What Cutting Out Soda Did For Me:

Soda 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?

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