Diet soda
eimaj5575
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So just a small rant..... I have now given up diet soda, I am now gonna drink regular soda again but ONLY on occassion NOT everyday. Its alittle tough to start but worth it. I am just being weak and missing it. Small rant thats all.
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Um.
OK.
Diet soda, or as I call it, pop, isnt bad for ya.
If you like Diet Pop, best would be to drink that than picking up the habit of regular pop again.0 -
I happen to prefer the taste of diet sodas, because that's what I was brought up with. I try not to have it too often though, because even if it's low on sugar, it's full of chemicals.
However, I have a friend who doesn't like the taste of diet drinks, so like you, she has normal cola, the full sugar kind, but she treats it as a treat, in the same way she would chocolate or sweets, so just has one every so often when she's had a good cal day. She's lost weight this way, so it can work.0 -
just curious why you switched from diet (o cals) to regular (~150/can)?
is this an anti-aspartame thing or do you just enjoy regular soda (which in moderation is perfectly ok)?0 -
I use to drink regular sodas and then when I came to MFP I quit them cold turkey. It wasn't until 7 months later I had a soda again, and it was a diet soda. In that time, I discovered that the diet sodas that had an "after-taste" no longer have an after taste, and are actually really good. I also discovered that tea (like green tea, for example), which for my entire life tasted bitter to me, is now actually sweet.
All from quitting full sugar sodas. Go figure. I don't think there's anything wrong with drinking a regular soda every one in a while... but for me, I'd rather eat my calories than waste them on a soft drink. I still find it weird that my taste buds have changed so much.0 -
Have you tried sparkling water….lemon, lime, orange? It is 0 calories, no sugar, no artificial sweeteners. Contains water and CO2…bubbles!
(you do have to read the labels to be sure you are not getting the one with artificial sweeteners)0 -
FINALLY!
I'll get some sleep tonight.0 -
Iced tea with Stevia! Lipton has lots of cold brew flavors to choose from. Also, having a diet soda every once in a while won't kill you. Cold turkey is probably best though if you're a junkie (been there). You can add one back here and there once you've been without them for a few weeks if you want and it probably won't hurt anything.0
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I, too, am not a fan of diet sodas. I am, however, a caffeine junkie so I will have occasionally if I get a headache. I find sparkling water to be the perfect substitute for me. Even my Coke-addicted SO drinks club-soda and juice.0
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So just a small rant..... I have now given up diet soda, I am now gonna drink regular soda again but ONLY on occassion NOT everyday. Its alittle tough to start but worth it. I am just being weak and missing it. Small rant thats all.
Why don't you try drinking sparkling water. It does have that fizzy feeling, no calories, no sugar and it keeps you feeling full. Personally, I add a slice of lemon and it becomes the perfect drink.0 -
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Just fit whatever you want into your calories and you'll lose. Enjoy!0
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this stuff is amazeballs...
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Good. You may as well enjoy your soda. I'm not a big diet soda drinker because I think they taste yucky. However Diet Pepsi tastes less yuck than the others. But, If I'm goign to HAVE SODA then I have my yummy regular coke and enjoy it. Not daily, not even weekly, but sporadically. I love regular coke but it's one big sugar shot.
Moderation. Now if I could only do that with bread......(and I can, but yesterday, I chose not to.)0 -
this stuff is amazeballs...
Well, yes, I have to concur, Diet Coke with flavor is much better than regular Diet Coke.0 -
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Just fit whatever you want into your calories and you'll lose. Enjoy!
your logic has no place here.
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this stuff is amazeballs...
Indeed.0 -
So just a small rant..... I have now given up diet soda, I am now gonna drink regular soda again but ONLY on occassion NOT everyday. Its alittle tough to start but worth it. I am just being weak and missing it. Small rant thats all.
Why don't you try drinking sparkling water. It does have that fizzy feeling, no calories, no sugar and it keeps you feeling full. Personally, I add a slice of lemon and it becomes the perfect drink.
Because Coke tastes GOOOOOD!!!! But seltzer is yummy too. Now, the whole carbonation thing, that's for another post.0 -
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this stuff is amazeballs...
Well, yes, I have to concur, Diet Coke with flavor is much better than regular Diet Coke.
did you just insult my coke zero by calling it diet coke? or are you just southerner?0 -
I happen to prefer the taste of diet sodas, because that's what I was brought up with. I try not to have it too often though, because even if it's low on sugar, it's full of chemicals.
However, I have a friend who doesn't like the taste of diet drinks, so like you, she has normal cola, the full sugar kind, but she treats it as a treat, in the same way she would chocolate or sweets, so just has one every so often when she's had a good cal day. She's lost weight this way, so it can work.
ESSackly!0 -
this stuff is amazeballs...
Well, yes, I have to concur, Diet Coke with flavor is much better than regular Diet Coke.
did you just insult my coke zero by calling it diet coke? or are you just southerner?
I'm just insulted that someone could ever look at a picture of Coke Zero and think it could ever live up to the gloriousness that is Diet Coke...0 -
I only drink caffeine free Diet Coke, I wouldn't put all that sugar and caffeine in my body. It seems counter productive to a healthy lifestyle.0
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I only drink caffeine free Diet Coke, I wouldn't put all that sugar and caffeine in my body. It seems counter productive to a healthy lifestyle.
that would be like smoking nicotine free cigarettes...0 -
I only drink caffeine free Diet Coke, I wouldn't put all that sugar and caffeine in my body. It seems counter productive to a healthy lifestyle.
that would be like smoking nicotine free cigarettes...
Are they as delicious as diet coke?0 -
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this stuff is amazeballs...
Never have I wanted anything more than this. Cherry Coke was my biggest thing before I stopped drinking regular sodas and it's the one I miss the most (not even Mountain Dew!).0 -
I only drink caffeine free Diet Coke, I wouldn't put all that sugar and caffeine in my body. It seems counter productive to a healthy lifestyle.
that would be like smoking nicotine free cigarettes...
Are they as delicious as diet coke?
No! Coke Zero all the way!
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Um.
OK.
Diet soda, or as I call it, pop, isnt bad for ya.
If you like Diet Pop, best would be to drink that than picking up the habit of regular pop again.
LOL Um yeah ok0
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