O.T. now 3 wks NO diet coke

disneyfan2008

I have been drinking diet coke for many many years...my daughter (few others) have been bugging me to stop-so cold turkey-been drinking LOTS OF water (found out pee much more with water then soda) so flushing out my body for the good..

Denise

Rague

Good for you.  I've been told

Good for you.  I've been told that kicking those nasty chemicals can be very hard.

disneyfan2008

Rague said:

Good for you.  I've been told

Good for you.  I've been told that kicking those nasty chemicals can be very hard.

No really an addiction I

No really an addiction I think more of a HABIT...even driving by Mcd I would go through drive thru (even if not really thisty per say)

MY daughter is so happy...SO A HABIT...more then anything..

 

I figure if we go to movies or someplace I really want a soda I can handle Orange crush (reg cola taste horrible to me-odd iknow0

Denise

 

with all the water I drink now I DO NOTICE I use the bathroom much more..must pass/cleanse my body

Rague

disneyfan2008 said:

No really an addiction I

No really an addiction I think more of a HABIT...even driving by Mcd I would go through drive thru (even if not really thisty per say)

MY daughter is so happy...SO A HABIT...more then anything..

 

I figure if we go to movies or someplace I really want a soda I can handle Orange crush (reg cola taste horrible to me-odd iknow0

Denise

 

with all the water I drink now I DO NOTICE I use the bathroom much more..must pass/cleanse my body

OK - 'habit'

I've never done the 'diet' sodas.  Well, there have been a few times when I was somewhere that there was only 'diet' sodas so had to drink at least some of one.  I learned real quick that my body can not handle the chemicals at all.  I never get headaches but within having approx 1/2 can of the 'diet', I will have what I think is probably the same as a migraine.

There have recently been 'stuff' on TV saying that so called 'diet' can actually cause weight gain.

I'm a 'waterholic' - I always have water handy.  Just me.

WInyan - The Power Within

Susan

cinnamonsmile

Good for you!! So glad to

Good for you!! So glad to hear you are kicking the soda habit!! I know it can be hard. Sounds like more than habit, to me though, when you go thru a drive thru for diet coke and you aren't even thirsty!! 

But the good thing is you are drinking more water!!

Hope you have continued success!

Rague

cinnamonsmile said:

Good for you!! So glad to

Good for you!! So glad to hear you are kicking the soda habit!! I know it can be hard. Sounds like more than habit, to me though, when you go thru a drive thru for diet coke and you aren't even thirsty!! 

But the good thing is you are drinking more water!!

Hope you have continued success!

There is a very fine line

There is a very fine line between 'habit' and 'addiction'.

Winyan - The Power Within

Susan

disneyfan2008

Rague said:

There is a very fine line

There is a very fine line between 'habit' and 'addiction'.

Winyan - The Power Within

Susan

Habbit vs addiction

Habbit vs addiction (difference)?

Denise

disneyfan2008

cinnamonsmile said:

Good for you!! So glad to

Good for you!! So glad to hear you are kicking the soda habit!! I know it can be hard. Sounds like more than habit, to me though, when you go thru a drive thru for diet coke and you aren't even thirsty!! 

But the good thing is you are drinking more water!!

Hope you have continued success!

addiction: never knew what the difference was so looked it up

addiction: can that be stopped cold turkey? seriously-I dont' know the difference..

 

I stopped and have not had one taste since the day I decided...

I NOTICED with all the water I drink I use bathroom MORE OFTEN...for sure...

1. Habit develops through practice or repetition.
2. It manifests itself in regularity.
3. Habit is conscious in nature. A person can have control over his habits.
4. The long time outcomes of habit are positive to the self.

Addiction: It is also the repeated performance of an act but something without which you would find life difficult to live. An addicted person does not have any control over his impulses and is not conscious of his addiction. Addiction is a physical and psychological dependence on substances like drugs, alcohol or tobacco which temporarily affects the chemical composition of the brain.

1. Addiction develops through uncontrolled repetition of an act or repeated use of a substance.
2. It manifests itself in dependence.
3. An addicted person does not have an easy choice in the matter. He cannot control his impulses.
4. The long term outcomes of addiction are negative to the self. Addiction is destructive in nature.

 

Denise

disneyfan2008

updated

updated

CypressCynthia

Denise, I am very proud of

Denise, I am very proud of you!  I gave up diet coke after back surgery in 2009 and I know it is hard.  Yay for you!!!!!

I still have problems off and on with nausea and what helps me best is ginger ale and Vietnamese pho (soup).  Ugh, I really think the ginger ale is garbage and would like to find a healthier substitute.  Water, tea and lemonade don't help with the nausea.  Anyone with suggestions?  Maybe a homemade ginger ale without all that sugar and BPA?

mtmom

CypressCynthia said:

Denise, I am very proud of

Denise, I am very proud of you!  I gave up diet coke after back surgery in 2009 and I know it is hard.  Yay for you!!!!!

I still have problems off and on with nausea and what helps me best is ginger ale and Vietnamese pho (soup).  Ugh, I really think the ginger ale is garbage and would like to find a healthier substitute.  Water, tea and lemonade don't help with the nausea.  Anyone with suggestions?  Maybe a homemade ginger ale without all that sugar and BPA?

