Diet soda, yay or nay

If it's Diet Dr. Pepper, then I say. "Yay!" and "Yea!"

Check my ticker. Has a Diet Dr. Pepper a day kept me from losing weight?

All things in moderation as they say, but the prevailing theory is that even if a diet soda doesn't have calories or sugar, it sort of "tricks" your metabolism into thinking that it's getting sugar, so your body's natural tendency to burn fat doesn't kick in like it should.

I'm not a scientist. I couldn't make heads or tails of any given data on the subject, but that's what I understand from what I've read on the subject.

That being said, I can offer this as my personal observation.

I underwent Weight Loss Surgery a couple of months ago. I haven't had a soda in nearly 3 months now. What I have noticed for myself is that I tend to lose more weight every week drinking plain water than I do drinking sugar-free Kool-Aid...

Real, imaginary, or just coincidental, I can't say, but I find drinking plain water almost intolerable, so I'll stick with what gets me through.

It's *so* weird for me now to have gone from a massive diet soda addict pre-surgery (I owned 4 soda makers, 2 different brands) to a guy who hasn't had, and doesn't really miss soda at all.

Wayne

Yay, for the fizz, the caffeine and the aspartame!

Explain to me how a zero calorie drink makes you gain weight? I seem to have lost weight fine. .. All things in moderation

When you eat or drink artificial sweeteners your body interprets the sweet taste as sugar and therefore expects an energy rush but when it doesn't happen some people can get extreme cravings for high fat or high sugar foods to compensate for the lack of energy received from the drinks which can lead to overeating which is what causes weight gain rather than anything actually in the drink.

OK, but then its not the diet soda that is making you gain, its whatever you are eating from those cravings that actually have calories. A zero calorie product will not make you gain weight...

Isn't it meant to be *yea* or nay? What's with all these weird "yay"s...

But anyway - I'm all for diet drinks. Partial to a cold Pepsi Max and/or 7up.

pepsi max - yay but only on occasion

To me its a "drink whatever you want!"

I used to drink one diet pepsi every morning. Now I pretty much only drink water. But it wasn't a conscious decision, just something that happened when I moved and no longer wanted to spend the money on it lol

Soda, diet or otherwise, is more like that of a treat, like a desert if you will, for me. If I am going to drink something, I'd rather drink water anyway - why take on calories that do nothing for you? Diet Soda, IMO, tastes awful - in that case I'd rather chew gum or have a tic tac.

But when I do drink a Coke, it better damn well have an ounce or two of Captain topped with a lime.

bahaha this is so great! Agree with the captain with a lime! :P

I don't believe diet drinks make you gain weight in the long run. some say it triggers you to crave salty foods and indulge in unnecessary eating, which could be true, but I think it's all in your mind. I drink a diet coke everyday and nothing happens to me!

Having more calories than you burn makes you gain weight, not diet sodas.

It's OK every now and then.