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Giving up diet soda. So hard!
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mamapeach910 wrote: »
yes i do. that portion of your profile is public.0 -
I gave up the diet soda, decided fizzy flavoured spring water was the next best option (lemon & lime flavoured fizzy water). My daughter and I both love it.
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I remember the thing that most surprised me as being naturally sweet once I retrained my taste buds--almonds. Who knew?
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Not on topic, sorry, but I discovered the same thing about almonds when I lost my sense of smell. I don't detect flavors anymore, but only the basic tastes of sweet, salt, sour, bitter. Strawberries are sour, onions are sweet...weird.
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OP, I agree with the ideas of water with fresh fruit added for flavor and tea. I noticed that you mentioned you drink decaffeinated diet soda; so I would definitely make sure your tea is decaf as well. That way you aren't dealing with the caffeine jitters as well. If you need to sweeten your tea, and want to stay with something natural; I suggest using honey. Either raw or pasturized (although I personally think that raw is better for us). Green tea is also pareferred by a lot of people for the antioxidents.
You said that the main reason for giving up diet soda was that you didn't want to consume all the chemicals (I'm assuming here you mean artificial sweeteners, color and flavorings). If so, I would stay away from Mio, Disani water enhancer and Crystal Light as these also have artifical ingredients.0 -
phoebe1975 wrote: »I was addicted to diet coke, coke, dr. pepper, coffee, etc....There were days where I would drink 12 diet cokes a day (I know, it is so embarrassing to say). No one ever thought I would quit, but I did using caffeine pills. I started with one in the morning and one in the evening and gradually cut down by cutting them into 1/4ths. If you are not addicted to caffeine, then I cannot explain to you how bad the headaches are when you try to quit! It is awful, AWFUL- and this was the only way I could quit and still function!!
You will eventually learn to love water- I love it now!!
And with pizza you always drink a very tall, very cold beer
Standing ovation for you!! Good for you.
aperson1961 wrote: »I had a soda addiction for about 30 years and haven't had a soda for over a year. I found that I just had to quit drinking it all together or I would eventually slip back to larger quantities. I never could get a taste for diet soda other than the minute maid lite lemonade that they had at the movie theater. Anyway, after gaining so much weight, I was pre-diabetic and was frequently swollen in individual joints or my whole body. Drinking it was just making me ill. Even the minute maid diet lemonade made me ill. It is very difficult, but definitely worth quitting. I will never be able to drink soda again without over-using it, so I won't touch it.
I pretty much only drink water. I make sure that I drink 100 oz a day (use water logger to track it); it really helps with dieting and I feel much better when I drink a lot of water. I have never tasted coffee in my life so thankfully don't have that addiction. I will periodically drink a warm herbal tea. Iced tea makes me sick to my stomach. My husband really likes the flavored/unflavored carbonated waters, but he is a big tea drinker too. I am addicted to chewing ice so I have a KitchenAid countertop ice maker that makes soft ice. Another alternative to plain tap water is to add fruit into a pitcher to add flavor (cucumber with lemon is delicious).
I have given up soda plus am eating much more enjoyable foods. I don't think of my current diet as having given up anything I love ... and I'm not eating any of the same foods any more. I really truly like what I'm eating now much much better. It is so much more flavorful and tasty plus more nutritious and lower calorie. I've lost 50 pounds since Sept 16, 2014 (and am still in the obesity range). I love eating what I'm eating now more than ever. Using myfitnesspal has really helped me evaluate the foods that I'm eating and make the best choices for my lifestyle
And another standing ovation for you as well.
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I figured it was intentional, just wanted to make sure everyone else saw it - sometimes Chuck Norris is so magnetic people fail to see anything else!
He's darned hot!0 -
I switched to wine, it works...... and whiskey,, and vodka....0
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Nope, she definitely did not lose weight by giving up just diet soda because there are no calories in diet soda. She started eating less and/or created a deficit through exercise, because that's how weight is lost. However, it's wonderful that letting go of soda helped her get back her motivation.
Perhaps a wrong choice of words from me so let's go inside my head for half a second. Diet soda, soda, diet coke, coke, pepsi, diet pepsi, etc etc etc are all the same to me "total crap with zero nutritional value." None, whatsoever.
So my sentence should have read "I just saw with my own eyes a young mum give up this "total crap with zero nutritional value" and lose a huge amount of weight by doing just doing that one thing.
And no she didn't lose it by through exercise as it was not until she had lost a massive amount of weight that she found her motivation and was able to exercise. So I repeat, she lost the weight by giving up whatever "crappy" drink she was drinking at the time. Granted, she possibly moved more and a pattern of change was set in motion.
However, her nutritional knowledge was poor and she exercised and ate less of poor quality food and continued to lose weight. She looked amazing for about a year but because her basic eating pattern had only lessened but hadn't changed, evidently some of the weight returned. She is still not drinking "that total crap with zero nutritional value" and is nowhere near the weight she was before.
Now do you see how it is easier to say "diet soda." I think from memory her poison was Coke.