Have you tried...?

Have you tried any of the products from the Ginger People? One of our local health food stores carries the Ginger Soother and many have said it helps them with their nausea. I'm diabetic so I didn't use it because they use honey as a sweetner. Here is their website and I see on there they also have a lemon ginger beer.

http://gingerpeople.com/ginger-beverages.html

Blessings,

~Mtmom

VickiSam

mtmom said:

Have you tried...?

Have you tried any of the products from the Ginger People? One of our local health food stores carries the Ginger Soother and many have said it helps them with their nausea. I'm diabetic so I didn't use it because they use honey as a sweetner. Here is their website and I see on there they also have a lemon ginger beer.

http://gingerpeople.com/ginger-beverages.html

Blessings,

~Mtmom

Go Denise, Go Denise ---

Continued success ..  So hard to give up something that perks us up!  Myself,  coffee is my much needed vice.     Congradulations on a job well done!

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEE

Vicki Sam

 

disneyfan2008

VickiSam said:

Go Denise, Go Denise ---

Continued success ..  So hard to give up something that perks us up!  Myself,  coffee is my much needed vice.     Congradulations on a job well done!

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEE

Vicki Sam

 

I DO NOT smoke or drink

I DO NOT smoke or drink (never tasted alchol in my life-55 yrs)-so I said if I wanted DIET COKE i would drink it....but decided cold turkery to stop. I only drink water when I go out for pizza or diner etc...juice in the am...etc...I KNOW much better without it...

MY MOM was a diet coke person too...we put a can of diet coke in her casket with her...it was  a must have for her...to everyone who knew her!!

 

Denise

debsweb18

disneyfan2008 said:

I DO NOT smoke or drink

I DO NOT smoke or drink (never tasted alchol in my life-55 yrs)-so I said if I wanted DIET COKE i would drink it....but decided cold turkery to stop. I only drink water when I go out for pizza or diner etc...juice in the am...etc...I KNOW much better without it...

MY MOM was a diet coke person too...we put a can of diet coke in her casket with her...it was  a must have for her...to everyone who knew her!!

 

Denise

Good for you Denise!

I used to drink alot of soda-with sugar. Because of weight gain I switched to diet many years ago. I don't usually buy it for home and wasn't drinking much of it until I started going out to lunch every day. I still don't drink soda as much as I did 10 years ago, but I would like to cut back again.The more I drink, the more cravings for it I get. I do drink water the rest of the time. 

I know that part of the bad stuff is the caramel/dark coloring in sodas. I was reading the other day that there's actually a measure of units of the "bad" stuff. Diet coke has about 3 parts where diet pepsi has over 25! Stevia has a rootbeer flavor sweentener to use with tonic water.

Cypress Cynthia- the last time I bought a pack some for home was when I was having surgery to help with the nausea afterwards. So I understand that part, but don't have not answer for an alternative. 

 

debsweb18

disneyfan2008 said:

I DO NOT smoke or drink

I DO NOT smoke or drink (never tasted alchol in my life-55 yrs)-so I said if I wanted DIET COKE i would drink it....but decided cold turkery to stop. I only drink water when I go out for pizza or diner etc...juice in the am...etc...I KNOW much better without it...

MY MOM was a diet coke person too...we put a can of diet coke in her casket with her...it was  a must have for her...to everyone who knew her!!

 

Denise

Good for you Denise!

oops double post

disneyfan2008

debsweb18 said:

Good for you Denise!

oops double post

Thanks all its' almost a

Thanks all its' almost a month now...I did have an organge soda( can't stand taste of reg cola) at the movies last week.

 

Denise

SIROD

That is very good news!

Good for you Denise.  I know this stuff can be very addicting.

Doris

disneyfan2008

SIROD said:

That is very good news!

Good for you Denise.  I know this stuff can be very addicting.

Doris

I now hit my MONTH

I now hit my MONTH mark...drinking LOTS of water...

 

I dont' drink or smoke-diet coke was my only vice....but it was time to give it up..

Dee5678

disneyfan2008 said:

I now hit my MONTH

I now hit my MONTH mark...drinking LOTS of water...

 

I dont' drink or smoke-diet coke was my only vice....but it was time to give it up..

Congrats!

That's a hard habit to break. I speak from experience.  I tried it one year for my new year's resolution and didn't make through January.  The next year, I tried it again and that time I made it. I think it was the only New Year's resolution I ever made and kept.  These days, I do have a Diet Coke every now and then but never picked up the one can a day (or 2 or 3 cans) like I did before. I feel so much better.  

 

Congrats on your success! 

disneyfan2008

Dee5678 said:

Congrats!

That's a hard habit to break. I speak from experience.  I tried it one year for my new year's resolution and didn't make through January.  The next year, I tried it again and that time I made it. I think it was the only New Year's resolution I ever made and kept.  These days, I do have a Diet Coke every now and then but never picked up the one can a day (or 2 or 3 cans) like I did before. I feel so much better.  

 

Congrats on your success! 

I am over month mark NOT

I am over month mark NOT ONE...not a sip...My daughter is very concerned for cancer...and I was drinking 3-5 daily. When we go to the movies and I really want soda I get orange soda...

 

Denise