i drink about 64 to 80oz of soda each day...i was thinking the other day how i need to lose weight and i think cutting out the pop would be a really good start..have any you guys quit drinking soda? and did it help you to lose any weight?

try drinking diet soda's

switching from regular soda to diet soda made a HUGE difference in my weight. and even with diet soda, i still try to be moderate. at work, i try to drink mostly bottled water.

Anxiety said:

Lately, I've been on the bottled water kick and it's quite liberating. You should try the different flavored water b/c when chilled it fills you up fast. This is how I have been able to maintain my ideal weight.

MsLegs said:

interesting. i'm trying to get back on my yerba mate kick - it's great because it gives me energy without giving me the caffeine jitters, it's full of vitamins, and it's an appetite suppressant as well. when i drink this stuff regularly, the weight goes way down.

Anxiety said:

Who's Yerba?

Heavenly said:

yerba mate is a variety of south american tea that has all kinds of crazy healthy qualities. traditionally you're supposed to drink it out of a cured gourd with a little bamboo straw called a bombilla, but i bypass all that and just make it in a french press and drink it in a big ol' mug.

Anxiety said:

Can you get this tea at TJ's or Wild Oat's?

MsLegs said:

i've never been to a wild oat's, though i noticed TJs has started carrying yerba mate in teabags recently. i'd hold out and get the bulk stuff if you have a bulk coffee store nearby, i think it would be far more potent.

Good for you! I gave it up years ago.

Yes...You'll feel soooo much better....Water works wonders.....

I promise

Gives you more energy for more time!!

I gave up soda


and I have lost the weight i wanted, and I dont feel so sluggish at times

i gave up soda, and now i'm slightly heavier than i was.

TheFrog said:

well you cant replace soda with 10 lbs of cadbury a day

TheFrog said:

Your cute!!! WTF?

Lizzy7701 said:

I don't drink much pop. Can't stand the taste of the diet stuff, that icky aftertaste.

Just cut down on your intake, drink juice or water.

Doitdoitdoitdoitdoit Maz !!!!

5 yrs ago my ( now 16 ) yr old son and i quit cold turkey ...

we havent touched one since


good luck Maz baby

i changed to diet coke about a year ago... seriously, i probably drink about a 6 pack a day (or more ), so that cuts out about 840 or more calories a day .... and yes, there has been a change in my weight

I've cut down,I may have a soda once a month.
I never drank soda when I was a kid but that changed when I went to college,all the soda machines.
The reason I cut out soda is because one morning I saw an obese lady drinking a 2 liter in her car at 6:30 in the morning.
I can just imagine how many more liters she had that day.

ella731 said:

I gave up soda over ten years ago. I kinda OD'd on it in college. That was when I decided never again. Juice and water are much better.

Lizzy7701 said:

thank you!

i think.

Diet Soda makes you crave sugar.....just give it up and after a month not only will you start to lose weight you will feel a lot better

TheFrog said:

really?

I'm trying to give up soda, I heard it's bad for your bones....it tastes sooooo good though yummmmm.

I allow myself a soda twice a month cos let's face it, it tastes goooood! But any other time I drink water and juice (grapefruit). Makes a difference when u r trying to lose weight. My skin is alot better for it also.

I don't even think soda tastes good. All that carbonation just burns. I'd much rather drink some sort of exotic fruit punch.

unlucky7 said:

Yes it does.

Rinluv said: