stop drinking diet Coke

I have not had any kind of Diet Coke today. I had a little bit of a headache earlier but it went away. I need to change my habits and behavior. As soon as I got to work I started feeling letharic and I wanted to go and get a DC out of the vending machine. I got busy and now it is several hours later and I dont want one anymore. If I keep myself busy and change up my habits it will be better than doing the same things the same way and realizing something is missing.

I have not had any kind of Diet Coke today. I had a little bit of a headache earlier but it went away. I need to change my habits and behavior. As soon as I got to work I started feeling letharic and I wanted to go and get a DC out of the vending machine. I got busy and now it is several hours later and I dont want one anymore. If I keep myself busy and change up my habits it will be better than doing the same things the same way and realizing something is missing.

So I got called in early to work today and I did not have my cup of tea this morning so I had a really bad headache. I was finally able to get rid of that but it seems strange that I just got a headache today. I really want to accomplish this goal so I will keep doing whatever I need to do to get through this. I just got my 20 oz bottle of caffeine free and that will be it for today. I will not drink soda at all at home. I am beginning to think that I am more addicted to the sweetners than the caffeine. I think another week and I will not drink any at all at work.

When I am at work I am OK. The last two days I have had about 1/2 cup of tea in the morning before work and then at work all I have had is one 12 oz can of caffeine free. I have been drinking more water. This weekend though I have been really downing the caffeine free at home. I should just keep it out of the house. I know what it was. I was not feeling well and Diet coke has always been my crutch to make myself feel better. I do feel better that at least I am drinking caffeine free. I will slowly ween myself off of that once I am done with the case that I have.

I only had a 20 oz caffeine free diet coke yesterday and today. I think the cup of tea in the morning helped. Tea is better for you than soda. I think this is progress. The last two days I have not wanted to finish the last 1/2 or quarter of the soda. I will see if I can find any of the baby cans of caffeine free. If I can ween myself to a smaller amount of caffeine free that would be great. Then I will ween myself off of it completely. I want to say this may be the time that I actually stick with this but it has been less than a week so I don’t want to jinx myself.

So today is Tuesday. I did not have any soda on Saturday, Sunday my friend bought me lunch which included the soda so I had one large one on Sunday. Monday I did not have one until I got to work and then a 20 oz bottle lasted me all day. Which for me is really good. It is very hard to go cold turkey because you feel lethargic and I really don’t want to be cranky around people either. I have been drinking a lot more water but it really does not seem to quenching my thirst. It feels like I have cotton mouth most of the time and the only thing that makes it go away is diet coke. I would have been satisfied with 3/4 of that 20z bottle. so what I am going to try to do to see if this works is wean myself off. I read online about going to caffeine free or diluting the regular diet coke with water. I will see how the diluting goes today. I am no longer going to buy the 1 liter bottles to last me all day at work. I always find it kind of embarrasing to walk back to work from the store with a liter bottle of soda. I must look like some kind of redneck idiot. It is usually flat by the time I finish drinking it anyway. I also found some pictures online that I am thinking of taping to the bottle to discourage me from drinking it. So trying my best but I will only allow myself one 20 oz bottle a day (caffeine free or diluted) and if I can go without even better.

I didn’t have any at the house and I really wanted one once I got to work but got busy and realized that an hour had passed by. The more time passed I did want to go and get one. I wanted something to do with my hands and take away from the monotony of work. I wanted a taste in my mouth. I have been feeling sluggish. I even took a nap on my lunch break. I have had water and crystal light so far today. What’s funny is I feel more bloated today than I do if I drink the soda. I have tried quitting before. The longest I have gone is about a month. Usually something comes up. I am tired and I need a lift,stress, etc. I have tried substituting it with sparkling water and tea but it is the combination of the taste, caffeine and the bubbles. This is something I should be able to just do and not have to worry about the cravings every hour of the day.

It’s 6pm on Day 1 of the rest of my life… So far so good. I feel pretty determined and I’m knocking back pints of water. But my will hasn’t really been tested yet – I’m not tired and gagging for a caffeine/sweetness hit today – so the battle is far from over

It’s out of control and has been for most of my life. It’s ridiculous to be concerned about how I will get enough DC if I’m visiting friends at their house. If I could quit this addiction long enough to have a child healthily, I certainly should be able to do it again for myself.

I genuinely drink gallons of the stuff and i no its awful i’m wondering what the best way to quit is? Cold turkey or starting decreasing how much i drink? whats a good alternative??? HELP!

okay so looks like cold turkey is the only way to go. This is going to be awful for me diet coke is my crutch i’m the sicko who brings it with me to bed to drink in the middle of the night. oooohh nooooo. cold turkey starting from now.