I find that salty food makes me crave sweet drinks.
It helps me to eat less salt, then I don't need the sweet drinks.
Restaurant food is usually too salty for me, I use less salt when I cook at home.
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Lovellsjl@... wrote:
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> From what I have read both caffeine and artificial sweeteners in excess can be appetite stimulants. I think if you are drinking a lot of diet soda it could be slowing down your weight loss. Try drinking a lot of water instead and taking walks also helps suppress the appetite naturally.
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> Steve
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...>
> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, Apr 3, 2011 4:24 pm
> Subject: Re: [fast5] Is diet soda slowing me down?
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> Well, 2 lbs is just a little below one pound a week, which is generally a good rate.
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> Keep in mind that when you lose "weight", you ideally want most of the weight lost
> to be fat. Fat doesn't actually weigh very much: it's like styrofoam for the
> body. A lot of what you see on the scale during "weight loss" is the water
> that is lost along with the fat.
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> It can take 5 weeks or so for the body to adjust to a new way of eating too,
> at which point your appestat will change, and you'll start wanting to eat
> differently probably. You may find you really don't want or need the diet
> sodas even. I used to drink a LOT of diet sodas, but these days I can't
> stand them, and neither can my family (we had to toss out like half
> a case of them that had been in the cupboard for years).
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> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rhonda <rbarrett1968@...> wrote:
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> Hi!
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> This is my 3rd week doing Fast 5 and not noticing a whole lot of weightloss.I have lost 2 lbs so far and that is good but is it supposed to be that slow? Could it be the diet soda I am drinking outside my window?
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> I don't follow any certain diet during my window,just eat whatever I want and make sure I stop when I am full but not stuffed.
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> Does it take a while before your body starts dropping weight?
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> Thanks!
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> Rhonda
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