An interesting product for controlling sugar binges

Hi Folks, I've mentioned many times before that my quest for weightloss aids will never end. Every other week I'm trying something new....well I found something by chance. I chew a lot of sugar free gum to avoid some of the mindless munchies, so one day while looking at diet aids I found something called SugarFighter a "dieters gum"...never read the insert, just popped a peice in my mouth...was minty. I got home spit it out, and felt like a "little cereal" (at 8:00 at night btw)...I put some in my mouth and spit it out...I asked my hubby what was wrong with the cereal...He tasted it and said "nothing"...at anyrate, I didn't eat the cereal. I sat down a little later and decided to read about the gum I had been chewing. It didn't claim to be an appetite suppressent, or stop hunger...it actually has an herb in it that attaches to the sweet receptors on your tongue...thus the yucky taste to my cereal. It controls sugar cravings. The affect lasts from 30-60 min, just enough time to stop a binge or head hunger. So I expirimented with the cereal again....tasted fine, chewed the gum for the suggested 3.5 min then the cereal had no taste...WORKED. The cool thing is, I'm a binge eater, and this stopped me dead in my tracks with the sweets (which is what I usually binge on). So I have expirimented (quite slyly) with folks I know...I hand them a small candy bar and tell them to enjoy it...have them chew the gum (which starts to taste nasty after about 4-5 min) and hand them another candy bar (with a grin)...they all react the same way...a bite, then a grimmace , then they throw out the rest... hehehe...I have bought up all the boxes I can find. I have found it in Eckards...you get 12 peices for 3.99 (at least locally in De)...a pack last me about two and a half days...It is kinda like a negative reinforcement thing, and hopefully once I get used to not eating sweets (a must) after dinner, maybe I can let go of my new crutch. At anyrate, I think it's a great product, for those sugar addicts willing to self sabatoge the tongue temporarily. It's been quite helpful for me to gain control. I'll eat a reasonable amt. of a dessert (I wish I could skip, maybe some day) then I chew my gum and I am DONE. Hope this is helpful. -Kim open RNY 7/17/01 -140ish

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