Good way to kick the Diet Soda...

I love my Diet Pepsi/Diet Coke, im trying to try and kick the habit, i love my carbonated beverages and am having alot of trouble kicking this one....any idea on a good substitute?

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Crystal Light and flavored seltzer

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I love Poland Spring sparkling water. They have flavors too. I love the lemon or lime and I put actual lemon and lime slices in there too. Very refreshing.

Sometimes I put in a spritz of cranberry.

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I feel your pain. Diet soda is one of my addictions!

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I quit diet coke cold turkey -
I found I didn't miss it at all.

Your body will feel so much better without the artificial sweetener that you won't need a replacement.

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I need the carbonation sometimes....so I replace it with seltzer...and I flavor it myself with limes or lemons.

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I quit diet coke also and it was tough. I was drinking 4 or 5 cans a day. At one point in my life I think I was drinking 12 a day--from first thing in the morning to late at night--I even drank them warm! So if I could kick the habit, anyone can! I just started by only allowing myself one a day and drank water instead. I really didn't' like water at all but I have found now that I stopped the soda I don't mind it. I do allow myself one soda if we go out to eat b/c I don't always like the water at restaurants. I feel so much better, I sleep better, and I hardly ever feel bloated anymore! You can do it!

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I drink sparking seltzer water whe I feel the need for a soda (usually a few cans a week, usually while I eat lunch at work).

I used to drink 1-2 diet cokes a day -- I cut them out cold turkey when I cut out all caffeine (the first week is tough, you may get headaches, lethargy, etc. so be prepared but stick it out). Now I have the occasional soda when I go to a restuarant or a friend's house, maybe 1 a week at most.

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Water!

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Def. flavored seltzer

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i HAD to quit it cold turkey because of my gastric bypass. it was VERY HARD, for a while. now, i don't miss it at all.

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Seltzer and Crystal Lite.
I'm drinking Diet soda right now cause I ran out of seltzer and let me tell you, I'd much rather have the seltzer with LOTS of ice! The soda is doing nothing for me.

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I switched to flavored seltzer. I realized I loved the fizz not so much the taste of the soda

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I switched to flavored Seltzer water from regular sodas. It took some getting use to but really just a few days.

It really does the trick for me.

It's 0 pts. There are no calories, sugar and sodium.

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I don't drink soda anymore, don't remember how or why I stopped. but we now drink a lot of pellegrino (seltzer), but in our fancy stemmed water glasses. It's just kind of fun to do it that way.

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I was a big diet soda drinker...and about 3 months ago I just quit! I feel so much better and don't feel bloated alll the time.
I have been drinking vitamin water zero...I think I have become obsessed with it!! I also buy the crystal light to put in my water bottles. I leave them on my desk at work.
In the 3 months I have had a few diet cokes but I really don't miss it!
I used to drink diet coke for breakfast ..lunch and dinner...I was obsessed!!

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Cold turkey!!! I used to drink it a lot but stopped completely when I got pregnant. Now I have no desire for it whatsoever.

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I'm in the midst of cutting back! It's not easy since DH drinks 6+ cans of Diet Coke a day! I allowed myself 2 a day to start, then I started to cut out the one I had with dinner and drank water or flavored seltzer. I'm working on cutting out that 1 a day I still have.

Vitamin Water Zero is my new obsession! I RARELY like flavored water, blech! I actually LOVE all the flavors! Costco finally carries it by the case, so I stock up!

If I could get the diet soda out of my house, I'd be golden. But I can't get DH to stop. So it's tough for me. He always tell me I should be happy its not beer he drinks 6 cans of a day!

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I don't drink diet, but one thing I did was limit myself to either weekends or when I ate out. Now I'm trying to break it even further and just order water when we eat out and save soda for parties.

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I rarely buy soda. I know it's not healthy and it was adding wasted money to my grocery budget.

I've started brewing green tea and drink that iced. So, so good. It reminds me of Starbucks, but costs pennies!

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I am kicking the habit, slowly, but I need the caffeine. I do sub in Vitamin Water (a lot more $$$ than soda) and Crystal Light (haven't done the math on that). I just need the caffeine, that is my main issue. I'm not really a tea fan. I do TRY to have 1 a day, but usually that only happens when I have coffee in the morning.

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I'm cutting back and I drink a lot of Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda. It may be almost as bad but I am sure it is a little bit better, plus it won't stain my teeth. I often think about what soda is doing to my teeth.