee, but I drink it black. Artificial sweeteners mess with my appetite and not in a good way.  

Answer 26

I quit diet sodas for four years and noticed nothing different. I still fought with weight gain and brain fog but for me it was due to a hormonal imbalance. I got my hormones under control and feel better than I have in years. I drink one or two diet drinks on most days. No they are not healthy but do what makes you happy.  

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@anticatalyst362 can I ask how did you get your hormones balanced ?  

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@anticatalyst362 thank you so much .  

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@romaromagna9088 you’re welcome. Their Facebook page and website is a wealth of information for women.  

Answer 27

I gave up Diet Pepsi in November. I was never a water drinker and now I love it. I haven’t had a single sip and honestly I can’t say I now miss it. It was a good move for me personally.  

Answer 28

I drank sparkling water until I eventually gave that up as well. Good luck!  

Answer 29

I gave Diet Pepsi up for Lent last year and never went back. That Catholic guilt got me over the hump  Now it’s unsweetened green tea or water.  

Answer 30

I feel I gave up enough. love diet pop and will continue my habit. I figure you have to pick your battles. my doctor is in total agreement with me.  

Answer 31

I buy the 8oz. cans of coca cola. I drink one every 10 days.  

Answer 32

My husband lost 40 pounds 2 years ago. He switched to caffeine free dt. Coke, Pepsi, dr. Pepper. Dr said that it’s okay. No caffeine either to make you hungry. Tate’s no different

Answer 33

I went to SodaStream to ease me off of Diet Coke.  

Answer 34

I gave up soft drinks when I started, I drank carbonated waters at first and now I don’t even drink those. Every now and then I get a hankering for that burn of a soft drink

Answer 35

Quitting wasn't worth it to me. i cut back. i honestly love cherry coke and i dont want to give it up.  

Answer 36

Flavored sparkling water!  

Answer 37

I gave it up. I drink very little caffeine and feel much better without soda.  

Answer 38

Try moving to flavored seltzer’s

Answer 39

Stop drinking diet soda. it's poison; not one thing good about it!  

Answer 40

I completely gave it up after reading a book in brain fog! The first two days were the hardest. I still drink plain carbonated water. I love the feel of the bubbles. I got off of all artificial flavors and the only caffeine that I drink is one cup of coffee per day. It has really made a difference with the brain fog, headaches, and the ability to sleep.  

Comments

@dismissive this is what I am dealing with is brain fog and vertigo , wondering if it would make a difference. but I am definitely not sure I could quite ‍♀️

Answer 41

I am a Diet Coke addict! I switched to flavored sparkling water like Buble, it helps me feel like I have something! There are lots of brands, but be careful to not buy one with asparatame or fake sweeteners, then it’s just as bad as diet pop.  

Answer 42

Soda water and maybe add something like mio or crystal lite

Answer 43

I gave it up in @knucklebone and I now drink unsweetened tea sometomes for flavor, with a splash of diet cranberry juice.  

Answer 44

I was a HUGE Diet Coke drinker and stopped cold turkey in January and quickly lost 4 lbs and a bunch of bloat. I only drink water and green tea now. nothing carbonated at all. I missed Diet Coke a lot for the first week or so but then I felt so much less bloated that I was happy about it and don’t even think about it anymore. I drank more than 100 oz of it a day before.  

Answer 45

I stopped after a lifelong habit a few years ago. I tried one after a year or so and it tasted terrible. Glad I stopped!  

Answer 46

I just quit cold turkey, I had a headache for a few days then I was fine. I drink mostly water now.  

Answer 47

I quit 2 years ago & keep wondering whyit didn’t make me feel any better or lose any weight— once in a while I will have one for a treat & love every last drop— just started WW in January & have lost 32 pounds so far without it but don’t think it makes a difference

Answer 48

I like the new Aha water with caffeine. It's like LaCroix but caffeinated.  

Answer 49

I use to drink a two liter or more of regular Pepsi and sweet tea. I have since switched to water and have an occasional Coke Zero. You can do it

Answer 50

I drink 2 small diet cokes daily, and lost 55 pounds so far-its a treat, not giving it up!  

Answer 51

I gave up having cokes regularly years ago but every once in a while I crave one ( or a vanilla coke ) and jump right in. Noone has to be " perfect ".  

Answer 52

I use to drink it non stop but quit cold turkey because I was always so bloated. I havent had any in years and I don't miss it.  

