Will a diet coke here and there hurt?

jennymstokes
jennymstokes Posts: 16 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I haven't really been drinking anything but water and just kind of wanted to switch it up for lunch and have me a diet coke. I know a lot of people say they aren't good for you.
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  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    Have it and enjoy. I have a diet Dew most days myself.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    People say lots of things that aren't so.

    No, unless you have a medical condition that you haven't disclosed that requires you to avoid it, a diet soda won't hurt you.
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    Drink and eat whatever you want within your calorie limit.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    Simple answer is no, it will not hurt your weight loss goals. Many of us have lost a ton of weight while incorporating diet drinks.
  • Equus5374
    Equus5374 Posts: 462 Member
    I love a good diet soda as a snack (my preference is for diet lemon-lime sodas). For me it's the perfect craving quencher.
  • benzieboxx
    benzieboxx Posts: 253 Member
    I don't think there's any actual concrete evidence on that whole diet soda thing. At least I've never found any concrete peer reviewed evidence or articles. I love the crisp taste of soda so I like to drink diet whatever. I've been steadily losing weight. Only times I've gained it's because I slacked on logging or ate over my limit. Not the soda.
  • sunflowerhippi
    sunflowerhippi Posts: 1,099 Member
    edited March 2016
    I have lost 60lbs with diet soda in my life. So besides the "unhealthy" part of it being soda it will not slow down your weight loss.
  • jennymstokes
    jennymstokes Posts: 16 Member
    Thank yall! I have missed a diet coke lol
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I didn't start drinking diet sodas until this year. Never in my life have I ever wanted or craved one. They have REALLY helped me get through some tough times trying to lose :)
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    I've had so much diet soda since I started cutting calories that I'm now sick of it and laying off for a while (one here and there while I'm out and about but not stocking the fridge for the time being). Yep. Drank it till I hate it and I'm inching up on 80 lbs lost. Kind of funny since I had to train myself to like it in the first place. Sure, it's acidic, some people say it makes them bloat or have cravings, but if none of that bothers you, have a soda with lunch.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I wish it were easier to find caffeine free diet soda. Sometimes I want one later in the evening after already having so much caffeine throughout the day.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    arditarose wrote: »
    I wish it were easier to find caffeine free diet soda. Sometimes I want one later in the evening after already having so much caffeine throughout the day.

    I am just thankful I fall into the non responder category to caffeine.
  • benjaminhk
    benjaminhk Posts: 353 Member
    edited March 2016
    Diet Coke is very good for you and has many nutritional benefits such as aspartame, artificial coloring and carbonation. DRINK DIET COKE. #vegan #paleo #cleaneating #wholefood
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    benjaminhk wrote: »
    Diet Coke is very good for you and has many nutritional benefits such as aspartame, artificial coloring and carbonation. DRINK DIET COKE. #vegan #paleo #cleaneating #wholefood

    Drinking a Coke Zero right now.

    #RawLyfe
    #PureVegan
    #Naturalist
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    benjaminhk wrote: »
    Diet Coke is very good for you and has many nutritional benefits such as aspartame, artificial coloring and carbonation. DRINK DIET COKE. #vegan #paleo #cleaneating #wholefood

    Nope, don't detect any sarcasm in there at all.

    Also, pretty sure the bold completely contradict each other, unless someone else made up a diet that I don't know about.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    psulemon wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I wish it were easier to find caffeine free diet soda. Sometimes I want one later in the evening after already having so much caffeine throughout the day.

    I am just thankful I fall into the non responder category to caffeine.

    lol. Between my coffee, pwo, caffeinated teas and diet sodas I'm surprised I can fall asleep at night.
  • benjaminhk
    benjaminhk Posts: 353 Member
    psulemon wrote: »
    benjaminhk wrote: »
    Diet Coke is very good for you and has many nutritional benefits such as aspartame, artificial coloring and carbonation. DRINK DIET COKE. #vegan #paleo #cleaneating #wholefood

    Nope, don't detect any sarcasm in there at all.

    Also, pretty sure the bold completely contradict each other, unless someone else made up a diet that I don't know about.

    Hehe. You caught me!
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    I now try to avoid having too much mostly because I think it's kind of junky, but NO it has never interfered with my weight or appetite or anything at all, except to help keep weight off, not because it's magic but because when I quit it I gained a couple of pounds because I drink coffee everyday instead and only like coffee with milk and sugar!!!

    So as far as straight weight effect, I think it's a great tool to feel like you had *something* when you are craving a snack, without actually eating anything.

    One time I was in the grocery line with a Diet Coke. This conversation happened. Really.:

    Lady-behind-me-in-line asks "Does that stuff work?"

    "What stuff?

    "The diet coke, does it work?"

    I just told her yes, it was keeping me skinny. Couldn't resist.
  • lesamcmahon
    lesamcmahon Posts: 5 Member
    I started drinking seltzer water to get myself off of the daily diet coke but I still have one every now and then. I was starting to rely on them too often and I didn't want that because that because they aren't really health producing. So, now a diet coke is an occasional splurge or treat.
  • fastfoodietofitcutie
    fastfoodietofitcutie Posts: 523 Member
    benjaminhk wrote: »
    Diet Coke is very good for you and has many nutritional benefits such as aspartame, artificial coloring and carbonation. DRINK DIET COKE. #vegan #paleo #cleaneating #wholefood

    What's wrong with carbonation?
  • kissedbythesunshine
    kissedbythesunshine Posts: 416 Member
    I love diet cranberry ginger ale. It often works when I want something sweet. Hasn't hindered my weight loss at all.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Lots of calories, sugar, & caffeine. Zero nutrition. Not good for "my" body. No thank you.
  • LBuehrle8
    LBuehrle8 Posts: 4,044 Member
    Nope. Won't hurt/hinder weight loss at all.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Lots of calories, sugar, & caffeine. Zero nutrition. Not good for "my" body. No thank you.

    Lots of sugar and calories in diet coke?!
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  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Lots of calories, sugar, & caffeine. Zero nutrition. Not good for "my" body. No thank you.

    Lots of sugar and calories in diet coke?!

    Hahaha!

    Anyway, I think half of the liquids I ingest in a day come in some diet soda form. The rest is from Crystal Light, stevia sweetened coffee, and on Fridays, booze. I am 125lbs at 5'5", down from 270lbs, so do what you want with that info.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Lots of calories, sugar, & caffeine. Zero nutrition. Not good for "my" body. No thank you.

    Zero (or pretty darned close) calories, zero sugar, & zero caffeine in Diet Caffeine Free Coke.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Lots of calories, sugar, & caffeine. Zero nutrition. Not good for "my" body. No thank you.

    *checks label on bottle of Coke Zero I'm currently drinking*

    Nope. Still no calories. Still no sugar.
  • 2snakeswoman
    2snakeswoman Posts: 655 Member
    My research suggests to me that diet sodas ARE harmful, but you have to drink a lot of them over a long period of time. I have a built-in aversion to ever doing that. More than about 2 diet sodas in a week and I get a killer headache, which is listed as a side effect of aspartame. Every once in awhile, a Diet Coke goes down so good!
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Diet coke is fine.
    I find posting about diet coke and reading the responses raises my blood pressure though, so I would recommend drinking a diet coke over asking about drinking diet coke.

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