Comments on: Michael Goes Soda-Free for March

By: Ecoveg Jenn

Ecoveg Jenn — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:28:12 +0000

Glad to see you’ll be avoiding giving your money and health over to these corporate giants for a month (maybe more?). I have stopped soda a few times, the latest one stuck. I figure I may drink it once in a while if I am traveling or something, but otherwise, I don’t buy it and don’t keep it around, haven’t had any for over a month myself. I do occasionally drink OJ or lemonade, satisfies the sweet craving, at least.
Soda is tough to give up, but I believe you can do it!

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:42:04 +0000

Been soda-free for a while now, except once in a long while. The last time I had some I didn’t feel well afterwards so that’s probably about that for me and soda.

By: Amy Sirk

Amy Sirk — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:04:24 +0000

Best of luck kicking the soda habit. I’ve tried several times but I always go back to it. I know it’s awful for me. I do make fizzy water with club soda and my own home canned peach nectar but the Diet Coke still calls my name. Arrrgh.

By: weneedhelp

weneedhelp — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:35:41 +0000

While not being totally soda free, (my wife cannot give up coke….the drink) one of my favorites is to get seltzer water, and blend 2 or 3 oranges (just about any fruit will work.) then strain into the mix.

I was never a big fan of soda. It just doesn’t quench thirst.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:42:14 +0000

Great idea! I gradually eliminated all soda/hfcs/artificial drinks from my diet, I think about a year ago now. It was kind of a gradual process, but that made it pretty easy. I wanted to get all the artificial sweeteners out of my diet. I’m very happy I did it! I do drink coffee (lots of health benefits they’re starting to discover, yay!) tea, green tea, iced tea, water, and on rare occasions I’ll have 100% fruit juice (after reading labels!)–oh, wine and beer too (grin!) I really don’t miss it at all.

Something I did to help wean myself off the sweet fizzy stuff was drink Pellegrino with ice & lemon in it. I found it helped me not feel deprived and gave me something “special” to drink. I know it’s not a budget thing-it’s been a splurge for me, too. But, if you’ve been drinking a lot of pop, you’ll be saving the $$ from not buying it, which helps a little.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:52:26 +0000

We don’t drink a whole lot of soda in our household, but REAL ginger ale is our weak spot. Not the stuff with aspartame or HFCS, but with real ginger and cane syrup. The spicier the better. We also do ginger beer. Yum. It hit the craving for something fizzy and cold.

By: Michael @ MEG

Michael @ MEG — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:37:59 +0000

Caffeine is definitely the lesser of the evils for me, but I’m not ready to give it up entirely just yet. It is more important for me to kick my dependence on chemical “foods” at this point.

By: Kevin Gilkes

Kevin Gilkes — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:34:07 +0000

I gave up soda many years ago for weight loss, and boy did it work. We keep some sodas in the house today, but is not the focus drink by far. Most soda drinks are high in caffeine and I have totally done away with that, including coffee.

Good on ya bro. Stick with it. You’ll feel a difference real soon.