Answer 53

I stopped drinking Diet Coke a year ago and lost 10 lbs. i can not stand the taste of it any longer.  

Answer 54

Water with lemon or lime juice. Great for your system

Answer 55

Sorry I must have a vice . 1 can or less of Diet Coke 3 to 4 times a week for me i dont think will honestly hurt me. If You are addicted thats another story. 1day at a time. of course alot more water. Flavor your water naturally.  

Answer 56

Zip fizz from Costco helped me quit soda

Answer 57

Mt. Dew is my addiction.  

Comments

@tempera89 Niccum It was mine too. If i had it, i would drink a 2 liter a day. But haven't had any in a month!  

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@waxwork I have tried to so many times and I always get skull crushing headaches.  

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@tempera89 Niccum me too! Surprisingly this time I didn't, that made it a little easier.  

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@tempera89 Niccum I used drink a 2 liter of Pepsi a day! Gatorade zero helped with headaches!  

Answer 58

Yes, my husband and I both gave up Diet Coke.  

Answer 59

I quit about twenty years ago. Was drinking Diet Coke way too much! It was literally making me sick. So I just stopped and it made a huge difference in how I felt. Once in while I would drink a diet Squirt or Root Beer, now none of them taste good to me. Changed doctors a couple of years ago and because of my age he ordered a bone scan & was shocked at how good they were! He asked if I drank soda and I told him I quit years ago on my own. He was impressed, so was my dentist. Soda is terrible for bones & teeth.  

Answer 60

Try Zevia. The cola one tastes like diet coke

Answer 61

Water with about 1/3 of cranberry juice. Unfortunately I have been drinking a lot of diet soda again but quit cold turkey for about a year

Answer 62

Yes I quit Diet Coke more than 10 years ago. I was really addicted.  

Answer 63

Quit drinking Diet Coke and I had serious headaches for about a week. Feel so much better!  

Comments

@gallnut1285 Annonio yah that happens too it’s the lack of caffeine

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@scup649 Yes, I realized that. It’s a daily internal battle not to give in and have one. Even though I feel better, I still miss it!  

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@gallnut1285 Annonio yah the only time I could cut it all off was when I was pregnant lol. Yet I have way cut back from where I was years ago

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@scup649 That’s how my co-workers figured out I was pregnant-I stopped drinking Diet Coke!  

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@gallnut1285 Annonio me too. And no Starbucks. Lol

Answer 64

I haven't had soda in nearly a month. I didnt have caffeine withdrawal like I thought I would. But I also have lost weight like I thought I i would either ‍♀️

Answer 65

I stopped drinking Diet Coke for a year. And it did not help me lose any more weight. But when I started back drinking Diet Coke. I drink more now then I did before.  

Answer 66

I love la croix

Answer 67

Yes I was a Pepsi aholic and now very rarely I drink the zero sugar Pepsi I drink iced tea and bubly sparkling water

Answer 68

I don't drink diet drinks because aspartame is cancerous. If I was to have one it would be the full sugar ( I rarely have) Try sparkling waters.  

Answer 69

The only prob I had when I tried to drink less stuff like this is I was more hungry. So I tended to eat more.  

Answer 70

Wau too much SUGAR !  

Answer 71

I went cold turkey. It was a rough week. Used green tea and bai to get through it

Answer 72

Not to plug my business but I use Arbonne's fizz sticks in a LaCroix and I haven't looked back. All natural energy, no sugar crash.  

Answer 73

I have cut back on my Diet Pepsi consumption, but I really don’t want to totally give them up. I am drinking more water, but I just can’t give up all caffeine!  

Answer 74

I drink unsweetened ice tea. Crossed over, love it. I find it very calming.  

Answer 75

Yes. I just said that’s it and quit.  

Answer 76

You won’t like the taste after awhile it will taste like saccharin

Answer 77

Get a soda stream. You can have the carbonation without the sugar. There are flavorings you can buy to go with it.  

Answer 78

Try propel

Answer 79

I have one daily at goal

Answer 80

I cut mine now with soda water. Still tastes great

Answer 81

I love Diet Coke. I was addicted to it, drinking 60 oz a day. I suddenly decided that I didn’t want all that aspartame and quit cold turkey. Now I drink one can of Zevia per day, and water the rest of the time   
https://www.zevia.com/

Answer 82

I gave up Diet Coke for 8 months. I didn’t feel any different and really missed it, so I’m drinking them again.  

Answer 83

I did but still need a root beer from time to time!  

