Comments on: How to Stop Drinking Soda

By: Will

Will — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:44:27 +0000

Good decision Taylor! I wonder if the soda that you cut out was diet? I have heard lots of times that the artificial sweeteners can really give you headaches. But then again the High Fructose Corn Syrup is not good either. Best thing is to cut way back or as you did, stop. Congratulations on the positive health choice. So often people your age do not think that they need to worry about healthy lifestyle since when you are young your body is so resilient that symptoms are not always apparent.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:06:28 +0000

Hello, I am only 14 years old (almost fifteen) and i have been raised on soda. In the past month I haven’t had a drop of soda, and i do feel a lot better. I don’t have any headaches, and quitting for me wasn’t hard at all.

By: Anonomous

Anonomous — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:58:50 +0000

i am 13 and i have been drinking soda ever since i can remember. it is my drink of choice. i have tried many times to switch over to water or fruit juice but i can’t. for one i HATE water. i don’t know why but i can’t stand to drink it. it has like a “metal-y” taste and i can’t drink it. any tips on how to get me to drink water?\

….PLEASE!

By: melissa

melissa — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:12:14 +0000

I am a manager of a fast food resturant so that means i can drink coke as much as i like i also have coke in my fridge every day its all i drink i also drink a lot of alcohol today i have decided that its time to slim down and give up the coke and alcohol so i hope next month im looking better.

By: b

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:52:29 +0000

I quit drinking soda nearly a month ago on my own. Before I was drinking way too much soda. Thankfully I didn’t have withdrawals from not drinking soda. I’ve been drinking more water these days, already I feel better and lose some weight too. If I wanted some sweet to drink I drink a small amout of apple juice.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:16:57 +0000

Hi Greg – Eliminating the soda is such a great decision. If the ketchup and jams are only a 2 or 3 time a month thing, I would not worry about it. I don’t. But if yo use them a lot, you may just have to go cold turkey with them. I used to use lots of ketchup years ago. Usually it was on food that I should not really have been eating anyway. Jam I use only once in a great while. I do eat some dark chocolate several days a week, so get too much sugar there probably. But look at your diet overall and if it is loaded with healthy food, don’t worry too much about the occasional not so good item. I tried the agave a few times, but did not like the taste.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:27:39 +0000

Hi,
I don’t drink soda any more. If I want something bubbly, I can drink seltzer water and fruit juice. I can drink a fruit tea that’s naturally sweet (these come from Russia or Poland) or I can add a little low-glycemic agave syrup (it’s gotten cheaper to buy–I get mine at Costco). I do try to drink at least two glasses of water (try adding a fresh lemon slice, it really gives the water a “fresh” taste.)

Now if there were just some way to cut out highly sweetened jams and ketchup (usually at restaurants where you have no choice). I’d like to find small packets of naturally sweetened jam and ketchup to take with me, but alas the good stuff comes in big, big bottles.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:04:46 +0000

Hi Cheryl – Take a look at this comment.

It is a tough addiction to kick but if you can do it you will feel a lot better. You will also gain the confidence to not worry too much about relapse. I was never a big soda drinker, but I did drink it regularly when younger. Now if I have 2 or 3 root beers a year that is it. I don’t have to work at it at all now and if I am out somewhere and do feel like a non-caffeinated root beer, I don’t beat myself up about it.

There are also a few other helpful tips in some of the other comments.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:44:24 +0000

I gave up soda two years. And I end up craving it so bad. I end up going back. I have tried diet soda and get a stomach ache. So that did not work. But, if I don’t drink it I do get headaches. So every time I got a headache I would drink one can. Then I would not drink any more until I got another headache. I went down from 12 cans down to 2 sometimes even 1 day. That did work. But giving it up totally . Haven’t been able to stick with it. If anyone have ideas about how I can stop the crave. I would be willing to try.

By: dana

dana — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:30:19 +0000

i have not had a soda today and have not had a headache. at lunch i had milk and i feel like the headaches will get smaller. thank you.. now just have to quit sweets