A few years ago i removed sodas from my diet, the first month was hard, after 3 months i did not want to drink sodas anymore. so hang in there, it gets beter

i recommended slowly taking it out of your system its easier on your body from what i have found. >.< in the same boat trying to cut out all that soda and energy drink

Yeah I've been trying to take sugary stuff out of my body too, I figured out that slowly taking them out works best and leads to better results. You can do it though!! :D

I'd recommend getting at least 30 minutes of exercise a day, go for a walk or get an excercise bike or something

*hugs* I wish you luck hun.

My advice, and I did it sucessfully, is learn to like soda water. At the start it was to trick my body to think I was drinking pop and now I drink it every day. Haven't touched a drop of pop in 4 months. Hopefully that helps.

Dasani flavoured seltzer water is the eaziest way to still get the soda feeling, with no calories, no caffine, and no sugar, just flavored water that is bubbly :D

You can do it!!

I wish you all the luck in the world.

I know the struggle. I too am currently cutting back. It isn't the best tasting (unless you are me, who is a weirdo and loves the shit) eat fresh grapefruit. Good for the heart and helps a smidge with burning fat. Just a bit. But mostly good for the heart! Which helps.. ALOT!


No kidding people, my breakfast this morning was a pudding cup and I peeled a grapefruit and ate it. Mmm, grapefruit. God i'm weird x.x

Rooting for you :D

A little something extra that can help in the off-hours: A standing desk, or a floating desk.

I myself got: https://www.amazon.com/White-Floati.....009I25F88?th=1

It's made a very noticeable difference.

This is my current set-up: http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d.....psgv4nk99c.jpg

I decided awhile ago that I'm going to limit myself to one dessert a day. You can still have dessert! However, you shouldn't have dessert all the time, and I decided that a soda counts as dessert.

It got a lot easier to avoid sugar beverages (and almost all fruit juices count as that too) when I started thinking.. do I want this to be my dessert for the day? Do I want it so badly that I'll give up eating cake tonight? That's a better question than deciding "do I want water or soda?" It makes you choose between two good things versus one good and one less good.

Learn to love clear, cold water! You can get a sodastream or something similar to have carbonated water available at all times, and squeeze some lemon or lime into it. In the afternoon, I'll drink coffee or tea, both decaf if I can get it. No sweeteners in either as well.

It's fine to leave the table not feeling totally stuffed. It's ok to have one serving and then leave the table saying "I'm still just a teensy bit hungry.. I could use a little more." A small bit of hunger is fine. That will leave more room for dessert anyway. Don't gobble down your food. Eat slowly. Eat slowly and eat something with fiber, fiber contributes to the feeling of "fullness."

Of course, it's not just the amount that you eat, it's what you eat. Avoid high-carb foods like bread and pasta, and replace white (bland) rice with brown (yummier) rice. Avoid sugary snacks and sugary drinks. Like I mentioned above, avoid fruit juices but do eat fruit. It's important that your sugar be consumed with the fiber that it comes with (or at least some fiber) since insoluable fiber can inhibit the absorbtion of sugars, and therefore weight gain. So.. apples, good. Apple juice, not as good.

And finally, remember that exercise will not make up for dietary deficiencies. IE, you can't eat a lot and then exercise it away, unless you're a super-athletic type burning thousands of calories in the workout sessions. If you want to lose weight, you have to change the diet.

The best cure for that; eat less move more. Sunlight and movement