NO SODA?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!

I have this horrible habit of listening to what my T tells me.

Today he told me to stop drinking soda for the entire week... to see if I feel any different. I has only been 7 hours and 15 minutes since he said that and I'm already dying, lol.

He told me that studies have been done with kids who have ADHD-- once they stopped consuming processed foods and sugary drinks, their agitation decreased quite a lot-- without meds.

T is appalled at my diet. I never worry about what I eat because I have never gained weight and I never worry about the health aspect of it. I have definitely put on a little bit of weight in the last couple of months, as my eating habits have become worse than ever.

So he wants me to try this no-soda thing. I am addicted to ginger ale, although I like other sodas as well. So far today, I drank water and coffee. I think I am going to take a walk to get a smoothie. Has anyone else tried to give up soda? This is hard. Really!

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Boy, I know how you feel. You get addicted to something, and then its hard to quit, especially cold turkey!

How much soda do you normally drink on a regular basis? Does it usually contain caffeine?

Perhaps you can have iced-coffee drinks instead? Little less sugar (sometimes) but useful for weaning yourself off of highly sweet/caffeinated drinks.

I drink iced coffee IN ADDITION to soda, lol. T said two coffees per day were okay. But no soda. NO SODA. The soda I drink does not normally have caffiene... but it's all the sugar and crap that is getting to me.

Bummer. Sugar withdrawal is never any fun. I hope it gets easier. It will, potentially by tomorrow afternoon (well, that's what its been for me going through sugar or caffeine withdrawal)

Sugar will kill ya. They put some type of sugar into nearly everything, even things that don't really need sugar.

Yes, giving up soda was tough. I only have a zero at the movies.

The three sugar substitutes are bad for us too, unfortunately.

Good wishes on this endeavor!

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I drink Lipton Green tea mixed berry flavor. Sure it has an artificial sweetener.. but hey your gonna die of something someday lol.. I guess it will help me from getting diabetes? lol

Interesting article:

February 10, 2008
Artificial Sweeteners Cause Weight Gain?

Its not nice to fool mother nature.

WASHINGTON — Want to lose weight" It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. The findings appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Psychologists at Purdue University’s Ingestive Behavior Research Center reported that relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories/teaspoon, the same as table sugar), rats given yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later consumed more calories, gained more weight, put on more body fat, and didn’t make up for it by cutting back later, all at levels of statistical significance.

Appetite regulatory mechanisms in the body might get confused by the taste of sweetness followed by a lack of blood sugar rise and perhaps the mechanisms respond by upping appetite?

Artificial sweeteners in diet soda might be behind the results from a recent paper in Circulation which found diet soda as amount the dietary factors associated with a higher incidence metabolic syndrome (which includes higher weight, higher blood pressure, and higher blood sugar).

* When further adjustment was made for intake of meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables, refined grains, and whole grains, analysis of individual food groups revealed that foods adversely associated with incident metabolic syndrome were meat (P for trend < .001), fried foods (P for trend = .02), and diet soda (P for trend < .001).
* Compared with individuals in the lowest quintile of meat consumption, those in the highest quintile of meat consumption were at 26% greater risk of developing the metabolic syndrome.
* Intake of hamburger, hot dogs, and processed meat seemed to promote the adverse association between meat and incident metabolic syndrome.
* Compared with individuals in the lowest tertile of fried food intake, those in the highest tertile of intake were at 25% greater risk of developing the metabolic syndrome.
* Compared with individuals in the lowest tertile of diet soda intake, those in the highest tertile of intake were at 34% greater risk for the metabolic syndrome.

But a causal link between diet soda consumption and obesity is not proven.

“This is interesting,” said Lyn M. Steffen, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota and a co-author of the paper, which was posted online in the journal Circulation on Jan. 22. “Why is it happening? Is it some kind of chemical in the diet soda, or something about the behavior of diet soda drinkers?”

By Randall Parker at 2008 February 10 10:31 PM Brain Appetite | TrackBack

[b] My nutritionist and other doctor have both said that artificial sweeteners cause the same reaction in the body as if it were pure sugar, thus it doesn't do any thing good for us, but does put other chemicals into our systems that are not so good for us. I'm not happy about it, as very sweet food is one of the two things I can "taste."

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Two days so far!

Today I drank water and I made a smoothie with bananas, milk, and a bit of coconut cream. It's so good. So much better than soda. I also went to visit the gym which I decided I will be joining. It is a great gym because they have yoga and meditation classes as well as all the cardio and toning stuff.... and it is less than a 10-minute walk away from my house. T is going to faint when I tell him this. Just yesterday I was going off about how I would never "pay" for my exercise and T was lecturing me about how much exercise would help my depression, anxiety, and mania.

Yay! You're doing great. Good job pinksoil.

I love smoothies. Exercise is good too.

great job, Pinksoil! The gym sounds really nice.

For something a little lighter than a smoothie, you can try mixing lemonade or juice with sparkling water. It still has fruit sugars in it, but not so much as pop.

Keep going!

I gave up sugary drinks a long time ago. I only drink water and home made sun tea with splenda. Its kinda funny. I decided to have a soda one day out of the blue. I did not even like the taste anymore. It was way to surupy and sweet for me. Good luck.