Weight loss paused bc diet soda?
KetoLady86
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At first, all I drank was water...but then started my diet soda again! Ugh, I know...anyway, I know theres a lot of rational reasons why my weight loss has basically stopped...but could it be the diet soda? Anyone with a similar experience? Thanks dolls!!
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Artificial sweeteners work for some, not for others. I will occasionally have a diet ginger ale and it doesn't seem to hurt. I use stevia for sweetener, as the others do seem to slow me down if I have more than one serve of them in a day. We all seem to be different, so observe what happens when you drink them.
Other things can slow down weight loss too, so examine all that you are doing to see if you can find something that has a bad impact on the loss.2 -
Yes it can be the diet soda. I used to drink nothing but Coke Zero. When I stopped drinking it and went to water I lost 15 lbs in a month. Yep....in a month.10
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@retirehappy tha ka dor the response...i think It may be..I usually eat very keto...moat of the time..im not saying i should of lost another 20lbs, but I have been around the same weight for over 2 mos. I usually use liquid stevia in my coffee...but i think its the soda
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RowdysLady wrote: »Yes it can be the diet soda. I used to drink nothing but Coke Zero. When I stopped drinking it and went to water I lost 15 lbs in a month. Yep....in a month.
I just may have had my last Coke Zero. So hard for me to give up.1 -
That's crazy!! I have a few a day when I'm craving something sweet.. I wonder if cutting them would make a difference? Hmmm..1
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I drank a Diet Coke on Sunday afternoon. First artificial sweetener I've had in months.
I felt bloated and yucky too2 -
Ok..lets start a no diet soda challenge!!!!3
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KetoLady86 wrote: »Ok..lets start a no diet soda challenge!!!!
I don't know... I look forward to my
bi-monthly Diet Dr. Pepper
I buy it shopping Sat morning
& it usually lasts me till evening.
Love the taste hate the bubbles
or 
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I have a diet dr pepper once a month and quite enjoy it too. but lately a few more diet cokes snuck in there so I'm good with the once a month but the rest need to stop.1
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Artificial sweeteners stall me (even the sweeteners that shouldn't raise blood glucose) -- it is a bummer but switching to LaCroix has satisfied my soda need.5
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I need to stop .. I'm a Diet coke addict.2
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I am a Coke Zero addict : ( Maybe we should start a challenge - not till tomorrow tho - I have a big 12 ouncer left. I did that with wine and NEVER had wine again - SOOOO we have to be sure we want to go there - no Coke Zero land. Just the thought gives me chills....1
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sherryrichie wrote: »RowdysLady wrote: »Yes it can be the diet soda. I used to drink nothing but Coke Zero. When I stopped drinking it and went to water I lost 15 lbs in a month. Yep....in a month.
I just may have had my last Coke Zero. So hard for me to give up.
I had been crazy miserable with itching, pain, exhaustion and I wound up going to a Naturopath because no doctor could tell me what was wrong. I told her I was addicted to them. She told me to give them up. Keep in mind I'd been drinking nothing but Coke Zero - I woke up with one, went to bed with one. She said it was my problem. I cried, literally, in her office. On the way home I drank one more 20 ounce and didn't touch another one for about 6 years. In that first month I really did drop 15 lbs. I also lost most of my symptoms that took me to the Naturopath to begin with. I felt so much better. Migraines were eased up, my gut pain was gone, I could sleep at night, the freaking itching that made me scratch my skin off went away...
I drank only water and was scared to death that if I had any soda I'd fall off the wagon. Over the last two years I started drinking sweet tea and sugared sodas again and that with my diet, I watched my weight climb. It wasn't until I decided to lose weight that I went to sugar free sodas but I don't drink them as my only source of liquid. Rowdy likes Pepsi products so that's what I buy now and it was really easy to have a diet Pepsi on occasion - they taste only "ok". But now Pepsi makes a Pepsi Zero that is AMAZING. I wish I'd never tried it because I think I could be right back where I was so many years ago.
I started logging again yesterday and added a spot for soda so I could see if my Pepsi Zero intake was getting out of control. I know some days I drink more soda than others but right now it's when I'm out and about - like at Anna's band competitions. I should not be drinking 5 a day at home. We will see...sigh...
I wish it were as easy, @HawkPNP as to just stop buying them and drinking water. Soda is as addictive as tobacco, gambling and alcohol. The only reason I was able to quit cold turkey back then was because I felt like I was dying I was so sick and miserable all the time. And the minute I had an "excuse" to drink them again, I did so here I am. With a Pepsi Zero in front of me right now. Even when you don't buy a 12 pack for the house, you stop at the gas station and buy one or get one at the restaurant. It truly is an addiction for some people.4 -
KetoLady86 wrote: »Ok..lets start a no diet soda challenge!!!!
