Addicted to Diet Coke!

I recently stopped drinking diet coke after drinking it for 25+ years. You should decide to quit it if YOU want to and not what anyone else thinks. I quit because I was addicted to the caffeine. Also, I hated that it was destroying my teeth. (like most sodas) The way I did it was by weaning myself off of it. It was actually quite painless. I had minimal headaches from the lack of caffeine. It might not have been the healthiest way, but it was the least painful.
They make these crystal lights packs that flavor water. They have caffeinated kinds. I started with a half a packet that I drank and drank water the rest of the days. I was still getting my caffeine so I wasn't getting headaches. Each week I decreased the packets by half. Lastly, I was using just 1/4 packet and noticed I wasn't even finishing that before switching to water. It was painless and haven't had soda in almost 2 months.

I just got through a weeks long crave phase and it was my diet sodas and my sparkling waters that got me through.

I wanted I guess, mouth sensation and a calorie free fizzy drink totally does the trick.

I'm trying out a fancy tea right now. I just learned that a tea with hot steamed milk (I picked skim) is called a "London Fog". It is flavoured with a sugar free syrup (hazelnut) but even so with the milk this treat will set me back 230 calories. Natural or industrial, calories can getcha anywhere.

My belly gets bigger when I gain weight and goes down when I lose.

I don't drink much soda myself (I do choose diet when I drink it), and I love water, but I still don't understand why water is believed to be so important for weight loss.

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I don't drink much soda myself (I do choose diet when I drink it), and I love water, but I still don't understand why water is believed to be so important for weight loss.

Agreed, being near a bathroom at all times is no fun!

I just tried out 10 calorie Big K cola on a whim, and it's actually pretty good. Those 10 calories obviously don't have an impact on my numbers, but I still get to feel like, "oooh, I'm having fun!"

dmspurli wrote: »

elphie754 wrote: »

littlechiaseed wrote: »

I switched to regular coke only occasionally and the flavored cabonated waters (la croix). Diet Coke was giving me headaches. I didn't lose weight instantly or anything magical after giving them up though. But they definitely weren't helping my weight loss.

How can a diet drink that has no calories impact your weight?

Because artificial sweeteners are worse than sugar. Empty calories leave you craving more junk which ultimately leads to weight gain.

No.

I lost 50lbs pounds while drinking diet soda and I've been maintaining the loss for several years now, while still drinking diet soda. I'm in great health as well.

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Wheelhouse15 wrote: »

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I don't drink much soda myself (I do choose diet when I drink it), and I love water, but I still don't understand why water is believed to be so important for weight loss.

Not so much for actual fat loss but it will help reduce water retention.

Like lots and lots of extra water, as some seem to think is beneficial? Or just being adequately hydrated, which I refuse to believe is an actual problem for humans with adequate access to non contaminated liquids?

Anyway, I would think that fat loss was really the issue. I don't find that drinking extra water or only water affects my water retention (which has never been an issue). Maybe if someone eats a high sodium diet, though, I dunno.

Oh, the hype of drinking a gallon or so a day is way overblown but water cuts are well known in sports and bodybuilding competitions, as well as upping potassium and lowering sodium intake. I think the water helps flush out sodium and thus reduces water retention in the body but their are limits and too much water without sodium intake is actually dangerous. I believe low carb diets also need more water as well.

Wheelhouse15 wrote: »

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Wheelhouse15 wrote: »

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I don't drink much soda myself (I do choose diet when I drink it), and I love water, but I still don't understand why water is believed to be so important for weight loss.

Not so much for actual fat loss but it will help reduce water retention.

Like lots and lots of extra water, as some seem to think is beneficial? Or just being adequately hydrated, which I refuse to believe is an actual problem for humans with adequate access to non contaminated liquids?

Anyway, I would think that fat loss was really the issue. I don't find that drinking extra water or only water affects my water retention (which has never been an issue). Maybe if someone eats a high sodium diet, though, I dunno.

Oh, the hype of drinking a gallon or so a day is way overblown but water cuts are well known in sports and bodybuilding competitions, as well as upping potassium and lowering sodium intake. I think the water helps flush out sodium and thus reduces water retention in the body but their are limits and too much water without sodium intake is actually dangerous. I believe low carb diets also need more water as well.

Okay, that makes sense. I was more responding to the former, or the idea that it's so important to dieting to work on drinking more water.

Why has no one mentioned Diet Mt. Dew?!!! That is the mana from heaven, it is the king of all diet drinks and reigns supreme over them all!

I drink basically all diet drinks with no issues, still drink plenty of water, and coffee. I'm slightly ADD so the caffeine actually helps me focus and none of the artificial sugars are going to hurt you (90% of them won't even trigger a glycemic response so you can drink them while fasting). They haven't ever hurt my teeth but maybe I'm just odd there, the dentist even tried to claim I had been flossing last visit (pfft she was the last person to floss my teeth at 6 months ago). All the bad claims against diet soda is false science and old wives tales.

And seriously folks - Diet Mt. Dew is the best.