1/2 & 1/2 on induction

[lason]

i'm most likely going to start induction this weekend (still reading the book). i refuse to give up my coffee however. i take it with 3 tablespoons of 1/2 & 1/2 and 5 packets of sweetener (usually aspartame). i'm willing to switch over to splenda but would the 1/2 & 1/2 be ok? it's only 3 tablespoons and i only drink 1 cup in the morning, sometimes 2 at the most.

[fat4now]

Just make sure you count the carbs fron the sweetener and 1/2 & 1/2. Defintely switch sweeteners asparteme is a killer. As you go along, you may find the coffee & cream stall or give you cravings. Wish you much success

[Elizellen]

As half & half has milk in it you would do better by substituting cream for it and leaving the half & half till you are at the dairy level/rung of OWL (2nd rung)

[LambChopTaylor]

I actually like real cream in my coffee better! It tastes so rich and yummy!

[liv]

You are limited to 3 sweeteners a day.

[lason]

would the additional 2 sweeteners blow the whole thing? in the book dr atkins says splenda passes through the body like it were nothing so i wouldn't see the harm.

[LambChopTaylor]

Well, it stalls some people and it doesn't others. The whole goal of the induction is to get rid of sugar/flour addictions.

Your taste buds will change, too. I usually took 2 splendas in my coffee along with 1/2 and 1/2. The other day I only had 1 splenda and heavy whipping cream and I thought it was really sweet and when my boyfriend had a sip he asked "Is there any sweetener in this?"......That was a shock to me because it tasted really really sweet to me.

Also, splenda is WAY WAY sweeter than any other fake sugar out there....so I would be careful regardless of how much you want to use.

[lason]

i'll have to see if my tastes change once i begin induction. it's taken a lot of experimentation to get my coffee to taste the way i like it.

[determined2shrink]

Your tastes will most likely change as you get farther along. I was drinking my coffee with 5 tbsp heavy cream and 3 splendas, until i figured out that was what was stalling my weightloss. I went off the cream and splenda (and coffee) for a few days and i started losing again so now i just have 1 coffee(decaf) a day with 1 splenda and 1 tbsp cream and it tastes fine to me.

dont forget to count each packet of sweetner as a carb. They each contain about .8 carbs.... i think.