Oct 24 2008
My diet pepsi addiction
I am a recovering Diet Pepsi fanatic, I drank so much of this stuff I think I am preserved for life! I have tried several times to quite drinking soda, and I keep going back to it. I know that this stuff is really bad for me, but I love it, I would drink 4-6 cans a day.
I know that really sounds crazy, but it was like I am almost addicted to this stuff.
It has been a week without, and I am hoping this time I have kicked my soda habit for life. What is so addicting about this stuff! Is it the carbonation or the artificial sweeteners?
Soda ate a huge whole in our family budget, after I figured out what we were spending just on drinks, 30-40 dollars a week, crazy! (This includes milk to, but I spent about 15-25 dollars a week on soda, yes that equals about 3-4 cases) As part of my frugality and debt pay down venture I knew I would have to give it up. I noticed my kids also preferring pop over any other kind of beverage, not something I want them to get started on either.
A little bit of help has been since the price of soda has gone up I have refused to buy it. There is no benefit to drinking this stuff; it is bad for your waistline and wallet!
I could really use some words of inspiration for anyone else that may have gone through this also. Or maybe some tricks on how you stayed on track and kicked the habit for good!
I’m with you on the diet Pepsi attachment -
Isn’t it sad that we spend that much money on artificially colored & flavored bubbly water? There is nothing real about the silly stuff - but I so do love it!
What worked for me, is to stop buying the stuff to keep in the house. Cold turkey - no more! But what I do allow myself … is a once-in-awhile purchase of a single bottle, as a treat. It really helped me to retrain my brain that it wasn’t an everyday ‘need’ but an occasional ‘treat.’ It was a little hard at first … but it really didn’t take to long to adapt. Now I probably have a bottle once a month, if that!
Good luck - I really feel for you, cause i loved the stuff too!!!
I am sloowwwly cutting back! It is hard like you said it should be a treat. Remember growing up when a can of pop was a treat. Now I see myself having treats all the time. A can of pop, stopping and buying coffee, a cookie, candy bar, something. I know some of the problem has to be that this stuff is so much more readily available and convenient.