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hawaiiBarbara posted an update 1 year, 1 month ago
Survived a second day without diet coke. However, I’m very irritable and stressed. It is not caffeine withdrawal, I get plenty of caffeine from the green tea. I think it is due to detox/withdrawal from the aspertame. Any suggestions for getting through this? I was only having 1 diet coke/day. this is the point where my husband usually says just go buy one of the #!@%* diet cokes!!
Hi Barbara, be strong and get through it. For a treat, go to Trader Joe’s or where ever and get a dark chocolate bar (at least 70%) and have a SMALL nibble. See if that takes the edge off. I was in a foul mood this morning and had a postage size piece of chocolate and things turned around for me. That or a bit of caffein would be better than giving in to the artificial sweetener thing. i am sure someone around your house will scarf up the rest of the chocolate if you are worried about temptation sitting around! Best wishes, Margaret
Yeah, I’ll have to have my husband hide it or have him eat it up! I have no will power when it comes to these things. It is a good suggestion though, and might help. I always crave chocolate when stressed, that’s how I gained a lot of weight over the past year! I like those little chocolate ”bites” when I can find them, the ones that are just a square of chocolate in a wrapper – perfect portion size! My sister just mailed me a 70% chocolate bar and some dark chocolate covered expresso beans. I’ll have my son lock up the beans for ”chocolate emergencies as I call them!