Quitting Pepsi Max in 2021 Support Thread

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Open to anyone who has already quit with their success stories or anyone who also wants to quit.

I’ve tried twice to stop in the past, once by just stopping and once by gradually cutting down. Both times the withdrawal headaches were awful. Have decided this time to speak to GP first to see if there is anything I can take - like smokers get nicotine patches/gum - while I wean myself off it.

I have successfully gave up fizzy juice since January I would be so bad for full fat coke I went on to Diet Coke for a little bit now completely off it all I mainly drink water ... the headaches coming off it was the worst but I feel so much better now x

Well done adroran!

I'm pretty confident I can get off it completely now- well, bar a can on picnics. I've just bought some caffeinated coffee to go in my little Turkish coffee pot thing. Thank you, @Hueandcry! I may be twitchy all afternoon mind!

Fell off the sugar wagon briefly but still haven't had any Diet Coke. How is everyone else doing? I do wonder if I will miss it more in the summer when it's warm outside.

I’m gearing up to give up my Pepsi Max habit but I already know I won’t be able to manage going cold turkey. I’ve recently given up sugar and wheat and started eating better so now I want to tackle the one remaining bad habit. I currently have 2 or 3 large glasses a day and am going to start by limiting it to just 1 a day. After that my plan is to reduce the glass size gradually until I’m free of it. Feeling apprehensive and don’t want to risk falling off the no sugar bandwagon so am going to take it slowly and see how it goes

How is everyone doing?