Food Talk And Fabulous Finds Recipes, Healthy Cooking, and General Food Topics

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 08-26-2008, 01:04 AM   #1  
Senior Member
Thread Starter
 
dkneec19's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 207

S/C/G: 259/259/175

Height: 5'11"

Default Diet Coke

I've been limiting my diet coke intake as of late. I had one today and it had a chemical aftertaste!!!! I'm guessing this is the aspartame ugh. Not appealing at all. I was drinking it away from a meal too, which is probably why it wasn't masked.

So interesting.

Anyone else experience this?
dkneec19 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-26-2008, 04:03 AM   #2  
Giving no Ground
 
Skullarix's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Arizona
Posts: 268

S/C/G: 245/217/135

Height: 5'5"

Default

I haven't had soda in nearly a month. I have stopped drinking it before, and the first few once you start drinking it again are nasty!
Skullarix is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-26-2008, 10:19 PM   #3  
Member
 
mist72's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Hillsboro, OR
Posts: 74

S/C/G: 207.6/156.2/130

Height: 5'3"

Default

Yeah, me too. I used to drink Diet Coke all day long. I've limited myself to one with lunch. Some days, I don't drink it at all. I had one this weekend, in the afternoon, not with a meal and it DID taste funny!
I guess it's time to stop it altogether!
mist72 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-31-2008, 06:52 PM   #4  
Senior Member
 
SunshineCA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Sunny Southern California
Posts: 5,184

Default

I used to be a Diet Coke junkie. Even when I'm not dieting, I prefer diet drinks. However, I drink more water now and only have it on occasion. When I do drink it, I find it too sweet to finish.

It's funny how our taste changes the healthier we become.
SunshineCA is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2008, 01:31 PM   #5  
Future Glamazon
 
Apple Cheeks's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: California
Posts: 684

S/C/G: 254/198/170

Height: 6'2"

Default

I've never like Diet Coke. It's always had a chemical taste to me. Blech! I would add some rasberry lemonade Crystal Light to it so I could drink one on the rare occasions I did have one.

But I'm far from virtuous about diet drinks: I really like Diet Code Red Mountain Dew and Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper. I have two (one of each) every day.

I know I should quit, and I will. But I'm not ready to yet. Right now I'm concentrating on getting my body and eating habits into shape, and then I will start fine tuning things like eliminating diet soft drinks.
Apple Cheeks is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2008, 01:37 PM   #6  
Senior Member
 
JulieJ08's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California
Posts: 7,097

S/C/G: 197/135/?

Height: 5'7"

Default

I've only had them once in a while in the last 5 months. And while I have had a good one or two, they really just not tasting as good to me anymore. And I used to about live on the stuff.
JulieJ08 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2008, 02:19 PM   #7  
Senior Member
 
judipurple's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: nw CT
Posts: 294

S/C/G: 221/173.5/165(for now)

Height: 5'8"

Default

Hmmmm - this is interesting - as I type this, I have a fountain Diet Coke next to me...and there is an odd aftertaste. Since June, I have cut WAY back on my diet soda consumption, from a 2-liter bottle a day to maybe one 20 ounce bottle every week or two. I haven't noticed any aftertaste from the bottled coke, but I haven't had one in several weeks, so, who knows? I drink iced green tea, sweetened with stevia and/or artificial sweetener, so the sweet is still there, just not the calories. Has anyone else found that the scale dropped shortly after eliminating the diet coke? My #'s dropped several pounds. But, who am I to question a loss?!?
judipurple is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2008, 02:46 PM   #8  
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da
 
Cheree's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 396

Height: 5'2"

Default

Every time I try eliminating Diet Coke, I end up having a harder time with controlling what I eat (and my weight loss stalls and I even start gaining weight)...it's hard to explain. I guess I'm somewhat addicted to Diet Coke. If I don't have one a day, then I eat other things to try to take the place of it such that I end up way over my points/calorie count for the day. I'm just better off to allow myself one Diet Coke a day. Sometimes I don't have one, but for now, at least until I get to my desired weight, I'm going to keep drinking them. I had to weigh the odds of what was worse, for myself...losing weight or having Diet Coke. It's really my only vice right now. Otherwise, I eat very healthy...I go to the farmer's market weekly (& get organic fruits and veggies), I don't eat hardly any processed foods at all, drink filtered water, don't use any beauty products (including shampoo's) with parabens in them, include as many super foods as possible, exercise on a regular basis, etc.
Cheree is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:08 AM.


We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.