How much splenda in OWL?

[kibby]

After a very clean induction for 3 weeks, I've moved on to OWL. This is my veggie week. I have never gone over 3 packets of splenda--I usually have none, but I was curious if the amount allowed increases in OWL and at which rung?
Thanks

[not2late]

Elleth and I both looked through the OWL chapter and no where does it say the artificial sweetener amounts increase. I guess Dr. Atkins figured that by the time you got to OWL, you would have had your sweet tooth under control.

[kibby]

I guess I ask this because it seems that during OWL poeple begin to add in more foods that require sweetener, like low-carb cheescakes or crustless pumpkin pie, and it would seem to me that those recipes which require 1/2 cup to a cup of spenda would greatly increase your intake of splenda from the 3 packets allowed.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

[not2late]

What I do and what I think other folks do is still keep within the 3 sweetener limits. For example, if your cheese cake recipe calls for 1 cup of splenda, but the cheesecake makes 8 servings, you wouldn't eat the entire cake because that's just not good portion control and exercise of moderate eating, is it?

[Elleth Faewen]

I actually contacted Atkins to get an answer to this. Your sweetener limit never changes. It is three servings per day in induction, owl, pre-maintenance, and maintenance.

[Heidi3]

I see what kibby is saying however as the recipes that are posted or desserts that people are eating seem to have tons of Splenda!....maybe they are eating tiny tiny servings? when I make crustless pumpking cheese cake I have 1/4 of it as a serving! but I make it unsweetened

[not2late]

I see what kibby is saying however as the recipes that are posted or desserts that people are eating seem to have tons of Splenda!....maybe they are eating tiny tiny servings? when I make crustless pumpking cheese cake I have 1/4 of it as a serving! but I make it unsweetened

A quarter of it????? When I make a cheese cake or a pumpkin custard I divide that baby into 8 pieces. 1 piece = 1 serving = 1 of the sweetener allotments.

[kkat55]

Re: How much splenda in OWL?

This was something good to know. Thanks for posting!