diet cola

its fine, im sitting here drinking my fanta zero. CHEERS

Diet coke is a no no for me... I gave up drinking it entirely and switched to fizzy water and then last week i had cravings so gave in and had about 2 litres in 3 days... my diet nosedived and wanted to eat sweet things all the time... back on the fizzy water and the weight is coming off again AND i don't feel the need to steal candy from kids anymore!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2007/07/24/sodapop-consumer.html

I also notice sugar cravings when i drink diet drinks, so I try to make them a treat for special occasions.

More formally, the CDC has a study out that implicates diet drinks as a cause of weight-gain. Additionally, a large study was done on rats by Purdue University that seems to show that diet drinks alter the ability to predict caloric consequence.

Purdue study here:

http://http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v28/n7/full/0802660a.html

They replace the fats in normal coke with sugars, which are more addictive.

I'm desperate to stop drinking fizzy pop (may switch to fizzy water!), but by the time I've drank my 2.5 litres of plain water throughout the day, its a treat to have a diet coke on an evening

There is no fat in regular soda.

there is no hard evidence that its bad. it isnt really good either. I would suggest cutting it out just to see if you feel better. you might, or you might not. I cut it out and feel great but I probably feel great because I eat what I consider "clean" about 90% of my calories.

This the only vice I'm keeping! But in moderation. 2-3 cans a day.

so,,,,as many as 21 cans a week. Interesting interpretation of moderation.

I drink it. I don't apologize for it. I like the taste. It's a choice here. I don't think soda is the reason for my plateau, as I've managed to lose 60+ pounds without changing my diet soda intake. I try not to drink more than two a day, but I've given up most sweets and chips with dip and smoking so diet coke is the last addiction I am feeding. I don't have sugar substitute sensitivites, and I tend to crave salty snacks instead of sweet ones when I'm drinking one. I indulge in lowfat cottage cheese.

Enjoy it if you choose!

i practically live on diet dr pepper i keep one with me all day long at work fizzy water sucks it tastes like alka seltzer :sick:

I drink it. I don't apologize for it. I like the taste. It's a choice here. I don't think soda is the reason for my plateau, as I've managed to lose 60+ pounds without changing my diet soda intake. I try not to drink more than two a day, but I've given up most sweets and chips with dip and smoking so diet coke is the last addiction I am feeding. I don't have sugar substitute sensitivites, and I tend to crave salty snacks instead of sweet ones when I'm drinking one. I indulge in lowfat cottage cheese.

Enjoy it if you choose!

agreed. before i decided to make a change i was gulping mello yello like there was no tomorrow. i probably could have continued to eat "my way" and just cut the mello yello. BUT i switched to diet soda, and i rotate the different kinds. i find that if i'm craving sweets, a diet orange soda, or diet coke cherry (super sweet) really helps me out. i drink about 2 a day, and it's my go to when i'm out at a resturant. because if i didn't have that, i'd have several glasses of sweet tea, which is a huge waste of calories. i have NOT had a mello yello in 3 1/2 months, and i really think diet drinks are keeping me from blowing it. i can open the frig door at a gas station and grab a diet right beside the mello yello without feeling sad!

gotta have one vice or two, i refuse to restrict everything good and delishious and sweet from my diet forever. i'd be miserable. dieting is punishment enough. lol!!

You are not alone. I love my Diet Pepsi. Some days I probably drink 4 cans as well.

i havent had ANY soda except the seldom can of sprite zero for 5 years. On the few times i have tried to drink a cola, it made me feel ill. I got a headache and stomache ache from it. to me that shows how bad those things are for you, but that we force our bodies to get used to it. yuck.
try propel zero..it tastes great and no sugar or calories.

I was really addicted to diet coke and after about two months on MFP I decided to take healthy eating a step further and gave it up. And to my surprise, I did discover that my cravings for all other types of food diminished. I think it was good to stop drinking it, but I am not so strict about it, I still have one in a blue moon when I go out.
I also don't crave diet coke anymore, that means I have more money to spend on other things LOL

This the only vice I'm keeping! But in moderation. 2-3 cans a day.

so,,,,as many as 21 cans a week. Interesting interpretation of moderation.

I drink 2-3 cans a day. AND I drink 5-6 bottles of water a day. The can is 12 fl oz and the bottle is 16.9 fl oz. Therefore, 252 fl oz of diet cola a week in comparison to 709.8 fl oz of water.

Yeah, I would call that moderation.

drinking 21 cans of diet coke a week is not moderation. It doesnt make it moderate because you also drink a lot of water. thats kind of strange logic. bu whatever...if you want to drink it , then drink it. but why fool yourself that 21 cans a week is moderate?

I hear that water is good for ya...lol