How many of you cannot use diet sodas - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

Wishing · 02-02-2003, 12:08 AM

I was wondering how many of you have totally excluded sodas from your list and if so , was it because they stalled weightloss? I think they keep my craving for sweets alive . Or is that my imagination? For those of you that do include them have you noticed a stall in losses and just settled for the slower weight loss so you can have them? Or do they really have no effect in the long run. Dying to know !

Pooky · 02-02-2003, 01:05 AM

I have found that I have to severely limit my intake of diet sodas, like one every other day or even longer. I am so sugar sensitive that one tiny little taste of something sweet and I'm eating the whole cupboard!

RobinW · 02-02-2003, 09:24 AM

I had a diet pepsi a week ago today.......it was my first one in 4 months!!

Im like pooky, extremely sugar sensitive. The fake sugars will set me off just as easliy as the real stuff.

GinaMarie · 02-02-2003, 10:25 AM

I'm not sure about Diet Soda, but Lo Carb bars stall me out. I don't drink diet soda that often because of the Aspartame that the Atkins program says can stall you. So, I have them as a treat. Went out to a restaurant the other night and had my first in about 2 weeks, and boy was it good! I should have saved it for dessert time!

I think everyone is very different in how these things affect them. You should experiment and see how it affects you. Cut them out for a week, and see how you do and then add them back slowly and see how your body reacts.
G

LindaBC · 02-02-2003, 03:29 PM

I guess I'm lucky in that I seldom think of having a soda, diet or otherwise. They simply are not appealing to me, especially the way the bubbles go up my nose and cause me to belch. I do keep some in the spare fridge in the garage for guests and I'll share one with a friend sometimes, but not often enough to cause any problems that I can recall.

Wishing · 02-02-2003, 04:57 PM

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to cut it out this week ans see what happens to my weight loss. I lost 3/4 of a pound last week!

Oh well at least I didn't gain!

jiffypop · 02-02-2003, 05:48 PM

i don't drink them, but that's because i had the weight loss surgery and we're not allowed to. i don't miss them. but if i had to give up crystal light or SF lemonade mixes.. not sure i could do that!!!!!

Charbar · 02-03-2003, 10:32 AM

wishing.. let us know how you did without the soda.
I've been trying to cut back. I used to drink 4-6 regular dr. pepper's daily. I am about 1 diet soda a day - some days I will skip one. I love diet cherry pepsi!

Jiffy - I agree with you on the crystal light stuff - loving that! I wish they weren't so pricey. Maybe I might try some of the off brands - have you had any luck with them?

Dana

jiffypop · 02-03-2003, 01:31 PM

hey there dana... nice to see you posting here! yep!!! i've been using Wyler's SF lemonade and raspberry drink powders. they're good!!! and they have extra vitamin C which is important for me since i can't have juice.

haven't tried the store brands of crystal light, but you KNOW i'm THERE whenever there's a sale!