Everyday Systems

I know on this plan you cant have sweets like soda during the week but you can have fruit jucie (if I remember right) but how about like green tea with stevia/splenda in it or lemon aide with it in it.

How about gaterade. Been drinking that more then soda lately. My allergies are so bad right now, nothing i drink is tasting good other then gateraide and apple juice.

Im not much of a hot tea drinker expecially this time of year.

Thanks

I would say green tea with stevia is fine, I feel that if one is allowed to have sugar in the their coffee, then one should be allowed stevia in their tea. I have honey in my morning cup of tea.

I would say gaterade is too much sugar, is it the sugar free one.

What I like most days is .5 cup OJ, 3/4 cup club soda, squirt of lime juice and 1 packet of splenda..

Thanks so much.

No its not the sugar free gaterade. Never new they made one.

I'll have to try that.

oh, sorry i don't know if they make a sugar free one, was just wondering. i hope you can find something that appeals to you, i find have a drink here or there really helps with not snacking for me.

There is a low calorie Gatorade that is 45 calories for a 20 oz bottle. I hate the stuff, but I just checked out a bottle of my husband's stash.

Two things really helped me. Rather than exchanging one sweet for another, I have reduced my taste for sweetness. It's been a gradual process, but it's been really good for me in many ways.

The other thing that helped was getting a Soda Stream. We all love our fizzy drinks in this family - but now they're fizzy water with a splash fresh juice, or homemade flavored syrups - like ginger, rose or lavender.

For 'sports drinks' we just add a bit of sea salt to our water bottles.

Sugar, by itself, is not an evil food. A heaping teaspoon contains fewer than 25 calories.

Personally, I'm very suspicious of artificial foods, and so I have no use for sugar substitutes.

This is just my opinion. I try to eat simple food as much as possible.

The other thing that helped was getting a Soda Stream.

We've got one of those too and get a lot of mileage out of it. All we ever drink is plain seltzer (perhaps with a splash of lemon) but we drink a lot. Besides the financial benefits vs. buying bottles, and the easy availability of a zero calorie drink slightly more exciting than tap water, I think my favorite benefit is the lugging around of bottles that it saves us -- much lighter shopping trips.

Reinhard

Hmmm...this sounds interesting...where do I find it?