JC !!

thank you for the explanation!!

i've read so much on the adverse affects of using sugar substitutes, etc. how does this all affect the body? i really try to limit the use of the substitutes only to my oatmeal, and sometimes to coffee, especially turkish coffee since it's soooo bitter. but i drink coffee very sparingly anyway.

thanks for all your help.

adriana

Hey Adriana - as far as sugar subsitutes - I've never had a problem with 'em, but some people have (Mel I believe is one). I think the vast majority of the general public can use them without any problem whatsoever, but a small percentage just can't. Kind of reminds me of Chinese Restaurant Syndrome and MSG, ya know?

Hm. Splenda isn't available in Israel yet? They do have a website at www.splenda.com. Perhaps it's available under another brand name - its generic name is sucralose. I use both Equal and Splenda because Equal is cheaper - I use it in 'cold' foods since they both taste the same to me. :) You might want to send an email to the folks at Splenda and ask where you can find it there...

Regarding your note about messing up and having a bowl of cereal or sandwich instead of clean food - what I suggest is to plan ahead - have stuff ready in your fridge to grab and go. Cook up some chicken breasts (there's a great recipe for moist chicken breasts in the BFL Recipes thread), buy some apples and easy-to-eat veggies...cook up some brown rice or barley in advance (it stores really well)...make up a bunch of Pamcakes and keep 'em wrapped in the fridge...in other words have all your meals ready to go (a lot of folks here spend an hour or two on their Free Day prepping stuff for the week to come).

JC - I gotta try that brownie recipe sometime!!! Unfortunately I am not one of Nature's Cooks or anything...maybe one of these weekends I'll give her a go :lol:

Lana - Jeez, the age-old question. I think a lot of it has to do with habit - like ex-smokers - years afterwards they STILL feel the urge to take a puff or two (or so I've heard). Stress also might have something to do with it. I also feel that sugar is a pretty addictive substance and of course, eating sugar leads to wanting more and more of it...

Okay, back to work...that's what they pay me for :lol:

Hi,
My name is tanya and I am a sugar aholic.
Ok now that free day which was sunday has come and gone I an still on free day, fortunately for me I have not gained any weight, that I have lost, I think that it is because of my TOM it is the end of it, this is so hard and every nite I ask God to help me to help myself, but today was a failure, goood thing is that I am still doing the exercises but the eating plan is failing me, I think it also has to do with Dh being on vacatioin, So Monday I will start over, I just had to confess, I think on the next free day, I will have nothing, I will skip it. This is hard to do, and just in case anyone was gonna say it, I have read crossing the abyss, I do not need to read the book again. I am battling wirth myself at this point, once TOM is gone , I should prevail.:nono:

Tuesday
 

Yup, Splenda and other sugar substitutes give me problems, and do does MSG :lol: I do use a very small sprinkle of stevia powder in my peppermint tea now and then, with no adverse effects. But other than that, no sweet stuff. My problem is salt- I love salty, spicy food!

Tanya: DO NOT start over! You should just count week one as a learning experience and go on to week two. We've all messed up at some point, and if you start over everytine you mess up, you NEVER finish anything. In my experience, praying has little to do with sucess on this way of life- Planning is much more effective. You know what you need to do each day. Plan for it- pre-cook and wrap your meals, write down when you will go to the gym and what you will do there, carry meals in a cooler if you aren't at home. No one else is going to do it for you.

JC- I don't think I'll try those Brownies yet. At this point, if they are as good as their reviews, that would be one serving quickly eaten for me. Thanks for the advice in your PM. I'm adding alittle more food and juggling the ratios a bit to see if I can stay on track better that way.

Lana- I don't know about those habit numbers. Personally, I've been reverting to bad habits that I thought I'd banished 20 years ago! And I know it's stress. I'll eat clean all day, then deliberately sabotage myself bigtime. I'm not hungry, the right food is there, I'm just being mean to myself and nuturing at the same time. Good question- wish I knew the answer and wih I knew it 25 years ago!

Susie- Peeked at your pic and profile on L&S. You're gorgeous! Can't wait to see you really on your dream body.

OK, done work, ds will be home any moment, and I've got to do another chapter in my fitness course. Lot's of homework at thishouse.

mel

Adriana: no problem!

