I Finally Quit Soda!

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Soda is full of sugar and calories, which does a number on both our teeth and weight — and it’s certainly not frugal, either. I posted about trying to quit soda back in September, and then, subsequently, about my failure to stop drinking soda, later that same month.

Well, it’s December now, and I’m happy to say that I’ve finally done it! I know some of you have also struggled with quitting sugary drinks, so I wanted to let y’all know how I did it. First of all, it was as if something changed in my mind, and I knew, this time, that I would succeed. Soda was not going to control me anymore. Okay, that probably sounds really silly to you who haven’t been addicted to the sugary substance, but, for me, it’s no joke. I’ve been trying to shed ten pounds for quite some time now, and it just wasn’t going to happen while drinking a coke or two every single day. In fact, it was becoming a struggle to maintain my current weight!

So how did I do it? Cold turkey, baby! And really, while there were times that I craved a soda, just knowing that I would not have one — no way, no how — made the feeling pass rather quickly. However, there is something I would recommend to anyone trying to quit soda, and that is club soda. Club soda contains no sugar, calories, caffeine, aspartame, or really much of anything, but it is carbonated water, and has that fizzy taste/feel. Whenever I would normally drink a soda, I now drink a club soda. I believe it has made this process 100 percent easier.

And do you know what’s really great about going from one to two sodas daily to zero? Weight falls off without any further changes. Having a soda with a meal, actually makes people eat more, in addition to the  100 to 200 calories in the actual soda. Thankfully, due to quitting coke, other sodas and sugary drinks in general, I am finally on my way to losing that ten pounds.

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