Diet soda and munchie help

U2Bad1

I drink diet soda like it is going out of style and it has never once affected my weight.

paperpudding

I think most of us agree the diet soda in itself will not stop OP losing weight - but nevertheless 2- 4 L in a day or so does seem really large amount - and OP has said drinking it makes him hungrier and snack more.

So he needs to either reduce his soda intake - and thus the snacking that goes along with it for him - or get ideas for low calorie snacks.

rileysowner

paperpudding wrote: »

I think most of us agree the diet soda in itself will not stop OP losing weight - but nevertheless 2- 4 L in a day or so does seem really large amount - and OP has said drinking it makes him hungrier and snack more.

So he needs to either reduce his soda intake - and thus the snacking that goes along with it for him - or get ideas for low calorie snacks.

The OP did not say diet makes him hungry, he asked two questions.
1) The diet soda one since he finds diet soda to be a comfort food.
2) What can he use as muchies (snacks) that won't kill his calories.
There is no specific mention that diet soda makes him crave anything. It seems you are inferring that from the two questions, but it is not explicitly stated.

paperpudding

Yes that's true - he didnt explicitly say that.

I though that was what he meant though - and I did ask in my last post if I had understood the question correctly.

Will wait for OP to clarify.

staticsplit

Agree that diet soda isn't inherently scary. I have heard that it can trigger insulin response, but others have also debunked that. I only seem to like plain water when I'm exercising, so the rest of the time I drink diet soda, herbal teas as well as normal tea and coffee, low-sugar diluting juice, flavoured water, etc. It never seems to affect my weight and overall it means I'm more hydrated since I find water so dull. I think I also snack less because it's got a bit of taste.

lemurcat12

tapwaters wrote: »

Diet soda can function like an addiction. Cut it, cold turkey. Don't let the food control you.

Caffeine is addictive. Doesn't necessarily hurt you or have a thing to do with weight loss.

I drink coffee which has more caffeine (and therefore is more addictive -- although that may be the wrong word -- than diet soda), and did so throughout my weight loss. I subsequently quit it and added it back in in moderation (but I will probably start overdoing it again and quit it again -- I do this regularly). Not really a big deal and had nothing to do with weight loss. In fact, I think messing around with changing a comforting habit that has no calories when trying to change your diet in other ways and lose weight is for many people probably counter-productive. IMO, telling people they must change something like this before losing weight is a good way to put an unnecessary stumbling block in their weight loss efforts.

bbell1985

Your problem isn't diet soda.

Start with your food. Eat less of it. You got this

HeidiCooksSupper

Some of us are given a raging case of the munchies by sweet tastes. Diet drinks with no-cal sweeteners, be they artificial or natural, make us want to chew the carpet. For those of us who do react this way, and the OP, like me, may be one of them, cutting out the diet soda helps cut down the munchies. My go to fizzy drink is unsweetened, fruit-flavored seltzers. I've stopped sweetening my coffee. I feel more in control of my eating. I may not have lost much but I've stopped gaining and am under where I was. All to the good.

trigden1991

If it doesn't have calories, it can't reduce your calorie deficit. Diet soda gets me through a lot of hungry times.

kommodevaran

Eating all the time makes it so easy to eat too much. Super tasty low-nutrient/high-calorie foods are practically predigested (thus the term "junk"), and very easy to overeat. If you are overweight, it's hard to exercise, and you can get depressed, and eating is easy way to temporarily ease emotions. It's a hard cycle to break. But you need to do it to lose weight. I would suggest finding other ways than eating and drinking (soda or other drinks) to deal with emotions, and structure your eating differently. Do whatever is helpful for you, don't sweat the small things until you have to. Maybe you need to make drastic changes, maybe not. Drastic changes aren't in themselves wrong, just don't make drastic changes you can't live with.

crzycatlady1

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paperpudding

Yes - so like I said, 2- 4 litre in a day or so.

You left the 'or so' off the bolded bit.

crzycatlady1

paperpudding wrote: »

Yes - so like I said, 2- 4 litre in a day or so.

You left the 'or so' off the bolded bit.

