Who drinks Coke Zero on the regular? Who has given it up?

Cherry Coke Zero is an addiction for me. It is the only pop I drink and tastes amazingly like the real thing. I also try to limit myself to only having 2 a day and only after noon. Otherwise I drink water. I buy it on sale by the 12 pack. I am currently drinking the last one I have... and it's not on sale anywhere so there may be a crisis here.

OHHH CHERRY COKE ZERO sounds fantastic, must be a USA thing???

I have given up drinking soda all together!! I have not had a sip since Jan!! Its the greatest decision I have made!! I don't even miss it I can be around it and not even need it!!! I have noticed changes in me right away!! My hair was healthier and more shiny and my skin got a little tighter from drinking more water then soda!!!

Soda is evil in my eyes.

Damn those evil, scheming beverages.

Hi all

I am a coke zero fiend. I usually drink it everyday and I find that it helps me when I'm trying to lose weight as I like to have a glass with of after a meal to make it more satisfying. It helps me in between meals when I start to get cranky and also when I want to avoid alcohol.

I've given it up over periods of a couple weeks to a month when I've tried to 'eat clean.' But I end up missing it so much and giving in to the sweet, acidic hit I've been hooked for years now!

Does anyone else drink it as much as I do?

Has anyone given it up and noticed health/weight improvements?

Can anyone convince me once and for all not to spend $10 a week on a concoction of chemicals?

I use to drink soda and Coke Zero was my go to soda. I gave up all soda back in Jan and haven't had any since then. I now drink 8 - 11 glasses of water a day and 1 cup of green tea in the morning so I can still have the caffine to boost my metabolism.

If you want to give it up you can. The 1st 3 days are tough but once over that hump it's easy.

I used to drink it all the time, then I went to once a day and now I have gone with Coke Zero or any soda since the first of August. I have not noticed any changes at all. I gave it up thinking it would help with the heartburn but it hasn't. I have spent less money though so that it a plus, but otherwise I haven't noticed any health benefit or weight loss since stopping my diet sodas.

I just bought a case of Zero coke this afternoon. Now the cases come in 18 cans. I drink this beverage from time to time but generally no more than two cans per day up to a maximum of 6 or 7 per week. While I enjoy its taste Zero coke has not replaced my first two preferences of bottled water (also zero calories) or 1% milk which is expensive calories wise (220 calories for an 8 oz glass).

I used to drink 3-4 cans of diet coke a day- I didn't give it up entirely but I now only have 1 can every 1-2 weeks! I thought I was addicted and would have a hard time cutting back so much that I thought I would have withdrawls and not be able to do it!!I actually don't crave it at all now nor do I miss it. I notice since I cut back significantly on the caffeine I sleep so much better and more rested.

A former Coke Zero fiend here. Gave it up, and all fake sugars (nutrisweet, splenda, sucralose, etc) on June 1, 2012. Lost 5 pounds, feel much better, and never going back to drinking/eating fake sugar. After reading Boost Your Metabolism by Jillian Michaels, I swore off fake sugar forever. I've started to love and appreciate plain water.

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My addiction was regular Coke. I don't miss it and I will absolutely not put artificial sweeteners in my body, GRAS rated or not. One can do lots of stuff to water to make it taste more "interesting" and there are hundreds (maybe thousands?) of different kinds of teas. I love my coffee, and, for now, the caffeine does not concern me.

It makes me sad when I see so many people who have given up sugar and some artificial sweeteners, but still use Splenda (aka sucralose) and are convinced it's safe because "it's made from sugar" (yup they say exactly what the advertisement says!). I see it in lots of low carb recipes on MFP and even doctors promote it to diabetics (one of many reasons that I don't talk to doctors about nutrition). If I had to answer the question: "what's the most successful marketing campaign (with misinformation) ever?" My answer would be "Splenda". No it isn't just like sugar, adding chlorine makes it nothing like sugar.

Don't take my word for it; there's lots of information on it from a variety of experts. But if you think that there's nothing amiss with our food regulation agencies, and you think it's perfectly safe, HAVE IT. No need to ask everyone's opinion.

I've given it up entirely. I don't need soda, diet or otherwise. I've heard diet is way worse for you than the regular stuff, and I can believe it. The stuff is addictive, so I've given it up entirely. If I want something to give me energy, I'll have a coffee. I much prefer a nice, homebrewed French press coffee with a tsp of sugar and a bit of cream if I want something sweet anyway.

Soda used to be pretty much all I drank, but once I decided it was time to lose weight and be healthy, it was easy to give it up. I still have it on occasion, but always feel guilty when I do, so probably should stop that. Lol. Plus I have bad teeth, so for that reason alone I shouldn't drink it.

Aspartame is the devil! When Aspartame is mixed with your body's chemicals, it turns into formaldehyde. Therefore you are preserving your fat and not shedding it. It is highly addicting and causes people to go into "withdrawals" once they stop drinking it. I have been in Pharmacy for 17 years and it took 7 times of taking this drug to the table before the FDA finally approved it.

Aspartame is the devil! When Aspartame is mixed with your body's chemicals, it turns into formaldehyde. Therefore you are preserving your fat and not shedding it. It is highly addicting and causes people to go into "withdrawals" once they stop drinking it. I have been in Pharmacy for 17 years and it took 7 times of taking this drug to the table before the FDA finally approved it.

Yeaaaah. OK, I gotta stop you right there.

Yes, Aspartame metabolizes into methanol and eventually formaldehyde (in extremely small amounts), but so does a ton of other natural foods (and in higher quantities I might add) like citrus fruit and tomatoes. Not to mention how much methanol is created when we imbibe alcohol (far higher). Aspartame has been tested for 3 decades, it's not poison. the human body can process small amounts of formaldehyde without an issue, it's less destructive than many other natural by products that human food creates.

You can find this myth and many others on all the current urban legends websites like snopes.com or urbanlegend.com

I'm trying to sub out Coke Zero/Diet Coke with iced coffee, but I haven't given it up yet. Harris Teeter had a huge sale on Coke products the other day, so I gave in. I feel like as long as I'm not drinking the normal cans of coke (which I use to drink *at least* two of a day) I'm doing alright and saving myself a minimum of 260 cals/day.

Plus, I am sparing everyone around me from what I'm like when I'm without my morning caffeine.

I can't dig up all the research right now because I'm on my phone, but the studies are out there. Many say that diet sodas are actually worse for you than regula

The addiction cones from caffeine, which I'm a huge fan of, but I will be giving that up too for better overall health. The one thing I can tell you with certainty is thst I was eating right and working out extremely hard for well over a month while drinking coke zero and did.not lose a pound. As soon as I stopped I started losing weight without a problem.

I can't dig up all the research right now because I'm on my phone, but the studies are out there. Many say that diet sodas are actually worse for you than regula

Please do dig them out when you get a chance - as a regular 'user' I'd be interested to see some good research on this are.

That means cut out everything that you know you shouldn't be doing and learning ways to enjoy the things you should

Indeed - for me that meant drinking coke zero rather than normal coke .