Diet Sodas: Does anyone else think they don't work?

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Okay so I know my statistics and correlation is not the same as causation. That said, here are my observations: 1. People who are drinking and ordering diet sodas are generally really over weight or obese. 2. Drinking diet sodas make me more thirsty than before about 5-10 minutes after consumption. This means the fake sugar stuff contains something that makes you thirsty. Your body is reacting to it. It's not sugar, but it's doing something funky...if the fake sugar doesn't get recognized as calories (i.e. real sugar) by your body, what does your body think it is? 3. Drinking diet sodas instead of regular sodas has not helped me lose weight despite the idea of cutting out empty calories in daily meals. 4. Drinking water instead of any soda diet or not did help me lose weight. What does that say about diet soda? I think this issue deserves some discussion since so many of us opt for the diet coke or diet pepsi even though we don't like the taste because we think it's somehow good for us but are we deluding ourselves?