Sugar/splenda

[ihugtrees]

This is low carb round 2 for me. Round one was an utter failure--a week on hardcore induction and I binged on real muffins (usually I have splenda ones). I'm a vegetarian, which made the whole process harder but I know that's no excuse. Anyway, what's gone is gone and I want to move forward. That was a few years ago and since then I've been up and down the weight roller coaster a few times. Not to mention around the diet wheel. I know I'm genetically prone to problems with carbs (my dad has severe type 2 diabetes and even when I was underweight my A1C was high) but I just cannot give up the sweets! I use splenda in everything and live off of "healthy" foods sweetened with bags of the stuff. It is not atypical for a day's meals to be nothing but steamed vegetables and splenda cookies (made with fiber one, protein powder, splenda and light butter). I've always been fat-phobic and a huge calorie counter so focusing more on lower carbs/higher fat seems wrong but I know it's something I'm going to learn to have to do. I really want to give lower carb another shot, but I definitely don't want to push it too far. I JUST CAN'T STOP EATING 20 BATCHES OF COOKIES A DAY!!! "Sugar-free" or not, that can't be good.

Sorry, I know this seems like ranting but I've been stalking this board for a few years now and if anyone knows about low-carbing, it's you guys

[ravenrose]

well, hmmmmmmmmmm

there is no law that says that eating healthy foods with added splenda is a problem, you know that, right? use the liquid stuff though, since the powdered has carby fillers. you can buy the liquid from Netrition--try EZSweetZ, it's wonderful!

I don't know about this fiber one or light butter, and I don't know what "20 batches of cookies" means, but I don't think you have to give up cookies!

ok I looked it up. fiber one does not sound like a good thing for you to be eating. have you tried almond meal as a cookie base? and real butter has to be a LOT healthier than the light stuff. that will have added refined oils which are almost always damaged molecules that don't contribute to health.

yes, it takes some faith to get over fat phobia, but try. it really is the healthiest food, the only really "neutral" thing you can eat. saturated fat is the best! (not the fake saturated trans fats though, of course... that's where they got a bum rap since all of these were lumped together in testing.)

have you read Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes? It might help you a lot! and good luck.