Diet Coke

[noimaginationatall]

I drink too much Diet Coke and I am looking to cut it out this summer. At the moment I generally drink a can a day when working but when not at work the amount can vary a lot.
When I don't drink it I get sore heads and feel awful.
Any tips on how to cut this out without feeling awful for weeks?
Thank you!

@MovingtoOz1Day

I drink two cans a day on average and have done for years, I've lost 10 stone over the last couple of years, no health issues, teeth are great. I enjoy it, it quenches my thirst like other drinks including water don't and I'm not planning on giving it up anytime soon.

you do what you want, but your comment makes as much sense as saying "I smoke 2 packs of fags a day, and I feel great". So what if you do? It doesn't mean it's a healthy option.

Oh sorry, I missed the "10 stones", I thought you were being serious!

My mistake

@pepsifloat day 2 here no Diet Coke. Mild headaches kept at bay by paracetamol. Drinking soda and lime to replace and taking the suggestions of having more tea/coffee for a few days. I did have a diet lemonade today which I didn't think about and it did have sweeteners but not aspartame so hopefully won't knock me back any! The Diet Coke in shopping got substituted to mixer cans so DH is now on an enforced cutting down too

@kindaclassy

Oh sorry, I missed the "10 stones", I thought you were being serious!

My mistake

I was being serious

I have started drinking sparkling water - I used to just drink tea/coffee/Diet Pepsi/orange juice.
I have gone from NO water to 2litres a day.

Also, have cut down on tea - instead of 10-15 cups now 2! I have discovered I like peppermint tea!

Do I feel better? Do I heck!

Well done @noimaginationatall on making it through the day!

I did it cold turkey
Fizzy water now
Though one can a day not bad

@MYasshoe12

Try sniffing coke and not drinking it. Being a single mum at 18 with 2 kids helps revive me stress the kids bring on me :-)

Not sure taking up a coke habit is quite the healthy kick OP had in mind

Well done OP. I’m on day four. Emptied the bins this morning and noticed the lack of embarrassing can sound!

Gave it up about 18 months ago, was getting UT issues and now I have stopped there has been an improvement.
I just went cold turkey and covid has helped as not in the office where diet coke was free in the fridges. Though to be fair I had given up before the last day in the office.

the office where diet coke was free in the fridges.

Wow. There’s a hotel in Leeds and their conference facilities included a fridge of free Diet Coke. In fact there’s another in Manchester I can think of too. This is what dc reduced me too. It’s good to feel back in control

How did you get on yesterday @noimaginationatall. Another day down here, but with a bad headache all day, and another one starting today. Hoping tomorrow will be the first day headache free!

@DavidTheDog well done. I have already noticed our recycling bin is a lot less full than usual .

I had this with tea.

Go cold turkey. You'll feel like shit for about a week and then it passes and you feel fine and don't even want the stuff. Even book time off work if you have to, but just do it.

I switched to herbal so I still have cups of hot liquid. Maybe switch to sparkling water so you still get fizz?

Just drink the diet coke. It's not smoking or drugs.

I have a Pepsi max problem. I get into bed almost every day and think to myself 'I haven't drunk anything other than Pepsi max today, I'm so gross'

@pepsifloat still no Diet Coke for me! I haven't cut out fizzy all together and have the occasional Fanta but so far so good 👍. How are you getting on?

@noimaginationatall well done! Same here, no pepsi max. We don't have any fizzy drinks in the house at all now, once every couple of weeks when we're out I'll have something like lemonade as a treat, but avoiding pepsi. Feeling so much better for it, and it seems to have broken me out of a slump of eating lazily too, so we're eating healthier. Plus, it's saving us a little money which is lovely.

Really glad you've broken the habit too!