fighting to avoid artificial sweeteners and stay low-carb

Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so dependent on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

Uhm, the only sweatner you need is Splenda!


"Loser" wrote in message
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Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if
I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go
from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so dependent
on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

Uhm, the only sweatner you need is Splenda!


"Loser" wrote in message
...
Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if
I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go
from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so dependent
on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

Actually, I'm not that excited about Splenda (sucralose). Do some research
on it and you might lose some of your enthusiasm as well.




"What's In A Name?" wrote in message
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Uhm, the only sweatner you need is Splenda!


"Loser" wrote in message
...
Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult
task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if
I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New
Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go
from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda
fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so
dependent
on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

Actually, I'm not that excited about Splenda (sucralose). Do some research
on it and you might lose some of your enthusiasm as well.




"What's In A Name?" wrote in message
...
Uhm, the only sweatner you need is Splenda!


"Loser" wrote in message
...
Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult
task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if
I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New
Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go
from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda
fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so
dependent
on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

Take it a day at a time and before you know it you won't want that crap
anymore. The stuff is just bad news. Water is really the best when it
comes to hydration.

I think you have a great idea. Stick with it.

Curt


"Loser" wrote in message
...
Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if
I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go
from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so dependent
on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

Take it a day at a time and before you know it you won't want that crap
anymore. The stuff is just bad news. Water is really the best when it
comes to hydration.

I think you have a great idea. Stick with it.

Curt


"Loser" wrote in message
...
Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if
I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go
from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so dependent
on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

curt wrote:
Take it a day at a time and before you know it you won't want that crap
anymore. The stuff is just bad news. Water is really the best when it
comes to hydration.

Agreed. Learn to like clean cold wonderful water. I can't find the
study I read recently that showed that artificially sweetened drinks
cause your body to crave more, and that rats fed that instead of plain
water ate more and weighed more at the end of the study. Pretty
interesting.

For me, learning how to eat (and drink) right was partly a matter of
learning what my body really needed. For most of my life, I don't think
I knew how to recognize thirst at all. When I felt thirsty, I would
just eat more, and for some reason sweets were what I aimed for. I
think I've been dehydrated most of my life.

Rebecca

This advice comes from someone that can't stop drinking alcohol.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW


"curt" wrote in message
news:uje4d.1631$sa.1490@trndny05...
Take it a day at a time and before you know it you won't want that crap
anymore. The stuff is just bad news. Water is really the best when it
comes to hydration.

I think you have a great idea. Stick with it.

Curt


"Loser" wrote in message
...
Loser here.

I've had some weird physical symptoms over the past few months and have
decided to cut out aspartame, acesulfame K, sucralose, and saccharine.
Coming for a background where I drink diet soda like water and chew
sugarless gum like it's getting outlawed, this is a pretty difficult
task.

Anyhow, my Challenge this month is to get down to 256. I don't know if
I'll
make it or not. I'm adding some cardio and dropping cals a bit so we'll
see. I'd really like to be under 250 by November which i think is
reasonable (i'm around 260 now). Then it's on to under 240 by New Year's
and under 225 by April Fool's Day. I don't know why those numbers seem
important. At 225, I'll probably get a BF% test and decide where to go
from
there.

I'm using stevia w/ green and/or black tea to help with my diet soda fix.
Have some Stevia gum on order to see if that helps.

It's weird. I drink decaf diet cola and I had no idea I was so dependent
on
it for my "sweet" fix.

Anyhow, hope everyone else is doing ok. Just wanted to check in.

Loser
287/260/233

artifical sweeteners dont do much to curb the cravings
for sweets in many people - for many what once was
one packet in a beverage became two or three over time-
and cravings for artificially sweetened drinks became almost as much a problem
as sugared ones - probably the "head spin" about "sweet" - and in eating
healthier its all about breaking and modifing old bad habits