Diet Sodas?

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  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    edited October 2017
    mtbusse73 wrote: »
    WOW - I didn't realize my question would get so much feedback. So I guess - just drink when I'm thirsty. Some diet...some water...some tea (unsweet of course)...cup of coffee here and there. Some low cal vodka every now and then..

    Meh. I don't drink sugar-sweetened beverages often, but a sweet tea here and there won't hurt.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited October 2017
    mtbusse73 wrote: »
    WOW - I didn't realize my question would get so much feedback. So I guess - just drink when I'm thirsty. Some diet...some water...some tea (unsweet of course)...cup of coffee here and there. Some low cal vodka every now and then..

    I mean if your focus is weight loss then your focus should be on hitting a calorie intake that is lower than your calorie expenditure in a way that you can sustain long term.

    What do you do to make sure you can sustain long term?
    1) Make sure you are getting a reasonable amount of nutrition from your food (really shouldn't be hard to do)
    2) Make sure you are satisfied by what you are eating.

    Honestly if dropping a particular food means that on a day to day basis you take in 50 calories less but on the whole you are much less satisfied with your meals or how you feel during your day then it really isn't worth it. Enjoyment or at least satisfaction is part of it and if you enjoy having a diet soda now and again or (gasp) a sweet tea...thats okay. Don't punish yourself for being overweight to the point that you end up quitting a couple months in. As long as you are consistent and under your calories the only thing you need to really track is how satisfied you are.

    Fretting over beverage types is not really going to help you out long term.

    That said I call b.s. on "low calorie vodka" hah
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,202 Member
    filbo132 wrote: »
    Just drink diet soda's. It's funny we worry about that, but statistically we are more likely to die from a car crash, yet do you see people stop driving?

    Convenience. I'd say there would be a direct correlation between the level of risk we accept and the inconvenience of avoiding it. Probably with a variable factor for the element of moral superiority perceived to be gained by said avoidance.
  • mtbusse73
    mtbusse73 Posts: 93 Member
    OK...well since I've decided to keep drinking a few diet sodas (weekly). Has anyone tried a diet A&W rootbeer....man they are really good.

    Maybe when I have a few extra cals I throw in some of that low cal vodka....
  • kirstens1984
    kirstens1984 Posts: 96 Member
    I don't drink diet or regular sodas - regular sodas because of the sugar content and diet sodas trigger my migraines unfortunately (well, artificial sweeteners do). Shame because i love diet coke! They are zero calories so won't lead to weight gain... everything in moderation i guess :)
  • mtbusse73
    mtbusse73 Posts: 93 Member
    kirstens1984 wrote: »
    I don't drink diet or regular sodas - regular sodas because of the sugar content and diet sodas trigger my migraines unfortunately (well, artificial sweeteners do). Shame because i love diet coke! They are zero calories so won't lead to weight gain... everything in moderation i guess :)

    What is your go to beverage of choice?
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I mean I’m sure it’s not great for you. I drink a diet Dr Pepper every day. I just like to and it has no calories.
  • kirstens1984
    kirstens1984 Posts: 96 Member
    mtbusse73 wrote: »
    kirstens1984 wrote: »
    I don't drink diet or regular sodas - regular sodas because of the sugar content and diet sodas trigger my migraines unfortunately (well, artificial sweeteners do). Shame because i love diet coke! They are zero calories so won't lead to weight gain... everything in moderation i guess :)

    What is your go to beverage of choice?

    I drink sparkling water mainly... if i get bored of that i'll just add fresh lemon or lime :) I've got used to it now. (or on a Friday night, gin! haha!)
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,202 Member
    kirstens1984 wrote: »
    mtbusse73 wrote: »
    kirstens1984 wrote: »
    I don't drink diet or regular sodas - regular sodas because of the sugar content and diet sodas trigger my migraines unfortunately (well, artificial sweeteners do). Shame because i love diet coke! They are zero calories so won't lead to weight gain... everything in moderation i guess :)

    What is your go to beverage of choice?

    I drink sparkling water mainly... if i get bored of that i'll just add fresh lemon or lime :) I've got used to it now. (or on a Friday night, gin! haha!)

    That's my go-to as well. I love my Soda Stream, and I just add a squirt of lemon or lime juice
  • 3bambi3
    3bambi3 Posts: 1,650 Member
    hesn92 wrote: »
    I mean I’m sure it’s not great for you. I drink a diet Dr Pepper every day. I just like to and it has no calories.

