2006-09-21 00:10:27 · 44 answers · asked by anandita p 1 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
They want to save consuming whatever calories they can.
2006-09-21 00:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well some people like the taste of diet better than regular, since they are so different. Also, it might just be what you're used to. I know I always drank diet just because it's what we always had at my home. . . .Also, I think, and would guess others agree, that a delicious piece of pizza or something is worth all the calories, versus a soda seeming like a waste. Some regular cola's have a few hundred calories, and tons of fat! Meanwhile, a diet soda has no cals/no fat and is just as good. . . .That's a much easier replacement than taking away pizza, and eating a salad! Then again, some people just might not care either way!
2006-09-21 06:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone knows pizza is incredibly high in calories, so if one orders pizza, it means they simply cannot resist it.
So, calories from the pizza are in the bag anyway. Why get the pepsi calories too, when diet pepsi tastes the same?
Pure arithmetics!
2006-09-21 00:18:53 · answer #3 · answered by eleni f 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I order diet Pepsi (though I'd rather diet coke) because I don't like the taste of regular; it has nothing to do with saving calories. Eating pizza makes me thirsty, so I would spend a fortune ordering fresh juice or coffee; so ordering diet coke is cheaper.
2006-09-21 04:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hello Anandita P !
I hate it when people do that; I just don't get it !
When I was a teenager, there was a neighborhood lady that I would run errands for, so one day she tells me to go to the store because she wants some pizza, get a load of this :
1. 2 slices of pizza with extra cheese, and pepperoni
2. 1 large bag of salt & vinegar potatoe chips
3. a Snickers bar
4. a 2 litre diet Sprite
When she told me the list, I really didn't say anything, beacause we all pig out occasinally; but when she said "and a diet Sprite " my eyes must have nearly popped out of my head; to say the least , she looked downright ashamed.
Why ruin a perfectly good binge with a nasty @zz diet soda ?!?
I've seen people eat similar junk food then inhale one of those gross " healthy " sodas; they usually give the same excuse; that it tastes the same as the regular; I don't by it for a hot minute; it's my sneaking suspicion that they're lying, to me, and to themselves !
Who are they kidding ?!?
Diet soda ?!? * rolling on the floor, holding my throat, retching*
Most of the artificial sweeteners they put in those diet sodas, are addictive, and they're not good for you, some have been linked to cancer, epilepsy, and God knows what else.
I't's a billion dollar industry; of course they want you to become addicted; haven't you ever noticed that once a person starts drinking diet soda, they rarely stop ?
Man, at least drink a snapple, or wash it down with orange juice if your're feeling guilty; that's what I do !
Anyway, you got me started, because this always buugged me, as you can see.
Love, light, and peace,
tishy
2006-09-21 02:15:20 · answer #5 · answered by bubletish 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know that questioned bugged me for years, I asked people who do that and most of them simply said;
"we are used to the taste of diet, we now prefer diet pepsi etc over the original"
To be honest, this is the most common answer. I however do not understand how these people can actually get used to or prefer the taste of Diet pepsi over the original Pepsi! Diet tastes terrible!
2006-09-21 00:19:48 · answer #6 · answered by fozio 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question!! I usually order pizza and Coke (I hate Diet). For some people, they started to drink diet because it does not have as much sugar in it, but then it became a habit. My mom will only drink diet pop.
2006-09-21 03:52:47 · answer #7 · answered by poeticjustice 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't know that kicks me in the pants, i hear people order double peperoni and a pitcher of diet Pepsi, i say live a little have a regular Pepsi with your pizza.
2006-09-24 17:46:05 · answer #8 · answered by greg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are used to Diet Pepsi, regular Pepsi tastes strange.
2006-09-21 00:24:13 · answer #9 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They honest to God think the diet Pepsi is going to 'save them'. When it isn't.
If someone was on a diet, why eat pizza in the first place????
IT'S FATTENING!
2006-09-21 07:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
guess its because its comforting to know that after eating that calorie-rich pizza ,your pepsi wont be the same & make you feel worse/more guilty
could be a subconscious thing,since I just had a fattening pizza ,I better cut down on other things like my soda intake & diet pepsi sort of solves that
2006-09-21 04:36:04 · answer #11 · answered by liz c 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