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12 Steps to Healthy Living – Step One – Kick the soda habit

January 5, 2015 by Rebecca Huff // This post contains affiliate links
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Are you still drinking colas? Is soda your go to caffeine drink for that afternoon pick-me-up?

The folks that know say Americans consume 11 pounds of sugar per person, annually, just from drinking Coca-Cola alone, and in case you were wondering, “that's an average of 399 servings of Coke products every year, for every American, which is a bit less than the typical 56 gallons of soda the average American drinks annually.”  Whatever you do, please do not trade one bad habit for another. Diet soda is worse for your health than even sugar is!

Help Quitting the Soda Habit

How To Kick The Habit

  • Write down your reasons for quitting; lose weight, be healthier, save money, whatever your reason is, write it down, post it on your fridge, in your car, at your desk, anywhere you will see it….
  • Get a friend to kick the habit with you, accountability helps
  • Drink more water than you thought you ever could! This will help keep cravings away and flood your cells with hydration, making you feel better.
  • Drink Green Tea or herbal teas, unsweetened of course, or sweetened with Stevia or a small amount of honey
  • Drink Fruit Infused Water, same great water, more flavor! I love this fruit infusing water bottle!
  • Go cold-turkey. This is my way of giving up something, I'm so all-or-nothing… If you aren’t as passionate about giving up your soft-drink habit, then try weaning yourself off by drinking one less per day until you can completely quit
  • Take a plastic baggie and put 17 teaspoons of sugar in it. Tape this to an empty bottle of soda to remind yourself of the amount of sugar you consume in one 20 ounce soda
  • What motivates you?  Is it seeing your success? Motivate yourself by putting your “soda money” in a piggy bank or jar, when you fill it up treat yourself to some reward!
  • Instead of drinking a soda, try carbonated water, it's great! Pellegrino and Perrier are both carbonated mineral water that will give your mouth that fizzy feeling without the sugar. You can even buy Perrier by the case at Costco, it is often on sale!
  • If you absolutely must have a soda, try to cheat clean and cheat smart by drinking something like Virgil's Zero Root Beer, sweetened with Stevia. Virgil's even makes a Dr. Pepper substitute called Dr. Better
  • Even better than that there is a Kombucha (fermented health drink) flavor Root Beer, Ginger, and Doctor that are very good for you and taste similar to soda. Try looking for those at your local health food store. The brand is Live.
  • Try drinking some stevia-sweetened homemade lemonade.
  • Start juicing. Not only will you feel amazing with all that natural energy, but you'll also BE healthier! My favorite juice book is The Juicing Bible.
  • Create a new ritual. If you used to drink a soda every afternoon, try taking a walk instead, or drinking hot water with a drop of peppermint oil.
  • Get more help from my Quit Soda Guide

Drink more water than you thought you ever could! Drinking filtered water from a big berkey gravity-fed water filter ensures that your water is safe to drink. You will feel less hungry and have a higher metabolic rate if you drink water 20 to 30 minutes before a meal. Your digestive system can process your meal more quickly thanks to an accelerated metabolism, which also speeds up the rate at which nutrients are distributed throughout the body.

The above factors encourage healthy eating and weight reduction. This will help keep cravings away and flood your cells with hydration, making you feel better. 

Have you given up drinking soda? If not do you want to? If so, how did you do it? I'd love to hear more about it.

Category: Healthy Habits, Podcast, WellnessTag: healthy eating, healthy living

About Rebecca Huff

Rebecca Huff a.k.a. That Organic Mom is a mother to 6 children. She left the business world to pursue her number one passion, her children. Making a commitment to improving the current and future health of her own family and educating her sphere of influence, she has spent over a decade researching, creating and implementing healthier lifestyle choices. Her goal is to help transform families into Wellness Warriors through Baby Steps that are doable by anyone. Encouraging and coaching other moms has been a passion close to her heart. Her hobbies include collecting cookbooks from all over the world, creating nutritious menus and recipes. Her favorite motto is, “There is no moderate amount of a toxic substance!”

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