Hopefull,

Aspertame tricks your brain into thinking that you have had sugar and so prepares your body to receive sugar. Then when the sugar doesn't show up you end up craving the sugar your body didn't get to answer the chemicals that were released in response to aspertame's own chemical make-up. There are also neurological implications that you might want to look into. Consider that it is recommended that you don't give aspertame to children. That's enough to make me avoid it! Completely? No, with LC if you are eating out and Diet Coke or Pepsi are your only options and you are eating anyway the impact won't be as bad.

Congrats on the weight loss 21# in 6 weeks are nothing to sneeze at. Some weeks will be great and others won't. Keep up the good work!

Congrats from Con