Why do people order diet soda when ordering a 2500 calorie meal?

[Brewers in 7]

there are some people who just like the taste of Diet Soda better, i know a few people who do, me i cant stand it

[pavyracer]

Good info guys. I understand the sugar issue if you are a diabetic. But shouldn't you eat more healthy and try to lose weight if you are a diabetic? If a diabetic orders a salad or a regular burger with a diet coke is normal.

[ElLoco23]

Or eating 2 pieces of chocolate cake with the diet soda - too funny

[MTek]

Take the elevator...instead of the stairs ... then pay a membership fee to a gym

[Kaladarus]

Cutting calories on pop will still help no matter how ridiculous it is. It would definitely make more sense to eat healthier.

[TodayIsForgotten]

Cutting calories on pop will still help no matter how ridiculous it is. It would definitely make more sense to eat healthier.

or at the very least...less.

[zr2786]

Because fat people want to think that they are eating well with a diet soda

[charlesbroccoli]

they do it to cut out some of the guilt from all the other junk they are eating

[B1GER1C828]

i like the taste of diet soda better. regular soda leaves like that sugar feeling in your mouth and i hate it.

[underthe total]

Fat people suck period.

[Bluehorseshoe]

I remember Ex Colts Lineman Art Donovan telling this story on David Letterman...

The 6'3", 253-pound Joyce was known for his huge appetite and Donovan has often told the story of Joyce besting Gino Marchetti in a chicken-eating contest, downing thirty-eight pieces of chicken to Marchetti's twenty-six, but because he "was still hungry", also polishing off the mashed potatoes with gravy, vegetables, and everything else that was served with the full dinner. He washed the entire mass of food down with iced tea sweetened with saccharin, careful to avoid a teaspoon of sugar as he "was watching his weight!"

[obamaismyuncle]

i like the taste of diet soda better. regular soda leaves like that sugar feeling in your mouth and i hate it.

[DustyDiamond]

This had no lettuce and no tomato, so he must have saved a few calories there!!

[dinaro7]

because they're stupid.

[macoeric]

yeah just like when they go into the doughnut shop and order a doughnut and then get a coffee with no sugar. fukked up society.

horrible comparison

[Metalspined]

This is quite simple, and something most psych majors learn quite fast...they order the diet coke to feel better about the big meal they are about to eat. Most people do something like that when they do stuff they know are bad for them or others...it somehow justifies the indulgence.

[bozeman]

do people actually know that diet coke has 90 percent of the same effect as the regular one does - it makes your body release ATP(energy cells) and make you hungry and overeat, so they get cheated?

[onlooker]

I drink Diet Coke or Coke Zero. Just can't drink a regular one anymore. Taste funny to me now.

[Illusion]

I can not stand diet soda. I only drink regular Coke or Pepsi.

[DeluxeLiner]

people are silly...i dont know any other way of explaining it.

[yisman]

This one has been talked about as long as the Internet has been around.

[Gonad]

Guess it happens as you get older, but diet just tastes better now...

[harlee71]

I like the taste of Diet Coke better that the sweet taste of Coke.

[poochiecollins]

I read an article about diet soda drinkers being found to weigh more than regular soda drinkers, as the former ate more. That could be because diet soda causes the same craving that regular does (not enough experience to verify). There are articles about artificial sweetners doing bad stuff to the body, so I wouldn't abuse diet drinks.

[stealthyburrito]

I can not stand diet soda. I only drink regular Coke or Pepsi.

cant stand any soda at all, water, sports drinks, or beer for me

[Grass]

Cause they don't want it to be a 2600 calorie meal duh.

[CMNoney]

Duh, they're on a diet.

This.

[shock11]

because they are calorie counters

[antifoil]

what if i order unsweet tea?

[dngf]

Just for the taste of it, Diet Coke. It tastes better and a better/less after taste.

[ZetaPsi808]

i hate diet soda, it has no taste

[superwerewolf6]

i dont get it too, its not any healthier. it has that chemical aspartame. not worth the calories saved.

[HeeeHAWWWW]

The answer is simple:

They are fat *****, who don't imagine themselves to be fat *****.

[Curls89]

It's just like people going to subway loading up on mayo and drinking a regular soda. People are generally clueless when it comes to diet and exercise.

[HauntingTheHoly]

Good info guys. I understand the sugar issue if you are a diabetic. But shouldn't you eat more healthy and try to lose weight if you are a diabetic? If a diabetic orders a salad or a regular burger with a diet coke is normal.

Not if you're a type 1 diabetic (the "fat diabetics" are usually type 2) and using a "sliding scale" insulin system where the patient counts the carbs they eat and inject an appropriate amount of insulin before each meal. The only diet restrictions are *highly* concentrated sugars, so Juice, Soda, and candy like sweet tarts/Jelly beans, etc. They can even eat pie.

Pay me one point.