went to bojangles yet again and didn't get a sweet tea. I think i've almost overcome my urge.

1/12/2010 10:50:33 AM

gg, brah

1/12/2010 10:50:43 AM

sounds like hell on earth

1/12/2010 10:51:15 AM

I'm on day 2.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

1/12/2010 10:51:50 AM

not that hard with diet dr pepper cherry out there (sodium ftw!) and once you get used to unsweet tea. But then you get that rare occurrence where you're at cookout or bojangles and they give you sweet tea by mistake..."Well I'm already here eating trashy food, what's an extra 250 calories going to do"

1/12/2010 10:53:49 AM

i'm trying to get off caffeine

after that i'll kick sodas altogether

god i miss caffeine

[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 10:56 AM. Reason : though actually i haven't had a soda since christmas-time, just sweetened drinks]

1/12/2010 10:55:50 AM

diet green tea


it is your best way out of this.

1/12/2010 10:57:21 AM

Dear god, why?

1/12/2010 10:57:30 AM

caffeine is in your mind !

1/12/2010 10:57:38 AM

Just be poor for a while, worked for me. Kicked tea about the time Pink Floyd was on the Pulse tour. Kicked soda about 10 years ago when the money didn't stretch that far.

Well, I still have the occasional soda (1 can per 6-8 weeks).

1/12/2010 11:38:45 AM

I just listened to that video that al posted

1/12/2010 12:23:43 PM

My sister tried to give up caffeine last year. She said it was harder than quitting smoking.

1/12/2010 12:28:02 PM

Quote :

"diet green tea it is your best way out of this."

That stuff has caffeine, albeit about 1/2 of most sodas. Maybe it would be a good stepping stone, but being 12 days in there is no reason to use it now.

1/12/2010 12:34:13 PM

Quote :

"diet green tea it is your best way out of this."

It's ambrosia.

^ No caffeine? What are you Mormon?

[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM. Reason : *]

1/12/2010 12:53:38 PM

I don't see the point of it either, but I can't help it if that's his goal.

1/12/2010 1:56:59 PM

we don't even have sweet tea up here - so

1/12/2010 1:57:20 PM

I've been off caffeine since highschool. It's not that hard, get 7 hours of sleep every night and you'll be fine.

1/12/2010 1:58:18 PM

SWEET TEA SUCKS ANYWAY

1/12/2010 2:00:31 PM

WOMAN I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU

1/12/2010 2:05:38 PM

1/12/2010 2:09:06 PM

you probably get off on shit like that dont ya

1/12/2010 2:09:11 PM

Now that's a nice cup of sweet tea right there

1/12/2010 2:10:01 PM

Quote :

"Just be poor for a while, worked for me. Kicked tea about the time Pink Floyd was on the Pulse tour. Kicked soda about 10 years ago when the money didn't stretch that far. Well, I still have the occasional soda (1 can per 6-8 weeks)."

Making sweet tea is cheap as fuck. Like CHEAP as fuck.

Also, you can get most off brand sodas for like 75cents a 2liter.

You are saying you couldn't even afford that?

1/12/2010 2:13:48 PM

Some people have to scrape by to get their lotto tickets, ok

1/12/2010 2:16:01 PM

Imma win one of these days.

1/12/2010 4:00:10 PM

i went straight water.

1/12/2010 4:56:16 PM

Is that butter in that cup of sweet tea?

1/12/2010 4:59:07 PM

day 14 - still holding strong.

1/14/2010 11:33:07 AM

sweet tea is mostly water

you got something against water?

1/14/2010 11:33:58 AM

I didn't read this thread and don't know if it's been mentioned....

but I would say eating at Bojangles repeatedly is worse for you then having a soda every now and again.

[Edited on January 14, 2010 at 11:35 AM. Reason : t]

1/14/2010 11:34:30 AM

the molecules that comprise a Bojangles meal are mostly empty space

you got something against empty space?

1/14/2010 11:35:42 AM

that damn empty space! always fuckin' up my program!

1/14/2010 11:36:28 AM

i quit regular soda a couple of years ago, and just quit soda altogether just before christmas. i was sick of relying on caffeine to be clearheaded in the morning. the headaches lasted about 3-4 days. i still will drink unsweetened tea every once in a while. i've never liked coffee.

i feel a lot better. it's so night to get up on a weekend and not have to immediately jump into the pepsi.

1/14/2010 11:57:00 AM

day 15, stepped on the scales

I weighed in at 240 in late december of last year.

Stepped on scale today after lunch and i am 226. I've lost close to 15 lbs this month so far by dropping sodas and sweet tea.

1/15/2010 12:49:55 PM

were you quitting diet sodas or regular sodas?

when i quit drinking regular soda and switched to diet several years ago i definitely lost about 10lbs that first month. it's amazing the amount of sugar you take in drinking 3-4 regular sodas a day

1/15/2010 12:52:04 PM

sodas all together. none of this "oh i'll switch to diet" bs.

No more giant mountain dews from taco bell, big sweet teas from bojangles, and endless sweet tea everytime i go out to eat.

1/15/2010 12:53:29 PM

what i'm saying is, were you a regular soda drinker or a diet soda drinker? i'm guessing with that kinda of lost poundage you were a regular soda drinker.

1/15/2010 12:55:01 PM

Dr. Pepper every where. I hardly ever drank diet.

1/15/2010 12:55:54 PM

i lost 11 lbs. when i quit drinking sodas and sweet tea

although i've slowly started drinking them again, i'm quitting again

mainly because i do not like kidney stones

1/15/2010 12:57:35 PM

if you're just looking to lose weight (by quitting sodas/sweet tea) then you could technically drink diet sodas and get unsweet tea and add splenda to it

however, if you're trying to quit the caffeine - well then, Godspeed my friend

1/15/2010 12:58:16 PM

i've cut soft drinks out cold turkey before and had no problems doing so. the caffeine never did anything to me, and the carbonation is the only thing i miss...effervescence helps sore throats.

1/15/2010 12:59:32 PM

Yeah caffeine has never done anything for me either. I can go weeks without a soda or anything caffeinated and I could also pound a red bull and then go to bed.

1/15/2010 1:01:11 PM

wait till you give in just a little and grab an oreo just to see if you can stop at one. Shit will get you high as a kite

then you'll have some decisions to make

1/15/2010 1:09:20 PM

I quit drinking soda a while ago

I mostly drink water now and just to mix it up... crystal light ftw, tastes exactly like kool-aid

1/15/2010 1:22:00 PM

I gave up soda tea and coff for lent and won. I don't even urge for it anymore.

1/15/2010 1:22:53 PM

Quote :

"I gave up soda tea and coff for lent "

would it really have been that much harder for you to type the last two e's ?

1/15/2010 1:23:55 PM

I've heard that it takes 14 days to overcome a psychological addiction (although a cursory Google search provides no examples or evidence of this fact).

If so, you're two days away, brah.

1/15/2010 1:25:01 PM

gave up soda/energy drinks/coffee twice for lent, i would have been successful the frist time, except drive through lady somehow misunderstood unsweet tea for coke on about day 32 and i didnt realize it until i had already taken a big sip of it...super pissed about that but i drank the damn thing anyway

it wasnt that hard after about three weeks and i did notice some weight loss and more $$$ in the pocket

1/15/2010 1:38:57 PM

Day 5. Not bad.

1/15/2010 1:43:22 PM

Coming soon: Page 2.

1/15/2010 1:45:11 PM