Low Carb & Atkins Diet

David7321 · Established Member Joined: 16 Jan 2010 Posts: 31

Has any one had a stall eating Diet jelly ,every time i have some it seem,s to stop weight lose ,also cheese seems to be doing it as well ,i have cut out hard cheese but still use sour cream ,just wondering or is this just the weight going up and down
start weight 123kgs now down to between 116.5 to 117.2.

bluehex · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject:

It is rare, but possible - some people have an adverse reaction to aspartame. Others are even worse off, because just tasting sweet causes reactions similar to those real sugar would cause (it's a complicated chain reaction, but in a nutshell, when you taste sweet, your body is "expecting" glucose, so it prepares in advance and the entire metabolic rocess goes slightly differently).

So yes, it's possible.

If the cheese stalls you, it's either it constipates you and you retain water, or it could be you are lactose intolerant. Eliminate all lactose - cheese, cream, butter - for two-three weeks and see what happens.

merlot · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:20 am Post subject:

A tiny tad of diet jelly shouldn't stall you, I am thinking.

You didn't mention the portion size. Like one TEASPOON (which is 1/3 of a TABLESPOON) makes a huge difference.

And cheese? Was never a problem for me, other than what was mentioned before.

Are you sure there is nothing else?

tm

tracyred · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:26 pm Post subject:

also - diet jelly in asutralia isn't made with aspartame..but it could be for the reasons bluey mentioned.....