Diet Dr. Pepper - 0 Calories - Can I Keep My Guilty Pleasure

It *can* - a lot of people "stall" when losing weight because they drink diet soda. I think it's the sweetener, but I'm not really sure. If you're just starting out, you're probably good to drink it like you do, but after awhile you may want to consider cutting back to a can a day (or even less) if you notice that it's causing your weight to stall.

I drink diet pepsi/diet coke/diet ginger ale like a mother trucker and I know it's stalled my weight loss. Especially because I don't drink enough water.

I stopped drinking sodas about three years ago. You will be surprised how much better you feel if you can get off of that junk. The only things I drink now is water, milk and I love my vodka.

4 or 5 cans a day might be a bit much alright, but you don't have to cut it out altogether. I've lost 42lbs and I still drink a can of diet coke a day and 3 a day on the weekends :-)

This coming from a water addict, try to get as much water as you can. I'm no expert but I would try to cut down because it might help with weight loss. Water cleanses your system but soda isn't great whether it is diet or not. Personally I can't drink diet soda because the aspartame gives me headaches, so soda (real soda) is a treat for me. And I honestly don't miss it. You don't have to cut it out entirely, but I would try to drink less soda.

A few years back I quit drinking sodas altogether and I'm very glad I did.

As with everything that we know is 'bad' for us... try to cut down. I still drink 1 can every day of Pepsi Max. I have it at lunch time and make sure I get my 4 glasses in before my Pepsi Max and 4 glasses after.

Do you want to eat and drink 'perfectly' and be miserable? I don't, and feel that I would be if I didn't allow myself my guilty pleasures most days.

I find for myself personally that anytime I drink soda, including diet, it catches up with me and I find that I gain water weight. If i stop drinking it within about a week and a half I quickly drop up to 5lbs. But, at the end of the day if having the diet soda is what keeps you on track in all other aspects of your lifestyle change ... so be it .. drink away. Kind of have to pick your battles right?

I think you should cut back to 1-2 a day but in general if you still drink a lot of water and eat well, it shouldnt hurt you. There is a theory out there that when you taste something sweet, your body thinks "Im getting sugar!" and gets ready to burn those calories. But when no calories come, like in diet sodas or other things with sweetners, your body actually learns not to respond to sweet tastes anymore. This suggests that when you do grab hat piece of cake or whatever every so often, your body wouldnt expect calories and therefore it might be stored as fat instead of burned.

If your weight loss is going well, I wouldnt worry too much except cutting back. On the good side, think of the money you'll save drinking only 2 a day instead of 4 or 5!

Where is this 0 calorie Dr Pepper sold? In the UK I think it has 3 calories if I remember correctly.

I drink at least one of the big mtn dews a day. I also drink well over one hundred and thirty ounces of water a day.

I was drinking 2 - 12 oz. cans and then a medium one from subway. i'm down to 1 can per day and ive lost 4.9 pounds. i don't do good on sodium at all.