thanks for the advice.. I WISH we could get that stuff here, I am in Edmonton and have searched high and low for this kind of thing...the closest I could find was davinci's syrup for club soda....and I haven't bought it becuase I wasn't really a 100% sure if I could have it...I am not sure what my problem is today - I have been on Atkins for 14 days now, and have not had a problem with missing pop at all. I am thinking that becuase I have really increased my excersize that maybe I am not eating enough "good" food that my cravings are starting up again- but I am trying to stick to the plan and amounts without any wavering...and I haven't slipped once in two weeks - not sure what is the cause today!....

you know, maybe this typing does soemthing, because I am not having that intenseness of craving I was about 5 minutes ago..think I will just sit here at the computer until it goes completely away....