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Weight Loss/Maintenance

BlueTexasMan

(179 posts)

27. I switched!

Reply to NoJusticeNoPeace (Original post)

Thu Sep 1, 2016, 10:35 AM

Sep 2016

When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I did two things; stopped eating dessert every night at supper and gave up soda pop. I switched to lime flavored carbonated water. For a while I added a couple of drops of grape flavored stevia ( delicious ), after a while when my taste buds became more sensitive, I gave up the sweetener ( although it's calorie free ) and now I drink it plain.
I lost 40 pounds and my blood sugar normalized. A word of warning; although it's OK to have a dessert once in a while, it will cause your craving for sweet things to return and you'll have to endure those pesky cravings again for a while. It takes time for them to disappear, but they eventually will.

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Diet Coke bad...Aspartame bad, right? What do I drink then? [View all] NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 OP

I don't think you'll like the correct answer noamnety Mar 2015 #1

I am already considering that...sweet n low is out too, i guess...at least non sweetened teas NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #2

I drink local lemonade with some good for you sweetener and a dollop of sugar so like 10 calories hollysmom Mar 2015 #3

Help me with these names, is local lemonade a brand or just that you make it at home and NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #4

trader Joe lo cal lemonade. hollysmom Mar 2015 #5

LOL lo cal, i thought local...i dont have a trader joes but we go out of town often where NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #7

Stevia is a plant you can grow in your garden noamnety Mar 2015 #6

Thanks for this too, will look for Zevia NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #8

coffee or tea, make it yourself roody Mar 2015 #9

They make "Diet Coke with Splenda" PennyK Mar 2015 #10

huh? NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #11

Coke Zero is made with Splenda. AwakeAtLast Feb 2021 #32

Diet Rite soda is made with Splenda too TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #16

Ditch the caffeine. noella17 Apr 2015 #12

I beat the Diet Coke habit and found water. Here's what I did: PassingFair May 2015 #13

Thanks for the input, very interesting NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #14

Ribena was such a treat for us when we were kids. If we got sick a cold, flue etc auntAgonist Jul 2015 #19

Tonic water won't cut it! PassingFair Jul 2015 #20

try some Topo Chico, they have plain, lime and grapefruit versions yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #35

The thing about tea TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #17

I would drink water. PRB Jun 2015 #18

Sweet Leaf Lemon & Lime Unsweet Tea ihaveaquestion Jul 2015 #21

Soda is highly addictive davidpdx Dec 2015 #22

I love Mexican cokes because I crave the acid womanofthehills Dec 2015 #23

Mexican coke is made with sugar, not High Fructose Corn Syrup yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #36

I've recently cut out all artificial sweeteners spinbaby Jan 2016 #24

I heard and read Rite Aid has diet coke with stevia. classykaren Apr 2016 #25

Coke Zero has Phenylalanine liberal N proud Apr 2016 #26

I switched! BlueTexasMan Sep 2016 #27

Unsweetened ice tea or ice coffee. JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #28

I love Iced coffee, but I have to have some cream in it yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #37

Be fit aleesiazane Aug 2020 #29

Iced tea. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #30

Making tea isn't difficult PennyK Jan 2021 #31

I had to switch to put in a little bit of sea salt in my coffee to get rid of the bitterness Tribetime Feb 2021 #33

Meh. I drink it. Happy Hoosier Aug 2021 #34

Flavored seltzer water without sweeters or artificial sweeteners....just flavor and carbonation NowsTheTime Sep 28 #38