Coca-Cola...A true addict...
Ok everyone,
I have done great with this woe. I am down 37lbs and feel great and have lots of energy. One month before I started Atkins, I gave up my true love...COKE!! I have done pretty good without it but lately I keep thinking about having a big Coke on ice. I can just picture it. I know I won't give in to having one but what's up with the thoughts? Nothing is stressful right now and I am keeping busy so I don't think it's emotional. Anyone else dream of forbidden foods/beverages? Did you find it tied into something going on with you? Physically or emotionally? Help....it's driving me crazy. Martha |
My experience (as another fellow Coke addict) is that it won't taste the same. I had a sip not too long ago and didn't even want another sip. So, you may want to give it a try and get it out of your system.
Funny, but even with the SF soda around here, I hardly ever even think about drinking soda anymore, and when I do, I never even finish the can. Something about this WOL has taken that craving away. |
beachmum is right. I tried to drink some last night because I was afraid ketosis was getting too intense (long story, you'd have to read my journal to understand-lol); however one sip about made me sick! It tasted like pure sugar. I've only been doing this for 2 weeks too! Imagine how it would affect you? Coke is all I drank, all day every day too.
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Have you tried Diet Rite?
It doesn't taste like Coke. But it doesn't taste like diet pop either. What it tastes like is regular generic sodas. |
I sympathize with you. I've been craving diet coke. Part of it is habit, went back to the gym this week and always rewarded myself with a soda. I think I'm craving the caffeine as well.
Those were the only 2 things I could think of for myself. Maybe its something like that for you. What do they put in coke thats so addicting anyway? |
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Maybe that's it....I have been getting up really early (like 3:30-4:00am). I have noticed that I have increased my number of cups of coffee from 2 a day to around 3 full or 4 a day. Maybe the increased caffeine has made me want the Coke. What do ya think? |
I think I am just addicted to coke! I too, gave it up except for the occasional CF diet coke. Over the holidays, I gave in and had one. Unlike the others, still thought it was the bomb! I think I will always fight the coke demon.
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Um, caffine and sugar :P |
Or maybe the increased caffeine is making you crave the sugar?
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Hi Martha I know exactly how you feel. Life-long Coke addict. My first childhood memory is me, 3 years old, getting my first whole bottle of coke, all to myself. When I quit for the third and last time, I was drinking an average (but often more than) 12 cans a day. If you want to give it up forever, I suggest you don't even have one. The first couple will taste bad, but familiar. By the third one, they taste great again. Very dangerous. It's probably just me, but I finally learned if I'm going to stay off of it, I can't even have one. It's been 9 months, but coke still sounds good, and I'd love to have one -- my desire for it goes up with my stress levels. Anyways, pretty wordy way for me to say you're not alone! |
Thanks for the replies
It is nice to know I am not alone. I won't even taste one because I know a majority of my success is getting off that stuff.
thanks. |
I second the RC thing. It tastes more like Coke than Pepsi and does it for me when I want cola. Plus it's sweetened with Splenda, not aspartame.
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I enjoyed drinking Coke before going on Atkins, I used to have a diet coke every morning.
The one thing I missed the most is having a rum and coke. On New Years I decided to have a cheat of a rum and coke. And you know what, I was totally disappointed it didn't taste anything like how it used to, I didn't enjoy it at all. So about the only thing I do now and then is a shot of rum. :) It doesn't disappoint me. LOL |
I was a serious Coke addict before Atkins. We're talking probably a 6-pack a day of the regular, full sugar Coke. They were hard to give up the first week of Induction but after that it didn't bother me. When I was having an "off-plan" day a few days ago I had one as a treat. I thought "Hmmmm...this doesn't taste all that good...why did I ever like it so much?" I would be afraid to have it very much though because I sure don't want to trigger the cravings again. It is just empty, non-nutritional calories and I can think of better ways to use them.
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I am a recovering Pepsi addict. I love it. I would give up all food if I could just have my Pepsi. The main reason I regained the 30# I lost on Atkins a few years ago was getting back on Pepsi. Once I am back on Pepsi, I want Cheetos, etc., etc. I don't think I could have one once in a while. For me it's all or nothing. I feel your pain! LOL
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