Coke, Soda, Pop. HELP

singingflutelady · November 2016

MalkinMagic71 wrote: »

Coke Zero is nectar from the gods. I drink a couple cans a day. Lost almost 200lbs. Can't do diet coke.. blech, but coke Zero is good stuff.

Yes I hate diet coke but love coke zero.

Tacklewasher · November 2016

MeganAM89 wrote: »

I actually dislike coke zero as well. No matter what it always tastes like it's flat or something to me

I had my wife pour two glasses, one of each. I couldn't tell them apart and disliked both of them.
I just haven't had much pop of any kind since I started tracking.

msf74 · November 2016

Ready4change913 wrote: »

I have a terrible addiction to Coke (the soft drink)

And?

Unless it's blocking you from achieving a calorie deficit or crowding out other nutrients from your diet I'm not seeing a problem.

fitoverfortymom · November 2016

I was the same way with Pepsi. It was the one thing I've decided to completely get rid of as I lose weight. It just gave me a ton of calories and left me feeling hungry for other junk. It is a big trigger for me to eat other stuff that puts me over my calorie goal. I have a 1250 calorie daily goal, so soda just isn't a part of that. I do drink a lot of sparkling water to give me the bubbly feeling I like. Diet sodas never really tasted right to me, so that didn't work for me. Lots of folks around here do seem to like Coke Zero, though. If I need caffeine in the afternoon, I make a cup of black tea and that seems to do the trick.

Colt1835 · November 2016

singingflutelady wrote: »

MalkinMagic71 wrote: »

Coke Zero is nectar from the gods. I drink a couple cans a day. Lost almost 200lbs. Can't do diet coke.. blech, but coke Zero is good stuff.

Yes I hate diet coke but love coke zero.

I love both of them. It really drives me crazy to hear people say that diet soda will cause weight gain. Diet soda was the one thing that helped me come as far as I have. I'm 76 pounds lighter and I sometimes drink 5 cans of coke zero a day.

B4Rachael · November 2016

If you can't live without it, you don't have to.
If you are looking for a solution; you could just try reducing how many you drink a day.
So say you drink 5 a day, then for the next week or so don't drink more than 4. If you could handle that well then reduce it to 3 & so on until you reach a comfortable limit or eliminate them all together.
You can still have one on certain occasions; Or if you chose not to eliminate it from your diet you can always choose one day a week where you get an extra one on top of your daily limit.
I used this method to reduce/eliminate coffee from my diet (because of the cream & sugar I like to add) and I have days where I drink none but most days I stick with two cups & only 3-4 days a month I get up to 3.
(and yes 3 is a small amount - I could go a whole day with nothing in my system but coffee - it was in my calorie limit but so very unhealthy)

Trish1c · November 2016

Here's a sampling of articles about diet soda & weight. I have no idea what scientific methods if any the authors used to reach their conclusions.

http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/02/15/how-diet-soda-makes-you-fat-and-other-food-and-diet-industry-secrets/

http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/is-diet-soda-making-you-fat/

http://www.today.com/video/is-diet-soda-sabotaging-your-diet-44494403645

http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight-pictures/ways-youre-sabotaging-your-diet.aspx

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/diet-soda-ruining-your-metabolism

https://www.fitnessblender.com/blog/diet-soda-and-weight-loss-weight-gain-from-diet-soda

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a26984/diet-soda-health-risks/

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-sodas-and-weight-gain-not-so-fast#1

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/diet-soda/faq-20057855

dwatkins23 · November 2016

Ever tried kombucha? It's not sweet like soda (kindof a tart/sweet flavor) but has that fizzy pop that could satisfy your cravings. I'm hooked on the stuff

cross2bear · November 2016

Please explain - what is the difference between diet coke and coke zero? Is it the caffeine?

richardgavel · November 2016

cross2bear wrote: »

Please explain - what is the difference between diet coke and coke zero? Is it the caffeine?

It's the artificial sweetener they use, I think.

Wynterbourne · November 2016

Trish1c wrote: »

Here's a sampling of articles about diet soda & weight. I have no idea what scientific methods if any the authors used to reach their conclusions.

http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/02/15/how-diet-soda-makes-you-fat-and-other-food-and-diet-industry-secrets/

http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/is-diet-soda-making-you-fat/

http://www.today.com/video/is-diet-soda-sabotaging-your-diet-44494403645

http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight-pictures/ways-youre-sabotaging-your-diet.aspx

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/diet-soda-ruining-your-metabolism

https://www.fitnessblender.com/blog/diet-soda-and-weight-loss-weight-gain-from-diet-soda

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a26984/diet-soda-health-risks/

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-sodas-and-weight-gain-not-so-fast#1

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/diet-soda/faq-20057855

Doctor Oz, Good Housekeeping, The Today Show? Are you kidding me? If you 'have no idea what scientific methods if any the authors used to reach their conclusions' then I would suggest moving on and searching for another source that shows what scientific methods if any were used. I've lost 115 lbs drinking diet soda. It did not sabotage me. I do not trust my weight loss or my health to Doctor "Quacking" Oz.

