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| 1 Week without Diet Coke! (Read 607 times) |
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posted: 3/6/2007 at 4:01 PM
modified: 3/6/2007 at 4:01 PM |
I've found Crystal Light to be a good substitute for soft drinks. They make it in these little individual packs now that you can add to a bottle of water, which I've found to be really handy. You'd be amazed how much more easily you can power down a 1/2-liter of water if a) it's not cold and b) it has some flavor.
Of course, if the research that Trent cites is true, this wouldn't help that sweet-craving thing. However, my own experience with the Crystal Light, as well as caffeine-free diet drinks, is that once you get used to them, regular drinks taste way too sweet. I can't even stand to drink a regular old Coke anymore unless there's rum in it, of course.  |
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posted: 3/6/2007 at 4:28 PM |
Quote from Sockoni on 3/6/2007 at 3:47 PM:Steve, how's it going? Are you shaking yet? 
last week has been slightly harder than the first week...i may have had a delayed withdrawal symptoms...i felt sluggish all week and i think i may have tried compensating by massive amount of eating..seriously i must've gained three pounds last week...hopefully this week will be better. I still need to find a replacement drink...i used to drink Crystal Light Ice Tea but then i find that whenever i don't stir it well enough, the powder irritates my throat which usually leads to a cold (weird, but it happens a lot). |
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posted: 3/6/2007 at 5:07 PM |
| Quote from SurfNRun on 3/6/2007 at 4:28 PM: l.i used to drink Crystal Light Ice Tea but then i find that whenever i don't stir it well enough, the powder irritates my throat which usually leads to a cold (weird, but it happens a lot).
I know what you mean about the powder. My trick is this:
1) open a 1/2-liter water bottle
2) take a few small swigs about of the bottle
3) add the Crystal light individual packet (they come in lots of great flavors)
4) shake the living hell out of said bottle (after having capped it, of course). If you take a few swigs first, there's enough empty space in the bottle so that the water/powder mixes really well.
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posted: 3/8/2007 at 9:26 PM |
| Quote from SurfNRun on 3/6/2007 at 4:28 PM: last week has been slightly harder than the first week...i may have had a delayed withdrawal symptoms...i felt sluggish all week and i think i may have tried compensating by massive amount of eating..seriously i must've gained three pounds last week...hopefully this week will be better. I still need to find a replacement drink...i used to drink Crystal Light Ice Tea but then i find that whenever i don't stir it well enough, the powder irritates my throat which usually leads to a cold (weird, but it happens a lot).
Well hang in there! It sounds like you're surviving so far! My husband reminded me a few nights ago about how he used to drink pop religiously. It was very difficult but once he made it through that slumpy withdrawl period he was fine.
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 8:41 AM |
Crystal light has aspartame in it too. Personally, I hate the taste of aspartame, so I go for the real deal. I seem to be particularly sensitive to the taste so I avoid it. I need to find caffeine in liquid form that is better for you than soda. Coffee can't be done in my house, people here don't like the smell (except for me). Tea would be good, but there isn't as much variety as there is with soda. I have also given up soda completely because there's just way to much sugar and bad for you stuff in it (I like to get milk with my McDonald's Happy Meal now). I'm not entirely successful because sometimes it's hard to substitute when you are eating out, but at least I know longer have at least one a day.
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 1:23 PM |
| Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 3/6/2007 at 4:01 PM: I've found Crystal Light to be a good substitute for soft drinks.
I've found water to be a good substitute for soft drinks.
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 3:31 PM |
| Sadly I have found water a good substitute for lots of things including a third cosmopoliton |
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 5:54 PM |
| Quote from Crabby on 4/3/2007 at 3:31 PM: Sadly I have found water a good substitute for lots of things including a third cosmopoliton
Good answer, good answer! I'm at work, (we provide drug and alcohol counseling), and in work mindset, water is always a good substitute.
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 5:55 PM |
| Quote from shuggaar on 4/3/2007 at 8:41 AM: Crystal light has aspartame in it too.
Crystal light makes my heart race fast, scares me, so I don't drink it.
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 6:09 PM
modified: 4/3/2007 at 6:15 PM |
| Quote from Mississippi on 4/3/2007 at 5:54 PM: I'm at work, (we provide drug and alcohol counseling)
Interesting. Mississippi, weren't you the one that started the TGIF thread?  |
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 6:32 PM |
Quote from Trent on 4/3/2007 at 1:23 PM:I've found water to be a good substitute for soft drinks.
I'm almost at the end of the first 24 hours of no Diet Coke and the water is helping a lot! |
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posted: 4/4/2007 at 5:16 AM
modified: 4/4/2007 at 5:18 AM |
Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 4/3/2007 at 6:09 PM:Interesting. Mississippi, weren't you the one that started the TGIF thread?
Yes I did.
Oh, that reminds me, did I put Alabama Slammer on that list? I'll have to add that. |
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posted: 4/4/2007 at 1:56 PM |
Quote from Mississippi on 4/4/2007 at 5:16 AM:Yes I did. Oh, that reminds me, did I put Alabama Slammer on that list? I'll have to add that.
Nicely done. Someone who understands the importance of not mixing business with pleasure. |
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