Thread: caffeine

Don't really understand the question. However you should quite the diet sodas and switch to water. Also Caffeine doesn't make you retain water.

I was just wondering if diet sodas with hurt fat loss and if doing cardio will help when I stop losing weight? Got carried away I guess with the question.

You can lose weight eating ice cream if you want to. I didn´t say it was healthy.

Kinda depends on what else is going on. From my experience, the cardio stoppage is probably a big cuplrit. Try putting it back in for a while and see what happens. You may also consider changing the style of your workout, as your body will adapt to it. For instance, it you do 3 sets of 10 on everything, full body w/o 3x a week, try higher reps, split upper from lower, HIT style, or something else just to change up the action and keep your body adapting.

That all being said, more than 1 or 2 diet cokes a day is probably too much, for lots of reasons. Try water and Crystal Light (or a reasonable facimile) as a change.

I understand I can also starve myself and lose weight. I am just stuck and wanted to know if cardio will help kick start my metabolism and if diet soda hinders weight lose. I think I am retaining water and I just did not know if caffeine was the cause.

Originally Posted by Pylon

Kinda depends on what else is going on. From my experience, the cardio stoppage is probably a big cuplrit. Try putting it back in for a while and see what happens. You may also consider changing the style of your workout, as your body will adapt to it. For instance, it you do 3 sets of 10 on everything, full body w/o 3x a week, try higher reps, split upper from lower, HIT style, or something else just to change up the action and keep your body adapting.

That all being said, more than 1 or 2 diet cokes a day is probably too much, for lots of reasons. Try water and Crystal Light (or a reasonable facimile) as a change.

Thanks, that is what I wanted to know.

The soda isn't going to hinder weight lose. Just don't drink too much of it. If you want something with caffeine drink green tea....it doesn't have all the shit of soda.

Keep doing the cardio. I would say that your biggest reason for weight gain was quitting smoking. Many people gain weight when they quite (I am not saying start again, just give you body time to adjust to the change). Drink lots of water.

Carbonation can bloat you a bit, with a little water retention.