Found an Aspartame free diet soda

[TSWAN]

Hi all,

Not sure if you're aware of this but my grocery store carries a soda called "Waist Watchers" no-carb soda made with Splenda. I picked up root beer, a citrus flavor that tastes like Fresca and ginger ale. It was nice to have a root beer with my burger last night.

[WarOnTypeII]

TSWAN, I'm in the area as well, would you mind indicating which store this is ? Hopefully it's a chain and there's one out by me in Manassas.

[TSWAN]

Sure. It's at Giant and it's even on sale! Three cases for $9.


Good luck.

[WarOnTypeII]

Coolness. Thanks TSWAN, I'll take a look tonight.

[Scooterjam]

Remember.....1 diet soda = all 3 of your sweetened items for the day!!! Does it still have caffiene....be careful...dangerous ground guys....you're still better off with Water!! Lots of it!

[WarOnTypeII]

aww c'mon dad, it's the weekend. just kidding.


True. I don't know why I'm so afraid to just "give up the ghost" on these items. Caffiene in particular. I don't how I'm going to function without it.


I was hoping the Diet Rootbeer with Splenda didn't have caffiene, I was going to get that for the Diet Rootbeer with Splenda and Heavy Whipping Cream drink/treat.


P.S. Scooter, 295-226 = 69 lbs. You've lost 70 lbs since Feb 2007 ?

[Scooterjam]

Don't give up, and that might work for you, I'm just wanting you to realize (dude, seriously....I was a 12 pack a day diet coke drinker) that it can possibly cause stalls is all. 1 leads to 2 leads to 3 leads to out of control. If you're taking in your water, I'm not going to lie, I drank 1 diet coke with splenda during my entire induction phase, I lost 20 pounds. I continued to do that up around 45 pounds, then it stopped, no matte what I did, a month went by. I dropped my Diet Coke with Splenda to 1 -3 a week, dropped the coffee from 1 a day to 1 on the weekends, and then another 15 pounds melted off.

I know the cravings are terrible, epecially if you lived on the stuff....I just want you to know it could trigger your blood sugar which could involve other 'cheats' ya know....

Dad....(haha you made me laugh man!!)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

[WarOnTypeII]

Thanks Scooter, you too. I have been drinking one cup of coffee (today I had two .... induction flu blues ) two to three caffiene free diet cokes and one diet rootbeer.

I'm going to stop that. Starting with the aspartame. It's really the caffiene I'm skeered of giving up ...

who knows I might wake up tomorrow without the induction flu and be ready to take on anything and everything in my path.

I have to say had I frequented the atkins boards more back when I first tried this WOE, I could cry thinking about where I could be now. (I'm a lifter, there's a ton of lean mass under this fat).

But as some friends of mine say "It takes what it takes" and I think I've had about all I can stand of doing it my way, I'm at least willing to be willing to do it the way you successful and succeeding people have done it.

Thanks for all your help this week.

[Scooterjam]

Not a problem ever my friend. I'm glad you're hanging out here with us. At least you're weening yourself off the Aspartame...that's very very good!!! We'll work on the rest, Rome wasn't built in a day!!

[*Heidi*]

Hey WarOnttypeII...

I'm in the Manassas area...Haymarket to be exact...where abouts you be????