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

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

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.

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.

usually drink about 1 every other day.

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...

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

google it..

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.