Can you still drink DIET pepsi or coke while on a diet?

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  • BeauNash
    BeauNash Posts: 103 Member
    allyphoe wrote: »
    BeauNash wrote: »
    Eh?

    As things stand, all of those studies you found through PubMed show that we shouldn't be worried about consuming NNS.

    Correct. I was responding to the guy who said to use Google, but got busy at work and ended up cross-posting.

    Ah ok. Your post read like you were responding to mine. My apologies.
  • NancyYale
    NancyYale Posts: 171 Member
    I drink less than I used to, but I lost all my weight drinking some daily. It may or may not have a bearing on your health, but it's neutral for WL.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    comeonnow142857 wrote: »
    xpurplumx wrote: »
    Is it true that the body cannot metabolize sugar so the sugars from the coke will turn into fat?

    if your body cannot metabolize something it cannot turn it into fat

    actually my liver cannot properly metabolize fat and cholesterol. so it does get stored as fat.I have a health condition.it causes fat stores under the skin called "fat pads" which are a mix of fats/cholesterol. I lost a lot of them when I changed my diet and lost weight.
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    You can only drink it if you are having it with an orde of a triple cheeseburger meal deal with a large Sunday and a second helping of fries.

    Love me some Pepsi max, sugary drink without the calories - stopped me from getting a chocolate bar instead. It was purely the cost that stopped that habit.
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    edited April 2017
    Yes you can drink anything that will fit in your calorie goal. You ca even go over if you want, but your rate of loss will slow down.

    Btw your profile picture is a model that I would always see in promotions for Chinese mechandise right now the product being modeled is the necklace.

    I bought items from the merchant before, so I've seen that picture all over the site. Not sure if you know it's a copyrighted image... unless you're claiming to be the model in question... just a little FYI.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    edited April 2017
    If you can't, then I'd better run, because the 49 lbs I lost drinking it are about to come running back!
  • Rebecca0224
    Rebecca0224 Posts: 810 Member
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    I'm doing this and I switched from regular Mt. Dew to Diet (and it has aspartame, oh no!!!). I found that once I made the switch, it still allowed me to get my "sweet fix" from the lower calorie option and I had no desire to eat sweet things in great quantities like I did with regular Mt. Dew.

    I suppose it's different for everyone, but I'm down 12lbs from when I made the switch and while sometimes, I still will drink a full calorie drink (usually a bottled Coca-Cola), I don't desire it the way I used to.

    I had the same experience, it decreased my cravings for sweets.
  • STEVE142142
    STEVE142142 Posts: 867 Member
    I'm addicted to diet dr. pepper I couldn't give it up. Maybe it's not the best thing for me but it's my vice of choice. You can literally eat whatever you want as long as it fits within your caloric goal period since it's diet soda theoretically it has zero calories you're not consuming any calories.

    To put things in perspective over a. Of 8 months I lost 80 pounds and I've maintained that loss for another eight months. During that time I never gave up anything that I truly enjoyed. I still had the occasional Wendy's hamburger pizza and beers on the beach. If I had to give those up I could have never done this. For this process to work it has to be enjoyable and that's why in my opinion diets fail. I've been on diets before and I was absolutely miserable. They suck you give stuff up you and joy and they don't work. What I did and my advice to you is educate yourself as far as food and how it affects your body.
  • Makeitso39
    Makeitso39 Posts: 51 Member
    I find a nice cold can of Coke Zero is an excellent fix when I have a sweet craving.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    comeonnow142857 wrote: »
    xpurplumx wrote: »
    Is it true that the body cannot metabolize sugar so the sugars from the coke will turn into fat?

    if your body cannot metabolize something it cannot turn it into fat

    actually my liver cannot properly metabolize fat and cholesterol. so it does get stored as fat.I have a health condition.it causes fat stores under the skin called "fat pads" which are a mix of fats/cholesterol. I lost a lot of them when I changed my diet and lost weight.

    Fat is already fat, it doesn't have to get turned into it. For something else like sugar to get turned to fat, it would have to metabolize it first, break it apart, run through the krebs cycle and then through lipogenesis.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I've noticed that it seems to be a common misconception that diet soda has a bunch of sugar in it. It doesn't. I'm not sure why so many people (and I've seen several posts lately) think diet soda is a sugar bomb. It makes no sense. :o
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,230 Member
    jenilla1 wrote: »
    I've noticed that it seems to be a common misconception that diet soda has a bunch of sugar in it. It doesn't. I'm not sure why so many people (and I've seen several posts lately) think diet soda is a sugar bomb. It makes no sense. :o

    Same for sodium
  • misshavenross
    misshavenross Posts: 7 Member
    xchocolategirl wrote: »
    Yes you can drink anything that will fit in your calorie goal. You ca even go over if you want, but your rate of loss will slow down.

    Btw your profile picture is a model that I would always see in promotions for Chinese mechandise right now the product being modeled is the necklace.

