I don’t drink soda except a little coke with my rum.
When I go to MacDonald’d, I order 2 big Macs and and eat them both with a double fries.
I love steak and eat it rare.
They way I feel about it is, if I’m going to take the time to eat, I will eat the way food is supposed to be eaten - with gusto.
My waste line is about normal for a 58 year old active man.
I like the bite that diet soda has when you’re eating salty food like McDonald’s , it cleanses the palette. Even as a mixer I prefer it to sweet. Full strength is just too sweet for me nowadays, and used to love Coke Classic as a kid.