Hit a bit of a speed bump last night when I went home. Instead of fixing my delightful sounding meal from my menu and going walking (”The Plan”), what I did was fix some oatmeal with protein powder and 3 tablespoons of peanut butter, and crashed on the couch, basically refusing to do anything that would be good for me. 
Resistance is a sure sign to me that something is up. I’m also just feeling kind of “bleah” physically and otherwise.
To what do I accredit all this? To Aspartame.
Saturday I picked up, without reading the ingredients - just the calorie count(!) - some of that Fiber One yogurt, which sounded like a good thing: trying to increase fiber. Oh, yeah, now I remember, this is why I tend to buy only Stonyfield yogurt, “never any preservatives or artificial flavors, colors, and sweeteners” - ever.
The first time aspartame was identified as a trigger for me, I was journaling my food and eating pretty clean. Then I picked up some sugar-free gum while waiting in line at Wal-Mart - to reward myself for doing so well on my food plan! LOL
Four days later I suddenly*couldn’t help* eating everything in sight, including some potato chips that I hadn’t craved in a long time. I remember it took several days more of clean eating to get the *cravings* out of my system.
This time, since I’m on the Flat Belly plan, I just started back with a “Jumpstart” menu today which is designed to get rid of foods that bloat, the same foods that give us other negative reactions, too. I expect to be feeling much better, soon, and CRAVING FREE again. WooHoo! I already feel better today.
