Diet Coke

I agree with Morgana re aspartame - keep it up vq and when you feel like one read this thread!!

I wanted to buy some ordinary orange squash the other day in the supermarket and was appalled to find that I couldn't find any that was not 'diet' apart from orange barley. The amount anyone drinks in this house is so little that I would rather they had some sugar than aspartame.

A friend made me laugh years ago; she said she drank decaffeinated diet coke then thought to herself Why? I may as well drink water and save money.

Aspartame is really bad for your body. Persevere with giving up the diet coke! One day at a time!

If your mouth is dry, could you suck a sweet? Mind you, I guess the sweet will have aspartamine in it. I've started taking sweets to the gym/sauna, which probably defeats the object of going there but they've become my 'guilty pleasure'; I've never been much of a sweet eater in the past.Good luck, though; if you can stop smoking you can stop anything.

If you've successfully given up smoking this will be a walk in the park! Have you tried sparkling water with a little cordial? I love Bottlegreen's Elderflower cordial and Tesco currently do a very nice strawberry cordial.

Aspartame is a killer, keep powering through and well done, you will be much better off without it

Thanks for the idea but I don't like the taste of sparkling water.

I'm going to persevere although tonight I'm really craving it lol. Fortunately DH has gone out for a couple of hours and I can't leave the house alone so I can't give in and nip to the shops. The first time I've ever been grateful to have agoraphobia lol.

I managed to give up smoking. I just have to keep at it but I wish the thirst would go away. It's not a normal thirst. I have a really dry mouth which tells me I'm thirsty but my stomach is saying 'Hang on....just let me get rid of this half litre before you pour more into me' lol.

I've no experience of this VQ but just wondering if sparkling water would help - sort of providing that fizzy kick?

I'm reading all the 'why you should drink diet coke' sites I can find to keep myself going

I used to take a can of caffeine free Diet Coke to work each day with my packed lunch and occasionally buy extra if thirsty. When I stopped work I stopped buying it and didn't miss it. In fact all the headaches I had been having several days a week also went, which I think were caused by the aspartame.

However I was buying caffeine free because I had cut out caffeine a few years previously and that gave me four or five days of splitting headaches and a jittery on edge feeling.

I've heard that sugar-free and diet versions of food and drink can be just as bad as the sugar versions (not for the calories of course) because the body still thinks it is taking in sugar and produces insulin to match.

A friend recently did the same as you, VQ, although I think she was drinking even more as she lives in a hot climate.

She suffered for quite a few days but now she feels so much better and when she recently tried to drink some Diet Coke, thought it was disgusting!

Good luck!

I didn't see Holby City but I have no doubt that too much diet coke can't be good for anyone.

Copious amounts

Good luck vq any addiction is hard to give up.
Did you watch Holby in TV last night ? A patient had developed kidney stones due to the copiotheamounts of diet coke he drank. Maybe a bit more incentive for you.

An elderly male friend drank copious cans of Diet Coke everyday. He has various health problems including diabetes and he needed to lose several stone in weight. Various health professionals told him time and time again to stop the Diet Coke. There is a diuretic in Diet Coke which meant he had to get up at night to pee. He has now switched to Diet Pepsi (or similar I don't know which exact name) which doesn't contain this diuretic and is better for him.

He just needs to stop eating the large bars of Dairy Milk chocolate.

Good luck VQ keep going it should get easier give yourself a treat with money saved .

No I haven't but I wish you well VQ it can't be easy