Anyone else stop drinking Diet Coke?

Marig0ld

If I drink diet soda, it will usually be on an "atypical" occasion...like if I go out to eat, I will have ONE diet soda. Or maybe a little bit on the weekend. I just don't buy it when I go to the grocery store.

Growing up, my parents would pick up soda at the grocery store as if it was one of those "must have" items such as bread or toilet paper! Needless to say, I was a chubby kid.

So I guess as long as you don't make a habit out of drinking it, it's not "Z0mG teh eevil!!!!11!!" like all these studies seem to imply.

WalkingGirl1985

I have about one diet drink a week, thats it..I used to drink it every single day and decided to cut down.

clogreco

I have always had diet soda, just stopped now for 4 days and what I'm finding is that I don't feel as hungry?

ilookthetype

I used to drink diet and stopped and now its all too sweet. I'll stick to my water, thanks.

My issue with Diet Coke is that people talk about it as an addiction and that isn't good for your body. Addiction of any kind just makes my skin twitch...and this is comeing from a 22 year old who started smoking at 17 and quit and who quit drinking as well. If you think you absolutely can't go with out it...then do just that. Go without it for 21 days and then see how you feel at the end.

My migraines stopped when I stopped drinking Diet Soda and soda in general. I know I lost some weight doing just that. I think its possibly, but really everybody's body is different.

chubswonky

Diet Coke does not really make you gain weight. I have lost successfully with drinking diet pop. There really hasn't been enough research to say that it does.... You cut back on your calories quit a lot. That will make you lose as well. I only drink one can of diet pop a day... sometimes two just depends. I have went from 130 to 112 within 10 months!!!

there is a lot of research out there that studies this, actually. it pretty much comes down to, your body tastes sweet, you get a spike of insulin, there's no real sugar to counteract it, so what happens when we have an insulin spike? we store fat. Whenever insulin is released, glucose stores are stored as glycogen in the liver for energy, that's fine whenever your glycogen stores are depleted after a workout, but if they are full, and insulin is released, the extra glucose will be transported DIRECTLY into those fat cells. and on that note, I myself do drink pepsi max occasionally, probably 3 or 4 a week, but I"m just sayin' be aware!!
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There is also research out there showing that people who drink it regularly don't gain weight either. I think people watch more of what they eat when they stop drinking it. I for one have never gained weight off of diet pop.. I am not a believer in this. I have been very successful in it.

Again, I think you're missing the entire point of this post.
I have lost weight while drinking diet soda, as have many, many people. If you refuse to believe any of the studies about this then I'm not sure why you're posting in this in the first place.

LorinaLynn

I stopped drinking Diet Coke. Because my husband works for Pepsi so we get it at a great discount.

I reduced the amount of soda I drink, but I still start every day with a 12-24oz can or bottle.

The sodium in a Diet Pepsi or Max is minimal. About 25mg per 8oz serving. By comparison, a Gatorade has 110mg of sodium per 8oz.

laurad1406

I have been 37 days without a diet coke! and i used to drink 1-2 a day....I didn't think that was too bad, but the fact that I had such terrible headaches for the few days following my quitting, probably tells me it was a legit caffeine addiction. I LOVE diet coke, and after a night out drinking (which is terrible too) i could drink a 2 liter in a few hours, I loved the taste so much. i haven't lost any weight from not drinking it, which is ok, I only want to lose 5-7 anyway, and I wasnt depending on quitting soda to do that for me. But I feel so much better now that I'm not drinking it, I rarely ever get any headaches, and I've learned to LOVE water. I feel like my skin has been much clearer too, and my nails have been stronger. Which might just be all in my head, but as long as I feel better, I'm ok with it

amberlee2011

I am losing right now and still drinking diet soda. I get a Large Diet from McDonald's in the mornings and drink a half of it or less. Sometimes I drink a diet pop in the afternoon but I am trying to cut that out for water. I just am addicted to the caffiene and I don't like coffee. When I hit my first plateau, my plan is to stop drinking diet pop completely. I am still losing right now so I'm going to go with it for now.

chubswonky

Laurad- Awesome!!! I stopped drinking it a long time ago and felt better then picked it up again who knows when! hah I love the taste too, especially Diet Coke with something chocolatey! haha

laurad1406

Laurad- Awesome!!! I stopped drinking it a long time ago and felt better then picked it up again who knows when! hah I love the taste too, especially Diet Coke with something chocolatey! haha

Haha I'm actually treating Diet Coke the same way I did when I quit smoking....I'm not even letting myself have one. Now that isn't to say I don't treat myself at all, I think in those 37 days I've had one Sprite, and if I need an afternoon pick me up I drink hot tea with honey and/or lemon. No I'm not completely caffeine-free, but for me (which I think is the same idea as your original post) I just strongly disliked everything I was reading about diet soda. And I don't care how much of what has been proven or not, and who has lost how many pounds from drinking it or not....I just didn't like even the implications of things that could happen, and realized it was an addiction that (like most of them) was providing me NO nutritional value!

chubswonky

Pretty much, exactly! It's also made entirely of chemicals! Much rather get my caffeine fix from coffee or tea!

ckmama

I cut diet soda's years ago, it's really gross if you actually taste it. It's all chemically tasting.

