I’ll go ahead and assume you didn’t religiously count actual calories.

Jun 5, 2021
9:01:01am

Joe Banks All-American

And if you had tracked your entire diet, you’d surprisingly see a net reduction.

The only knock on diet sodas that makes sense to me is that sometimes people get food cravings as a result and compensate by actually eating more.

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I'm pretty much convinced at this point that artificial sweeteners do cause

LeftOfNormal

6/5/21 8:43am

Wow, that’s amazing. Some of the thinnest people I know pound DC like crazy

Run-DMT

6/5/21 8:53am

The idea that diet drinks “help one lose weight” isn’t the way I’d look at it

hansel

6/5/21 9:56am

I have noted this before on here, but I literally don't know anyone who drinks

Mufasa

6/5/21 10:26am

I've noticed the same.

AntiSNOT

6/5/21 11:19am

I do. I am “thin’ish”.

Cougstreak

6/5/21 11:37am

Sounds about like me... only I drink the real thing!

Mufasa

6/5/21 12:53pm

I’ll go ahead and assume you didn’t religiously count actual calories.

Joe Banks

6/5/21 9:01am

Isn’t this exactly what the OP is saying?

cougsareforreal

6/5/21 9:22am

Not exactly. Joe makes a valid point. It's not like I've tracked calories.

LeftOfNormal

6/5/21 9:47am

There is no way somebody could lose 40 lbs on an accidental calorie reduction.

Lance71

6/5/21 9:54am

I do believe “there’s no such thing as a free lunch in nature.”

lilpenny

6/5/21 9:12am

They also trigger seizures pretty badly in epileptics. 🙁

Choke

6/5/21 9:15am

Or, you now have diabetes and your cells aren’t responding to the insulin

SJS

6/5/21 9:22am

Salt, Dyes, *Syrup, Preservatives - processed is not ideal for your body.

Celeritas

6/5/21 10:02am

Your body can't violate the 1st law of thermodynamics. You've been eating less is only way to lose that much weight.

delux_247

6/5/21 10:16am

Ugh. I hated that class. But I passed it, and understand the concept.

LeftOfNormal

6/5/21 10:46am

The pain was real, I hated that class too. I still bear the mental scars as well.

delux_247

6/5/21 10:53am

Thermo was easy. I got the highest grade in the class

WDaddy

6/5/21 11:10am

math is soooo hard.

Mayor of Cougartown

6/5/21 11:10am

That's only true if all your cell's were exactly identical.

Lance71

6/5/21 12:38pm

I think is causes insulin to rise which triggers fat storage.

zonacougar

6/5/21 10:47am

impossible or it would cause people to be hypoglycemic.

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