Soda/Pop/Coke...whatever you call it!

redromad275

It did not hinder my progress (diet mt dew and diet coke) but went cold turkey soon into my WOE because i wanted to start drinking more water. Still have my cup of coffee in the morning though... not giving that up.

There is a lot of debate on the pluses and minuses of diet soda. I tend to follow the comments above. It's less chemicals in my body that I don't need.

Lasmartchika

I don't know about diet soda, but I drink regular soda (specifically Coke) at least once a week, and I've lost weight. I've heard diet soda is bad cuz of the fake sugars they use, but who knows. I can't really stand the taste of diet soda anyways. :drinker:

Hornsby

No - diet soda does not hinder weight loss for most. For some it causes cravings, but that means nothing. You either give in to the cravings after you drink a diet soda, you don't give in to them, or you cut out the diet soda. I drink it and it causes me no cravings.

ahoier

This is kinda like a "Lite Beer" vs. "Regular Beer" type debate......

I've personally cut out "Lite Beer" and go with a full flavor beer and I've found if I go with a darker beer, I get intoxicated faster.....and drink less.......so it's a win-win there for me I'll down 12 Bud "Lights" before I "feet it" - whereas, It'll only take 2 or 3 darker, beers and I get so full and bloated I can't drink anymore and they gotta roll me out lol.

It's about the same concept I believe

lemurcat12

I haven't found that drinking or not drinking diet soda makes a difference to my weight loss (and I wouldn't expect it to) or how I feel, although I prefer not to overdo the diet soda. It does not give me cravings or seem to cause me to want to eat more.

Back when I cut it out I didn't cut out coffee (which I like black) and probably ended up having a bit more caffeine, as well as more straight water.

JulieAnn72

I lost over 20 pounds last year while drinking diet soda pretty much every day. I've read that it can make you crave sweets, and I did experience that occasionally. But I don't have issues with sweets so when that happened, I just ate a small piece of candy and was fine. I suppose if this were an issue for you, it could affect your weight. But in general, diet soda shouldn't affect your weight loss.

Drinking regular soda will since it's so high in calories, although if you ate less food to offset it, I suppose you could drink as much regular soda as you wanted to. You might be hungry though. I'm guessing when people say they gave up soda to help with weight loss, they're generally talking about regular soda. That was one of the first things I changed when I went on a diet for the first time many years ago.

dcamell

I drink 2 liters a day. I'm not calling that healthy, but I got on it at a young age due to insulin dependent diabetes (sweet pop spikes my sugars, which makes me feel awful.) I haven't curbed it since I started losing in January, and things seem to be working out.

aimforhealthy

Not one peer-reviewed scientific study exists that proves diet soda is the cause of weight gain or any human illness. Not one.

FredDoyle

My point is it causes inflammation, which is harmful to people. Just because everyone can not feel it like I can, does not mean it does not do harm.

Here are a few links to some of those pesky scientific studies:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108162135.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20592133
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2013/01/30/ajcn.112.050997.abstract
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/1/155.abstract
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688.short
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/117/6/754.full.pdf+html

Cheerio

Those studies don't support your conclusion at all...

ta ta

nomorecakeKP

Thanks everyone for your input! I will continue to indulge in my 1 bottle of diet mountain dew a day. I look forward to it and am glad I don't have to cut it ou!