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>I'll have a double bacon cheeseburger
>A Large fries
>and a diet coke

How can people be this fucking retarded?

>> No.5143566

diet coke tastes less syrupy

it's the preferred cola for many cocktails

>> No.5143577

tbh a meal like that is 1600 calories, if you were to eat relatively healthy the rest of the day (like fruits and vegetables) then you would be under 2000-2500 calories, that soda might add like 500 which can be bad

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>>5143566

lolwut

>> No.5143617

>not amerifat

After drinking a lot less soda in the last few years and trying it again on odd occasions I can no longer stand the sweet taste of normal Coke or Pepsi. If I am ever in a situation now where I need to choose some sort of beverage, I get the diet/sweetened version.

>> No.5143635

>>5143555
some people...like diet soda.

>> No.5143634

>>5143577
This, it's still a substantial number of calories they're avoiding with that diet, even if it's a proportionally a small number of calories in relation to the rest of what they're eating.

Apparently, it's the narrow time frame that offends OP, since no one would bat an eyelash if I were to eat a big, fattie-ass meal on Friday night (whether or not at a restaurant) then drink a diet soda the following Sunday afternoon.

>>5143617
I find it's the opposite:
>go a few years no-Coke
>randomly pick up one of those 8-oz glass bottles one day of plain Coke
>mouthgasms ensue

>> No.5143667

>>5143635
No they don't

>> No.5143676

Some of us just prefer the taste of diet coke and pepsi.

>> No.5143680

>>5143676
This.

I rarely drink soda anymore, but on rare occasions I'll go for a can of diet pepsi. I actually like that weird taste.

>> No.5143685

>>5143667
Yes...they do.
>asian mom
>not even remotely fat
>drinks diet soda occasionally
>can't stand non diet coke

>diabeetus boy
>can drink his soda since he has insulin machine
>prefers the taste of diet

>this one feminist bitch
>doesn't eat fast food
>drinks diet coke every morning in class
>she likes regular coke but she says diet coke tastes better in the morning
>i shrug and say okay

these are all people i actually know and are friends with so it's not like i'm just bringing up convos about coke randomly

>> No.5143715

>>5143555
Maybe the got diabetes, you know?

>> No.5143723

I'm a thin guy who used to be obese. I now only drink diet soda. The process of losing over a hundred pounds ingrained in my mind the process of calorie budgeting. I'll find myself going for fast food and thinking "Well I can fit in about 500 calories for a burger and another 300-400 for fries, but another 300 for a drink makes this too excessive, I'd rather eat more food than drink my calories"

This thought pattern has resulted in my extremely rare consumption of non diet drinks even if I'm eating something extremely unhealthy.

>> No.5143724

>>5143685
My sister used to be fat and insist that she liked the taste of diet coke better than coke. I didn't agree but believed her. Recently she actually started to eat right, exercise etc and got in decent shape. Gave up all soda not as a hard rule but as a go to drink. Now that she only has coke occasionally she admits that the normal coke is better. I think the guilt of drinking Coke on top of unhealthy food just destroys any enjoyment to be had from it. Diet shit makes you feel less of a pig and you're actually able to enjoy it.

Con contradicting your stories but I think health perceptions of food make an impact on the enjoyment.

>> No.5143734

>>5143667
Yes, they do. I remember drinking a diet coke when I was like 11 and thinking, whoa, this is so much better than coca cola. since then i've always preferred the taste of diet. regular is too syrupy and hurts my teeth

>> No.5143735

Diet Coke mixes and tastes better with whiskey

>> No.5144065
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ever since i was a child, i preferred diet sodas more. because most cans would have this little candy logo on the bottom, and just looking at it enhanced the flavor more somehow

>> No.5144086

How can people not worry about the food they eat, but at the same time not want to literally soak their teeth in sugar water? It's inexpwicaboo!

>> No.5144087

>>5143555
I like the taste of diet coke to regular coke.

Regular tastes too sweet, syrupy, flat.

>> No.5144090

Regular coke tastes salty to me.

>> No.5144116

Its not because they are trying to lose weight or be healthy.
Its just a bunch of extra calories and TBH there isn't much difference in taste, apart from diet cokes seem to be more carbonated.

>> No.5144256

>>5143555
If prefer the taste of light over regular and I can reduce the total amount of Kcal bij 300 at the same time.
Win win.
Pray tell how is that retarded?

