What Cutting Out Soda Did For Me:
Nina SaySoda has always been something I love to drink- maybe it is because I cannot stand drinking water... maybe it is because I need my caffeine. But due to my families lack of resources...a.k.a moolah, big bucks, cash, dough... we have not been buying soda.
Now let me give you a little history of my soda habit. Growing up I only drank regular sodas, preferably Dr.Pepper and my brother and I would go through a 12 pack of soda in a day. When I got together with my husband, I switched to pure diet drinking.
That was also the time in my life I stopped being active, so even though I was drinking only diet I was gaining weight... and fast. Not to mention I was pregnant and thought I could eat whatever I wanted and it would be okay. I ended up gaining 50 pounds throughout my pregnancy.
It has been 15 months since my daughter was born and I have failed to lose more than the initial 15 pounds I lost during the first week of my daughters life, and suddenly I realized I was not going to be able to drink soda if I wanted to lose weight. And it took me being broke without the funds to buy it to realize.
Within one week of not drinking soda I lost 6 pounds... 6 POUNDS! I had been trying to diet and had no luck whatsoever. I am going to try an keep myself away from soda... but I know it is going to be hard.
Has anyone else ever had this happen? Has cutting soda out of your lives helped your weight?
Reader Comments (3)
I'm not a soda drinker. My vice is coffee. I wish cutting out coffee would cause me to lose 6 pounds. Dang, you go girl! Congrats and keep it up!
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wow, you just described me completely! I drink a 12 pk of Mountain Dew a day and just can't shed pounds. Without a doubt I'm sure I'd easily lose 20 if I stopped drinking it but omg it is soooo HARD. I can't have milk, plain water is just gross and the flavored water gets expensive.
Way to go on the 6 pounds!
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I drink Pepsi and a soda we have around my area called Ski Pop. I wonder if I could lose the pounds (or shed them) off of me if I quit? I don't know if I can really..I tried one day and I had headaches really bad..I was scared to try it after that..Of course I didn't wing myself off of soda so maybe that was why..