Weight Loss/Maintenance

SoDesuKa

(3,173 posts) Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:29 AM Jul 2012

Your Opinion of Diet Soda

When asked your opinion of diet soda, you'd most likely say that it's :

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	Excellent choice of beverage
	0 (0%)
	OK, but water is preferable
	2 (40%)
	Passable but not great
	0 (0%)
	Not good
	0 (0%)
	Actually harmful
	0 (0%)
	Avoid, avoid, avoid !
	3 (60%)
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Your Opinion of Diet Soda (Original Post) SoDesuKa Jul 2012 OP

poison. Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #1

not good, to be avoided and harmful... handmade34 Jul 2012 #2

Didn't make a choice, because nothing quite fits my feelings on the subject rox63 Jul 2012 #3

I had my last 5 years ago. Feel so much better..... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #4

I get the 12-packs of Diet 7-UP limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #5

I am trying so very hard to wean myself off diet cola. AngryOldDem Jul 2012 #6

any soda is bad for you NMDemDist2 Jul 2012 #7

... handmade34 Jul 2012 #8

poison roody Jul 2012 #9

I drink it and like it laundry_queen Jul 2012 #10

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

1. poison.

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:56 AM

Jul 2012

same as regular soda, only worse.*

*disclaimer - I still drink sugared soda occasionally, half a rootbeer or less with pizza or hamburger. I'm not a total hater

handmade34

(24,065 posts)

2. not good, to be avoided and harmful...

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:56 PM

Jul 2012

tastes awful, expensive and just outright a really bad thing to do (drink diet soda)...

I so regret that I ever drank any soda (regular or diet)... it is all poison pushed by corporate whores that make lots of money off people who can't afford it (moneywise or healthwise) If I could think of any more really bad things to say about it, I would continue...

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight

rox63

(9,464 posts)

3. Didn't make a choice, because nothing quite fits my feelings on the subject

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:39 PM

Jul 2012

I've given up all soda, due to my recent surgery. But I used to drink a lot of diet soda, and I was addicted to Diet Coke. Used to drink 4 or 5 Diet Cokes a day. That stuff is seriously addictive. And I don't think it's because of the artificial sweetener, because I never noticed that addictive quality in other diet sodas.

NRaleighLiberal

(61,912 posts)

4. I had my last 5 years ago. Feel so much better.....

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 04:39 PM

Jul 2012

morning coffee (good coffee - home roasted, French pressed) - then water for the rest of the day - occasional beer or glass of wine in the evening.

Diet soda, products with refined sugar, fatty salty snacks. Impossible to maintain good healthy eating habits with any of them.

Also - think about what you are really paying for. A trace of substances in carbonated water - you are paying for the excessive advertising, for the most part.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

5. I get the 12-packs of Diet 7-UP

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:23 PM

Jul 2012

usually drink about 1 every other day.

AngryOldDem

(14,180 posts)

6. I am trying so very hard to wean myself off diet cola.

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:39 PM

Jul 2012

And I am getting better, but I think I will always have to have it.

I'm drinking more water, which I have been flavoring with Crystal Light To Go lemonade and fruit punch mixes, but I think I have a sensitivity to those, so I'm not using them much anymore.

Sometimes I just need something with flavor and carbination....

EDIT: Oh yeah...drinking more coffee (black) and tea (unsweetened). I'm trying, I really am...

NMDemDist2

(49,314 posts)

7. any soda is bad for you

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 09:37 PM

Jul 2012

it effects the Ph of your body and makes it harder to lose weight

google it..

handmade34

(24,065 posts)

8. ...

Reply to NMDemDist2 (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:24 PM

Jul 2012

roody

(10,849 posts)

9. poison

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 07:49 PM

Jul 2012

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)

10. I drink it and like it

Reply to SoDesuKa (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 04:42 PM

Jul 2012

but intellectually understand it can possibly mess with weight loss, especially with those who are insulin resistant - and that's not even going into the controversy that is aspartame. I try to limit myself to 1 a day, and am trying to switch to things like MIO as a way to wean off of pop. At least then I'm not drinking pure acid even if I am still using artificial sweetners - baby steps right? I also drink a lot of water, but with a meal water doesn't cut it.

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