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Wheelhouse15, your right. Sorry about how I sounded earlier. I'm not an expert. I guess I just thought the studies seemed convincing.

Sorry about the broscience comment. Having a bad day. I realize you probably know more about me on this stuff. I guess I just don't know what to make of it all the research. Your right. That was a good study. The studies I cited seem good too. I don't know what to say If multiple studies point in different directions.

Alatarel75, I know I seem like I'm being a troll, but I'm honestly not trying to. Those links seemed legitimate to me. You guys may know more than me and be right, but I'm not an expert. At the very least, don't they provide some evidence?

The scientists are with me, not you as I've repeated. What you have is "bro science."

Your link says there were no studies that were conducted with caloric consumption held constant. I cited two in my link. Let's run a hypothetical, if we were to ask every specialist in the Harvard biology department and medical school, "Does the evidence suggest diet soda consumption causes weight gain?", what do you think…

Also note, my second link discusses studies that have shown diet soda causes weight gain even when calorie consumption was the same. The effect was there whether the artificial sweetener was used in tea or diet soda.

As far as I can tell, scientific opinion is overwhelmingly against diet soda. Consider the below link that discusses the current state of research to date. Is there a single major scientist who is confident that diet soda does not cause weight gain?…

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I know your question was about tea, but diet soda has been mentioned. Diet soda may hydrate as much as water, but it has been linked to weight gain: http://time.com/collection/guide-to-weight-loss/3746047/diet-soda-weight-gain/

Whatever your doing keep on doing it. People like you are what give me hope. Nice job!

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Im trying to lose another 30. I'm cheering for you. Good luck!

I read a book by a famous psychologist called The Beck Diet Solution that suggested one of the main ways to maintain motivation was to write down why we want to lose weight and then review those reasons on a daily basis. She actually argues that we should also keep the reasons on flashcards so we can review them when we…

Tomorrow is absolutely a new day! All of us fall; what counts is that we get back up. Good luck and I'm rooting for you.

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Thanks everyone for your comments.

Hi. I'm also someone who has gained and lost a significant amount of weight several times and am starting again. When I get down on myself, I try and think of the Thomas Edison quote, "I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Just know that this entire community is cheering you on.

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Thanks to you both.

Thanks for all the thoughtful responses

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