I need to diet and stop drinking pop....

Re: I need to diet and stop drinking pop....

• Max'smom member

  October 2008

  About 5 years ago I stopped drinking soda. It can be done. I just stopped buying it. I did have headaches but they one lasted awhile. I did not drink any caffine except Iced Tea. I started drinking coke/soda/pop again when I was pregnant, it help me burp and feel better in the beginning. Towards the end of my pregnancy when I found out I had GD I had to stop drinking it and I have craved it ever since. I NEED to again. DH likes to drink crown and coke though so we have it in the house. It will be much harder this time. It can be done. I need to lose 50lbs and want to before we TTC so that is my motivation. I eat right, but need to exersice.

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• CD+AL member

  October 2008

  The way I see it, you've got 3 options:

  1) stop cold turkey and deal with the withdrawal symptoms that could go on for several days or more
  

  2) gradually cut back on your caffeine intake until you're consuming a reasonable number of calories for caffeine per day and/or able to tolerate the withdrawal symptoms better
  

  3) switch to a caffeine source with fewer calories (ex. diet pop, coffee w/o tons of sugar, tea, etc).

  Personally I'd  try 2 or 3 first.  1 is brutal...I've been there, and sometimes it takes a week or so to get through it, which is a long time with or without a baby.
  

   
  

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• acppa

  October 2008

  Maybe start getting some snacks together that are easy to grab. ?Carrot sticks, small bag of pretzels, boxes of?raisins. ?

  ?I think the?caffeine?is just something you'll have to deal with unfortunately. ?It takes a few days but maybe taking some tylenol would help... ?My problem is that I hate the plain taste of water. ?I always need to mix it with juice. ?

  
  Aiden 10.17.07 Emma 07.15.10
  

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• KUJayhawkBride

  October 2008

  I was a regular soda girl my entire life and then realized i really needed to jump on the diet soda bandwagon. So at first, I went straight to diet and only diet. It was fun because I didn't really remember what I was missing. Now, on a rare occasion and treat, I will get a regular soda at a restaurant or something. It can be done! Good luck!

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• Feb32005

  October 2008

  Thanks for the advice ladies. I think i'm gonna try and go cold turkey but if the headaches get to be too much i'll have a diet soda, just to make the headache go away. Hopefully after a week or so I wont need the caffiene anymore, and then I can completely quit the soda! :-)

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• punky0528

  October 2008

  First of all, you are not alone in the "hate the way your body looks" category. I am right there with you & actually started getting serious about changing 2 weeks ago.

  I have totally revamped what I buy in the grocery store. And I make sure that there are always stuff to grab when I am hungry that's not full of empty calories. I also started counting my calories on Diet Plate.com. Its a very helpful website, IMO, easy to use & helps me see exactly what I am eating. I am also trying to start working out again & am trying couch to 5k to get me running.?

  Giving up regular soda can be done. I gave up regular soda 4th of July--& was a total coke & Dr Pepper junky. At first, I went to Diet Coke & Diet Dr Pepper. Once I was over that hump, I started weaning to caffiene free sodas & for the most part drink only caffiene free if I have a soda. I am down from having 2-3 cans of regular soda a day to may 3 caffiene free diet sodas a week.

  Anyways, bottom line, you CAN do it, just take it slow & make acheivable goals. Good luck?

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• june05iris

  October 2008

  heres my pop tip...

   i used to work in a restaurant that only did breakfast and lunch, so we were there at 6am.  now as anyone knows, working in a restaurant it is REALLY easy to drink soda your entire shift.  So, i would take an 8oz kiddie styrafoam cup when i got there, and had about 3/4 of it full of soda for the wake up jolt (i dont drink coffee). then i would only drink water until i had my meal. 

  i didnt like water as much in the beginning either, but i think you just get used to it.  now i jsut try to confine my sodas to meal times, so i am not endlessly sipping on soda.  i also try not to have a pop until lunch, but as any other new mom knows, sometimes you need the cafeine earlier

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