Diet Sodas

A lot of folks around here drink the Mexican Coke which is full sugar but it's real sugar (not HFC or anything else) and they say its better for you if you are going to drink soda. 

I like diet Pepsi now and again but have done a pretty good job getting off of it. I decided 30 days prior to IM I would ditch the diet soda and just did it. I like OJ so I've started mixing OJ with water at 50/50 for some flavor in the water and less calories. You might try mixing a real fruit drink with water for something besides just water and tea. I find the same stuff does get old after a while.

after a lot of denial, I firmly believe that diet soft drink is the cause of a lot of problems losing weight.. you really need to 'cut the rope' and drink water instead.

"I used to drink 2.5 liters a day of diet coke/pepsi"

wow that is a lot of Coke/ Pepsi!!!  

I found when i had to cut back on my caffeine intake, I also cut out my soda. I have it every once in a while. Sometimes my wife and split a regular soda and in turn split the calories. I have found that when I drink soda the carbonation makes me gassy. I have basically decided to avoid the soda at restaurants, way to much carbonation!

I think diet Dr. Pepper and the new Dr. P 10 are the best diet drinks.

Oh no....Diet Dew....mmmmmmmm

There's not a lot of evidence that diet sodas are bad for you specifically, but there's a fair amount of evidence that large amounts of artificial sweetener consumed over long periods of time isn't that great for you.

The most immediate problem, though, seems to be that your body sets in motion the same type of sugar cravings it would if you consumed a lot of sugar. It's even worse, though, since your body also somehow senses it's not getting the real thing, and many people wind up eating MORE sugars from other sources than they normally would, simply by adding artificial sweeteners in the diet.

As to the OP--you could brew tea with caffeinated water. You could actually go cold turkey from diet soda that way.

I've drunk tons of coffee with sweeteners before, and truthfully the only way I wound up cutting down was getting really sick (from other things, not the drinks) and not being able to consume anything, and then only very plain foods. Caffeine really irritated my stomach.

TriAya is right.  (of course, she's a woman, so she's always right anyway)

IN comparison studies between those who drink diet soda and those who drink regular soda; those who drank diet are no thinner than those who drank the sugar.  It's vile stuff that does you no good.  Kick the habit.

When you say things like that, the terrorists have already won! Seriously though, what triaya said is correct from what I have read too. Diet soda in and of itself will not cause weight gain or prevent wt loss. There are no calories in it! The theory is that it forms part of a larger issue with sugar/treats, etc. and a generally unhealthy diet (since in a lot of people the two go hand in hand). I would bet that in people who lost weight after cutting diet soda, they also changed other habits, perhaps unconsciously, which led to the wt loss. There is no way that cutting something that doesnt add calories can, in isolation, lead to wt loss. To lose a pound you need to have a ~3500 calorie deficit (doesnt matter where it comes from)...thats a lot of 0-calorie sodas :-)

Why would that be? It's water with air added. Nothing else.

HUGE Coke Zero fan here but went cold turkey on 13 Jan and not looking back.  So many theories/studies/etc out there regarding the "diet soda" issue.  Biochemically I can't imagine the stuff they put in it being any good for the body so I cut it out.  First couple weeks was rough but now I'll just grab my water and be happy.  I've shed about 20 lbs since cutting it out but I can't attribute it all to restricting sodas--I've also cut out most sweets and processed foods (which has been easier to do I believe because of not drinking Coke Zero).

Somebody on BT has a quote that says, "No food tastes as good as skinny feels"...I'm not looking to be skinny per se so I tweaked it a little when I get the urge to eat unhealthy--"No food tastes as good as my body feels running/biking being X lbs lighter"

One foot after the other,

Running Q

I still drink Diet Pepsi.  Don't tend to overdo and don't drink it after 4pm.  In December 2010 I saw some pictures of me in a wetsuit and my first thought was beached whale.  Did what someone else above posted was count calories, make sure I eat healthy and lost 21 lbs.  Still drink Diet Pepsi and seriously doubt (for me) that droppping DP would help me lose more weight.  If I wanted to be lighter I would revamp my caloric intake. 

If you feel that it isn't right for you then most definitely cut it out.  But I personally don't believe simply cutting out sodas, specifically diet sodas, will do much for losing weight. 

I used to drink about 2liter of diet soda a day.

Mostly Diet Dr.Pepper.

Overtime I have reduced my diet soda intake.

Now we do no longer buy any soda (unless we have guests or have a ultra bad craving).

Only when eating out (1 to 2 a week) I treat myself to a diet soda.

But there are multiple perspectives here:

- The taste for sweetness you acustom yourself to with diet soda

- The unhealthyness of all the artifical stuff in diet soda

- The tendence of driving more than needed with dies soda

- The caffeine overdose, which impacts your sleep and thereby your body regeneration

- The cost of diet soda over filtered tab water or ice tea

Personally I enjoy my "treat" diet soda even more since I don't have it all the time anymore