Need to out my Coke Zero but with what?

[Average Chaos]

I drink a lot of Coke Zero or anything that had soda, mostly diet soda. I have red about you can't loss as much weight when drinking diet soda even though there is no calories because of the sugar. I do drink water but I don't want to drink water all the time and enough drinking soda. Is there any other drink I can start drinking that is not soda. I do drink the low calorie G2 that Gatorade but don't think thats good for you all the time too.

Make green tea, let it cool down, add crushed ice and lemon = win

[Come0At0Me]

I will give you the facts on diet soda: Diet Soda has fake sugars in it, which adds to belly fat.
All sugar, natural or fake rapidly increases belly fat if you have too much. Stop drinking it.

Calories aren't as bad as put out there, but what else is nutritional on top of the calories is bad.

Calories are units of energy, if your eating a 1500 calorie big mac, your eating 1500 calories of energy which are stored until burned and used, calories are like fuels.

Stay away from all sugars, and heres something to lose weight fast:

Keep yourself at maybe a 500-1000 Calorie limit a day, and less than 15grams of sugar a day and you will see quick results...

Please, tips on my posts? Appreciated.

[dukend]

I will give you the facts on diet soda: Diet Soda has fake sugars in it, which adds to belly fat.
All sugar, natural or fake rapidly increases belly fat if you have too much. Stop drinking it.

Calories aren't as bad as put out there, but what else is nutritional on top of the calories is bad.

Calories are units of energy, if your eating a 1500 calorie big mac, your eating 1500 calories of energy which are stored until burned and used, calories are like fuels.

Stay away from all sugars, and heres something to lose weight fast:

Keep yourself at maybe a 500-1000 Calorie limit a day, and less than 15grams of sugar a day and you will see quick results...

Please, tips on my posts? Appreciated.

"Drinking diet sodas sparingly will not have any adverse affects on fitness/weight/fat loss as long as you are eating clean otherwise and keeping up with lifting/cardo."

Source: Dukend

[scotties123]

Calories are units of energy, if your eating a 1500 calorie big mac, your eating 1500 calories of energy which are stored until burned and used, calories are like fuels.

Speaking of Big Macs, I saw on like 5 different sites they only have 540 cals?! That's healthier than a Jimmy Johns sub. I always thought they were like 1200 cals.

[dukend]

Speaking of Big Macs, I saw on like 5 different sites they only have 540 cals?! That's healthier than a Jimmy Johns sub. I always thought they were like 1200 cals.

Closer to 600 calories with half of those calories from fat. ****load of fat grams and saturated fat grams.

The big mac hits you hardest when you order it as a meal.
1 big mac 600 cals 50 g fat
1 med fry 450 cals 22 g fat
1 med coke 220 cals

Now we're talking 1300 cals and 75ish g fat in one sitting. Stay away.

[scotties123]

I was just considering it without the entire meal for a recarb day (I guess a bit of a cheat food too). I was still going to stay at or under maintenace, but I guess all those trans-fats would get me. Maybe when I'm further along I'll treat myself.

[dukend]

I was just considering it without the entire meal for a recarb day (I guess a bit of a cheat food too). I was still going to stay at or under maintenace, but I guess all those trans-fats would get me. Maybe when I'm further along I'll treat myself.

Yeah I hear you. I shouldn't talk, I had a bunch of ben and jerry's ice cream last night.

[Reloadguy]

Closer to 600 calories with half of those calories from fat. ****load of fat grams and saturated fat grams.

The big mac hits you hardest when you order it as a meal.
1 big mac 600 cals 50 g fat
1 med fry 450 cals 22 g fat
1 med coke 220 cals

Now we're talking 1300 cals and 75ish g fat in one sitting. Stay away.

I agree but if you must, make the fries small and coke diet which comes to 830 calories. Doable on a cut if the rest of your intake is lean meats and veggies for the day.

[scotties123]

Their fries always make me feel like crap, too much oil. I just need to satisfy my random once per month bigmac craving.

[MJFan1]

I drank Coke Zero for the first time ever today, wasn't bad. Really surprised actually.

And to the OP, just drink it. It won't affect weight loss at all.

[AdamZed]

i know that having no calories means that diet soda will not affect weight loss but consider some of the other stuff thats in it. most diet soda that i know of have aspartame in it, which is nasty stuff. (aspartame is also found in a lot of the flavored protein blends and other supplements as a sweetener)

www . mercola . com / article / aspartame / dangers . htm for example (sorry for extra spaces i cant post links yet)

[KyleSlim]

Your body reacts the the sugar substitute in Coke Zero just as if it was sugar, and will result in weight gain. For the people who claim no weight gain it is because they were already calorie deficient, and metabolically fast. The label is deceiving you.

[Dominikm]

It wont stop you fat loss if you drink one or two a day, i'm sure there are alot of people on this forum that have cut down to a six pack drinking them who will say the same.

[eLiTe_J_]

coke zero is terrible for weight loss. Replace it with diet coke. Kidding. I drink 2, maybe 3 a day on top of my usual gallon or so of water. My weight loss is steady at 2-2.5lbs a week.

the dancing clown!

[Dr.Mabuse]

Your body reacts the the sugar substitute in Coke Zero just as if it was sugar, and will result in weight gain.

BS.

If you get fat you eat too much. Yes, it`s that simple. And no, your bodys response to Coke Zero is not the same as it was sugar.

