will not cutting soda out be bad for the diet?

Hey all! my question is- i love diet coke and have it every so often- will not cutting soda out of my diet slow down my weight loss progress? even if it's diet coke? I find that it fills me up and i eat less of my meals, so i figured thats good but i don't know if the actual soda will affect my weight loss. anyone know?

Hey.  I'm not 100% sure because I'm no expert but I think that if it's diet soda you should be fine.  Ofcourse water would be best but diet soda isn't all that bad for you...

It will help if you cut it out a very very small amount towards weight loss.

I'll tell you that I've lost 175 pounds and drank at least 4 cans of diet soda a day (that was at LEAST - embarrassing bad habit). So I say have your soda. It's hard enough to cut out all this other stuff + soda. It's diet soda!

That's just my 2 cents :)

I have lost my 60+ pounds and not given up diet drinks.  I don't drink near as many of them as I used to but still average about 1 per day.  Water is the better choice but you can't survive any sort of life change by giving up everything you like.  I have given up nothing on my journey just cut back on the portions.

It will be fine as long as you dont consume it all day like water. I am addicted to diet coke and I wasn't gonna give it up just because I started dieting. I drink water all day long and for every meal except dinner. for dinner I drink one diet coke. I have lost 23 pounds.  It won't ruin your diet. so don't worry.

im really glad you asked this question cuz i was kind of wondering the same thing.

also to add to your question - lets say i have eaten all my calories for the day, its 10:00 PM and im about to go to bed but i get hungry urges really bad. is it okay to indulge in a diet coke to fill me up instead of reaching for food?

Original Post by priceless7:

im really glad you asked this question cuz i was kind of wondering the same thing.

also to add to your question - lets say i have eaten all my calories for the day, its 10:00 PM and im about to go to bed but i get hungry urges really bad. is it okay to indulge in a diet coke to fill me up instead of reaching for food?

 Of course it's ok. a diet coke is 0 calories. It will however make you gain a little weight because of the sodium. if you want to get rid of the water weight ironically you have to drink more water.

I would also think drinking a soda that late could keep you awake. but if  you think it won't keep you up by all means go ahead.