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My friend has taken up diet soda as part of his weight loss routine
- Thread starter Nostalgic Jerk
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3 liters of anything besides still water just sounds excessive to me. You do you though.
I switched from full sugar soda to diet almost a decade ago, and right now i drink probably 2-3 a day. I was never overweight but just didn't like how sluggish i felt all the time drinking regular soda, and how it messed up my energy. I haven't gained weight or had any insulin issues. For those that think diet soda tastes awful, try Diet Sunkist, trust me. It's the closest to regular soda tasting diet soda in my opinion, and i used to drink diet Pepsi, Coke Zero, diet Dr. Pepper, etc.
soda -> diet soda -> bubbly water -> water
That's how I stepped down anyway. Now I probably drink 90% water (Britta+thermos ftw) and 10% whatever the hell looks good.
Baby steps.
That's how I stepped down anyway. Now I probably drink 90% water (Britta+thermos ftw) and 10% whatever the hell looks good.
Baby steps.
This guy has found joy and they want to strip it from him.
Queso FunDon'to.
I can only speak for myself but I find sparkling water to be a great substitute for soda. You only have to be wary of the flavored ones since they can sometimes have hidden sugars in them thanks to savvy ingredient listing (i.e. caramel color, dextrose, and maltodextrin to name a few).
Diet soda messes with your body's "ok I'm done eating" mechanism and can cause you to eat more. Tell your friend to drink water.
Yeah, switching to Diet definitely helped in the calories department but I also felt like it made me a LOT more hungry, especially for bad stuff.
That's because our bodies interpret a reduction of calories in our diet (when not triggering leptin) as a state of starvation, rather than being full. Calories are important yes, but how and in what ways our intake affect our hormones matter just as much, if not slightly more.
Congrats bro! 100 pounds for me and I think Diet Coke and Coke Zero kept my sanity sometimes. When you've been eating terribly and transition to healthy foods or just plain less quantity, you sometimes need something sweet and full of flavor.
So true, I think the average person should really pay a attention to how many calories they consume just with soda alone, I used to drink three or four mountain dews a day. By switching to Arizona green tea then after a couple months to bottled water I'm down thirty pounds.
LOL. 30 years old and not a single cavity despite drinking diet soda nearly my whole life.
Everyone's different I guess. I got 8 cavities from energy drinks (mostly sugar free) in just 5 years.
From energy drinks? Are you sure it was just the energy drinks?
Take good care of your teeth and diet soda is fine.
I'm honestly shocked by this because when I drank Diet Pepsi when I was dieting it honestly made me feel full/killed my cravings. Maybe I'm weird.
Could be the caffeine. Coffee, diet soda, tea kill my appetite to the point where i forget to eat a meal sometimes.
I've lost over 100lbs over the last year and I drink diet soda almost every day. Wtf are you talking about
I've lost 40+ pounds three times in my life after regaining them each time. The most successful one was the last time I lost all the weight I have yet to gain back which is when I incorporated black coffee into my diet. I had already lost weight the first time by significantly reducing and eliminating soda from my diet. But it wasn't until I switched to black coffee with nothing in it did I manage to control my appetite and successfully keep the weight off. This was many years ago. Now I still have black coffee but I also have loads of tea every day. I never sweeten anything.
Nope, I specifically avoided caffeinated DP. Weird.
Carbonated water for me too. Delicious ice cold, even better with a slice of lime, lemon or orange.
This doesn't make any sense. Where else do you think those calories are going - do you think if you don't exercise but drink water you will pile on muscle?
He'll lose weight because drinking that shit will drive him to suicide?Get him to start drinking this instead of that aspartame
I wouldn't wish bubly on my worst enemy. It's vile.
I've lost 25 pounds since January and diet soda has been helpful. I tend to have it with a meal, so I don't become too reliant on it. I drink plenty of water, as well. I've started to drink flavored Seltzer water as I reduce diet soda intake.
But people pass off diet soda as harmful contrary to studies. So now what?
I lost 22 kilograms in the last year after being diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. I drank an ungodly amount of ice tea and coke before and switched to tap water.
I can't drink any of that diet stuff. That shit tastes absolutely vile. I'd rather drink one can of real coke a week than a litre of coke zero every day.
I can't drink any of that diet stuff. That shit tastes absolutely vile. I'd rather drink one can of real coke a week than a litre of coke zero every day.
I put on 30 pounds when I moved away to college. I had a bit of a wake-up call, started drinking Coke Zero instead of Dr Pepper, and dropped 15 pounds without even trying.
I drink a ton of whatever I'm drinking. I'd drink 500 calories of soda in a single meal easy back in those days. Diet soda was critical to getting to a more normal shape (I still rock that dad bod, but I'm a far cry from my worst).
I drink a ton of whatever I'm drinking. I'd drink 500 calories of soda in a single meal easy back in those days. Diet soda was critical to getting to a more normal shape (I still rock that dad bod, but I'm a far cry from my worst).
I have no idea why but if there are free refills I absolutely slam down sodas.
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This is the same thinking I had so I'm glad that its supported by facts
This is the same thinking I had so I'm glad that its supported by facts
I disagree. I drink a lot of sugar free energy drinks. The two ways it's bad for you come solely from the carbonation. It kills your teeth as well as your stomach. Enamel gets eroded over time due to the acidic levels of carbonation. The same goes for your stomach. Your stomach acids hit higher pH levels from the carbonation.
I avoid soda when eating out since you're likely treating yourself with your food (or drinking alcohol with it), or you're eating somewhere with healthy options that are more expensive already and there's no sense ruining that expense by counteracting the healthy eating. I sometimes buy Zevia or other alternatives without all the artificial sweeteners for home if I'm craving carbonated drinks. I'll have a root beer with some fast food every now and then just cause it's the one regular soda I still enjoy. Most soda is too sweet for me now that I've stopped drinking them. Regular coke, pepsi, and dr. pepper make me feel terrible and taste terrible.
This shit right here was my golden egg. I grew to love seltzer and only had diet soda on occasion.
Of course it doesn't exist in Japan so I have diet soda every other day or so now... hasn't made me gain weight but it does make me feel noticeably worse.
It's infuriating, people read shit like that and think there's no reason to switch to lower calorie alternatives and just stick with their normal Soda.
Calories in vs calories out is an overly simplistic model which doesn't account for how the body responds to the type of food/drink being consumed. Foods that spike insulin, which makes your body store fat, are going to make you fatter. Therefore diet soda, which causes an insulin response, will still be worse in terms of fat storage than plain water. It's still leaps and bounds better than actual sugary drinks, but it's not a net zero effect like some people want to think it is.