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Welcome Wendy, or Gail, or Ellen! Is Wendy your first name? I think you will like this group - some new to Maintenance (like me) and some that have been sleeved for years!
I use low calories sweeteners, but mostly Truvia/stevia which is natural. I add it to my plain yogurt and sometimes to hot tea. I also substitute for regular sugar in some recipes.
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Hi Wendy,
Welcome!
Intellectually, I am not a big fan of artificial sweeteners just because I try to avoid chemicals in general. I do think they are safe in moderation.
In practice, I use them in coffee/tea (and I drink a lot of coffee and tea!) because those drinks help keep me satisfied and away from food. I am not sure that I could classify my use as moderate, unfortunately.
In my own bit of weirdness, I usually have more than one variety around and loosely rotate between them, sometimes even in the same drink. I figure that spreads any potential long term risk around. I'm not claiming that this makes any sense at all!
Shel
HW:361 SW:304 (VSG 12/04/2014)Mo 1:-32 Mo 2:-13.5 Mo 3: -13.5 Mo 4 -9.5 Mo 5: -15 Mo 6: -15 Mo 7: -13.5 Mo 8: -17 Mo 9: -13 Mo 10: -12.5 11/3/2015 Healthy BMI Reached! Mo 11: -9 Mo 12: -8 12/27/2015 Goal Weight Reached!
I'm a science nerd and like to look at evidence based research to help me make my health related decisions. Here is an interesting article on sweeteners http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2012/07/09/CIR.0b0 13e31825c42ee
Paula
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
