Giving up Diet Coke!

nearlyrich

I can't stand the stuff I can't imagine drinking even a small glass of it, good luck to you in giving it up I am sure you will be healthier and wealthier.

woodfairy

aussielovell wrote:

Oh god, that just makes me thirsty LOL :drool:

:rotfl:

Spoken by a true addict!

K9cuddles

Hey.. coming from a person that used to drink easy 2ltrs a day of the full fat (I wouldn't touch diet!!)stuff it's not easy!

I found having a replacement drink has helped me loads! I love squashes but I know you have to be careful with the aspartmine in these too!

Good luck! It can be done! I'm down to a can a day of diet/caffinee free.. but my new years resolution is to lose another stone, which mean.. I'll be cutting down even more! And as you say saving the pennies too!

Willsnarf1983

postingalwaysposting wrote:

depressed one minute or as high as a kite the next... i have been fine without it

You might have something there, last few months i have been so high and low its unbelievable, just surprised its taken this long to kick in as i drank it for years


Will

poppy_f1

Willsnarf1983 wrote:

You might have something there, last few months i have been so high and low its unbelievable, just surprised its taken this long to kick in as i drank it for years


Will

yeah i felt the same when i drank lots of diet coke, however i change my addiction to full fat irn bru which i dread to think of what the colour is doing to me, although once all its gone then im drinking no more and going onto water

postingalwaysposting

Willsnarf1983 wrote:

You might have something there, last few months i have been so high and low its unbelievable, just surprised its taken this long to kick in as i drank it for years


Will

it was awfull will... something i dont want to re-live... and if i have it now i change within an hour... its not worth it... also with water i am now drinking less

Kinnairdy

:eek: Can take up to 60 day's apparently to be free of the addiction to Diet Coke, Aspartame is used widely as an artificial sweetener it is also claimed it is a Carcinogen (cancer causing) depending on which 'side' you support re food & drink additives.
Also said that many food & drinks contain preservatives/additives such as Benzoin (same as Anti Freeze) and Formaldyhyde (used in Embalming) plus other nasties too numerous to mention and bore you with but look at it this way, if you carry on eating and drinking all these nasties and do develop some fatal illness at least your relatives will save money on the funeral as a result of your DIY embalming.

silvercar

Careful on the withdrawal, I would suggest cutting down daily or you will get headaches. Avoid any caffeine substitute and any paracetamol etc that contains caffeine obviously but also codeine. Codeine is far more addictive than caffeine.

postingalwaysposting

silvercar wrote:

Careful on the withdrawal, I would suggest cutting down daily or you will get headaches. Avoid any caffeine substitute and any paracetamol etc that contains caffeine obviously but also codeine. Codeine is far more addictive than caffeine.

yep silver i didnt know this... i just stopped... had a terrible headache for 2 days and got the shakes... anyone would think i was coming off something harder lol... luckly everyone i work with closely in work knew

nevadagirl

Good luck, Will. I used to be addicted when I was at university and had to have a can in the union every day with my 50p baked potato, cheese and coleslaw (those were the days...) I would have one at lunchtime or on my break at work over the weekends as well. I still really like it but have it as an occasional treat - I've still got four cans in my fridge from a 12 pack I got in September.

I keep a bottle of squash on my desk at work and have that instead, keeps my water intake up as well as my caffeine intake down. I hate the taste of water on its own, especially out of a water cooler when it tastes all plasticky. When I was little, my sister and I were only allowed fizzy drinks on holiday, so I went a bit mad on it as soon as I left home. I soon got it under control when I left uni, though, and didn't have the subsidised prices of the union or work canteen to rely on. I did work at one place in the States where we had free drinks in the fridge and could have whatever we wanted when we wanted, but there were always really nice fruit drinks or iced tea so I would have those instead.