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Whit4you

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 06:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi guys need some help...

I want to switch to Diet pepsi.. I drink like 2 or 3 32 ounce foutain pops a day...


What I want to know is how long does it take for diet pop to stop tasting like syrup..

does it always retain the aftertaste?

Does it ever start tasting really good?

I mean does it eventually start tasting like regular pop USED to?

I've been trying to drink half and half - then give up for a few months...

Thanks in advance..

Weinermr

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 06:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit,

I have the opposite experience. I've been drinking Diet Coke for years. To me, it's the REAL Coke (or Pepsi) that tastes too sweet and syrupy to me.

I'm not sure that the Diet will ever taste exactly the same to you. Try Diet Pepsi, try Diet Coke, try some other brand until you find one you like.

Also, you may find that it tastes better out of a can than it does at the fountain. I've noticed that the fountain mixtures are sometimes off, and you do get a very odd taste from them.

Experiment and find something you like. Good luck.

Rabbit

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with Weinermr. I like Diet Coke, not too fond of Diet Pepsi and I cant drink the regular of either. I also prefer Diet Coke from the can.

Whit4you

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 07:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok thanks guys but what I'm asking is - someone who used to drink regular (non-diet) pepsi/coke who made the switch... how long did it take for the diet to stop tasting syrupy and did it stop having that after taste.....

Right?

I mean did the two of you USED to drink regular and then at some point switch to diet? If so how long did it take for the diet to taste 'as good' as the regular used to take.

See I have to make this switch I really do... but so far I haven't been able to hold out - I'll switch to half and half for a week or so then give up.

Just wondering how long it will take - anyone know?
And also wondering will diet ever taste 'as good' as regular used to?

Kady

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When I was pregnant, I got gestastional diabetes and therefore I had to give up coke. I couldn't stand the taste of diet sodas of any kind. After a couple of weeks of drinking nothing but water, milk or juice I tried a diet coke. I guess after getting the ones with sugar totally out of my system, it tasted okay. I only drink them out of a can. Fountain diet drinks taste horrible to me.

Rabbit

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 07:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was a long time ago Whit, but if I remember right, I liked regular Pepsi more than regular Coke, but when I went Diet it was the other way around. It was a very short time before I preferred the Diet Coke over either regular.

Egbok

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Whit, I was a dedicated Coke girl and then stopped cold turkey after I joined Weight Watchers. Well, just the other day, I felt myself craving a Coke because it had been many weeks since I last had a Coke. So I had one and to my amazement, the taste was so overwhelmingly sweet and syrupy that I couldn't drink it. The next day I decided to try a Diet Coke and I'm telling you, I really enjoyed the taste! I was very surprised and although I won't be drinking that many Diet Cokes, it will be what I choose the next time. With WW, I've stopped eating any type of sweet (well, okay, a taste now and then!) and maybe my tastebuds have evolved into a new state of awareness...I dunno, but I just wanted to share my Coke experience with you for what it's worth - LOL!

Urgrace

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 08:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, I am like Kady. If you drink only the diet drink for a few days and don't touch the regular stuff during that time, it's amazing how much different the sweet stuff tastes after that! I also drink Caffiene Free Diet (can) Coke, which is best for weight loss. Good luck!

Justme

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 09:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Whit, I love my Diet Pepsi! It is my "drive home from work" drink. I drink my water during the day and I can't tell you how much I look forward to that first sip of soda. I'm also on the cans/bottles only theme. I haven't drank regular soda in years but diet from the fountain is horrible.

Whit4you

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 09:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ur - so it just took a few days? I can do that! I have been thinking it'd take like 3 weeks. I've been a pepsi addict for 20 years. For about 12 years I drank at least 3 32 oz fountain pops a day. (I've never been a fan of canned or bottled pop although when I was really poor I did have to resort to 2 liter bottles and drank those for a few years.)

I am *almost* ready to join this group (thread) - not ready to make it official yet though, at least until I can ever actually stop *gainging* weight.

See the biggest problem for me is every time the thought of dieting / or gaining weight any of that - anytime the thought even crosses my mind I eat way more. I don't know if this is common or not, but I've gained 20 lbs *because* I want to lose weight. I eat more .. and more and more fattening stuff just because I think about dieting.