I'm in. I want to see how long I can go without Coke Zero.0 -
I am a Coke Zero addict : ( Maybe we should start a challenge - not till tomorrow tho - I have a big 12 ouncer left. I did that with wine and NEVER had wine again - SOOOO we have to be sure we want to go there - no Coke Zero land. Just the thought gives me chills....
Ok...Lets do it... No Diet soda!! Im starting...........NOW!
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sherryrichie wrote: »KetoLady86 wrote: »Ok..lets start a no diet soda challenge!!!!
I'm in. I want to see how long I can go without Coke Zero.
ALRIGHT! Lets do it..lol
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Unfortunately, diet soda is a required ingredient for my protein fluff recipes. Fortunately, I've never had any problems out of it, and I drink more in a day than most people do in a week. I'm pretty sure that if you cut me, a sickly combination of Coke Zero, Diet Sunkist, and Diet A&W Root Beer would pour out.1
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »Unfortunately, diet soda is a required ingredient for my protein fluff recipes. Fortunately, I've never had any problems out of it, and I drink more in a day than most people do in a week. I'm pretty sure that if you cut me, a sickly combination of Coke Zero, Diet Sunkist, and Diet A&W Root Beer would pour out.
Oh how I wish I could be you in that particular area.... the story I told above...I was drinking nearly a case a day then and wish I could again.0 -
I used to drink 2-3 cases of diet coke a week, but I gave up caffeine many years ago and quit drinking sodas at the same time. I have added caffeine back into my routine, but not the sodas (I might have 1-2 sodas a year just because there is nothing else available to drink). All I drink are coffee, tea and water. I use Truvia in my coffee (sometimes cream but not everyday), plain water and unsweet tea (yes, I am a southerner and a heathen because I cannot stand the taste of sweet tea
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I used to get a 52 oz Diet Dr Pepper every day before work and then have either 2-3 cans or another 52 oz at lunch. I didn't stop until I saw how it was really messing with my BG. Cutting back was harder than quitting for me. Having a smaller amount just made me crave more. Kinda like an old Mark Twain quote where he told a doctor he couldn't cut back on smoking cigars - he could quit, but there was no way he could cut back.
I haven't had any diet soda of any kind for almost 3 months now.6 -
I drink about 1.5-2 liters of diet Pepsi/diet 7up every day! I've lost 17lbs in 6 weeks and still slowly going down. Yes it can cause bloating and water retention but for me it doesn't stall fat loss in any concerning way. I feel bad for anyone that can't drink it.
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RowdysLady wrote: »sherryrichie wrote: »RowdysLady wrote: »Yes it can be the diet soda. I used to drink nothing but Coke Zero. When I stopped drinking it and went to water I lost 15 lbs in a month. Yep....in a month.
I just may have had my last Coke Zero. So hard for me to give up.
I had been crazy miserable with itching, pain, exhaustion and I wound up going to a Naturopath because no doctor could tell me what was wrong. I told her I was addicted to them. She told me to give them up. Keep in mind I'd been drinking nothing but Coke Zero - I woke up with one, went to bed with one. She said it was my problem. I cried, literally, in her office. On the way home I drank one more 20 ounce and didn't touch another one for about 6 years. In that first month I really did drop 15 lbs. I also lost most of my symptoms that took me to the Naturopath to begin with. I felt so much better. Migraines were eased up, my gut pain was gone, I could sleep at night, the freaking itching that made me scratch my skin off went away...
I drank only water and was scared to death that if I had any soda I'd fall off the wagon. Over the last two years I started drinking sweet tea and sugared sodas again and that with my diet, I watched my weight climb. It wasn't until I decided to lose weight that I went to sugar free sodas but I don't drink them as my only source of liquid. Rowdy likes Pepsi products so that's what I buy now and it was really easy to have a diet Pepsi on occasion - they taste only "ok". But now Pepsi makes a Pepsi Zero that is AMAZING. I wish I'd never tried it because I think I could be right back where I was so many years ago.
I started logging again yesterday and added a spot for soda so I could see if my Pepsi Zero intake was getting out of control. I know some days I drink more soda than others but right now it's when I'm out and about - like at Anna's band competitions. I should not be drinking 5 a day at home. We will see...sigh...
I wish it were as easy, @HawkPNP as to just stop buying them and drinking water. Soda is as addictive as tobacco, gambling and alcohol. The only reason I was able to quit cold turkey back then was because I felt like I was dying I was so sick and miserable all the time. And the minute I had an "excuse" to drink them again, I did so here I am. With a Pepsi Zero in front of me right now. Even when you don't buy a 12 pack for the house, you stop at the gas station and buy one or get one at the restaurant. It truly is an addiction for some people.
It definitely isn't easy....it is super addictive. I loved it. I was working on the road and I think I lived out of convenience stores for so long. Loved diet soda. And sugar in general.