Mel: I would LOVE to see you eat a whole batch of those brownies maybe I am not used to that type of food but I divided mine up into 3 portions instead of 2 and I had trouble finishing the one portion I ate! If you have a problem with artificial sweeteners though I would stay away since there is a lot of Splenda in them.

Tanya: You WILL prevail.

Karen: Hey chickie!! :lol:

JC :s:

Hey girls,
 

How's it going? Patt0 - what's up w/ you? Are you planning on doing a C2?

I started back to work yesterday and my oh my. It is a struggle to get my meals back to every 3 hrs. I had it down pat last semester but am having to remember how I did it. Other than timing, bfl is going fine. I do think I need to start pushing my weights a little higher. I might be ready to buy those 30 lb. dumbells!

Mel, I hesitate to give you advice since your knowledge is leap years ahead of mine. I did sound alarms the other day when you said you avoided your brown rice and oatmeal except on heavy lifting days though. Glad to hear you are eating a bit more. I know that you have advanced beyond bfl straight from the book, but still.....Anyway, I hope what you are trying now is working better for you.

JC, you are one cute girl - I loved the pic you posted.

Well, just wanted to say hey and let you know I am out here fighting the good fight, and eating the good diet.

CUTE?????? I haven't been called cute since high school!!! :s:
And to think that I am nearly 30!!

Thanks honey!!!!

JC

Ok question for the panel.

I am totally freezing today and have been for the past few days. Has anyone heard of this before and have an explanation for it? :(

Thanks

JC

:wave:

Hi girls,

How is everyone? I'm doing good... work was good... workout was good too... my calves are still extremely sore from Sunday, I just may have pulled a little something thar...:( ... I just keep stretching it every moment I can during the day.

Tonite I sorta fell off the wagon... :o I made some healthy mac and cheese for the kids.... just plain tomato sauce and cheese, not the low fat kind tho, and WHITE pasta... and :nono: I must have eaten one cup along with my chick peas which are high in carbs too :yikes: I had salmon with that too and stir fried veggies... That age ole question of why we over eat came back to haunt me when I was eating the WHITE pasta.... I'm talking to myself thinking: "why,why,why....." The fortunate thing is that it's only pasta and not cake or chocolate, which I've had the craving for in the last 2 days....and have not given into...But about 15 minutes after I ate it I started yawning and feeling really tired, and was then kicking myself for eating WHITE pasta!! Yuck!!

Karen, you've got me going on the frozen veggies, that's all hubby and I eat now... the kids still only eat raw broccoli or ceasar salad, which I still make for them....
I've also taken your advise on writting down my cravings and keeping them for "free day" so far I have truffels, and mac and cheese....:rolleyes:

TANYA!! DON'T LET THAT --> :devil: WIN
YOUR :angel: WILL PREVAIL !!
WE know you CAN do IT!!

Thanks so much girls for answering my inquiry....;) It was really nice to see how everyone was thinking.... and I've come to realise that we are more alike than we may think...

Later all...

Lana: the yawning is from the rush of serotonin (I think that's how you spell it??) into your system from the increase in complex carbs. I get it when I 'carb load' and it can be really bad. We had visitors over and I swear my eyelids were closing as I was drinking coffee with them - it was quite embarrassing!

When that happens cut your next portion of carbs in your next 2 meals in half and you will feel much better. Or hey don't cheat??? (like I CAN talk :lol: )

JC

Karen: Do you have a paypal account at all?

JC

JEC you're such a Hoot!!:lol:

thank you thank you.......

I aim to entertain! :s:

JC :lol:

OK FESS UP!!! :lol:

SOMEONE had a birthday a few days ago and didn't admit it!!!!!

I will leave it for you to confess BUT if you don't fess up I will post it tomorrow. :s:

JC

Happy birthday btw. :lol: :D

Hey Ledom...are you a teacher, too? I also have to plan really, really well to make sure I eat every three hours, but sometimes I have to go four out of necessity. I eat my first meal at 6:00 a.m., and my second has to wait until 10:00 when I have my planning period. My class eats at 11:30, so by the time we get there and *I* get seated, it's around 11:45. I am unable to eat again until (gulp!) 3:30. I usually eat my 5th meal around 5:30-6:00 (right after I get home), then my last meal around 9:00. Unfortunately, sometimes I collapse into bed before I can get that last one in!