Hi Lucy

Stevia and artificial sweeteners will make you crave and keep you wanting the taste of sweet. So generally once people reach step 6, they eliminate those as well.

I found that once I stopped eating sugar, sweet things tasted too sweet, and everything else started to taste better. Also, I was eating really poorly when I was eating sugar, because I was so tired that I didn't have the energy to cook much. When I started changing my foods, I started eating a huge variety of different things. At first, I used to make program friendly desserts, too, but later I didn't need them at all.

Allison

: Hi Everybody,
: Does anybody know if Stevia is okay
: for sugar sensitive people. I
: noticed its in a few things. I
: used it in my decaf coffee? Is
: decaf and stevia an okay idea?

: I did notice, (thanks to the journal
: I fussed about doing) that after
: having fish sticks with tartar
: sauce that had sugar in it. And
: chicken strips dipped in dressing
: that had sugar in it, and 2 pieces
: of sugar free milk chocolate
: peanut clusters, I didn't feel
: good the next day. I was foggy,
: spacey, felt off balance. I felt
: edgy and tired. Can that all have
: come from the sugar in the
: dressings? Its hard to believe I
: would be that sensitive!
: Are sugar free chocolate candies
: okay? I haven't cut out covert
: sugars. The overt ones "left
: on their own." I am so full
: of all the other good stuff there
: just isn't room for them. On top
: of that I started to see pretty
: quickly that when I ate desserts,
: I felt like crap pretty soon
: afterward. I actually found my
: body turned off by them instead of
: turned on, lol. WoW! Nobody
: could've convinced me that would
: ever happen :-) When I got this
: far before (before I fell off the
: wagon on step 6!) I just didn't
: crave them. Sometimes I still have
: cravings but this time around, I
: look at dessert and my body says,
: "don't even think about it
: sista! It ain't worth it!"
: Almost like an allergy! But, I am
: getting terribly board with the
: food I am eating. I still have a
: hankering for the taste of sweet
: once in a while, without the
: horrible effects to follow. If I
: eat fruit with protien it upsets
: my stomach.

: I know I have a few questions mixed
: in here but wondered if any of you
: more experienced folks might have
: any wisdom to impart ;)

: Thanks, Lucy