Diet Soda and Falling off the Wagon

kika_mckee
kika_mckee Posts: 126 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So I have been eating pretty good and then last week, i don't know what happened. then I remembered that I started drining diet soda again. Has anyone else noticed that their cravings for bad stuff increase when you drink diet soda?

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    nope I drink diet coke everyday....

    define bad stuff?
  • runnergrlfl
    runnergrlfl Posts: 82 Member
    No. I have a diet soda almost every day with my lunch. It doesn't change the way I eat, or what I want to eat.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    no
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    I drink more coke zero and coffee (with sugar, so it has calories) than a normal human ever should and I have no trouble losing. If you're gaining weight back, it's likely that you are not measuring and tracking accurately. If you do not already have a food scale, you should buy one (they're cheap, take it from a poor college student) and see if measuring your food that way makes any difference at all.
  • ValeriePlz
    ValeriePlz Posts: 517 Member
    There are studies that say that drinking a lot of diet cola leads to a higher preference for sweet food overall, but there are other studies that didn't find those results.
  • _celesse
    _celesse Posts: 75 Member
    If I'm to the point where I'm drinking diet soda, usually that means I'm already having pretty bad cravings. I've managed to cut my soda consumption down to maybe a time or two or month, so when I go for diet it's because I consider it less crappy than regular, lol (I'm sure someone somewhere will disagree).
  • liekewheeless
    liekewheeless Posts: 416 Member
    I think it's a personal thing. Some people will over eat thinking they can have more since they only drink diet drinks. Some people will want more sugary foods when drinking diet drinks.

    If you don't have a problem with increased cravings go for it. If you feel less in control of your diet when drinking diet drinks, leave them alone.

    I do drink them and it doesn't bother me.
  • kika_mckee
    kika_mckee Posts: 126 Member
    That's what it feels like, I just want sweets! I think I need to cut way down, like one a month.
  • husseycd
    husseycd Posts: 814 Member
    Diet soda just makes me crave more diet soda. Many years ago I lost about 12 lbs switching from regular to diet soda, all without changing anything else.

    I'd be more concerned with too much diet soda and bone density.

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