Diet soda or no soda

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if can give it up, you are better off, get more water in and try some teas.

I've heard that aspartame can make you hungrier and retain weight, etc. I've noticed that it does tend to make me hungrier if I drink too much. Try to taper off- maybe limit yourself to one a day, and then one every couple of days. Also remember that aspartame is in a lot of things (sugar free jello, syrups, puddings, Crystal Light, etc.).

I would suggest that if you can, limit it to as less as possible.
I used to have like 200ml a day. Now I don't have it that much. But If I feel like it I do have it. But when I had it after a long long time last week, it gave me a headache :noway: So now I have another good reason to avoid it :laugh:

I used to drink one can of diet coke a day. that was my evening treat along with a portion of something sweet. I still have my something sweet, so probably a little aspartame still, but I've cut out the soda.
I'm drinking 1 -2 litres of water witha a little cordail in (on a good day I would only drin up to half a litre in a day before).
I feel better for it. And also my weight loss has been steady for the last few weeks so I think it's made a difference.

Cut them out completely, I stopped drinking soda cold turkey and I feel much better for it! That stuff isnt good for you at all in any way, dont even think for a second that just because your drinking the diet that its some how better, its not.
Im a busy mom of 3 and if anyone needs a caffiene pick me up, its me! but I havent had any in quite some time, I drink water and lots of green tea but my tea has no caffiene.

Personally, I would prefer water if I want to drink something. I feel like when we discover that something is bad for us, we tend to replace it with something even worse. Sure sugar isn't exactly health food, but artificial sweeteners aren't even food. Its just plain not neccessary to human survival.

In my opinion, when making a lifestyle change, the focus should be on getting back to basics first. I don't see anything wrong with a cup or two of coffee or tea. I'm drinking coffee right now. I think we should focus on more natural choices, meaning things you could find in nature, and let go of the other stuff for now.

This may sound harsh, but I'm going to say it. If it was soda that got someone to the point of needing to lose weight, then give it up. Its like coddling a spoiled child. Little Timmy wants chocolate milkshakes everyday so mom supplements with pediasure so he can have his milkshake minus the ice cream. Little Timmy has learned nothing about changing his behaviour. And the supplement still contains sugar and artificial stuff. Not really comparing you to a spoiled child, but do you see the connection. Sometimes, we have to just let it go. Its more a mental shift that needs to be made.

I'm just saying if you give it up all together and get healthy, then you can go back and try that moderation thing. You'll see that your body no longer craves it, you will react differently to it, and you will be in a healthier place to decide if you really need the diet soda.

That being said, I still have a soda from time to time. I splurge on the regular stuff too. I get a quick sugar high and remember why I don't drink the stuff in the first place. And I'm still losing weight without any artificial sweeteners anywhere in my diet.

Personally, I would prefer water if I want to drink something. I feel like when we discover that something is bad for us, we tend to replace it with something even worse. Sure sugar isn't exactly health food, but artificial sweeteners aren't even food. Its just plain not neccessary to human survival.

In my opinion, when making a lifestyle change, the focus should be on getting back to basics first. I don't see anything wrong with a cup or two of coffee or tea. I'm drinking coffee right now. I think we should focus on more natural choices, meaning things you could find in nature, and let go of the other stuff for now.

This may sound harsh, but I'm going to say it. If it was soda that got someone to the point of needing to lose weight, then give it up. Its like coddling a spoiled child. Little Timmy wants chocolate milkshakes everyday so mom supplements with pediasure so he can have his milkshake minus the ice cream. Little Timmy has learned nothing about changing his behaviour. And the supplement still contains sugar and artificial stuff. Not really comparing you to a spoiled child, but do you see the connection. Sometimes, we have to just let it go. Its more a mental shift that needs to be made.

I'm just saying if you give it up all together and get healthy, then you can go back and try that moderation thing. You'll see that your body no longer craves it, you will react differently to it, and you will be in a healthier place to decide if you really need the diet soda.

That being said, I still have a soda from time to time. I splurge on the regular stuff too. I get a quick sugar high and remember why I don't drink the stuff in the first place. And I'm still losing weight without any artificial sweeteners anywhere in my diet.

As always, very well said!!!

Coffee is not bad for you, no reason to give it up. It is listed as one of the healthiest foods.

I no longer drink soda unless it is Zevia and even those are in very, very small quantities now- I had one last week (diet Pepsi) when our water was turned off at work and it made me violently ill. Migraine headache, stomach ache and eventually threw up.

Coffee, tea (all different types) and water is where its at!!!

Diet soda is, in my opinion, the worst thing you can put in your body for fluid. I am a coffee lover but here is the issue. YOu may be tired from TOO MUCH caffeine, yep thats right, too much can tire you out as well as dehydrate you. I found that when I drank a cup of water first thing in the morning and then had my coffee that I felt awake longer and when I am feeling pooped in the after noons I have some water and fruit and that seems to help with the sleepiness.

Coffee is a natural dieuretic and since the caffiene in your soda is FROM coffee beans that have been processed chemically to remove the caffeine it would make sense that your soda is also causing you to lose water during the day and it is proven that even a slight hydration level difference in your body can cause tiredness, irratibility and mood swings I would say you need to cut something or add more water to your day!

Just a thought, if you *really* need help weaning yourself off soda, I drink this stuff called Izze occasionally when I feel like I need something different than water or tea. It's just basically a fruit juice spritzer - carbonated water, fruit juice, and some fruit puree. At least it's natural. I find it in my grocer's organic/natural section.