'Soda' is generally considered to be the sugary stuff (Coke, Pepsi, etc). If you replace with soda water (effectively 0 sugar), then it's not unreasonable to say that you've given up on soda in a non-literal sense.

I think this is a clash of use of American-isms. Soda (stand-alone) is sugared soft drink. Soda Water, is usually carbonated water (sugar free, sometimes flavored)

> I think this is a clash of use of American-isms. Soda (stand-alone) is sugared soft drink. Soda Water, is usually carbonated water (sugar free, sometimes flavored)

IME, consistently, for my while life in the US, “Soda” (standalone) is (in general use, there are contexts where it means something else) a carbonated and flavored soft drink, whether or not it is sugared, while “soda water” is carbonated water without additional flavor.

y, it's mainly giving up the sugar and other bad stuff in coke and pepsi, etc.

soda water/sparkling water like perrier, etc. Just water CO2 and some fruit juice, 0 calories.

zero soda(coke/pepsi/mt dew) intake, now just bottled water, carbonated water/fruit juice and green tea if you need a boost.