Ha, totally missed that I was trying to wrap my mind around someone actually drinking 4 liters of diet soda in a single day, I don't even know how that's possible without feeling sick?

edit: I'm confusing myself with the 1-2liter part, totally ignore me until I have some caffeine lol.

PennWalker

holykrits wrote: »

I have tried counting calories several times , and usually do well for a while, i am attempting again, however i cannot kick my diet soda habit (2-4 liters every other day), and i am looking for munchies that wont kill my calorie count, any ideas or suggestions to cut the soda or snacks would be awesome , thank you !

Edit - I am currently 500 pounds, and use soda as my comfort food which is why it is so hard to give up, i am eating between 2000-2500 calories a day, my goal is set at 3000 but i try to keep it under

Hi holykrits. I've had success with buying a great looking water bottle and filling it with filtered water, crushed ice, and lemon or lime slices. It might sound silly, but the beautiful bottle makes it seem more like a treat.

For snacks, I eat apples, almonds, a small salad with salt and pepper, and plain instant oatmeal with an apple for sweetener (the oatmeal is 100 calories a pack). I also chew sugarless gum (Orbit brand tastes like regular sugared gum).

I also like steamed greens, especially collards, and shake McCormick's Perfect Pinch spice on them (I don't use butter because I have a cholesterol problem). My favorite spice is the Garlic, Bell Pepper, and Red Pepper. Steamed greens are very low calorie and have a lot of nutrition.

Good luck with your journey! You might friend this man. He is very inspirational and has good ideas:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/profile/taylorrd

rileysowner

OP is MIA.

cerise_noir

tapwaters wrote: »

cerise_noir wrote: »

tapwaters wrote: »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/diet-soda-addiction/

This isn't a reputable scientific source, though.

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE|A116179951&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=15254283&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE|A119059795&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=15254283&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true

Soffritti, M., Padovani, M., Tibaldi, E., Falcioni, L., Manservisi, F., & Belpoggi, F. (2014). The carcinogenic effects of aspartame: The urgent need for regulatory re-evaluation. American Journal Of Industrial Medicine, 57(4), 383-397. doi:10.1002/ajim.22296

Fowler, S. P., Williams, K., & Hazuda, H. P. (2015). Diet Soda Intake Is Associated with Long-Term Increases in Waist Circumference in a Biethnic Cohort of Older Adults: The San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society, 63(4), 708-715.

Bakalar, N. (2008). Cardiovascular disease, diabetes precursors tied to diet soda. Rachel's Democracy & Health News, (945), 14-15.

Patz, Aviva. 2016. "Beat Your Soda Addiction." Prevention 68, no. 1: 52-57. Environment Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed December 10, 2016).

Beckley-Barrett, Lisa., and Dale Ames. Kline. 1996. "Diet, addiction & recovery / by Lisa Beckley ; [edited by Dale Ames Kline]." n.p.: Eureka, CA : Nutrition Dimension, c1996., 1996. Agricola, EBSCOhost (accessed December 10, 2016).

Still wrong. These are not studies and are just scaremongering.

Tacklewasher

tapwaters wrote: »

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/diet-soda-addiction/

I know this has been addressed already, but I'm stunned someone would think the Huffington Post is a legit source for anything.

As I said, I'm not a big diet soda drinker. I agree with whoever posted about the Sodastream. I like mine and don't even add anything to the carbonated water. Tastes better than straight water to me.

Too bad we lost the OP. I wish him all the best.

holykrits

Okay sorry forgot about this entirely !, to clarify My diet soda drinking does NOT make me want to munch, it was in fact 2 separate unrelated questions, yes i understand that caffeine is bad for me, but it makes the calorie counting ALOT easier. I am currently on day 6 and have met my goal each day so far, 3 of which i had under 2,000. i have been munching on carrots

Tacklewasher

Glad to see you back and congrats on sticking with it. I love carrots. And snap peas. And I really don't like vegetables so that's about it for me.

I'm not too fussed about caffeine being bad. I drink 3 cups of coffee a day (black, no sugar) all in the morning. I just know if I drink some after 1 pm, it can affect my sleep. I switch to water in the afternoon.

Have you been able to go for a walk or two?