    Why are you sure it's not great for you?
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    kirstens1984 wrote: »
    mtbusse73 wrote: »
    kirstens1984 wrote: »
    I don't drink diet or regular sodas - regular sodas because of the sugar content and diet sodas trigger my migraines unfortunately (well, artificial sweeteners do). Shame because i love diet coke! They are zero calories so won't lead to weight gain... everything in moderation i guess :)

    What is your go to beverage of choice?

    I drink sparkling water mainly... if i get bored of that i'll just add fresh lemon or lime :) I've got used to it now. (or on a Friday night, gin! haha!)

    That's my go-to as well. I love my Soda Stream, and I just add a squirt of lemon or lime juice

    I like it plain. I still don't like the taste of diet drinks. I'll have one if I want something sweet, or I'll have a life saver. But I go through a lot of water with my Soda Stream.
  • 3bambi3
    3bambi3 Posts: 1,650 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    3bambi3 wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    I mean I’m sure it’s not great for you. I drink a diet Dr Pepper every day. I just like to and it has no calories.

    Why are you sure it's not great for you?

    possibly because there is no nutritional value associated with diet soda????

    But being zero calorie, doesn't that just make it neutral? Why would it be 'not great' if it has zero impact on a person.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    3bambi3 wrote: »
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    3bambi3 wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    I mean I’m sure it’s not great for you. I drink a diet Dr Pepper every day. I just like to and it has no calories.

    Why are you sure it's not great for you?

    possibly because there is no nutritional value associated with diet soda????

    But being zero calorie, doesn't that just make it neutral? Why would it be 'not great' if it has zero impact on a person.

    Yeah, this.

    I understand "not great for you" to mean "bad for you," at least as it's normally used in the US, and I don't think diet soda is bad for you.

    Does it have amazing health benefits? Well, not particularly, but who said it did? That's hardly my standard about what is required for anything I will consume. I don't think coffee has amazing health benefits, or homemade iced tea (I don't sweeten it, because I think sweet tea is icky) -- at least not unless one otherwise would be dehydrated -- but I consume them because I enjoy them. Same with the occasional diet coke.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    pjbarclay55 wrote: »

    Hahaha thats not what i'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that for some reason at the time I gave it up I was lucky enough to have my love handles disappear. Would be awesome if they were scientifically related I'd sign up for that study. Its the reason I haven't had any aspartame since. Just like my fat loss is why I keep my calories in control. If I lost fat drinking tons of diet soda I would be doing that to. If I lost fat eating 5000 calories I would do that. What I'm getting at is experiment with your body see what works and if you like the results decide if you want to continue.

    The fact that two events (quitting diet soda and losing fat) happened at the same time doesn't mean they are related. I was travelling to California a lot for work when I began losing weight, but that doesn't mean that going to California causes weight loss.



    @janejellyroll he cut out all sugar at the same time apparently but kept all his macros the same (how?).
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    pjbarclay55 wrote: »

    Hahaha thats not what i'm saying at all. What I'm saying is that for some reason at the time I gave it up I was lucky enough to have my love handles disappear. Would be awesome if they were scientifically related I'd sign up for that study. Its the reason I haven't had any aspartame since. Just like my fat loss is why I keep my calories in control. If I lost fat drinking tons of diet soda I would be doing that to. If I lost fat eating 5000 calories I would do that. What I'm getting at is experiment with your body see what works and if you like the results decide if you want to continue.

    The fact that two events (quitting diet soda and losing fat) happened at the same time doesn't mean they are related. I was travelling to California a lot for work when I began losing weight, but that doesn't mean that going to California causes weight loss.



    or maybe ... IT DOES! *moves to California*

    Believe me, if I could find a job and affordable housing there, I'd be willing to give it a try for science! :)
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited October 2017
    3bambi3 wrote: »
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    3bambi3 wrote: »
    hesn92 wrote: »
    I mean I’m sure it’s not great for you. I drink a diet Dr Pepper every day. I just like to and it has no calories.

    Why are you sure it's not great for you?

    possibly because there is no nutritional value associated with diet soda????

    But being zero calorie, doesn't that just make it neutral? Why would it be 'not great' if it has zero impact on a person.

    Using your same train of thought, how it can be “great” if it has no impact?

    I also am not going to say it has “no impact” on a person, because I haven’t done research on this. Dark soda does stain my teeth. So there. Not great.

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