There are no true tricks to quitting but at the same time, you can always do anything you set your mind to. I failed many times and restarted many times. And then it finally clicked.1 -
I was a flight attendant for almost 17 years and a drank minimum a 6 pack a day of diet coke when I was at work - it was pretty horrible. I was so bloated by the end of a day that my pants would barely button. I don't know if it was the pressure change of being on an airplane for 8 hours, along with all the crappy food, and carbonation/artificial sweetener in the DC, but I went cold turkey and instantly had less bloating and discomfort.
I will occasionally order one if I eat at a restaurant, or am at Costco shopping, but we don't have it at home. We do buy Lacroix by the case though and that seems to satisfy my need for something a little more special than water. I'm also a caffeine addict, so coffee figures in my day. (Although, I will say I'm on day 10 of LCHF diet, and I find that I need less and less caffeine every day because I have so much energy and my afternoon slump has almost disappeared.)3 -
RowdysLady wrote: »sherryrichie wrote: »RowdysLady wrote: »Yes it can be the diet soda. I used to drink nothing but Coke Zero. When I stopped drinking it and went to water I lost 15 lbs in a month. Yep....in a month.
I just may have had my last Coke Zero. So hard for me to give up.
I had been crazy miserable with itching, pain, exhaustion and I wound up going to a Naturopath because no doctor could tell me what was wrong. I told her I was addicted to them. She told me to give them up. Keep in mind I'd been drinking nothing but Coke Zero - I woke up with one, went to bed with one. She said it was my problem. I cried, literally, in her office. On the way home I drank one more 20 ounce and didn't touch another one for about 6 years. In that first month I really did drop 15 lbs. I also lost most of my symptoms that took me to the Naturopath to begin with. I felt so much better. Migraines were eased up, my gut pain was gone, I could sleep at night, the freaking itching that made me scratch my skin off went away...
I drank only water and was scared to death that if I had any soda I'd fall off the wagon. Over the last two years I started drinking sweet tea and sugared sodas again and that with my diet, I watched my weight climb. It wasn't until I decided to lose weight that I went to sugar free sodas but I don't drink them as my only source of liquid. Rowdy likes Pepsi products so that's what I buy now and it was really easy to have a diet Pepsi on occasion - they taste only "ok". But now Pepsi makes a Pepsi Zero that is AMAZING. I wish I'd never tried it because I think I could be right back where I was so many years ago.
I started logging again yesterday and added a spot for soda so I could see if my Pepsi Zero intake was getting out of control. I know some days I drink more soda than others but right now it's when I'm out and about - like at Anna's band competitions. I should not be drinking 5 a day at home. We will see...sigh...
I wish it were as easy, @HawkPNP as to just stop buying them and drinking water. Soda is as addictive as tobacco, gambling and alcohol. The only reason I was able to quit cold turkey back then was because I felt like I was dying I was so sick and miserable all the time. And the minute I had an "excuse" to drink them again, I did so here I am. With a Pepsi Zero in front of me right now. Even when you don't buy a 12 pack for the house, you stop at the gas station and buy one or get one at the restaurant. It truly is an addiction for some people.
It is true about the itching I have experienced the same thing - for me more like "pings of pain" in my toes, fingers, legs & the only time this happens is after I drink Coke Zero (or any kind of coke) It feels like a needle being pushed in - but I persist in Coke drinking I am no quitter (roll eyes)
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coloradoartstudio wrote: »I was a flight attendant for almost 17 years and a drank minimum a 6 pack a day of diet coke when I was at work - it was pretty horrible. I was so bloated by the end of a day that my pants would barely button. I don't know if it was the pressure change of being on an airplane for 8 hours, along with all the crappy food, and carbonation/artificial sweetener in the DC, but I went cold turkey and instantly had less bloating and discomfort.
I will occasionally order one if I eat at a restaurant, or am at Costco shopping, but we don't have it at home. We do buy Lacroix by the case though and that seems to satisfy my need for something a little more special than water. I'm also a caffeine addict, so coffee figures in my day. (Although, I will say I'm on day 10 of LCHF diet, and I find that I need less and less caffeine every day because I have so much energy and my afternoon slump has almost disappeared.)
I'm a total caffeine addict -- I agree I have had less coffee since starting LCHF. But I still love my iced tea and coffee. One battle at a time1 -
Me too - I am in but I am starting tomorrow - I just HAVE TO drink the last one in my house. But I want to quit too. I think it is the fizz that I like. Maybe I will get one of those fizz making machines. I already drink Perrier & Pellegrino.
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If you get one, let me know how you like it. I'm always super tempted by those machines...Me too - I am in but I am starting tomorrow - I just HAVE TO drink the last one in my house. But I want to quit too. I think it is the fizz that I like. Maybe I will get one of those fizz making machines. I already drink Perrier & Pellegrino.
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