Are you saying that when we're about to crash we should hit the gas instead of the brakes because we were speeding anyway?

>> No.5144272

>>5144086
Sugar water doesn't soak your teeth unless you regularly just have a mouth full of coke and keep it there for hours.
Otherwise it just passes your teeth and the rest of the sugar is removed by saliva. Solid food with carbs or plain sugar in it on the other hand will get stuck and stay there giving off their sugar for hours.

>> No.5144280

>>5143555
Why does someone have to drink sugar water with a hamburger and fries?

Even if they are fatties, by ordering a diet coke they have just reduced their meal by a couple hundred calories and lots of sugar.

If anything, ordering sugar water with your fast food (or thinking your are obligated to do so, or that they "pair well together") makes you fucking retarded.

>> No.5144282

>>5144272
>Otherwise it just passes your teeth and the rest of the sugar is removed by saliva.
Nope.

>> No.5144291

I usually order water. I don't know what it is, but it seems water helps me cram more food in than if I had a coke, and I dislike diet drinks. I guess the co2 takes up room. McDonalds has pretty good food nutrition wise. Their double cheeseburger is godly. What better way can a guy get big?

>> No.5144297

>>5144291
>McDonalds has pretty good food nutrition wise.
This is why you are fat.

>> No.5144298

>>5144282
Okay. If you have a conclusive study on this matter, I'd love to be corrected.

>> No.5144312

>>5144297

Lel, I'm actually underweight, I go because it's a good source of nutrition, if I wanted to be fat I'd just eat butter. Three double cheeseburgers and medium fries will have you strong if you can finish it and keep it down. The trick is to keep rotating food. Half a burger, water, fries, water, burger... Eating just one things signals satiety faster. Have you even looked at what's in a double cheeseburger? It's a nice break from chugging whole milk all day.

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I don't understand why ANYBODY, EVER drinks a NON diet soda beverage. I can understand if the taste were vastly different, but it's really not, and the benefit of diet so greatly outweighs lul the cost of drinking a slightly inferior product that the choice is a no-brainer.

Governments should start subsidising manufacturers to produce calorie free condiments like in Walden Farms' product range. And ban everything that has more than 30g of sugar per 100g/100ml. Or give it a sugar tax. Of course, even more basic than this would be a government program on calorie counting. Why doesn't the government do any of this? The same reason the government ever does or doesn't do anything...

Money

>> No.5144319

>>5144313
>I can understand if the taste were vastly different, but it's really not
0/10

>> No.5144326

>>5144313

Maybe we could start having prison camps too, put all those dirty whole food eaters where they belong and force them on a good healthy diet of extra aspartame, gluten free, fat free, msg free, low sodium slop. We should ban all beers and wines too, vodka tastes exactly the same and is far less caloric.

>> No.5144336

>>5144319
I can't tell the difference between normal and diet coke... are there people that can?

I can tell the difference between pesi max and pepsi light though mind you.

>> No.5144354

>>5143555
Are you retarded OP? I do this all the time, and I am healthy and skinny. I consider my daily cals, and I'm allowed to get fast food when I want to be naughty, and I'm not about to add retarded cals like with regular soda. At least the soda will taste just about the same, for infinitely less cals than the regular. The food is a guilty pleasure worth the calories. Regular soda over diet is not. Do you never eat calorie-dense food ever? You gotta do it responsibly, and since the meal comes with a soda anyway, may as well get the diet.

Fucking idiot.

>> No.5144358

>>5143579
>long island iced tea

>> No.5144359

>>5144336
Not that guy, but yes. Diet Coke uses a different recipe than regular. But Coke Zero uses the same, and tastes just about identical. Coke Zero is my go-to soda. Tastes like regular, no cals.

>> No.5144363

Fuck soda in general. I'm glad that more fast food places are serving coffee. So now, instead of feeling gypped when I order a combo with a water, I can get some black coffee instead.

>> No.5144364

>>5144359
I find diet coke is sharper/more carbonated than zero

>> No.5144367

>>5144363
coffee instead of soda? how much extra does it cost?

the caffeine in coffee is probably much worse for you than diet soda if you drink more than a few a day though btw

>> No.5144372

>>5144367
No added cost (it's usually a small as compared to a medium, but with unlimited refills).

And caffeine's good for you, provided it's not late at night or you're not going overboard.

>> No.5144387

>>5144372
>unlimited refills).

Is that in 'merica? I wish they had that kind of thing in Aus.

