Diet soda?

DeguelloTex wrote: »

MrM27 wrote: »

I would bet money that most of us have been to a fast food restaurant or had a friend or coworker that got Mcdonald's or Burger King and got the meal with a large diet coke. The irony is amazing. As if the diet coke was the solution. Probably because people think sugar is bad, so avoid soda but pay no attention to calories.

This actually makes more sense to me now. I could get a 32 ounce Dr Pepper and a refill for probably 600 calories (by the time you figure in the ice volume) or I could get unsweet tea or a diet drink and suddenly my hamburger splurge 600 calories lower.

Now, obviously, the diet drink isn't going to offset the double/double with cheese and fries, but it knocks more than 25% off the calorie total. That's a win, if it means I can do it more often and stay on track.

I drink diet drinks with my fast food. I prefer to not drink my calories in a flavored carbonation. Also I like the taste. It saves me in calories too. I don't do because I think it will cancel anything out.

I still drink diet soda... its my last vice and quite frankly I think we all need one. I quit alcohol and take away junk food so I think that keeping my diet soda is more than fine.

I have to say I am a little jealous. I wish we had diet cherry coke. I am in Australia and diet anything is limited to the main brands with no vartiations

betuel75 wrote: »

mamapeach910 wrote: »

Each packet of Splenda has approximately 3 calories. If you're really using 50 a day, that's about 150 calories you're not accounting for.

Thats fine. Its not affecting in any way.

That's because you consume a very small amount of calories already. You can absorb those 150 calories. The fact, though, is that you're not consuming the very few calories that you think you are.

I used to drink 2 diet sodas a day and recently cut them out because I wanted to see if that would help with my sweet tooth. I think it has helped. If I eat too sweet tasting foods I just keep wanting more, whether it be diet soda or candy or chocolate. Just my personal experience. I was already at a healthy weight when I stopped so the soda did not necessarily make me gain or lose weight.

I drink the Coke Zero, and Fresca, did not seem to hinder my weight loss. The only real thing that bothers me about the coke is the way that it takes rust off bumpers.

skullshank wrote: »

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10004187/diet-soda/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1301195/diet-soda

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1224943/diet-soda

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10062404/giving-up-diet-soda-so-hard/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012411/4-liters-of-diet-soda-per-day-to-1-2-liter-per-day

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10030581/diet-soda-pop-hindered-weight-loss/p1

those should get you started, but heres a link to the other 100 PAGES of results based on a search of "diet soda":

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/search?adv=&search=diet+soda&title=&author=&cat=all&tags=&discussion_d=1&comment_c=1&group_group=1&within=1+day&date=

edited to add: the bottom line is, dont worry about diet soda. youll get people that come in here and tell you about chemicals, and cleaning engines with diet coke, and it causing cravings and addictions and weight gain, and fooling your mind into some other magical garbage...its hard to follow the lunacy.
also, here's a great tip...mixing cherry coke zero and vanilla coke zero is really friggin' delicious.

All of this, and somehow there is still 4 pages worth of the same chatter going on in this post....

stevencloser wrote: »

maidentl wrote: »

wesley58 wrote: »

I drink the Coke Zero, and Fresca, did not seem to hinder my weight loss. The only real thing that bothers me about the coke is the way that it takes rust off bumpers.

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

I remember back in school when we put an egg into a cup of vinegar and the shell dissolved over night, a nail not so much. People should be a little bit introspective and think to themselves "is the acid in coke stronger than the acid in vinegar?" before they claim stuff like that.

Or your stomach acid, which is pretty darn strong and your stomach handles it just fine!

I took this off Facebook today. Probably nothing to do with the subject but I found it interesting and funny.

It was posted by Coach Stevo who is the nutrition and behavior change consultant at San Francisco CrossFit. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and an MA in Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. He teaches habit-based coaching to wellness professionals all over the world and he contributed to Intervention by Dan John in 2012.

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Celebrity Before/After Photos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M957dACQyfU

christinev297 wrote: »

I must admit.... I've seen it a thousand times. You see an obese person order a huge meal and then order a diet drink to go with it.
My son (health and fitness freak) zeros in on this every time he see's it... "Look mum, they've just ordered a huge double big mac meal, and got a diet coke, as if that's going to make it better"
Until reading the comments here, i will be honest, I thought exactly the same thing

It does make it better. A year ago, I was that obese person. Now, I've lost 100 pounds, at least in part from drinking low- or zero-calorie drinks while still enjoying the occasional fast food meal.

I'm not so quick to judge what someone else is eating at any particular meal because I don't know what they eat the rest of the time.