I stopped drinking pop, so why am I not losing weight?

I stopped drinking pop everyday for about a month now. In that 4 weeks, I've had one 20oz of diet dr. pepper. That's it. I only drink water now, but I'm not losing weight? Why? I've read that if you stop drinking pop you will automatically lose. So why not me? I stay under my calories and exercise everyday. I've been doing Jillian Micheal's DVDs and I've actually gained weight (I guess it could be muscle)?

Does anybody have anything that might help me?

You probably are eating too much. If you just cut out one thing and are still not in a calorie deficit, you will not lose weight.

There is no scientific PROOF (I put that word in caps to head off some of the nonsense that I'm sure people will post) that drinking diet soda has an effect on weight.

There is no scientific PROOF (I put that word in caps to head off some of the nonsense that I'm sure people will post) that drinking diet soda has an effect on weight.

Yeah, have to agree on this one. I think more of the benefits are going to be internal than external (just like quitting smoking, really. some gain/some lose/some nothing). So, even if the weight isn't coming off from cutting, just focus on the positives of actually getting that crap out of your system. :flowerforyou:

what did you substitute for the fizziness?

There are people out there spouting opinions as aboslutes who don't know the difference between their rectum and a hole in the ground. Personally, I've never heard that if you stop drinking pop, you will automatically lose weight, especially if it's diet soda.

Of course all those chemicals can't be good for you, so stick with the water. I don't know what you need to tweak, but keep at it. Those last few pounds will go.

So you were drinking Diet soda to begin with, (which is zero calories and zero fat) and now you only drink water and you can't figure out why you're not losing?

Cutting out Diet soda is not the cure all of weight loss - you have to do other things. Your diary is not open so we can only guesstimate.....
You need to change up your eating habits (reduce carbs, sugars and sodium - increase protein and water)
Change up your exercise routine - get your heart rate up. Add more strength training!

First: congrats on kicking your soda habit. Soda stains your teeth and causes your body to crave sugar. Plus, soda is just empty calories with NO nutritional value. Even diet soda is bad because it is full of sodium and makes you look bloated and can cause your body to crave sweets.

Why haven't you lost weight?

To lose 1 lb. you would have to burn 3,500 calories (through exercise or diet). If you were drinking a 12 oz. can (150 calories) of soda every day it would take 23 days to lose 1 lb.

Since you were drinking diet soda then you have eliminated no calories from your diet.

Love Jillian Michael's dvds! I am working out to her 30 day shred dvd.

JulieMTiffany has deactivated their account.

WTH!

So glad I took the time to respond then.

deleted: it was all a waste of time

Were you drinking diet or regular?

This - if you were already drinking diet - no difference. Also, do you take your measurements - you are probably gaining muscle.

A member for over a year and *this* was what caused her to deactivate?

That said, based on her posts in this thread, it sounds like she may not have been using the tracking function anyhow.

I sure wish others realized that the most likely best "value" of MFP is in its food tracking and not in it's forum validation of sketchy science.

What are you talking about? I love how I can post a topic and immediately have the help of a thousand professionals, all with differing opinions! The food tracker doesn't give me that kind of help...

I stopped drinking pop everyday for about a month now. In that 4 weeks, I've had one 20oz of diet dr. pepper. That's it. I only drink water now, but I'm not losing weight? Why? I've read that if you stop drinking pop you will automatically lose. So why not me? I stay under my calories and exercise everyday. I've been doing Jillian Micheal's DVDs and I've actually gained weight (I guess it could be muscle)?

Does anybody have anything that might help me?

i think you need to read better sources of information if that's what you read. You make no mention of the rest of your diet, caloric intake, TDEE or anything else.

This.
Hopefully your diet consists of a lot more than soda, and without taking everything into account, its difficult to determine the source of, well, anything. It's like looking at a screw and trying to use it to determine how a car engine works.

The bubbles in soda makes you lighter as they reduce your body's average density. Once they are out of your system it can take a while for the real weight loss to kick in.

huh?