>> No.5144402

>I'm going to intake a bunch of calories so I might as well pile on even more with real coke
I enjoy diet coke more and if it has no calories then why wouldn't I? Deal with it.

>> No.5144408

>>5144387
Yep. Murika has free refills on pretty much anything that isn't alcoholic (sometimes not for milk/juice though).

>> No.5144458

The whole "in for a penny, in for a pound" thing is stupid. Opting for diet soda over regular is a good idea regardless of what else you eat.
Also some people (myself definitely not included) prefer the taste of diet soda.

>> No.5144647 [DELETED] 

>>5144354
I'll be honest here, I eat fast food a lot, and I've always been Auschwitz mode skinny. Though I'm also on ADHD drugs that kill my appetite, but I've always been skinny as fuck

>> No.5145009

>>5144408
This depends on where you go and also excludes mixed/blended drinks pretty much always, but yes, 'Murrica is a magical land of soda... for the duration of your visit.

>> No.5146416

>>5143577
I used to eat under 400 calories a day right up until right before a college class I had at 6:00 in the afternoon, where I'd go to the starbucks and just go crazy. I don't recommend it, it's a shitty way to live your life.

>> No.5146471

>>5143555
because mainstream media
"it's impossible to lose weight if you're eating enough to not be literally starving and depressed" is the other, extreme, incorrect alternative, which is prominent on 4chan.
I don't like caloric obsession at all(i'm in great shape), but if you're going to care and trying to lose weight then aim for 1200-2000 depending on your BMR.
Everyone should do some sort of regular exercise, even if it's just long walks. You will honestly feel so much better.
Also lol @ moms making no changes to life but 2 night per week yoga expecting any results

>> No.5146481

>>5146471
If there's anything to say about yoga, it's that for someone just starting out that shit can hurt.
>Not fat but not fit either
>Go to first class and think it's a breeze
>Wake up next morning
>Abs hurting so bad I can barely sit up

>> No.5146482

>>5143577
it's still a shitty habit.
>eating especially bad fast food more than hardly ever

>> No.5146494

>>5146481
your heart rate probably rose by about 2bpm the entire time
go for a run and do some push ups/lift some weights, that hurts sooo good.
eating habits are what needs to be changed for like 80% of yoga taker uppers. i'm sure it's just a relaxation thing/hobby for some people though, to each their own.

>> No.5146510

>>5146494
I'm not trying to lose weight by taking the class, we have to take so many exercise courses for my University degree and this yoga course was the only one that fit in my schedule.

The most I'm really getting out of it is some good stretching that's enough to get me up in the morning, and sometimes sore muscles.

It is helping with posture stuff and self consciousness though, that's always a plus.

I don't worry too much about running, because I don't have a car and I walk everywhere I need to go, and then just because, but good tips though.

>> No.5146514

>>5146510
>paying tutition to take a yoga class

Are you retarded?

>> No.5146520

>>5146514
They're required at this university. Everyone has to take atleast two courses over their four years.

>> No.5146547

I actually like the flavor of Diet Coke more than regular Coke, especially if we're talking fountain. dat aspartame, yum.

>> No.5146553

>>5146510
Ah okay. Like I said, to each their own. I don't believe it will make any significant changes to your weight/appearance is all, but then a lot of people are already sorted in that department or don't care, which is perfectly fine.
It probably does good to stretch yourself out a bit. I like doing neck stretches(dem satisfying crunching noises).
Yeah i've been trying to improve my posture too, though it's hard as shit when you're 6'3 trying to sit well in short people chairs lol.
that's cool. I like to walk everywhere locally too just because I don't enjoy being sedentary. I don't really need to run or even do any exercise to maintain a good weight because my sedentary BMR is like 2200 and I usually don't eat that much. I just enjoy going for quick runs, plus it's great for me.

>> No.5146564

>>5146553
does feel good*

>> No.5146605

Some people prefer the taste.
Even if you don't, you're still better off diet wise if you don't drink your fucking calories.

>> No.5146657

I can't stand the way normal coke/pepsi tastes or they way it sits in my stomach.

Mt Dew Throwback, Pepsi Throwback, Coke Zero are my usual sodas.

>> No.5146714

What if I ordered a double bacon cheeseburger, large fries, and then asked for a glass of water? Or unsweetened iced tea?

Gonna be pissed at me for not getting more calories?

