I need to know, who else on here drinks diet soda on their d

I do, in moderation. When I first started this journey long ago (6 years ago) I was drinking a 2lt of reg pop a day. I slowly acclimated myself to only drinking 1 glass of diet pop with dinner every day. My other liquids include water, tea, and crystal light.

I drink one or two a day. Is it probably bad for me? yes. Am I going to keep doing it? yes. Do you own a cell phone? Drink from plastic water bottles? Drive in traffic breathing fumes? Use tampons? (yes tampons they are dyed in chemicals that have been linked to endometriosis) ... the list goes on and on. All those things are bad for you too ..... just sayin'

Right??? I agree with you 100%

Agree with you also.

I drink Diet Coke every day and have lost 40 pounds....i do not think I can give it up although I have tried I always go back.

only when i need to curb my hunger. maybe once or twice a week. never used to before I started dieting. my choice is diet root beer (A&W)

Diet soda is actually worse than regular soda (TOXIC)

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diet-soda/AN01732

Sorry, but where in the article on the link does it state that diet sode is WORSE than regular soda? Or more to the point that it is toxic! :huh:

The article actually says that having a couple of carbonated diet drinks a day is probably not that harmful. It merely mentions that there have been some studies that suggest that all sweetend carbonated drinks have links with obesity. Possibly because it's the Diet Coke and Hershey Bar diet that many of us might recognise from our past, or that all sweetened drinks have the potential to trick our bodies into craving more carbs. :sick:

I have in the past drunk quite a lot of Diet Coke and Dr Pepper Zero. Has it made me fat? I can't say, but I know I'd be at least another 50lbs heavier if I'd been drinking full-fat soda. :drinker:

Everything.. in moderation as part of a balanced diet

agreed. diet soda is just fine in moderation.

Guilty as charged!

Don't drink tea, coffee or milk, can only drink water if its icy cold, and fruit juice is just so not worthy of the calories!

I try to have a low calorie squash occasionally, amd I do drink flavoured waters, but they have to be sparkling - flat liquid just doesn't rock my boat!

I have diet coke or pepsi in restaurants sometimes. I have to remember I'll need the loo a lot after though, so I'm trying to choose water more often if I'll soon be on the road again.

hmmm nothing beats a fountain diet dew...ok well chocolate does.. but... I think I may go get one after work!

Until literally 3 days ago, I was drinking on average 8-10 cans of diet soda a day. But I read how the sweeteners can cause your body to hang onto belly fat, which is my biggest problem. So I am down to 2 cans per day. I am substituting this awesome flavored sparking water I found, it's called Sparkling Ice. I also am drinking a lot more regular water. I have to say that I had plateaued for almost 2 months and since Monday and my new "less soda" commitment, I am down about 1.5 pounds. I'm going to stick to less diet soda as a result!

Diet soda is actually worse than regular soda (TOXIC)

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diet-soda/AN01732

1. This is not a scientific study. It's a brief Q&A blurb.

2. Quote from this link: 'The artificial sweeteners and other chemicals currently used in diet soda are safe for most people, and there's no credible evidence that these ingredients cause cancer." No mention of diet soda being TOXIC. What it does say is that "some studies suggest that drinking more than one soda a day — regular or diet — increases your risk of obesity and related health problems such as type 2 diabetes." These studies were retrospective studies (looking at past data from study participants), rather than prospective, so any correlations are anecdotal at best. Who's to say that the diet/regular soda drinkers were not already genetically predisposed to type 2 diabetes, or that their diet did not contribute to it? The studies were not set up to rule out all of those other variables that play into type 2 diabetes.

3. Yes, I drink diet soda. Have for years. Is it the healthiest thing I could possibly drink? No. But I do also drink plenty of water, and am otherwise healthy, so a couple of Diet Cokes a day are ok, according to my physician, my OB/GYN, and everything I learned in pharmacy school.

i dont touch it used to years ago but gradualy changed to water which i love now but i also love WHITE WINE lol so a little of what you like keeps you going and sane !!!

Im addicted to diet coke...however, I have cut wayyyy down!