As for those involved in the tooth decay "discussion." I am not even going to go there as it is absolute kindergarten stuff regarding basic and common dental knowledge.0 -
KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »I switched to wine, it works...... and whiskey,, and vodka....
Tragically, it works for me as well. Cheers!! Everyone has their poison.0 -
SSL Runner, sorry I have to break the news to you but Chuck Norris is 75 years of age.
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yes i do. that portion of your profile is public.
I'm going to go on a limb here and say that because your screenname has 92 in it, you were born in 1992. That means you're 22 and she's 52. She's old enough to be your mother because when I was 22, my mom was 52. But this really isn't a math post, and I don't really care one way or another what people think about diet soda so...
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Perhaps a wrong choice of words from me so let's go inside my head for half a second. Diet soda, soda, diet coke, coke, pepsi, diet pepsi, etc etc etc are all the same to me "total crap with zero nutritional value." None, whatsoever.
So my sentence should have read "I just saw with my own eyes a young mum give up this "total crap with zero nutritional value" and lose a huge amount of weight by doing just doing that one thing.
And no she didn't lose it by through exercise as it was not until she had lost a massive amount of weight that she found her motivation and was able to exercise. So I repeat, she lost the weight by giving up whatever "crappy" drink she was drinking at the time. Granted, she possibly moved more and a pattern of change was set in motion.
However, her nutritional knowledge was poor and she exercised and ate less of poor quality food and continued to lose weight. She looked amazing for about a year but because her basic eating pattern had only lessened but hadn't changed, evidently some of the weight returned. She is still not drinking "that total crap with zero nutritional value" and is nowhere near the weight she was before.
Now do you see how it is easier to say "diet soda." I think from memory her poison was Coke.
As for those involved in the tooth decay "discussion." I am not even going to go there as it is absolute kindergarten stuff regarding basic and common dental knowledge.
So to restate, accurately this time, she lost weight by cutting calories.
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I'm going to go on a limb here and say that because your screenname has 92 in it, you were born in 1992. That means you're 22 and she's 52. She's old enough to be your mother because when I was 22, my mom was 52. But this really isn't a math post, and I don't really care one way or another what people think about diet soda so...
WHAT???????? OMG, YOU'RE A FREAKING GENIUS. I had no idea how to subtract 22 from 52 and even FURTHER, no IDEA, NO IDEA that a 30 year old could be a mother. WOW, you have totally enlightened me on maths and stuff and have totally blown my mind.
FYI, I wasn't born in 1992. *rollseyes*-7 -
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drink regular pop. it's better than diet pop anyway.0
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Here is a random googled quote, no time to edit thing about diet soda.
Diet drinks may be even worse than regular sugar sweetened sodas!!
How does that happen?
•Artificial sweeteners are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar activating our genetically programmed preference for sweet taste more than any other substance.
•They trick your metabolism into thinking sugar is on its way. This causes your body to pump out insulin, the fat storage hormone, which lays down more belly fat.
•It also confuses and slows your metabolism down, so you burn less calories every day.
•It makes you hungrier and crave even more sugar and starchy carbs like bread and pasta.
•In animal studies, the rats that consumed artificial sweeteners ate more, their metabolism slowed, and they put on 14 percent more body fat in just two weeks – EVEN eating less calories.
•In population studies there was a 200 percent increased risk of obesity in diet soda drinkers.
Aviva, settle petal. Memelendy meant no harm. Take a deep breath and don't let all this nastiness get to you. xx (Bet I'm old enough to be your mother or older sister maybe?)
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Here is a random googled quote, no time to edit thing about diet soda.
Diet drinks may be even worse than regular sugar sweetened sodas!!
How does that happen?
•Artificial sweeteners are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar activating our genetically programmed preference for sweet taste more than any other substance.
•They trick your metabolism into thinking sugar is on its way. This causes your body to pump out insulin, the fat storage hormone, which lays down more belly fat.
•It also confuses and slows your metabolism down, so you burn less calories every day.
•It makes you hungrier and crave even more sugar and starchy carbs like bread and pasta.
•In animal studies, the rats that consumed artificial sweeteners ate more, their metabolism slowed, and they put on 14 percent more body fat in just two weeks – EVEN eating less calories.
•In population studies there was a 200 percent increased risk of obesity in diet soda drinkers.
Aviva, settle petal. Memelendy meant no harm. Take a deep breath and don't let all this nastiness get to you. xx (Bet I'm old enough to be your mother or older sister maybe?)
you could be my mother if you started pretty young.0 -
Here is a random googled quote, no time to edit thing about diet soda.
Diet drinks may be even worse than regular sugar sweetened sodas!!
How does that happen?
•Artificial sweeteners are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar activating our genetically programmed preference for sweet taste more than any other substance.
•They trick your metabolism into thinking sugar is on its way. This causes your body to pump out insulin, the fat storage hormone, which lays down more belly fat.
•It also confuses and slows your metabolism down, so you burn less calories every day.
•It makes you hungrier and crave even more sugar and starchy carbs like bread and pasta.
