NO SWEETNERS!

[pammie]

yes joan I am the same way!! just in the afternoon I want my treat...and I find I have been looking forward to it :joy

but don't worry, it passes and soon we have dinner and forget all about it (yeah right!!!)

[Woofy]

I actually was holding an Atkins Peanut Butter Cup in my hands just now in the drugstore... I was having a major sweet craving. :yikes

BUT, I put it back to its rightful place, and promptly walked out of the store! :icondance :icondance :icondance :icondance

I was a good girl... Did not use any sweetener... :joy :joy

[zandraak]

Ok...the good news is that I had a no sweetner day!!! :joy

The bad news is...I feel REALLY bad!! I'm sure it's the caffeine addiction (diet pepsi was my sweetner of choice) but boy is it hitting me hard! I guess I was way more addicted to it than I thought. But hopefully that means I'll see more benefits once I get over this withdrawl.

I'm just bummed because I'm really moody and have a huge headache and I have lots of school work to do (which I'm not going to do tonight). <sigh> Oh well.

Tomorrow will be better!! And I'm proud of myself for resisting all day!!! YAY!!

[buddinbuddin]

I made it through day one sweetener FREE! I even passed up some double stuff oreos that my bf was eating... :sadblinky

So far so good today too...I'll check back in later. :wave

April

[mere150]

Well, I made it through the day w/o any sweeteners. Not too bad a day. My brother will be glad to get the rest of a case of Tangerine Diet Rite since I won't be drinking it.

Mere

[Defessa]

I made it through Day 1.

For some reason it's tougher for me in the afternoon. I'm fine having my unsweetened coffee in the A.M. but ooooooooh I want my 4pm cup to be a "treat"... but I got through it. A bit of craving going on tonight... anyone else experiencing that? Maybe it's just the reaction to knowing I can't have it... but it feels like a craving to me!

Joan J

Oh, yes! :nod The afternoons are tougher on me too. I have a 45 minute commute to pick my daughter up from school each afternoon, I had gotten into the BAD BAD habit of getting something sweet to snack on or to drink, which led me to more sweet stuff.

I can resist the flavored coffee my dh has in the morning, I can resist the stuff the kids pack in their lunches, but last evening the SF jello called me quite loudly! I let the kids eat their dessert and I folded a load of laundry then went to bed, quickly.

[wienerin]

Okay, I've been away over the weekend and what do I see? A challenge has already been created - wow! :joy You guys are awesome!

I've already completed my two weeks of sweetener-free life, but I have every intention to continue that way. It's been three weeks now, and I feel awesomely in control. Case in point: I have four bars of the best chocolate in the world on my table, which have been there for a WEEK now, and I don't even think about them. And this from a major chocoholic! (The reason those chocolates are there is that they're goodbye-gifts for my friends, since I'm moving next week).

I do still get tempted, of course. For me, it seems that smells do the trick. If I see chocolate/cookies or such, I don't mind really, but the smell of them when people eat them just does me in. It's very difficult in church afterwards, everyone eats and I'm hungry but have to wait for my lunch. I've done it, though - three times in a row now! :yikes

Well, sign me up for the next two weeks anyway. I'm going for the month!

Cheers
sue

[Jackie Blue]

Well...I was 'clean' on Sunday, 9/12 but drank a cup of coffee with cream and 2 packets of splenda this morning. Bad, bad girl :sadblinky

Like you, Pammie, I so look forward to having my coffee in the morning but I don't have any at home and don't order it with dinner out, so it's just a week day habit.

Try to make a diligent effort tomorrow.

[pammie]

I am so proud of us! we are doing great :icondance. we don't need those bad bad sweetners!! :joy


Jackie, that coffee is a hard one but you can do it!! tomorrow no sweetner!! you can do it! :hug

[zandraak]

Ok give me a little devil guy today! I gave into the diet pepsi.

But tomorrow will be better. :nod

[Defessa]

Yippie! Another day with no sweetners!

I keep reminding myself--"I only have to do one day at a time."

[JoanOH]

This is definitely the toughest challenge I've done so far. I made it through Day 2, but geeeeeze, it wasn't easy. And I'm "hyper" -- more energy than normal and I'm normally pretty high energy! I went to the fitness center and did my normal 45 minutes of nautilus equipment, then trotted over to the indoor track and BRISKLY walked a mile on top of that! Then I've been on and off my stair-stepper at home all day, just trying to get rid of this nervous, bouncy energy! I hope this calms down soon cuz I'm driving everyone NUTS.

Joan J

[pammie]

it is day 3 for me...and I am sitting here at working dreaming of a diet coke!!!!

yikes :yikes

resist resist resist!!!

[Woofy]

Day 2 for me... No sweetener used....

Actually, I did not use any sweetener in the last 2 weeks of my induction... So, it is not going to be too difficult for me to stay sweetener free for the next 2 weeks.... :yes

However, I do have chocolate cravings... I keep wanting to eat something chocolatey.... :no

I was a chocoholic. :sadblinky Prior to starting Atkins, I was averaging a bag of brownies every 2 days, and a KitKat bar every day for a month. :yikes

I actually put on 10 pounds in that one month! :yikes

[buddinbuddin]

Well...I made it through day 2 sweetener free. :joy

Here goes day 3..... :nono

April (missing sweets)