Snack or Diet Soda?

[limewave]

So, I'm sitting in my office and my stomach is rumbling. I've already eaten my healthy snack that I packed, apple and string cheese. And I've had about a gallon of water to drink.

Which is the lesser of the two evils:
A snack from the vending machine (raisinettes? lowfat microwave popcorn?)
OR
A diet soda (24 ounces)

I know the fake sugar and sweeteners in the soda are not great for metabolism . . . but I don't really want the extra calories from a snack either.

What to do. What to do.

[Jones]

I would drink the diet soda but I am addicted to diet soda. I think a better choice would be some nuts, a handful of peanuts or almonds is really satisfying. Also non fat milk or even non fat chocolate milk; filling, nutritious and not too many calories. Good luck. Jones

[HappyTexasMom]

Disclaimer: I fall into the camp of people who feels that artificial sweetener should simply never be ingested, period.

That said, I'm guessing that if the water hasn't helped, the soda won't, either. I would choose the most healthful snack I could find.

[Blueberry]

I'd try coffee or tea. And I'd try the soda. Fizzy things tend to make me feel fuller than non-carbonated things.

CA

[OakLeaf]

Anything with caffeine or carbonation irritates my stomach and makes me crave more food.

How much more time do you have to get through before you get off work? That's key, to me - if it's a long time, go for something high fat (or even protein if they have it) - peanut butter cheese crackers, etc. If you do the low fat/high carb thing, you'll get a blood sugar rush and crash.

[shootingstar]

I'd try coffee or tea. And I'd try the soda. Fizzy things tend to make me feel fuller than non-carbonated things.

CA

+1. Coffee or tea with milk, no sugar, is lesser of evil compared to a carbonated, sweet-tasting soda.

I still have a unopened can of diet mountain dew from 3 months ago in fridge. It was a freebie from Bike to Work wk. That's how little I care for carbonated drinks.

[witeowl]

That said, I'm guessing that if the water hasn't helped, the soda won't, either. I would choose the most healthful snack I could find.

This.

(And I'm an unabashed artificially-sweetened diet soda drinker.)

As far as what, I'd see if I couldn't find some nuts in the machine.

[limewave]

I didn't really want caffeine. If I have coffee after noon I can't get to sleep at night.

Thankfully, my cubicle neighbor saved me and gave me her banana. Otherwise, I was going to go for either Peanut M&M's or Raisinettes. Our vending machine doesn't have anything healthy.

[txred9876]

I try to plan ahead and have healthy things in my cube all the time. I keep small packs of nuts, peanut butter, popcorn (once in a blue moon) ect...

I try very hard to stay away from soda of any kind and the vending machines.

Normally I keep a fruit bowl on my desk and take home or give away anything left at the end of the week. If I do not bring fruit to work with me I will make bad choices. I like pinapple and one of the "in natural" juice individual servings only has 60 calories or so.

a little off topic but I have been keeping track of my intake and exercises on livestrong.com because it helps you see all the "hidden" things that may not be over your calorie limit. I find protien calories help me to curb hunger the best no matter when I eat them.

If I decide to splurge I try to make it early in the day so it has time to digest. I will eat dark chocolate vs milk chocolate ect...

I know I have thrown out lots of things and kind of gotten off topic a bit...but so far its working...and I have lost 37lbs.

Tina

[Jiffer]

Diet soda is horrible for you. Artificial sweeteners do all sorts of evil things to your body. I drink water 90% of the time and if I have soda, I have the real thing. Not good for you either, obviously, but while sugar is evil, it is MUCH less evil than artificial sweeteners. I try to limit soda to once a week. Doesn't always work that way, but that's the goal. I don't buy it for the house anymore, so when I have it, it's at a restaurant. Dr. Pepper! Yum!

[ny biker]

So, I'm sitting in my office and my stomach is rumbling. I've already eaten my healthy snack that I packed, apple and string cheese. And I've had about a gallon of water to drink.

Which is the lesser of the two evils:
A snack from the vending machine (raisinettes? lowfat microwave popcorn?)
OR
A diet soda (24 ounces)

I know the fake sugar and sweeteners in the soda are not great for metabolism . . . but I don't really want the extra calories from a snack either.

What to do. What to do.

I always figure if my stomach is rumbling then my body needs fuel. Have a snack but make it healthy. Popcorn is a whole grain food.

Better to eat normal meals/snacks during the day (breakfast is especially important) and then cut back calories at dinner.

[tctrek]

I stopped drinking diet soda 2 years ago on the premise that it was not good for me... some said the sodium, aspertame, etc. were impacting my ability to lose weight. Now I drink only water and green tea and sports drink on my rides. Unfortunately, it didn't make a hill of beans difference in my weight control and sometimes I wonder why I gave it up because I really enjoyed it!!

Still, once you stop eating/drinking something "bad" it's probably best not to go back to it.

That said, try having some almonds with your Apple snack in the afternoon. Surprising what the little extra fat does to help you stay satisfied.

[SpinSpinSugar]

aspertame = formaldehyde = BAD BAD BAD

when you drink aspertame it breaks down in your body as FORMALDEHYDE

oh yeah... and it's also a ---- NEUROTOXIN

Do not drink it. It's poison pure and simple.

Watch this Documentary called - "Sweet Misery" if you have any doubt.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/sweet...oisoned-world/

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