Confession time: anyone else drink diet sodas?
VoodooAborisha
Posts: 147 Member
Just wondering if anyone has the same dirty secret as me - I drink diet soda every day. I also drink plenty of water and green tea etc. but I love me some soda.
Various weight loss experts say that artificial sweeteners spike your blood sugar levels etc. and I have read many studies that say that certain ones have been associated with certain diseases in rodents and humans etc. so I know better. I know it's bad for you, but I gave up being a heavy drinker 3 months ago and smokes 2 months ago, so it's kind of the only pleasure I have lol.
Just wondering if I am the only one who drinks the stuff.
Various weight loss experts say that artificial sweeteners spike your blood sugar levels etc. and I have read many studies that say that certain ones have been associated with certain diseases in rodents and humans etc. so I know better. I know it's bad for you, but I gave up being a heavy drinker 3 months ago and smokes 2 months ago, so it's kind of the only pleasure I have lol.
Just wondering if I am the only one who drinks the stuff.
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I do, it's not a secret, I also, sometimes, drink regular soda :devil: :noway: guess what? I'm not dead and it hasn't affected my weight loss. Everything in moderation :flowerforyou:0
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I drink a Coke Zero every day. Guilt free. I am not a rodent. Too much of anything is not good, but moderation is just fine. Stop feeling guilty.0
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Yes, I drink diet soda. Diet coke specifically.
I don't consider it a 'dirty secret'.
Whether it is bad for you or not is a hot topic.
Personally, while I don't think it's good for you, I think it's pretty harmless unless you happen to be sensitive to the ingredients. I'm not.
Of course, like all things, moderation is the key.0 -
I have a can of sugar free Red Bull every day. I don't like coffee, so it's the only thing that keeps me going during the early starts on weekdays. I only drink water other than that though (and wine sometimes of course )0
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I drink diet soda and no need to confess because there is nothing wrong with drinking it.0
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No confession about it. Yes, I drink diet soda, and I'm not even sorry.0
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No reason to be ashamed about it. I drink diet soda and OMG I drink Beer and have lost quite a bit of weight. Do not believe the hype.0
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I try to drink zero calorie sodas made with stevia so I don't raise my glucose. BUT I drink crystal light =/0
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Diet Dr Pepper on occasion here! :laugh:0
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i definitely do. I need to cut down. But I love to grab a social drink with friends, and a Jack and Diet or a Rum and Diet is significantly easier to fit into my calorie goals than beer or a Mai Tai.
I will get to cutting back on diet soda eventually, but I am trying to make a lifestyle change, and I don't plan to do everything at once- I have tried that method before and failed miserably.0 -
I drink diet and regular soda from time to time. It isn't a dirty little secret though.0
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I drink a diet pepsi pretty much each day and as someone else had mentioned seeing as I do not drink coffee every once in awhile I will drink a sugar free energy drink . These things have never affected my weight loss and I am also according to doctors pretty darn healthy but as so many others have mentioned moderation is key !!0
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Diet Coke in the can is my daily caffeine fix. I'm at one a day for the most part, but it's mostly due to cost.0
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Let's just say I drink way too much of the worlds number one diet cola..
I feel it is bad for me.....
I'm thinking about it right now... I have a want and that want is diet soda....right now yes more than food.
Oh the bubbles the bubbles.....0 -
Diet Dr Pepper on occasion here! :laugh:
Here too! I've found since beginning IF, though, that any "craving" for it is gone. So I enjoy one if I'm out (only get out about twice a month) and it keeps me from going for the candy, which would be way worse0 -
Guilty.. :bigsmile:0
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Certified Diet Coke addict here! Every day, usually two a day. I'm losing weight at exactly the rate I should be at my calorie deficit, so I don't think it's having much of an effect.0
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diet coke... with rum even...
drink Wine too... it all fits in the big picture0 -
Every day!0
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I hardly think of drinking diet pop as a dirty little secret. I drink it quite often. I also drink lots of water. Not a big deal really0
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I drink a Coke Zero every day. Guilt free. I am not a rodent. Too much of anything is not good, but moderation is just fine. Stop feeling guilty.0
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No, not for about a decade.......maybe a few a year. Diet pop doesn't spike anything, but it can be a trigger and unless dosage is huge there's no research that says it's necessarily bad for you.0
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Pepsi Max, we all gotta die of something :laugh:0
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what else are you going to drink cheap whiskey with?0
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I drink it, and I make no secret of that. I drink about 2 to 3 liters of diet caffeine free Pepsi per day.0
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I used to drink Pepsi Max everyday. Now only occasionally. Probably never again. The longer I go without it the more my stomach hurts when I drink it. Now I drink black iced tea with stevia for my special drink.0
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I drink a Coke Zero every day. Guilt free. I am not a rodent. Too much of anything is not good, but moderation is just fine. Stop feeling guilty.
This. I lost almost 60lbs drinking diet soda every day and I'm now maintaining that loss while drinking diet soda every day. Nothing wrong with it.0 -
If drinking diet soda makes you feel guilty, you have serious issues with your relationship with food.0
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If drinking diet soda makes you feel guilty, you have serious issues with your relationship with food.
^^^ This.0 -
Yes. Why should it be a secret? People are weird0
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