Okay.... I totally understand that Nutrasweet is very bad for you. However, I am ADDICTED to Diet Coke!!! While I am doing induction, do you think it's okay to have one or two cans a day (yes, I love the ones WITH caffeine!!!!!)???


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MrsTU

I wouldn't. You want to break the caffeine addiction if possible. If you do have one don't substitute it for your water. Make sure you get your minimum 8 glasses in! I was totally addicted to regular cokes before starting Atkins. I'm talking 5 or 6 a day. I quit them cold turkey during induction and now I don't crave them at all. Good luck!
Lori

I am the same way, and I decided not to give up caffine. I did cut down to 2 coffees a day and 3 diet cokes a day. I know coffee causes cravings but I manage. This is not a fad diet, this is a way of life, and couldn't see myself not drinking caffein for the rest of my life. I may lose a tiny bit slower, but I have so much to lose that it will not make a big diff to me... But this is my opinion only..

Its one of those things where caffine stalls some people, others it doesn't. I drink diet rite most of the time but do treat myself to a diet coke every so often.flutterbye

Why not have the caffine free version?

I haven't had caffine in (GULP) 11 years.

I was so glad to see that someone asked this question. I love Diet Pepsi! I used to drink it everyday with vanilla syrup in it. I have cut out the vanilla syrup and I am cutting down on how much I drink, but like some have said, this is going to be a life time change for me and I can't see giving up my Diet Pepsi or my coffee. I have been in touch with a coffee company and asked them to try to come up with low carb cappochinno for the machines at AM/PM and/or Circle K (which I know are their accounts - cause my sister works for the coffee company). I have also asked them to work on low carb flavored creamers... was told some of this is already in the works. YEAH I love my coffee! Decaf Dark Roast from Costco is the best! I can handle decaf diet pepsi too, but can't find it that was in restaurants and such very often.

okay, i have a confession.i,m an addict too, hence the user name.i hang my head in shame.i live happily without sugar, potatoes, pasta and bread but without pepsi max and coffee?ummmmmm, just couldn,t do it.

On Induction I went down to a can of diet coke every 2-3 days, it really broke my 'addiction' as I felt so much better after just drinking water. Today I've bought myself a 2 litre bottle of diet coke, TOM is due and instead of treating myself to a bottle of wine I bought the coke as a treat instead!

Diet rite is a great substitue, plus it comes in flavors! Try it for a few days and dont drink coke at all!

I too am an addict. I went from drinking about 4 to 5 pots of coffee a day to 4or 5 cups in the morning, and occasionally one or two cups in the evening. It might make my weight loss a bit slower, but I figure it took me years to put this weight on, what is a little longer to loose it. Just my two cents worth. I can't imagine living the rest of my life without one of my favorite pleasures.

I have a Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi about once a week, but I usually drink Diet Rite cola.

Hi, I was a diet cke addict too. Probably still am. I mean if I started back on them I'd have to have about eight a day! The first time I tried to give them up I got horrible headaches. The headaches were so bad I could hardly go to work. Before I started the induction diet ( now in my second week) I weaned myself off of them. I didn't have the headached that way. Now I drink a ton of water! Once a day I treat myself to a Diet Rite!

hope this helps.

love to all of you!

Emerald

I used to drink pepsi all the time and when I started the induction I tried the diet caffeine free pepsi and I had 1 in the first week then had another in the 2nd week and threw is out. It just tasted to sweet for me. So now my one and only beverage is WATER and I drink about 4 liters a day.

for every glass of diet soda drink one extra glass of water. I've read that caffine can hinder weight loss, but it stimulates brain activity. I myself need a diet coke in the morning during a lecture or a heavy research weekend. I never did get hooked on coffee thank god

as arie put it, make yourself happy and give yourself legal pleasures, because your on this WOE for ever!

I never slowed down on the Diet Dr. Pepper's, Diet Pepsi's or the Diet Big Red's. I think that my soda's are the one thing that helped/helps me get through this. And I don't think I could have survived induction without them. Now that I am done with induction, I am going to slowly work the caffiene free versions in during the afternoon hours. But hey, I can't start a day without caffiene, in the form of a Diet DP. It hasn't slowed my weight loss down any that I know of, but I don't know for sure. Maybe I would have lost more if I had quit the sodas. I guess I'll never know.