Asperteme is a nono, but you can have splenda. Read through the induction allowed foods list, it gives how much sweetner you can have a day. Use knox gelitin, splenda, and unsweetened koolaid. You can also use splenda sweetened crytal lite, or DiVincci syrups.

The cravings get better, but they will get better faster if you try not having anything sweet for a while until the cravings pass. There is also a suppliment L-Glutimin (sp) that taken before eating helps with cravings. Stay strong. In OWL you can have more variety and start experimenting with a wide variety of LC sweets. You might also look into a mock danish right now as a treat.