[QT]

Your body reacts the the sugar substitute in Coke Zero just as if it was sugar, and will result in weight gain. For the people who claim no weight gain it is because they were already calorie deficient, and metabolically fast. The label is deceiving you.

You can't get energy from nothing.

[thunda]

Make green tea, let it cool down, add crushed ice and lemon = win

i AGREE, the zero might have 0 calories but there is something not right about it. water or green tea all day long, i think if you allow yourself to drink things like that then your gonna get a sweet tooth and allow other not so good things into your diet eventually. keep it clean and drop that fat properly is what i say, dont drink something you aint sure about...just my opinion

[jack12345]

It still has calories doesnt it ? just zero sugars ?

Why not just replace it with water.

[nickbaldwin1990]

I will give you the facts on diet soda: Diet Soda has fake sugars in it, which adds to belly fat.
All sugar, natural or fake rapidly increases belly fat if you have too much. Stop drinking it.

Strong bro-science.

[nickbaldwin1990]

It still has calories doesnt it ? just zero sugars ?

Why not just replace it with water.

The calories are negligible. I think it's 0.5 cals per can or something, compared to 139 for regular coke. It's great if you've got a craving for coke but I'd agree, drink water instead.

[madkad]

I used to have this problem and I cut it out and found a big difference in loosing fat.

But if I have any kind of drink like this now I have pepsi Max and found my self to be ok

[ChickenTikka]

I drink about 10 cans of diet soda a day. it might be unhealthy to drink those chemicals but its not making me fat.

[dukend]

It still has calories doesnt it ? just zero sugars ?

Why not just replace it with water.

Obvious reasons.

I'll have a diet coke or coke zero IF:

1.) I want to drink something that isn't water for once
2.) need a little caff boost during studying.

[ctg7w6]

Didn't read the whole threat, but just popping in here:

Drink water and crystal light. Lots of different flavors, never gets old, and is good for you as far as I know. Or at least way better than soda! Soda f***s up your teeth!

[jlczl]

Phosphoric acid in coke zero needs to be balanced out in the body since the body needs to be ph neutral. To balance out, the body uses iodine already in our system (which is alkaline) to neutralize all the acid. Unfortunately that diverts the iodine from it's other purpose which is to maintain our thyroid, which in turn is what keeps our metabolism in check.

Remember the old saying, "Nothing in life is free." In other words: zero calories, zero sugars, zero whatever, doesn't mean zero concerns.

As said previously, water and green tea are best. The occasional coke zero won't alter anything but those of you who think that multiple sodas a day are not an issue are only fooling yourselves. If it has worked for you it is most likely because your diet, exercise, metabolism and genetics are compensating for the effects of the soda.

[brutalpl0x]

water

[firbrd]

Zero in Coke Zero means zero calories. Are you eating the cans?

hilarious!!!!! lmao

[MAGnitude]

It wont stop you fat loss if you drink one or two a day, i'm sure there are alot of people on this forum that have cut down to a six pack drinking them who will say the same.

ur 100% correct. a few cans a day is fine. drinking litres upon litres of it daily is another thing.

[Modest_Force]

I will give you the facts on diet soda: Diet Soda has fake sugars in it, which adds to belly fat.
All sugar, natural or fake rapidly increases belly fat if you have too much. Stop drinking it.

Not true at all. Any calories from carbs or fats that go unused are stored as fat.

No sugars will specifically cause belly fat. Just like you can't spot reduce fat, you can't spot gain fat.

As long as his caloric expenditure is below his maintenance, he won't gain fat.

As for artificial sweeteners, coming from some books and articles I used for a research paper (I don't have them handy at the moment), this is what I have found:

The only artificial sweetener that contains any calories is Aspartame; BUT, because its sweetness index is so high, there is never enough of it used at one time to create a caloric impact on one's diet.

Saccharin (Sweet 'N Low) provides no energy.

Acesulfame Potassium and Sucralose are not even broken down or absorbed by the body, so I don't see how they can contribute to ANY fat gain.

Calories aren't as bad as put out there, but what else is nutritional on top of the calories is bad.

I don't even know what this means...

Calories are units of energy, if your eating a 1500 calorie big mac, your eating 1500 calories of energy which are stored until burned and used, calories are like fuels.

A big mac has 1500 calories? Maybe three big macs.

Stay away from all sugars, and heres something to lose weight fast:

Keep yourself at maybe a 500-1000 Calorie limit a day, and less than 15grams of sugar a day and you will see quick results...

Please, tips on my posts? Appreciated.

Do NOT avoid all sugars. You can still cut with carbs in your diet. It's not difficult. If you do choose to avoid all sugars, good luck. There are sugars in tons of things, including fruits, vegetables, protein shakes, etc.

Most certainly do NOT have a 500-1000 calorie limit for the day. Unless you are very experienced in bodybuilding or have the muscle to sacrifice for this, I believe no one should go below 1500 calories per day, and that is still pushing it, IMO. If someone were to only eat 1000 calories, in order to preserve muscle it has to be primarily (or completely) protein.

Granted, you did say to do that in order to lose weight fast, but the OP probably doesn't have the kind of muscle to sacrifice. Hell, most people don't, myself included.

I don't mean to rip on this guy for posting this, but there were many misconceptions in his post.

At the end of the day, calories in vs. calories out. It works.

[superfrk]

any tea regular or green is just fine just use splenda. Fizzy drinks, including soda pop and spritzers, increase bloating because the carbon dioxide trapped in the bubbles creates gas, which slows down stomach emptying. They also contain a butt load of sodium.

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