Posted by motherdearest
on 9/5/2009, 8:25 am, in reply to "Re: Diet Drinks?"
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I had a diet doctor tell me one time they don't know why but they think the artificial sweetner makes your body go into fat storage mode. I went to all water for 4 months. I hated diet sodas. I like coke zero ok...but can do w/o it. The only diet soda I ever liked was vanilla coke zero and they stopped selling it....or so I thought... then I saw it for the first time in a year the other day and bought 9+ something cases...lol. I don't crave food w/ it now but I don't even drink once a day.
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: Hi Porkchop,
: Sorrry this wont be a long mesage tonight as
: I am really tired this evening, but I wanted
: to answer with my opinion. Let me state
: again that this is only for and from me. I
: hear many gals on this site that drink lots
: of diet sodas and it doesn't seem to effect
: their personal progress and in somecazses
: truly seems to help them out. However for
: me, it was a huge hinderence.
:
: I started seeing a Naturalist PHD for some
: other health issues a month ago, just before
: starting Cambridge again. She suggested
: that I give up Diet pop as well as Crystal
: Light and any other diet beverage that has
: Artificial Sweetners in them of any kind. I
: will tell you it was hard to do, but I am
: now sweetner and caffeine free for 9 days
: and it has made a HUGE say again HIGE
: difference in my diet this time. I have
: tried Cambridge about 4 different times in
: the past 6 months and just couldn't stick to
: it. I would drink diet pop between meals
: and then want to snack on a sweet or carb
: food.
:
: My doctor said it was the artifical sweetner
: triggering my want for real sweets and
: carbs. Since I gave it all up. It has been
: SO SO SO much easier for me. I made my son
: some fresh hot out of the oven choco chip
: cookies 4 days ago and haven't even had the
: urge to nibble them. NO KIDDING. I am so
: serious about this.
:
: One day, about 4 days in with no pop I had a
: Coke Zero that was in my fridge staring at
: me, 2 hours later I wanted a choco chip
: granola bar from my kids lunch, I had such a
: difficult time staying out of the fridge
: that night.
:
: The next day I brought out my college size
: dorm fridge and plugged it in the garage. I
: had my kids take all of the diet sodas out
: of the house and put them in the gargage for
: when guests come over. I didn't want them
: starring at me in the house anymore.
:
: I also put all of my Crystal Light packages
: away. Now I onloy drink plain water and
: Tonic water. I will not lie to you. It has
: taken me time to adjust to the tonic water,
: but if you are interested there are some
: that are better than others, I can tell you
: later. I have developed my taste buds for
: them. I like the bubbles. But I never had
: a side effect from drinking it like I did my
: regular diet soda.
:
: Now, that isn't an article, or research
: based, it is my one and only personal
: experience. Others may find it different
: for them. But if you are finding it
: difficult not to cheat on this diet, I urge
: you to try giving up ALL yes ALL artificial
: sweetners for a week and see how much easier
: sticking to Cambridge really is.
:
: Hope that helps,
: Dragonfly
:
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