I wonder how much artificial sweetener it might take to throw off weight loss.

I don't consume a lot of it...at most 4 packets of sweet n'low in a day, but usually only 2. Once in awhile I have a sugar free jello. Very occasionally I have a Coke Zero, though I might have diet pop more often if I ever came across Cherry Coke Zero! That sounds great. Haven't seen it here in Canada, though.

Do you think such small amounts could affect anything?

Zenwenner wrote: »

I wonder how much artificial sweetener it might take to throw off weight loss.

I don't consume a lot of it...at most 4 packets of sweet n'low in a day, but usually only 2. Once in awhile I have a sugar free jello. Very occasionally I have a Coke Zero, though I might have diet pop more often if I ever came across Cherry Coke Zero! That sounds great. Haven't seen it here in Canada, though.

Do you think such small amounts could affect anything?

I drink 6-12 cans per day, to no ill effect. Not sure how much more one can reasonably consume. Heh.

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

I hate Diet Coke, but I do drink absurd amounts of Cherry, Vanilla, and regular Coke Zero.

Word.
Diet Coke is nasty.
Cherry Coke Zero......drooooool. I have a quarter bottle of Coke Zero in the fridge. Guess what happened to the rest of it.

dancing_daisy wrote: »

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

Zenwenner wrote: »

I drink 6-12 cans per day, to no ill effect. .

6-12?!?!?! Surely not! When do you find time to do anything else? lol

I lift twice per day, work in an extremely hot environment, I usually wear a hoodie, and I am on thermogenics. I shed water like a slave on a Roman warship. Pair that with the fact that all of my liquid intake comes from Coke Zero and protein shakes, and it seems less absurd.

If anything, I probably need to drink more of them.

Sometimes that nice Diet Coke or Pepsi taste is just what I crave!

I slam a few every once in a while.

Seems to have not killed me yet. I don't claim to know what the supposed health risk is of 4 cans of Diet Coke a week though.

So far so good!

And oh yeah on A&W root beer

IBC diet cream soda or root beer is yummy as well!

I can't stand the taste of diet drinks. It would be nice to use them in a mixed drink or "float" like you guys, but the artificial taste kills me. I'm the same way with sugar-free candy, syrups, etc. My mom and girlfriend love diet coke. I just can't do it.

collegefbfan wrote: »

I used to only drink Coke zero with bourbon. Now that I am strict on this deal, I drink only water period end of discussion. Except for my morning shake with 8 oz almond milk, 6 tbsp. of heavy cream, 1 tbsp. of brain octane, and protein powder. Water the rest of the day everyday.

Coke Zero and bourbon..... drooooling.

I stopped with the colas because of the connection with osteoporosis. I do have one occasionally but not as a regular thing. I used it a lot as cough medicine (it worked better than any other beverage) in my younger days.