Who orders diet soda with their Burgers?!

I once preferred to drink Diet Soda because I like its taste better. I don't prefer it because I'm conscious of calories. I don't have to because no matter what I eat it seems that I don't gain weight. However, someone told me or I have read somewhere that it contains a chemical that is harmful to health when taken in large quantity. They say it's safer to drink the regular soda. Starting that day I stopped drinking diet soda. My friends thought it's weird that I prefer the taste of diet compared to regular soda. I still prefer it's taste until now though it's been more than a year since the last time I had one.

I don't see what's so weird about people doing that. I do it from time to time just because I don't necessarily want to have more calories. If you look at the difference between regular and diet sodas you would be surprised at the amount of calories that add up.

Yes I am one of them people that does that but as I don't eat meat I will have a diet soda with a veggie burger which in some cases are a bit better for you. I only drink diet soda as I do not like the taste of ordinary soda.

I do this but, not because I want less calories from my drink but, because when drinking a full fat coke (as I say!) the sugar hurts my teeth and because mine are sensitive it is better for me to have less sugar! : )

I would never be one to order a diet drink with my food. I have never really cared for the taste of diet sodas. I prefer the real thing.

Yeah, it seems kinda stupid right? Well, I think they just don't want to add up even more calories.

Hold on people, it is not as stupid as it seems. Some of us are diabetics and I know sometimes we succumb to temptation and have some fast food. McDonalds is particularly bad for us. Usually the bun gets discarded because it is made of white flour which will convert to sugar immediately after being ingested. The meat itself does no harm it is protein but the French fries, starchy as they are also onvert to sugar. So if on top of all that I would have a regular soft drink which contains 10 teaspoons of sugar I would most certainly end up in Emergency with a massive sugar shock.(It happened to me once) So yes, I order a diet drink, even though aspartame is bad too but at least it is tolerated by diabetics.

I do that! I will order a Big mac, fries and a diet coke. It is not due to calories, I prefer the taste of saccharin to sugar. Sugar sodas to me are too sweet. I also use sweet n low in my coffee or on my cereal. It is a matter of preference.

Its not stupid at all. It does mean taking in less calories. At least its trying a little bit. As for me, I just prefer the taste of diet cola to regular by far, and I know a great many who agree.

i would rather have diet soda because of the added amount of sugar and calories in regular soda. i think fast food is good in moderation; and yes, i would order diet soda with my burger.

Here's one for ya - I LIKE DIET SODA. In general I order diet soda - I prefer diet coke to diet pepsi but that's just me. They taste different. I don't order super sized anything, I don't need that much food. I might eat that much food if it was something I made myself, or say at a nice sit down type of place (pasta is my downfall) but as far as burgers and fries? Not really. I often wonder why nobody stops to consider that some people drink diet soda because they like it. I often end up fielding all sorts of stupid comments about the diet soda - first of all because people assume I drink it because I am on a diet. I'm not on a diet, I probably weigh 95 lbs soaking wet. I do like the idea that I'm not ingesting 12 teaspoons of sugar if I feel like having a soda... but then you have the people who go on and on about artificial sweeteners. I don't get headaches or blurred vision, I don't get all high and crazy, and I don't have cancer sooo I think my occasional diet soda with my non super size chicken sandwich and fries I share with my daughter is just fine.

A good number of people will get the supersized meal with a diet soda simply because they are diabetic & cannot have the sugars in a regular soda. Of course, a lot lie to themselves thinking they are offsetting the calories in a regular soda. It has been proven that people who drink diet sodas tend to gain more weight than those who drink regular sodas...mainly because they rationalize that they've saved up more calories than they actually have!!!

It seems kind of dumb, especially if somebody exclaims loudly "I'm on a diet" The only reason I can think of is people who have health problems relating to sugar. At least by having a diet soda, it's not as bad

I know I do it because of taste. I'm a gymnast and not over-weight at all. I just think that regular sodas are too sweet. Even if people do order a belly-buster and a diet soda that's their choice. At least they are cutting calories somewhere.

my roomie always ordered a diet soda (before her surgery as you might guess) because she's diabetic I order soda because I don't like drinking all that sugar - waste of calories -

sheperdspy You may be under some misapprehension as a lot of people who order a cheeseburger and a diet soda are diabetics who can handle what little sugar is in the cheeseburger but the whopping amount of sugar in an ordinary soda is way way too much for us to handle. so yes we do order diet cokes with our cheeseburgers or hamburgers, and I did not know we were being judged. most of you people who judge us that you do not even know judge wrongly so you may as well look somewhere else for your fun.And yes we can eat hamburgers if we order the right size ones and as for calories we mostly count all calories in a day and even out the calories from each meat so that a the end of a day we have always stayed within a fixed amount of c alories. we can do this occasionally aslong as we do not go past the limit of calories in one day.Conscience has nothing to do with ordering diet sodas as we have already pre planned our eating for the day including the occasional treat at BurgerKing. so go else where with your judging or just dont prejudge people.

that is really funny. a lot of women do that, they even order double cheese burger then a diet drink har har har. who do they think they are fooling. it is better if you make your own burgers if you are really on a diet. i see on tv this cooks or chef uses turkey or chicken to make burgers then you can drink a diet cola to go for it. i can not answer why but i guess people does not want to add more on the everything on it but it does not work that way.

I've seen that too they will have a big whopper or something that is just not healthy and then have a diet soda. If they think that is helping them its not. The only thing I eat fast food is one in a blue moon taco bell. I don't drink soda so I will bring the tacos home and drink iced green tea or plain ice tea. I think no matter if its diet or not soda is not good for anyone including that big whopper! I guess they think "well at least I'm have a diet soda."

I usually drink a sweet tea with my burgers but if they don't have that then I will ask for a diet pepsi. Of course, why would that matter, since the meal has so many calories.

I think it may be for taste or dietary reasons. My dad is diabetic, so if he's having a soft drink, it will be a diet one. He isn't heavy, he just drinks it because it doesn't have sugar. He very rarely eats fast food, but once in a while it's okay for him to do so. And if he ordered a whopper, he would order a diet Coke with it because that's what he drinks. I do understand the point you're making, though.