•In animal studies, the rats that consumed artificial sweeteners ate more, their metabolism slowed, and they put on 14 percent more body fat in just two weeks – EVEN eating less calories.
•In population studies there was a 200 percent increased risk of obesity in diet soda drinkers.
Aviva, settle petal. Memelendy meant no harm. Take a deep breath and don't let all this nastiness get to you. xx (Bet I'm old enough to be your mother or older sister maybe?)
Wow cut and pasted random googled quotes without even a link to a website. You are brave...
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WT-actual-F? diet Coke != Coke. Coke has 140 calories in 12oz compared with 0 in diet Coke.
Perhaps a wrong choice of words from me so let's go inside my head for half a second. Diet soda, soda, diet coke, coke, pepsi, diet pepsi, etc etc etc are all the same to me "total crap with zero nutritional value." None, whatsoever.
So my sentence should have read "I just saw with my own eyes a young mum give up this "total crap with zero nutritional value" and lose a huge amount of weight by doing just doing that one thing.
And no she didn't lose it by through exercise as it was not until she had lost a massive amount of weight that she found her motivation and was able to exercise. So I repeat, she lost the weight by giving up whatever "crappy" drink she was drinking at the time. Granted, she possibly moved more and a pattern of change was set in motion.
However, her nutritional knowledge was poor and she exercised and ate less of poor quality food and continued to lose weight. She looked amazing for about a year but because her basic eating pattern had only lessened but hadn't changed, evidently some of the weight returned. She is still not drinking "that total crap with zero nutritional value" and is nowhere near the weight she was before.
Now do you see how it is easier to say "diet soda." I think from memory her poison was Coke.
As for those involved in the tooth decay "discussion." I am not even going to go there as it is absolute kindergarten stuff regarding basic and common dental knowledge.
This is literally the stupidest argument/stance I've ever seen.
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Lynette try substituting it with sparkling water ... especially with italian food... it's awesome and once you get used to it... you'll never want the artificial taste of 'diet' soda again...I hate the taste of "diet" drinks0
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Here is a random googled quote, no time to edit thing about diet soda.
Diet drinks may be even worse than regular sugar sweetened sodas!!
How does that happen?
•Artificial sweeteners are hundreds to thousands of times sweeter than regular sugar activating our genetically programmed preference for sweet taste more than any other substance.
•They trick your metabolism into thinking sugar is on its way. This causes your body to pump out insulin, the fat storage hormone, which lays down more belly fat.
•It also confuses and slows your metabolism down, so you burn less calories every day.
•It makes you hungrier and crave even more sugar and starchy carbs like bread and pasta.
•In animal studies, the rats that consumed artificial sweeteners ate more, their metabolism slowed, and they put on 14 percent more body fat in just two weeks – EVEN eating less calories.
•In population studies there was a 200 percent increased risk of obesity in diet soda drinkers.
Aviva, settle petal. Memelendy meant no harm. Take a deep breath and don't let all this nastiness get to you. xx (Bet I'm old enough to be your mother or older sister maybe?)
That is all nonsense, based off that Yale study, which has already been debunked. The correlative link between the risk of obesity and diet soda drinking is known, but the causative factor has yet to be proven.
NEXT....
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lemurcat12 wrote: »So to restate, accurately this time, she lost weight by cutting calories.
Shocking!
I am not disputing CICO, never have, and to restate, accurately this time, with the text she just sent me to validate any of my claims, "back in those days, I drank anything that fizzed."
And yes, she dropped the weight by not drinking "anything that fizzed."
Shocking no - life changing YES!!0 -
Nothing has been debunked. The same conclusions have been reached in many studies over the past few years.mamapeach910 wrote: »
That is all nonsense, based off that Yale study, which has already been debunked. The correlative link between the risk of obesity and diet soda drinking is known, but the causative factor has yet to be proven.
NEXT....
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clambert1273 wrote: »
in the south there is no such thing as unsweetened tea... lol I can't imagine drinking tea that is unsweetened.. blech...
There is unsweetened tea in the south (NC). It is what I get all the time. But I do believe I am in the minority.
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I used to drink 2 liters a day of diet cola. I've cut back to maybe having one 1L bottle every other week. I finally learned to drink plain water. I still don't love it, but I drink it.
I think it was just the carbonation I really liked.0 -
Kruggeri, I live life on the edge. lol0
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MoiAussi93 wrote: »Nothing has been debunked. The same conclusions have been reached in many studies over the past few years.
You have not posted one thing with a conclusion. A hypothesis is not a conclusion. Can you even science? This is elementary school stuff about the scientific process.
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You seem to have not read the actual studies.The hypothesis is only about the mechanism...the "how". The "what" is already known. The fact that artificial sweeteners cause cravings is well established.
They are now trying to determine exactly why that is. What HAS been proven is that sugar has a much more dramatic effect on activating certain parts of the brain than artificial sweeteners. They just can't conclusively determine why yet. But frankly, the why is irrelevant to me. I know artificial sweeteners can intensify sugar cravings. That's all I need to know.0
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