Answer 84

No its hard additected to it am going on off it a little but hard to give up

Answer 85

I gave it up just before joining and actually think it helped a lot. I get far fewer headaches. It took a few weeks but now I don’t really miss it. WW encourages a lot of water and water fills me, so I’ve gotten used to it

Answer 86

I quit. I kept getting UTI's. I read that caffeine aggravates it, so I quit cold turkey. It was hard. I had a severe headache. I ended up drinking some caffeine to help the headache, but went right back off it. Occasionally, I drink some once in a while. I haven't found a difference in weight loss. They say, it gives you a false sense of eating sugar and when you don't actually get the sugar, you try to make up for it. I don't think they know for sure. If you are drinking sugared soda, that's too many points.  

Answer 87

I quit Are used to always have a little stomach after a couple of months not drinking any soda at all my stomach went down I don’t have a complex anymore plus I had to have surgery and my surgeon told me to stop drinking soda you won’t even like it anymore once you go off

Answer 88

That’s me tonight

Answer 89

I have dieted and drank Diet Coke for 30 years and it has not hurt me at all it’s my Vice

Answer 90

I was a Pepsi drinker. I have no idea how I did it. But I know the day or two after Christmas 2018, I saw the WW commercials and said I am going to do it. I had it in my mind to succeed! I had my last Pepsi the last Friday in 2018 (or so I thought) and started WW that Saturday. Late Jan, my son got a Pepsi, I took a sip, yuck! I think I tried one or two more sips here and there and all yuck. But that June, I took my daughter up to freshman orientation-a 2. 5 hr drive and we left at about 5:30am plus I didn’t sleep well so I caved and had a Pepsi to help give me a jolt for the ride home. That was it. Again, I have had a sip or two but no craving. Even yesterday we were in Walmart white trash pool shopping and at check out I was thirsty but the iced teas I didn’t like the flavors, I don’t drink Starbucks ever, there was orange and ginger ale, nope and there was Pepsi. Nope, it was always my thirst quencher drink. I checked out without it and had water at home. So basically cold turkey!  

Answer 91

I personally like diet Dr. Pepper. It’s all a personal opinion.  

Answer 92

Yes, I was drinking at least 12 a day! I had to stop buying it and drinking it only when I was out of the house. I don’t drink it at all now. It’s really addictive!  

Answer 93

I stopping drinking diet soda about 2 yrs ago. I only drink unsweetened iced tea or water now. It takes time to not crave it but I didn’t want to basically drink chemicals

Answer 94

All artificial sweeteners break thru the bold barrier in your brain. Therefore you should use only natural sweetness. Diet anything is no good.  

Answer 95

Kicked it to the curb. Sometime I get a craving for those bubbles in my throat, and buy Fizz & Co from Smith's. No sugar, no sweeteners, just some flavor. They carry Root Beer and Dr. Pepper flavors. Both are really good.  

Answer 96

Do you like coal tar dye? It's a petroleum product that colors dark sodas. please please dont drink it.  

Answer 97

I’m diet soda free for about a week and a half now. The sodium was keeping me bloated. I used exceedingly to get rid of the headaches and flavored soda water for fiz. Good luck!  

Answer 98

I switched to sparkling water  

Comments

@mammon Marie that’s exactly what I am thinking may work

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@romaromagna9088 you have to do what works for you. It’s helped me!  

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@romaromagna9088 not all the sparkling water taste that great so be careful. I loved Icee sparkling water. I tried bubbly. I didn’t really like it but it actually grew on me lol Walmart has a off brand that is really good but I forgot the name. If you are a sams club member you can get the Icee brand for 14 dollars and it’s a 24 pack. . Hope it helps you kick your craving  let me know.  

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@mammon Marie thanks  

Answer 99

Diet sodas are basically poison. Aspartame is a horror & dome say causes brain fog. Buy a soda stream machine & make your own free seltzer out of water. Add lemon or lime or whatever.  

Answer 100

Only have 1 a day after drinking 60 oz of water as a treat.  

Answer 101

What exactly is thr thing that draws you the most? Is it thr carbonation? Can you start drinking carbonated water? Maybe instead of drinking 5 a day (just an example) start by going down to 3 a day. Then get rid of two more after a week or so. Now you're only drinking it once a day. Then go a day between. Wean yourself off. Also praise progress not perfection.  

Answer 102

I weened myself off of Coca-Cola a few years ago. It was much easier than cold turkey quitting.