    I bought items from the merchant before, so I've seen that picture all over the site. Not sure if you know it's a copyrighted image... unless you're claiming to be the model in question... just a little FYI.

    LOL don't kill me this girl thinks I'm using a fake picture???? Come send me the site my girl, I would love to see it
  • SiegfriedXXL
    SiegfriedXXL Posts: 219 Member
    Yup. I've lost over a hundred pounds so far and I still drink Diet Coke. Not as much as I used to. I drink a ton of water now but I still have it once a day.
  • georgeous66
    georgeous66 Posts: 47 Member
    I gave them up...a ton of sodium in diet drinks. I traded in for presidents choice free and clear flavoured water....nothing but potassium in them.
  • jademflynn
    jademflynn Posts: 10 Member
    I enjoy sugar-free drinks in moderation. Just be aware of the caffeine content and acidity level. Drinking diet drinks each day can lead to erosion of the teeth over time. x
  • ActivatedAlm0nds
    ActivatedAlm0nds Posts: 169 Member
    Don't drink Diet Pepsi!

    Look for Pepsi Max. I saw some bottles at the 99 Cent Store recently.
  • LAT1963
    LAT1963 Posts: 1,375 Member
    You can. But, some studies show that people who drink diet drinks tend to overeat other items and that interferes with their progress. It's unclear if the artificial sweetness is involved or if people just over-estimate the number of calories they have 'freed up' to eat other foods.

    Carbonation on its own can have adverse effects on your calcium metabolism if you drink a lot of fizzy things every day.

    Abundance of caution says 'moderation in all things'.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Taco cat, do me!
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    xchocolategirl wrote: »
    Yes you can drink anything that will fit in your calorie goal. You ca even go over if you want, but your rate of loss will slow down.

    Btw your profile picture is a model that I would always see in promotions for Chinese mechandise right now the product being modeled is the necklace.

    I bought items from the merchant before, so I've seen that picture all over the site. Not sure if you know it's a copyrighted image... unless you're claiming to be the model in question... just a little FYI.

    There's an option under the report button to report copyright violations. Just a little FYI. :smile:
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    misshavenross wrote: »
    xchocolategirl wrote: »
    Yes you can drink anything that will fit in your calorie goal. You ca even go over if you want, but your rate of loss will slow down.

    Btw your profile picture is a model that I would always see in promotions for Chinese mechandise right now the product being modeled is the necklace.

    I bought items from the merchant before, so I've seen that picture all over the site. Not sure if you know it's a copyrighted image... unless you're claiming to be the model in question... just a little FYI.

    LOL don't kill me this girl thinks I'm using a fake picture???? Come send me the site my girl, I would love to see it

    https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://soraouji.com/Tags/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3&prev=search

    Thanks for posting! :open_mouth:
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    xchocolategirl wrote: »
    Yes you can drink anything that will fit in your calorie goal. You ca even go over if you want, but your rate of loss will slow down.

    Btw your profile picture is a model that I would always see in promotions for Chinese mechandise right now the product being modeled is the necklace.

    I bought items from the merchant before, so I've seen that picture all over the site. Not sure if you know it's a copyrighted image... unless you're claiming to be the model in question... just a little FYI.

    There's an option under the report button to report copyright violations. Just a little FYI. :smile:

    I actually wanted to know if the Op would claim to be the model in question, but from how silent she is I'm guessing not. This is really awkward...
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    doittoitgirl wrote: »
    misshavenross wrote: »
    xchocolategirl wrote: »
    Yes you can drink anything that will fit in your calorie goal. You ca even go over if you want, but your rate of loss will slow down.

    Btw your profile picture is a model that I would always see in promotions for Chinese mechandise right now the product being modeled is the necklace.

    I bought items from the merchant before, so I've seen that picture all over the site. Not sure if you know it's a copyrighted image... unless you're claiming to be the model in question... just a little FYI.

    LOL don't kill me this girl thinks I'm using a fake picture???? Come send me the site my girl, I would love to see it

    Waiting to see how this pans out.

    :lol: same here! I didn't think things would go this way!!
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Diem78 wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    misshavenross wrote: »
    xchocolategirl wrote: »
    Yes you can drink anything that will fit in your calorie goal. You ca even go over if you want, but your rate of loss will slow down.

    Btw your profile picture is a model that I would always see in promotions for Chinese mechandise right now the product being modeled is the necklace.

    I bought items from the merchant before, so I've seen that picture all over the site. Not sure if you know it's a copyrighted image... unless you're claiming to be the model in question... just a little FYI.

    LOL don't kill me this girl thinks I'm using a fake picture???? Come send me the site my girl, I would love to see it

    https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://soraouji.com/Tags/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3&prev=search

    Hilarious. **Crickets from OP** You gotta' love the internet!

    Just... in the age of Google reverse image search, why would you?

    people still do it.obviously they dont know how those things work lol
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