I cut regular sodas as well and now have 1 maybe once every couple of months and it is so freakin' sweet I get sugar mouth.

I'd rather drink water, unsweetened tea, or even kool aid:laugh:

It's funny them putting the study out, people have been saying for years that "diet" soda's cause the body to react the same as if it had injested sugar. It ate a hole in my grannies stomach in the 80's she hasn't had another one since.

rhinobutt

I quit Jan 1. There are times I miss it (out to dinner, certan foods and places) and I have replaced it w/my addiction to our Keurig.
DH is set to quit tomorrow. He will have a rougher time I think. He can drink up to 6 a day, while I only had 1-2.
I agree..MickeyD is the best..that is where we got hooked on it.. working there in college!

stephyy4632

never liked diet pop but I did just stop drinking regular pepsie this past May 1st ( I was drinking around a 12pack per day of cans eeek 150 cal per can ) lets just say that first 20pounds I lost I am sure is do to the calories of the pop that I gave up for water. and wow that article on the diet pop is scary glad I never drank it.

trud72

for some unknown reason when i am doing good(like now):) i drop all carbonated stuff also! it's a all or nothing thing with me

orlandosgoddess21

i have to have either a diet coke or diet dr pepper a day ( which is good considering i used to drink a 6 pack of reg dr pepper a day) but believe me NO ONE wants to be around me if i dont have my caffine

I feel the same way. I've cut down from four diet cokes to one a day but I need my caffeine. As a teacher I have to have the energy to go, go, go right away with them. I'm trying to cut myself down this summer but I have noticed a low on my energy lately. I am trying but I can't kick it completely.

jdavis193

Diet Coke does not really make you gain weight. I have lost successfully with drinking diet pop. There really hasn't been enough research to say that it does.... You cut back on your calories quit a lot. That will make you lose as well. I only drink one can of diet pop a day... sometimes two just depends. I have went from 130 to 112 within 10 months!!!

there is a lot of research out there that studies this, actually. it pretty much comes down to, your body tastes sweet, you get a spike of insulin, there's no real sugar to counteract it, so what happens when we have an insulin spike? we store fat. Whenever insulin is released, glucose stores are stored as glycogen in the liver for energy, that's fine whenever your glycogen stores are depleted after a workout, but if they are full, and insulin is released, the extra glucose will be transported DIRECTLY into those fat cells. and on that note, I myself do drink pepsi max occasionally, probably 3 or 4 a week, but I"m just sayin' be aware!!
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There is also research out there showing that people who drink it regularly don't gain weight either. I think people watch more of what they eat when they stop drinking it. I for one have never gained weight off of diet pop.. I am not a believer in this. I have been very successful in it.

Again, I think you're missing the entire point of this post.
I have lost weight while drinking diet soda, as have many, many people. If you refuse to believe any of the studies about this then I'm not sure why you're posting in this in the first place.

The reason why I made a remark was becuase you had said you lost weight bc you gave up diet pop... I don't believe that is necessarily true. You just went a week of probably eatnig way more then 1200 cals. So then you went down to 1200 cals. That has a lot to do with it as well. Depending on how much diet pop you were drinking that has cut the sodium down as well.

SueInAz

So I just started going back to 1200 calories per day after a week on vacation eating whatever I wanted. I started on Wednesday with the 1200 calories but also stopped drinking Diet Coke.

I've lost FOUR POUNDS since Wednesday and it's only Friday.
Think it's the Diet Coke or the shock to my body?
Anyone else experience anything similar?


*I usually lose one pound per week or don't lose anything for a few weeks and then lose up to three pounds

I've experienced this "dramatic" weight loss in similar situations enough times, myself. You spent a week on vacation eating whatever you wanted then came home and cut your intake back to 1200 calories and started watching what you were eating again. You were probably eating foods higher in sodium while on vacation. What you lost was water weight. The Diet Coke has little to do with it one way or the other.

If it makes you feel better to not drink Diet Coke, then continue as you are. But don't expect to continue to see such a dramatic loss because of it.

mpmama2re

I went from drinking 3 diet cokes/pepsis a day to the occasional one... it was really hard to cut down.
It was a gradual process. I bought tea, seltzer and flavored waters and that helped a lot. I have a hard time drinking
water and I can only drink it super cold or with ice. it took me about a year to stop. I used to buy 5 cases at a time and now I buy none! yay for me! I will order if I'm eating out but it's a treat and not a must. When I quit I did lose weight so even though it was diet I think I put on weight because of it.

