sweetners?

[tryingagain]

HI all,
I keep reading people saying they are staying away from splenda and the like. I am curious as to why. I feel like I am stalled and I have 3 splenda each morning in my coffee on my way to work. What am I doing to myself and why the caution against it? Does it cause stalls, or cravings?
What happens if I cut it out all together?

Thanks I am just wondering if its something I should take a look at...

[skinnymom!]

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I don't have a problem overusing splenda, I can stick to my three servings worth. For me it's CHEESE. I easily go overboard with it, always eating my max and sometimes over the max. I'm trying to really cut back on the hard cheeses right now and it seems to be working. Do you need the coffee in the am or can you cut it out for a week or two and see if that helps?

[tryingagain]

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I suppose I could but I LOVE my coffee on my LOOOONG ride to work in the morning
I could get the willpower to switch to water in the morning instead and see what happens

[skinnymom!]

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I know for me, I ONLY love coffee super sweet and milky. Take those two things away and YUCK I have zero interest. I never was a daily coffee drinker but I do love it....I've tried it with splenda and heavy cream and I hate it that way so it made it easy to drop it from my rotation completely. I'm trying to think what else you could drink.....

[tryingagain]

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I used to drink green tea but with honey or equal and both are bad. I can't drink it plain no way! I may have to switch to fruit2o or some flavored water.

[WarOnTypeII]

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I need coffee in the morning as well. However, an honest account for me is once I introduce sweet, creamy coffee ........

It triggers something and I get off plan. This has happened recently.


One black coffee a day and that's about it I suppose, it was working when I did that.

As for sweeteners, I'll save them for a pinch, but I'm at the point where I'd really like to "break the need".

Much to my chagrin, I'm finding them to be a "slippery slope", not unlike many of the folks here have already stated. But I'm hard headed and hard wired to learn things the hard way, unfortunately.

This latest stall of mine, can be attributed to going off plan, going off plan with ... franken food (Carb Solutions bars) and downhill plunge into the depths of ...... . But I think maybe that even started with .....

Sweet, creamy coffee. It's the slippery slope, but I'll let you know, I'm still working my way back up the hill.

[CAbubba]

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For me personally, aspartame and splenda both stall me completely, even in small amounts. Others can have plenty of splenda and keep wooshing away (my father). The other issue to think about is cravings. Again, if I have splenda, I'm CRAVING sugar, making it that much harder to not eat junk. Others have no such cravings! (Lucky them!)

Maybe try a morning or two without coffee, drinking some water instead. See how you feel, is it something you could live without or not? If it is, try staying away from coffee/splenda for a week, see if your losses get kickstarted again.

[Disneygirl13]

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I am having a hard time with diet coke.. I know it is wrong but I can't stop. I have been losing but now I feel like I am stuck and drinking it to keep from cheating. Has anyone continued to lose while drinking diet coke?

Thanks!

[tryingagain]

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Thank you all for your input and advice!

I am going to give it up for a week and see if it makes a difference. I guess trial and error is how you make this diet your own and learn what you can and can't eat

[tryingagain]

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Disneygirl, I haven't really drank any diet coke, but Isn't it sweetened with splenda?
I was REALLY having a hard time with the water so I started adding the crystal light to it and it works great! You could add it to some sparkling water, or better yet, but the flavored sparkling water. Of course one with no carbs, or sugar that is all natural. Its delicious anc really curbs the soda craving!

[Scooterjam]

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Kim have you tried DaVinci syrups, or liquid sucralose? There is an add at the bottom of the page for this. The carb count is of course the same, but it takes less, George Stella uses mixtures of sweetners in his cooking, granted, I personally think he uses way to much artificial sweetners but that's my own opinion. Maybe cut your coffee splenda to 1-2 instead of 3. then 0-1, ween yourself. I cut out those darn energy drinks, but I'm still drinking coffee, and a splenda diet coke 3 -5 times a week. That in relation with what I was doing (energy drinks) caused some major headaches. Just try to stick to your 3 sweetners, mix them up too. teaspoon of vanilla Davinci or Hazelnut Davinci (I get mine at walmart) with a packet of splenda may help, taste wise.

Good Luck!

[tryingagain]

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No I haven't tried them Scooter, but I heard they were good. Problem with those is I get my coffee on the run at my corner store as I have no time to make pots in the morining, (or I don't get my butt out of bed to make it, LOL).
I could get a small coffee instead and use 1-2 splenda but I would rather cut it out all together I think. I dunno, Maybe some days I will do water and some splurge on coffee. If it IS stalling me, I want to get rid if it all together, vs. just lessening up the stall so to speak by cutting back vs cutting out.

[diwitch]

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Coffee with heavy cream and Da Vinci carmel syrup is absolutely decadant, imo.

[tryingagain]

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Thanks Di, I am going to have to order some and start making the coffee at home