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Although, if I cheat and have a soda at all, it’s a regular and I’ll drink a soda a day for a week before I go back to water again.
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Especially when you stop and consider the math. There are 3500 calories in a pound of body fat. 1 20-oz full-sugar soda has about 250 calories. 1-a-day for a week = 1750 extra, empty calories. Which if you did this every week (I know you said you don’t , but just FYI for those who do), that could equate to a 26-pound weight gain over the course of a single year. :eek:
Or, put another way, if a person was keeping to their daily calorie needs, the substitution of just one diet soda for a full-sugar one could result in a 26-pound per year weight loss. And that’s without changing your diet OR exercising. Just that tiny substitution.. Worth it if you ask me, to learn to like the taste of the diet stuff.
[QUOTE=Guinastasia]
I also happened upon a case of Caffeine-Free DP, which I’ve never seen before.
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My mother has been drinking Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi since the 1980s (after she finally stopped drinking Diet Shasta, which was like fizzy, watery vomit IMO), when it was called Pepsi Free. In fact, she still calls it that.
[QUOTE=Guinastasia]
I remember Pepsi Free when I was little-it was the only Pepsi my mother let me drink, because I wasn’t allowed to have caffeine as a kid.
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You want a Pepsi, you’re gonna pay for it.
I switched to diet after I had a lot of dental work done. The dentist said the easiest way to avoid a repeat visit was to stop drinking regular. Haven’t looked back, and now I wonder what the hell I was thinking, letting all that sugar fester in my mouth.
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip]
As do I, but only because there are so many other dangerous and disturbing trends in politically correct America to choose from.
Assuming that by “fat acceptance” we’re not talking about “Let’s not beat up the fat kid every day after school just because he’s fat,” which is an idea I can get behind. I presume the OP to be referring to that uniquely American* definition of “fat acceptance” which encompasses sentiments like
“Land whales are a protected class!”
“7+ chins is SEXXY!!!”
“Waaa! Let’s sue the networks because someone on TV made a fat joke!”
“We can’t hellllp it! It’s all genetic!”
“How dare that school counselor imply that my 300-pound fifth grader has a weight problem! They’re creating an environment of intolerance!”
“We’re just like people who are blind or have cancer! You wouldn’t blame them, would you?”
“I was publicly humiliated when that restaurant owner said I couldn’t go back for a twelfth plate from the buffet! All you can eat means ALL YOU CAN EAT!”
“I was discriminated against because the airline didn’t have a cattle sling to hoist me aboard the plane! Let’s hold a protest mar… er, a sit-in!”
*For the time being, although an NPR story I heard recently indicated that the “Fat Acceptance” movement is jiggling and slouching its way over to France, where it’s found limited success so far.
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I think that’s what the OP was referring to, which I agree with. Being “accepting” of someone because of their size (when, of course, it is within their control) is akin to enabling them to be unhealthy. I’m fat. Not land whale fat, but at 6’5" 375, I could stand to lose a few dozen lb’s. I don’t want society to say to me "Hey tubby, it’s all good, you’re fine the way you are. Fact is, I’m not. Diabetes runs in my family, as does heart disease and a few assorted other harbingers of early death. Being fat is deadly. “Accepting” it within society is dangerous and stupid.
Conversely, the skeletal, and equally unhealthy runway models are nothing to look up to either, nor should we as a culture “accept” that look or type as something to be. There needs to exist a healthy, happy medium, a place where people who aren’t suffering from a medical condition that makes them, as a very good 450lb friend of mine says “circus fat” can look to for inspiration. As far as the diet coke thing? Well, I love the stuff. Sometimes I drink sugared pop if that’s all there is, but generally, it’s diet soda. I shouldn’t have as much as I do but I dig it, what can I say?
[QUOTE=Guinastasia]
I remember Pepsi Free when I was little-it was the only Pepsi my mother let me drink, because I wasn’t allowed to have caffeine as a kid.
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My parents didn’t worry about caffeine (at least I don’t think they did) but most of the time they’d only buy diet drinks. So I grew up drinking diet whatever. I still drink regular sodas from time to time as a treat (especially Mexican-bottled Coke) when I’m not on my diet (not only is it empty calories but it kills the low-carb diet) but the vast majority of soda I drink (and to be fair, I drink far too much) is diet. And the sweeteners and flavors have definitely gotten better over the years.
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip]
“Land whales are a protected class!”
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For some reason, this cracks me up.
Anyway, I buy my soda on sale, typically 99 cents for two liters, and in three flavours: Diet Orange Crush, Diet Cream Soda and Diet Root Beer. The other day I picked up a Diet chocolate cherry Dr. Pepper out of curiosity. It’s okay and if it also becomes available for 99-cents, it might get added to the list.
In restaurants, I get a regular orange or root beer if I can, because I don’t particularly like any variety of Coke/Pepsi
[QUOTE=PunditLisa]
I think both Nzinga and Neutron need to forget the sodas and try a beer.
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I had to train our new creepy, assault-rifle-obsessed, potential-serial-killer employee last night at work. His presence never fails to turn me into a total dick.
I presume the OP to be referring to that uniquely American* definition of “fat acceptance” which encompasses sentiments like
“Land whales are a protected class!”
“7+ chins is SEXXY!!!”
“Waaa! Let’s sue the networks because someone on TV made a fat joke!”
“We can’t hellllp it! It’s all genetic!”
“How dare that school counselor imply that my 300-pound fifth grader has a weight problem! They’re creating an environment of intolerance!”
“We’re just like people who are blind or have cancer! You wouldn’t blame them, would you?”
“I was publicly humiliated when that restaurant owner said I couldn’t go back for a twelfth plate from the buffet! All you can eat means ALL YOU CAN EAT!”
“I was discriminated against because the airline didn’t have a cattle sling to hoist me aboard the plane! Let’s hold a protest mar… er, a sit-in!”
… the “Fat Acceptance” movement is jiggling and slouching its way over to France, where it’s found limited success so far
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My idea of ‘fat acceptance’ encompasses a bit more than not committing assault against fat kids. It dares to stretch to believing that terms like ‘land whale’ are fucking slurs. If you aren’t a 14 year old, do a better job of not posting like one.
[QUOTE=Bosstone]
Exaggeration, maybe, but just because you happen to not be part of the vast majority doesn’t instantly refute what was said.
I drink diet soda for the flavor AND lack of sugar/corn syrup. Win win!
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How do you know you’re in the vast majority? Diet drinks have “diet” in the name because they are marketed as a low calorie alternative to the regular variety. If they were being marketed for their taste, they would be marketed as just a different version. Coke Lite or Pepsi Lite or something similar. For all you know you are not part of the vast majority, since you prefer the taste of diet. Again, I would like to see a cite for such claims.
[QUOTE=cochrane]
How do you know you’re in the vast majority? Diet drinks have “diet” in the name because they are marketed as a low calorie alternative to the regular variety. If they were being marketed for their taste, they would be marketed as just a different version. Coke Lite or Pepsi Lite or something similar. For all you know you are not part of the vast majority, since you prefer the taste of diet. Again, I would like to see a cite for such claims.
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Coke Lite or Pepsi Lite, huh? You’d better visit Europe some time, then.
Obviously people who drink the sugary versions would be the vast majority. What else would they be with a pound of sugar in every Big Gulp?
–Mal, reforming fattie, likes the cut of Vinyl Turnip’s jib.
If X then Y. If X then ~Y. Therefore ~X. Conclusion: fat people do not drink regular soft drinks. That is why the fat guy was drinking diet soda.