I love pasta - and every time I think about dieting I have to make myself a ton of spagetti or something else. I've gained about 20 lbs the past year. (And was already 20 over what I wanted to be prior to that) I've gained the past 20 lbs just because I don't want to gain weight and think about dieting so I eat way more - and way more fattening stuff because of it. Had I never thought about or worried about dieting I'd probably still be 20 lbs lighter.

I was 114 lbs all my life till a few years ago, so I could eat anything I wanted anytime I wanted and never gain an ounce, I never ever had to learn *any* self control when it came to eating. But I really didn't crave eating all the time, or crave fattening food all the time until I started to think I needed to diet.

I love things like raw cabbage, cauliflower, celery, and cucumbers - but I don't have a car. So what happens is I end up buying a bunch of that and then it ends up going bad because I don't eat it before it gets old (except the cucumbers, I can eat 3 of those a day LOL)

I don't know how successful I can be with dieting because I have no self control - no car - I am motivated but the more I think about dieting the more I eat so ...

I had to miss my 20 year reunion last year because there's no way I was going to go looking as I do now... that was very sad.

One good thing - if I ever do decide to diet, I'm not a huge fan of sweets. When I was younger (114 lbs) I used to eat an entire cake all by myself in a day. I loved sweets back then. But now I can take or leave them, and only once in a great while (few times a year) actually want or crave sweets. But on the other hand, my cravings / addiction to pasta are as bad as an alcholics addiction to booze. I honstly think I'd need a 12 step program to deal with it, because even writing this makes me want to go make a huge plate of spagetti.

It's spring and my depression is now something I can deal with and tolerate, but over the past year my weight and the way I look is adding another dimension to my depression that was not there last spring.

I want to take a first step though with switching to diet pop. That's why I stepped in here - I really need to do this, been making attempts for a year. I'll go to half regular / half diet for a week then give up and go back to regular.

I'm going to try - really really hard to make the first step and go to diet. As of today - it's water or diet pop for 2 weeks. (I guess what my plan is - is it's diet pop or no pop and I *HAVE* to have my caffine!

One thing I am hoping for is somehow someway I'll get hooked on dieting - I'm sure most of you know my compulsive/obsessive type personality so if I can get hooked on it - I'd probably live/and breath it and be very successful at it. I'd think of this as a risk towards anorexia / bolemia except one thing - I'm more scared of throwing up than I am of dying (because I stop breathing severely when I throw up...) so I don't face that risk by getting obsessed with dieting.

For now I just wish there were an answer to me overeating every time I even *think* about dieting.

Nancy

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit--don't think of it as a "diet" think of it as healthy eating...for me it was about making the right choices and having it become my lifestyle--now i don't really even think of eating junk food anymore--i go for the fruit etc :)

Lizadee

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 10:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, ditto on what Nancy has said
you have to think of this as a more healthier way to life
As we all know binging is not good for us
I am with Jenny Craig and have been told to eat like every 2 to 3 hrs.
I am talking about my breakfest my snack (yogurt) my Lunch another snack (fruit) then dinner and then 1 more snack
I have lost a total of 13 lbs in a little over a mo.
As far as pop goes I am a huge or was a huge drinker of pop Diet Pepsi my preference now I can't even drink a whole one
I grab a 1 liter on my way into work along with my water bottle and by the end of the day I am throwing over 1/2 of my bottle of pop out
Good luck to you and hope to see you in here more often

Urgrace

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 10:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, you have mail

Denecee

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 10:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit- what you wrote about dieting just making you gain more weight is true. Same thing happened to me until about 4 months ago when I decided I was not going to diet anymore. Since then I quit gaining that 1/2 pound a month and actually lost about 1/2 pound a month. I try to stay away from the scales and focus more on how I feel. I really try to think about how something I eat makes me feel physically. Like do I feel bloated after eating chips and pasta? Yep. I noticed that if I eat late, the next day I am grumpy.
I read labels like mad. I try not to eat things high in Carbs, and go for the high fiber & protein foods. Sometimes, I'll be craving something until I read the label.
As for the diet soda thing, I used to drink reg.pepsi everyday, it took two weeks of drinking diet pepsi to get over the reg. stuff. I drink 80 to over 100 ozs of water a day because of all the walking/biking I do.
Sorry for the long post. Just wanted you to know that you are not alone, we are all here for you.

