Anybody lost weight drinking diet soda?

psuLemon

xMiracat wrote: »

extra_medium wrote: »

Of course. As you said, it has zero calories. Why would it affect your weight loss?

cause i hear horror stories how the sodium or the aspartame in it can make your body cling to fat lol

Many people fear what they don't understand. Aspartame is made up of two naturally occurring amino acids. And yes, while some will report increase hungry, you have to consider if it's psychological or behavioral; meaning, people tell themselves they can eat more because they are drinking no calories. In a small subset of people, artificial sweeteners cause headaches. But in a thread of hundreds of post, it's usually 1 or 2 people.

<--- 2-4 a day.

xMiracat

thank you for all the responses! I honestly didnt think it was possible to lose weight while drinking diet soda LOL I'm glad to know that at least I dont have to cut it out completely!

Wynterbourne

I drink it daily and I'm down 90lbs.

st476

I drink one a day too, and have been for a while. It's not affecting my weight loss if anything, I think it's helping my weight loss because I drink it when I have a sugar craving and it's helped every single time so far!

WinoGelato

Is diet soda already a part of your regular diet?

If so, it will have no effect on weight loss the zero calories are already factored into your baseline consumption, and any hunger triggers that some people experience with aspartame would also be part of your normal routine.

If not, then diet soda could have a positive effect on weight loss as you would be replacing caloric beverages with something with no (or negligible) calories. If you do happen to be one of those people who finds aspartame triggers cravings, then accurately logging your calories should help you mitigate that.

Bottom line I drank diet soda when I was at my skinniest in college, when I was at my heaviest 5 years ago, and while I was losing weight to achieve a healthy BMI now. So my conclusion is that this zero calorie beverage doesn't hinder weight loss...

Machka9

I've been drinking diet coke for years ... a couple decades ... and I remained slender most of that time. About the time I started drinking sugared drinks slightly more often, I gained weight. Back to diet coke again and I lost 25 kg/55 lbs. Of course there were other factors involved too.