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Originally Posted by tEkNiQ  I am getting ready to have my lunch now (my Crystal Light is packed in the bag), so my best bet is to just relinqish it all together. I'm not a fan, at all, of seltzer water. As a child, I know my mother use to drink it often and I tried it once and was completely turned off from there. What would be my other option? I do get in my water, so i'm proud of that. Especially since I wasn't a fan of water, at all, before.
Your menu helps alot, it lets me know that I am generally on the right path with what I am eating, however, it's just the soda/crystal light that seems to be an issue. Would you say I am much better off, at least for now, cutting ONE of them out? Say, the Crystal Light and stick with the diet soda for dinner, until I can slowly get myself off of it? Or would the Crystal Light be a better option and letting go of the Diet Dr. Pepper?
Quick question? You lost a tremendous amount of weight on Atkins before. Was that WITH or WITHOUT the Atkins Advantage Shake? (As you can see, the shake is like a treat for me as well, i'd hate to have to lose it now. They didn't have this back when I was doing Atkins in the late 90's) |
Starting backwards first, I lost my original 50 lbs without using the shakes. I just didn't think of getting them and probably didn't have the budget for it even if I did.
Given your anxiety over the drinks, you have two choices: (a) give them up entirely and do a clean induction; or (b) try and wean yourself off them by slowing phasing them out, but recognizing that your induction wouldn't be clean, and you won't get the best results. Too bad on the selzter water for you. That was heaven-sent for me. Perhaps others can chime in here on how to get rid of the aspartamed-stuff in your repertoire. I don't have a pick between Crystal Light or Diet Dr. Pepper since I think it's a toss-up.
How about trying Diet Coke with Splenda? (Look for yellow Splenda label on the bottle.) However, I still caution you that even Splenda can cause cravings in some people, and I have avoided it in induction and haven't had a single craving. Of course, YMMV...