Ginger1218

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 07:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, I was a Pepsi addict for many many years, when I had to stop drinking ready soda, I tried to switch to Diet Pepsi and I hated it. I was able to switch to Diet Coke (preferably in the can - it tastes better) Also lemon takes away the syrupy taste somewhat, but you get used to it. Also, Diet Sprite is not bad either. actually it is better than regular sprite.

Ginger1218

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 07:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Also there is this drink that is really really good. It is flavored Sparkling Water. Sugar free, caffeine free, sodium free, but delicious, (especially the raspberry and blackberry flavors and cranberry too. Mystic makes them, or they can also be bought at Walmart under the name Clear Choice, or Stop n Shop supermarkets make them, and they are called Clearly sensational I think, they are outrageous.

Egbok

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 07:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tonight was my Weight Watcher weigh-in. I forgot to post last Thursday's result.

Lost on 4/24: 1.2 pounds for a total lost of 16.8

Tonight: 1.0 lost

Total lost: 17.8

I'm really feeling different with almost 18 pounds down. It's a very nice feeling.

Ginger1218

Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tomorrow I get weighed at my nutritionist. It has been 2 weeks, and I am feeling really good. It has not been hard, we have sculpted the "diet" to my way of eating and my schedule, etc. I a feeling better, so I am looking forward to seeing what the scale says.

Ginger1218

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 12:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, got weighed and lost 7 pounds. I am really happy and feeling good.

Lizadee

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 12:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In 2 wks Ginger ?
That is wonderful, Good for you
Keep up the good work
I bet that feels great

Lancecrossfire

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great job Lizadee, Ginger, Egbok, Denecee, Bakerygirl, Pixie, Abby, Lisa, Jbean, Hooty and Nancy! It's great to see so many folks having success with this!!:)

I am still onmy effort as well, and things are going pretty good. I still have so much to go, although I've made big strides in my physical condition--with a long way to go there. With 130 to lose, I won't say anything about numbers till I get to 100 pounds of weight lost. I started on December 1st, and have worked out everyday since then. I'm eating less and exercising--just my own thing, not on an organized plan of any type.

Best of continued luck to all for the pounds they want to lose, and extra good luck to all in staying at your desired weight for a life time!

Happymom

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 02:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I never tried this with pop but it works with milk! (going from whole to lower fat when the kids were old enough and didn't need all the fat of whole milk) You could maybe wean yourself by trying a little diet mixed with regular and then gradually increase the diet, decrease the regular until, after time, it is 100% diet.

I've been drinking diet since nutrasweet came out. I never liked cola before that and I don't like the regular versions, too sweet and makes my stomach ache even from a few sips. I love diet coke, but diet pepsi was my favorite until about 5-8 years ago.

Some diets have concerns about many different types of artifical sweeteners, stating they may slow weight loss.

I too love pasta. I've started Atkins and don't have any desire for carbs like that. I think doing without it for awhile may decrease your desire for it, it's working for me! Also, I have so much more energy now that I am eating very low carbs.

good luck!

Meme9

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 03:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, I haven't read all the post here, but thought I'd give a suggestion. What I did to switch may help you. I mixed Deit Pepsi with Pepsi...about half and half at first...then in larger amounts until I was used to the taste. It worked like a charm for me. Now if I have a regular cola it is just like syrup. Hope this helps.

Meme9

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL I just saw Happymom's post.

Egbok

Friday, May 02, 2003 - 05:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Lance, I want to encourage you to keep up your new lifestyle change. I am very impressed that you are doing your own thing and that shows me that you have made up your own mind to meet your set goal. I will be checking in on this thread to see how your progress is going (I sense you shaking in your boots as you read this-LOL!). Good luck, take it one day at a time. That's what I've been doing and I'm very surprised at my results...it's a great feeling! I know that you can do this too!