no diet soda
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Biggestloserlisa wrote: »
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Biggestloserlisa wrote: »
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sparrish531 wrote: »Biggestloserlisa wrote: »I have not had any diet soda for 5days. Yay. So proud of myself...
Way to go! I believe diet sodas signal the body to replace the calories that are missing in the drink - has the opposite effect than marketing tells us it should have. Many studies show diet soda drinkers are more likely to gain weight.
This is a very good thing to do. Congrats, and keep it up!!!!
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sheclimber wrote: »Sheez people. Someone says they've accomplished something and that they are proud of themselves and it turns into a debate. Nothing in the OP, her very first post, was debatable and nowhere was she asking anyone's opinion of if this was a good thing to do or not. Whatever happened to saying... Congratulations. Nice Job. Way to go! and in general being supportive??? Inherent in her post is she thinks its a good thing and is simply looking for some recognition for a job well done. Instead she gets people with thousands of previous posts judging her. I'd love to see the people posting here try to go 5 days with adhering to the philosophy that if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all.
Nice job Lisa! Keep up the good work.
I'll go back to avoiding the forums again. Thanks for reminding me why I did in the first place.
That was my initial reaction as well. As soon as I saw what OP was excited about, I thought, "uh oh, here it comes..."
OP that's awesome about the soda. Congrats on your step-by-step changes. You got this!
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@ rabbitjb - You may be right. I worked with WebMD/CafeWell last year for my "get healthy" insurance incentive ($200) and the health coaches there said that seltzer was no better than soda as far as the calcium. I did not do my own research. Either way, it doesn't do anything for you nutritionally.
In that case, neither does water, really. If I'm getting a diet pop, I either want the caffeine, or a tasty cold drink to enjoy when I'm hungry or thirsty, and without the calories.
Water may not have nutrients, but your body needs it to survive. Caffeine and "tastes good" are about the only things diet soda has going for it, and unlike water, the phosphoric acid in soda wrecks tooth enamel. Doesn't mean people shouldn't drink it if they want to, but it's not like there are negative consequences to giving it up.
It's called effort churn.
By focusing effort on things that do not impact a goal one churns emotional energy and time away that could be better spent. It is a huge loss of opportunity.0 -
Way to go. I gave up soda's\fizzy drinks period. The first week was the hardest. After that I was fine and still going strong.0
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Diet soda for sure triggers me to want more sugary items and kind of leaves me with an unfilled hungry pit in my stomach unfortunately. It makes me feel dehydrated too and sometimes headaches are for sure a thing. Unfortunately; -( love diet coke..0
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dolliesdaughter wrote: »Way to go. I gave up soda's\fizzy drinks period. The first week was the hardest. After that I was fine and still going strong.
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When I was overweight I drank a lot more water than I do now. I also ate a lot more sugary and fatty foods. Sure, some people say that I was just drinking all that water because overweight people sweat more but my gut feeling tells me differently. Clearly over consumption of water made me crave sweets and kept me fat. Thank God I switched to Diet Coke and no longer have this problem. Four years and going strong! Celebrate!0
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Biggestloserlisa wrote: »I have not had any diet soda for 5days. Yay. So proud of myself...
Way to go Lisa!!! I am on Day 5 of logging all my meals - it feels great to almost have a week under the belt - right!!!
And I think you are right on track. Diet sodas can wreak havoc - maybe not in the most straightforward caloric way - but chemically, for the taste buds, for future appetite and cravings, nutrient depletion, addiction... On and on. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a legitimate Doctor, RD, or trainer who would actually recommend this as a dietary staple.
And guys - keep in mind - Coke and Pepsi has paid millions of dollars to fund "positive research" about their products. They are in BUSINESS. Know where your facts are coming from!
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Thank you and congratulations to you.want to be fribds on here.. I'm a CHRSTIAN myself...0
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peter56765 wrote: »When I was overweight I drank a lot more water than I do now. I also ate a lot more sugary and fatty foods. Sure, some people say that I was just drinking all that water because overweight people sweat more but my gut feeling tells me differently. Clearly over consumption of water made me crave sweets and kept me fat. Thank God I switched to Diet Coke and no longer have this problem. Four years and going strong! Celebrate!
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Thank you Peter... and congrats on yourcweightloss journeym0
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Thank you Sarah0
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