>> No.5147149

>Go to Five Guys
>Order a Cheese Veggie Sandwhich
>Add bacon
>Add ketchup, mustard and mayo
>Add large cajun fries
>Add a large drink
>eat free salty ass peanuts while you wait for your order

This is more retarded.

>> No.5147167

i prefer diet coke because i was raised on it. normal coke tastes way to sweet.

funny enough, i can't stand all that new diet sprite fanta whatever shit that they've been making for a few years, because i am used to the normal ones' taste.

>> No.5147177

Caffeine-free diet Coke tastes better to me than regular. It's less harsh if I had to describe it.

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>5 course meal
>dessert?
>no thanks

How can people be this fucking retarded?

>> No.5147190

>>5143555
please stop making this asinine remark
there are a million reasons why someone would do this
>because it fits into their set calorie limit that way
>because they prefer the taste of diet
>because protein is more conducive to body management than liquid sugar
>because they hate Monsanto
>because they're eating to sate their hunger, not to get fatter, and they don't need their drink to help with that

versus the one reason why they would go all the way
>because some virgin who has no knowledge of nutrition is going to judge them and then post on the internet about it later

>> No.5147197

I wish McDonalds would offer a ginger beer as a beverage, I might actually eat there more often if they did.

I normally just get 2 burgers if I go to a fast food place place instead of one of their value meal combo things, I'm not a fan of chips or soft drink.

>> No.5147201

>>5147179

Well maybe some people just don't like sweets you fat autistic fuck?

Now go eat your cheesecake pizza and stop shitting up this thread.

>> No.5148115

>>5147197
>chips

Fuck off.

>> No.5148122

>>5143667
I really like cherry Coke zero, diet Dr. Pepper is pretty good too. Diet Pepsi is the worst thing ever.

>> No.5148174

>>5143555
I saw someone order a diet Pepsi with their pizza yesterday. I just kept thinking whats the fucking point.

>> No.5148176

>>5143667
Diet Pepsi tastes 100% better then normal Pepsi.

>> No.5148187

When I first read the OP I thought the problem was the grammar in >A Large fries

As an amerifat who eats fast food often I didn't even think how ridiculous the order sounded.
On that note, brb mcdonalds

>> No.5148267

Diet Coke doesn't taste as sugary.

Though I usually just get a bottle of water with my fast-food nowadays.

>> No.5148285

>>5143617
My dad always drinks a 50/50 mix of coke and sparkling mineral water. I used to make fun of him for doing so...

>mfw I try it myself and it's amazing

So much more refreshing, esp. on a hot day.

>> No.5148290

>>5143555
>>5143577
It's actually 1040 calories.
The double 1/4 lb with cheese is 540, the fries are 500.
I don't think the 2 slices of bacon are 560 calories.
The soda has 0 calories, since it's diet.

That and a couple 500 calorie meals keeps you at your 2000 calorie requirements.

>> No.5148293

>>5148174
I saw someone post retarded shit without reading the thread today. I just keep thinking what's the fucking point.

>> No.5148297

>>5144326

It's not even slightly comparable. You're not entitled to companies' products, if you want to be unhealthy you can make your own unhealthy food, but the government should be able to keep companies from poisoning the public

>> No.5148303

I used to do this, and I felt like an ass when I did. The reason I got diet instead of regular is because it was better for my teeth. I didn't actually think it would help me lose weight or anything.

>> No.5148308

>>5148303
This.
Also, I actually used to prefer the taste of Diet Coke to regular Coke, back when I drank soda (I don't anymore). It was never about healthiness or weight.

>> No.5148452

>>5144336
I can definitely tell the difference between diet and regular. I won't drink diet because it tastes like ass.

>> No.5148457

ITT: diet shills and those already brainwashed

>> No.5148475

>>5148303
Diet is just as acidic though, which is the real kicker. On top of your carb crusted teeth.

>> No.5148984

>>5144065
You were addicted to the aspartame bro.

>> No.5148989

Some people like the taste of diet soda better. Im not big on any of it. Iced tea or water for me.

>> No.5149233

I love diet soda. I drink like 12 cans a day due to caffeine addiction. If it were normal soda I would be fat as fuck.

Bitches don't care about hypertension but they will care if you are a fat fuck. Therefor diet soda = bitches.

Also it mixes better in drinks.

>> No.5149242

I am so addicted to diet soda /ck/. What the fuck?.....

>> No.5149292

>>5149242
Aspartame is addictive and causes brain problems.