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Originally Posted by Radii
Very nice! I will keep my fingers crossed that you are one of the lucky ones that completely dodges the post induction stall that happens to a lot of people. Its so nice to see weight flying off early on like that.
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Thank you kind sir. Oh man, me too. I've read about people's stalls and hopefully if it does hit me, it won't be prolonged for too long. It's been a month and 4 days since starting, was hoping for 20 pounds, but, I'll take 17 at this stage in the game. On my last belt loop now and even that is not tight enough.
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Originally Posted by Alan T
Good luck with this! Stopping drinking sodas was probably one of the best things I ended up doing for myself. It definitely was not easy though.
The bad news, at least for myself, it is still not easy. Even all this time later, every time I go out to eat, or am at the grocery store, i have little voices in my head that keep telling me how one soda won't hurt anything or is not a big deal.
It truly is an addiction, but one that you can beat. I wish the best for you in it!
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What helped me (which I started almost 2 years ago mostly due to trying to cut out caffeine) was, my rule was to never buy sodas for the fridge at home. I could only have a soda when I was out somewhere and if there were no free refills, better pace yourself. It got to the point where I couldn't even finish a regular sized drink, unless it was mostly ice cubes in the cup.
I now drink Coke Zero, Sprite Zero or Diet Dr. Pepper, when I'm out somewhere. If the place I'm at has none of those, I drink water.