Goal4Good

I gave up soda for Lent 15 years ago and never went back. After 6 week of not drinking soda, you stop wanting it. I've been a water girl every since. My dentist loves me. Very little acid wear on my teeth and zero cavities! It can be done. I was a 8 cokes a day drinker way back then too. I will occasionally drink a coke but its extremly rare. Typically water.

chubswonky

Diet Coke does not really make you gain weight. I have lost successfully with drinking diet pop. There really hasn't been enough research to say that it does.... You cut back on your calories quit a lot. That will make you lose as well. I only drink one can of diet pop a day... sometimes two just depends. I have went from 130 to 112 within 10 months!!!

there is a lot of research out there that studies this, actually. it pretty much comes down to, your body tastes sweet, you get a spike of insulin, there's no real sugar to counteract it, so what happens when we have an insulin spike? we store fat. Whenever insulin is released, glucose stores are stored as glycogen in the liver for energy, that's fine whenever your glycogen stores are depleted after a workout, but if they are full, and insulin is released, the extra glucose will be transported DIRECTLY into those fat cells. and on that note, I myself do drink pepsi max occasionally, probably 3 or 4 a week, but I"m just sayin' be aware!!
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There is also research out there showing that people who drink it regularly don't gain weight either. I think people watch more of what they eat when they stop drinking it. I for one have never gained weight off of diet pop.. I am not a believer in this. I have been very successful in it.

Again, I think you're missing the entire point of this post.
I have lost weight while drinking diet soda, as have many, many people. If you refuse to believe any of the studies about this then I'm not sure why you're posting in this in the first place.

The reason why I made a remark was becuase you had said you lost weight bc you gave up diet pop... I don't believe that is necessarily true. You just went a week of probably eatnig way more then 1200 cals. So then you went down to 1200 cals. That has a lot to do with it as well. Depending on how much diet pop you were drinking that has cut the sodium down as well.

I didn't say that I lost weight because of the soda at all. I only had maybe one or two per day- that's barely an extra 100 grams of sodium. I was asking if anyone noticed a correlation between not drinking diet soda and losing weight.

Ambrogio1

Its from a week of eating garbge

If I eat whatever I want for 1 day I can see a 4 lb swing. Nothing to do with diet soda IMO

SueInAz

I didn't say that I lost weight because of the soda at all. I only had maybe one or two per day- that's barely an extra 100 grams of sodium. I was asking if anyone noticed a correlation between not drinking diet soda and losing weight.

Over the past few years, I've cut down from several Diet Cokes each day to one and many days none at all. Short answer is "no". I was still gaining/maintaining weight after switching from drinking almost all Diet Coke to drinking mostly water. It wasn't until I started tracking and cut my calories to 1200-1300 that I was able to reverse that trend.

jdavis193

Diet Coke does not really make you gain weight. I have lost successfully with drinking diet pop. There really hasn't been enough research to say that it does.... You cut back on your calories quit a lot. That will make you lose as well. I only drink one can of diet pop a day... sometimes two just depends. I have went from 130 to 112 within 10 months!!!

there is a lot of research out there that studies this, actually. it pretty much comes down to, your body tastes sweet, you get a spike of insulin, there's no real sugar to counteract it, so what happens when we have an insulin spike? we store fat. Whenever insulin is released, glucose stores are stored as glycogen in the liver for energy, that's fine whenever your glycogen stores are depleted after a workout, but if they are full, and insulin is released, the extra glucose will be transported DIRECTLY into those fat cells. and on that note, I myself do drink pepsi max occasionally, probably 3 or 4 a week, but I"m just sayin' be aware!!
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There is also research out there showing that people who drink it regularly don't gain weight either. I think people watch more of what they eat when they stop drinking it. I for one have never gained weight off of diet pop.. I am not a believer in this. I have been very successful in it.

Again, I think you're missing the entire point of this post.
I have lost weight while drinking diet soda, as have many, many people. If you refuse to believe any of the studies about this then I'm not sure why you're posting in this in the first place.

The reason why I made a remark was becuase you had said you lost weight bc you gave up diet pop... I don't believe that is necessarily true. You just went a week of probably eatnig way more then 1200 cals. So then you went down to 1200 cals. That has a lot to do with it as well. Depending on how much diet pop you were drinking that has cut the sodium down as well.

I didn't say that I lost weight because of the soda at all. I only had maybe one or two per day- that's barely an extra 100 grams of sodium. I was asking if anyone noticed a correlation between not drinking diet soda and losing weight.

No offense but your post did say you thought you lost because of the diet coke... that's all I was saying