AnvilHead · November 2016

Trish1c wrote: »

Here's a sampling of articles about diet soda & weight. I have no idea what scientific methods if any the authors used to reach their conclusions.

http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/02/15/how-diet-soda-makes-you-fat-and-other-food-and-diet-industry-secrets/

http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/is-diet-soda-making-you-fat/

http://www.today.com/video/is-diet-soda-sabotaging-your-diet-44494403645

http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight-pictures/ways-youre-sabotaging-your-diet.aspx

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/diet-soda-ruining-your-metabolism

https://www.fitnessblender.com/blog/diet-soda-and-weight-loss-weight-gain-from-diet-soda

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a26984/diet-soda-health-risks/

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-sodas-and-weight-gain-not-so-fast#1

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/diet-soda/faq-20057855

Okay, so rather than magazine articles, blogs and crackpots like Hyman and Oz, how about we look at some scientific evidence instead?:

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/51/6/963.short

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/76/4/721.long

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/3/651.short

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/95/3/555.short

Therealobi1 · November 2016

i switched from coke to coke zero. diet coke if zero not around.
keep tasting all the diet drinks until you find a suitable replacement

barni71 · November 2016

I loved full fat coke but managed to change to caffeine free diet coke (gold one) which I didn't like 100% at first but I just love it now. I also get flavoured sparkling water from the supermarket which is nice and refreshing. Diet Dr Pepper isn't bad either.

SusanMFindlay · November 2016

cross2bear wrote: »

Please explain - what is the difference between diet coke and coke zero? Is it the caffeine?

It's the flavour.

My personal theory is that when they first made Diet Coke, they wanted it to taste different from regular Coke so that people would feel good about themselves that they were drinking a "diet" product. So, they changed up the flavourings to give it a different taste.

Many years later, they discovered that a certain fragment of their potential market didn't like the taste of Diet Coke. So, they made Coke Zero which tastes as much like regular Coke as possible given that it's missing the sugar (or HFCS in the US).

When I switched from regular Coke to Coke Zero, I honestly didn't notice the difference. Now, I can tell the difference because regular Coke tastes and feels like drinking syrup to me. So, I can see why some people would be able to taste the difference right away.

I've also heard a theory that Coke Zero is "diet Coke for men who think Diet Coke is too girly for them". Which would explain why both products are still on the market.

Shortly after Coke Zero became a thing, Pepsi did the same with Pepsi Max.

H_Ock12 · November 2016

Is your addiction to the caffeine or the Coke itself? My drink of choice was Mtn Dew (6+ cans/day), which I quit when I decided to lose weight. I had awful caffeine withdrawals and kept relapsing to the Mtn Dew to fix them. Then I started taking caffeine pills with a glass of water and it solved the problem!

TeaBea · November 2016

Trish1c wrote: »

Here's a sampling of articles about diet soda & weight. I have no idea what scientific methods if any the authors used to reach their conclusions.

http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/02/15/how-diet-soda-makes-you-fat-and-other-food-and-diet-industry-secrets/

http://www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/is-diet-soda-making-you-fat/

http://www.today.com/video/is-diet-soda-sabotaging-your-diet-44494403645

http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight-pictures/ways-youre-sabotaging-your-diet.aspx

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/diet-soda-ruining-your-metabolism

https://www.fitnessblender.com/blog/diet-soda-and-weight-loss-weight-gain-from-diet-soda

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a26984/diet-soda-health-risks/

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/diet-sodas-and-weight-gain-not-so-fast#1

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/diet-soda/faq-20057855

Dr. OZ......really? He's a quack. You give him enough money, he'll endorse whatever weight loss crap you are selling.

These look like magazine headlines. You know, standing in the supermarket checkout. I don't believe these any more than I believe the National Enquirer.

It shouldn't be up to me to prove your statements. You should figure out the scientific methods (if any).

kgirlhart · November 2016

I actually cut way back on cokes before I even started logging. But when I want a coke I want a regular Coke, or a regular Sprite. I started buying the mini cans. I think they are 8 oz. and they have 90 calories. That will usually quell my craving and without being too many calories. If I just want a caffeine jolt then I drink unsweetened black tea. If you want to cut all sodas out that may be the way to go. But you don't have to cut them completely out if you don't want to.

savithny · November 2016

The first diet beverages were sweetened with saccharine, which had a definite different taste and aftertaste. And may have caused cancer in lab rats who ate a lot of it.

(I remember my dad explaining that you'd have to eat POUNDS of saccharine to get the amounts the cancer rats got. But then that was the olden days, when people didn't drink six quarts of pop a day, so there's that).

Then there was Nutrasweet, which tasted better but had a different aftertaste and gave some people headaches.

And then there was Splenda, which you could bake with and had less of an aftertaste but gave some people side effects.

And then there was Stevia, which was "natural" and so was totally awesome for you....

The main difference between the flavors of diet soda pop is the sweetener they use. They didn't chose to make Diet Coke taste that different - they couldn't make it taste "right" with the sweeteners available at the time.

Long story short: Diet Coke is Aspartame (NutraSweet). Coke Zero is a blend of other sweeteners that don't have the Aspartame Aftertaste.

mparker87 · November 2016

I love Coke too. Especially McDonald's Coke, it just tastes 10x better than the rest for some reason. When I first started tracking, I switched to the mini cans because I could spare 90-100 calories. But for the last several months I've tried to only drink one or two on the weekends. I cannot tell a difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke and I hate them both. I'd rather drink water than anything with artificial sweetener in it.

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