Done with Coca Cola!

[RockyRoad]

I am exactly the same way right now with Coke. Ever since I was very little, I got hooked on it. My mother didn`t allow me to have soda as a child except on special occasions, so I would always connive my friends` parents to give me some when I went over their houses. Now, I go through 6-10 cans of soda a day easily. It`s all I ever drink; I don`t even remember the last time I`ve drank anything else - even water! I`ve tried to stop, but the headaches were terrible. Now that I`m beginning a new diet tomorrow, I`m going to drop the Coke. Congrats to those who have already done it. I hope soon I will be able to say the same thing.

[RICHARD]

It's a gradual process.....a few weeks ago I was under some stress so I had a few cokes- I thought I was going to jump out of my skin.


I never did coffee and so the caffeine jolt from coke was pretty severe!

[K9karen]

I drink a lot of flavored water. But I refuse to give up coffee and suffer any nore withdrawal migraines or eliminate a diet pepsi from my life.

I think I read somewhere that Coke can remove toliet bowl stains!

[Catty1]

I really cut down on Coke Zero in the last several months - and after reading this thread today, drank the last one in my fridge and that will be it!

I used to buy "energizer tea" - now I make my own. Several green tea bags and several black (regular orange pekoe is black tea) in a pitcher of room temp water...all the bags will seep slowly, and make a strong brew.

I mix 1/2 that with 1/2 water and a few drops of Stevia. Not decaf...but not as jolting as coffee or colas.

Besides...the fizzy/phosphorus part of sodas just loves to suck calcium out of the bones...and I wanna hang on to my supply!

[Alysser]

I've been hooked on coke, and I don't think it will ever change lol. I usually drink Diet though, but I now drink Coke Zero. Diet is so tasteless compared to regular coke or coke zero. Bleh, I HATE diet coke now.

Congratulation on breaking your habit! You have way more self control then I do!

[jennielynn1970]

I mix 1/2 that with 1/2 water and a few drops of Stevia. Not decaf...but not as jolting as coffee or colas.

Besides...the fizzy/phosphorus part of sodas just loves to suck calcium out of the bones...and I wanna hang on to my supply!

First, what is Stevia??

Secondly, carbonation sucks calcium out of bones??? Even if it's seltzer water? If that's so, I'm going to have to start taking supplements. I had no idea that was an issue!

[Cataholic]

Jenn the L, stevia is a sugar substitute. We have it here in the US...

I have my 50 cups of coffee in the morning and an occasional fresca on hot days, or, when I think I need a pick me up (sugar wise). Otherwise, it is water and milk.

I recently bought some of the Pom concentrate, and mix it with the Fresca. Yum.

[jennielynn1970]

Hm... never heard of Stevia before. I don't use sugar substitutes, so maybe that's why I'm not familiar with it.

FRESCA... omg.... I was so addicted to that stuff when I was first living on my own. I loved it so much! I would drink 6-12 cans a day, and then wonder why I had these horrible migraines. I just can't do the diet drinks.

A friend of my mom's had had diet soda in the car when they went on a trip across country, and I remember she ended up in the hospital because the soda got warm(or hot), and some how changed the chemistry of the soda. She was deathly ill, and they had pictures of her when she basically was looking out over a gorgeous view of mountains and valleys and all that, and then collapsed and fell.

That just scared the bejesus out of me, and I never leave anything in my car anymore that I want to injest. Even if there is some folklore, I still remember what happened to my mom's friend, and just shudder.

[RICHARD]

Jazz,
Or anyone else with a few hours to spare.


Drink a Red Bull.

If you think that a Mountain Dew put you into space! When I hear that people mix that with vodka I get nervous. Wired drunks? Uh-huh, that's what we need.

I did try a Monster Energy Drink two months ago. A neighbor gave us a case.

That was remarkably mellow and I didn't feel like I was going into cardiac arrest!