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Diet Coke yay or nay?

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  • Zenwenner
    Zenwenner Posts: 166 Member
    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?
  • RowdysLady
    RowdysLady Posts: 1,370 Member
    I think that's individualized to the person. For me that wouldn't throw me off.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    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.
  • SuperCarLori
    SuperCarLori Posts: 1,248 Member
    I, too, indulge in diet Pepsi and a&w...and I too, do not log it. I feel so...dirty. :D;)
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,038 Member
    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. :wink:
  • dancing_daisy
    dancing_daisy Posts: 162 Member
    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
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    edited September 2016
    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. ;)
  • LolaDeeDaisy23
    LolaDeeDaisy23 Posts: 383 Member
    I always preferred Coke Zero to Diet Coke. But because I couldn't tell the difference between the two when I ordered out, I started ordering Diet Coke. Now that's my go to drink.
  • Working2BLean
    Working2BLean Posts: 386 Member
    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!
  • moonlights
    moonlights Posts: 141 Member
    I have about 4 cans a day with no problem. I hate water so all my liquid intake is sugar free fizzy drinks or tea (I drink a LOT of tea)
  • AshStout83
    AshStout83 Posts: 190 Member
    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
    collegefbfan Posts: 346 Member
    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.
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,038 Member
    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.
  • collegefbfan
    collegefbfan Posts: 346 Member
    I miss it... sooo much.. .but I am a good boy now
  • dasher602014
    dasher602014 Posts: 1,992 Member
    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.
  • Smoked33
    Smoked33 Posts: 186 Member
    Diet coke? not so much...but diet pepsi. Can't (and don't) live without it :) Probably 2 liters a day.
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