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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 4156345" data-attributes="member: 45551">This kinda stuff drives me daft. I realize that hormones (PMS and PCOS anyone?? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="🤷" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="🤷" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" />) and activity levels (I rode a desk my entire career) but I drank every bit as much Coke as you did Dr. Pepper and didn't drop a damned ounce when I switched to Diet Coke. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="😭" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="😭" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" /> I can tell you, hormones aside, kicking the pop habit is absolutely the hardest thing in the world. I have lot count of how many times I've quit. And how many times I've slipped up -- sometimes on purpose (I can have just a little bit and I'll be okay. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="🙄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="🙄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" /> Or just one won't hurt. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="🙄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="🙄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" /> Or well hell I JUST GOTTA HAVE ONE! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="🙄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="🙄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" />), sometimes without even thinking -- ordering a diet coke instead of unsweet ice tea and not even realizing it until I take that first swallow <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😳" title="😳" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" /> ... But ... I feel a lot better when I'm not drinking it. And I sleep better. I also wake up easier. I dunno if you have trouble with headaches, and there was a time you couldn't have convinced me of this, but I swear my headaches are a little bit better without the Diet Coke than they are when I'm drinking it regularly.Since I was also drinking 3 or more 6-packs a day, too, I can't stress strongly enough that cold turkey is NOT the way to go. The withdrawal will be horrendous. Trust me on this one. Cut back one can a day per week. I know. It seems like it will take FOREVER -- 15 weeks to be exact. That's almost 4 months to be exact. But stop and think about it ... How long have you been sucking down this much soda?? Exactly. Be gentle with yourself. You can make all the other changes you want and/or need to in that time period so you will be PERFECT when you get to where you are drinking a can a day instead of a case a day. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="🤷" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="😉" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="😁" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" /></blockquote>

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