I have been a Coke/Pepsi addict for years, and now it's beginning to show on the scale. I drink it just for the taste -- I'm not addicted to the caffeine nor does it wake me up. Due to my husband's urging and for the sake of my daughter's future, I'm quitting it!
For the last 3 days, I have gone cold turkey, and it feels like 3 hours! Im trying to drink water and milk and juice instead. I also drink some lemon mineral water from CostCo that's pretty good, but it sure doesn't replace that yummy yummy yummy taste...
Has anyone gone through an addiction to this sugary beverage, and what did u drink instead?
It's so far have been about 10 days, and I did have a few sips here and there but nothing to the extent I used to drink. I haven't seen any pounds fly off yet but I do feel better just overally, taking care of myself. I realized I can't go cold turkey on this stuff, but I can limit myself this stuff to a few sips and nothing more. I am also exercising 2x a week and hope to increase it to 3x once the holiday madness pass. But I still get craving so often still...
Amara,
Years back while in college I too drank coke all the time-loved it! For whatever reason I decided to stop and just increased my water intake. Water water water all the time-oh, I heard the increased water intake would do wonders to my skin, thats what it was.
I recently heard on a tv program that chewing gum-the sugar free kind-could help satisfy your brain. I like the eclipse brand of sugar free gum.
Hope this helps.
I am in the same boat, I am a diet coke / pepsi addict.
I am currently limiting myself to 1 a day in hopes of cutting it out completly.....what has helped is hot tea with honey.
Give it a shot.
Good Luck
How about this incentive -- when I finally quit drinking regular Coke, I lost 10 lbs.
