Comments on: The Price of Drinking Diet Coke http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/ Your Guide to Stress-Free Financial Control. Personal finance tips. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:14:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Angie Hartford http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-34912 Angie Hartford Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:29:57 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-34912 Congratulations! It's always great to let go of something that doesn't really serve you. Small changes can have a surprisingly large impact on almost any situation. Congratulations! It’s always great to let go of something that doesn’t really serve you. Small changes can have a surprisingly large impact on almost any situation.

]]> By: Angie Hartford http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-34911 Angie Hartford Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:29:41 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-34911 Congratulations! It's always great to let go of something that doesn't really serve you. Small changes can have a surprisingly large impact on any situation. Congratulations! It’s always great to let go of something that doesn’t really serve you. Small changes can have a surprisingly large impact on any situation.

]]> By: Ed http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-33368 Ed Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:27:40 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-33368 It is a case of putting something negative to motivate yourself from a habit that is formed. Soda of any kind is bad for you. My wife & I avoid buying sodas to keep and only drink it on rare occasions. We find that juicing vege & fruits much cheaper and healthier alternative. ed It is a case of putting something negative to motivate yourself from a habit that is formed. Soda of any kind is bad for you. My wife & I avoid buying sodas to keep and only drink it on rare occasions.

We find that juicing vege & fruits much cheaper and healthier alternative.

ed

]]> By:   The Price of Drinking Diet Coke by diet.MEDtrials.info http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-33324   The Price of Drinking Diet Coke by diet.MEDtrials.info Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:32:31 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-33324 [...] Posted by admin as Uncategorized Sam and I agreed that we should quit drinking Diet Coke. I always limited myself to only one per day, usually about 12 ounces. For me, Diet Coke helps me through that 2 o’clock slump–the same time Adam is getting up from his nap and is … article continues at Emily brought to you by diet.medtrials.info and conSALSITA [...] [...] Posted by admin as Uncategorized Sam and I agreed that we should quit drinking Diet Coke. I always limited myself to only one per day, usually about 12 ounces. For me, Diet Coke helps me through that 2 o’clock slump–the same time Adam is getting up from his nap and is … article continues at Emily brought to you by diet.medtrials.info and conSALSITA [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-33180 Daniel Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:46:56 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-33180 My wife and I don't drink diet soda for health reasons (it turns out that regular soda is much better for you...er...much less bad for you), but I'm trying to cut out regular soda as well, also for health reasons. I prefer Kool-Aid to carbonated soda now, because Kool-Aid is sweetened with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. There are few food items that I associate with soda, but I used to eat them frequently. For me, those items are Mexican food, pizza, and burgers. For almost everything else, I prefer water anyway. I know I should quit eating pizza/soda and burgers/soda, but I have cut back and I definitely find quitting them difficult. Maybe I should be satisfied (for now at least) with pizza/Kool-Aid and burgers/Kool-Aid. My wife and I don’t drink diet soda for health reasons (it turns out that regular soda is much better for you…er…much less bad for you), but I’m trying to cut out regular soda as well, also for health reasons. I prefer Kool-Aid to carbonated soda now, because Kool-Aid is sweetened with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.

There are few food items that I associate with soda, but I used to eat them frequently. For me, those items are Mexican food, pizza, and burgers. For almost everything else, I prefer water anyway. I know I should quit eating pizza/soda and burgers/soda, but I have cut back and I definitely find quitting them difficult. Maybe I should be satisfied (for now at least) with pizza/Kool-Aid and burgers/Kool-Aid.

]]> By: sabrina http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-32955 sabrina Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:11:51 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-32955 Heh. That sounds like me and smoking: I wasn't really enthused about quitting because it was "the right thing to do," but I /really/ wanted the extra $20-$25/week. :) Heh. That sounds like me and smoking: I wasn’t really enthused about quitting because it was “the right thing to do,” but I /really/ wanted the extra $20-$25/week. :)

]]> By: sjpeer http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-32886 sjpeer Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:51:26 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-32886 I figure I've was paying almost exactly $50 a month on Diet Coke. I typically bought 2 a day for roughly a dollar each (one for lunch and one driving home) totaling $40. I would also buy 1 to 2 on Saturdays adding another $4-8, putting me at about $44-48 a month. I've been amazed at how habitual it was. I still get cravings after three weeks. It's such a programmed response. Happily they are diminishing. Sam I figure I’ve was paying almost exactly $50 a month on Diet Coke. I typically bought 2 a day for roughly a dollar each (one for lunch and one driving home) totaling $40. I would also buy 1 to 2 on Saturdays adding another $4-8, putting me at about $44-48 a month.

I’ve been amazed at how habitual it was. I still get cravings after three weeks. It’s such a programmed response. Happily they are diminishing.
Sam

]]> By: K http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/comment-page-1/#comment-32879 K Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:34:52 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2007/07/the-price-of-drinking-diet-coke/#comment-32879 i recently decided to try to give up diet pop as well. we always drank the caffeine free type in our household but am worried about the effects on calcium etc and the recent storys about aspartame in the news and all. also the expense. for some odd reason i found that if a drank a can inbetween a meal i would be absolutely starving in half an hour. same thing with other drinks sweetened with aspartame. dont know why that is but the reason i was drinking the diet cola was for weight control so that did me no good. another reason to quit. i actually have been enjoying chilled filtered (tap) water at home, sometimes with a lemon slice and an occaisional iced tea. i recently decided to try to give up diet pop as well. we always drank the caffeine free type in our household but am worried about the effects on calcium etc and the recent storys about aspartame in the news and all. also the expense.

for some odd reason i found that if a drank a can inbetween a meal i would be absolutely starving in half an hour. same thing with other drinks sweetened with aspartame. dont know why that is but the reason i was drinking the diet cola was for weight control so that did me no good. another reason to quit.

i actually have been enjoying chilled filtered (tap) water at home, sometimes with a lemon slice and an occaisional iced tea.

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