I'm really new at all this dieting stuff, haven't done anything like this since before my youngest was born, in other words 1989. I was a fit preg pop drinker at 160 lbs and after he was born went back down to a fit pop drinking 140 lbs within two months. Then it started coming on me no longer did I work outside the home I stayed in and ate and ate and ate little Debbies (and pepsi), choc was what I craved and from then till now I just kept on gaining, so now I've been doing this Atkins thing for a little over 2 weeks and have gone from 289 to 273 thats 16 lbs in 17 days I'm sure I'll have some cravings and I can do without th sf jello but not my pop (pepsi) is there a soda pop out there made w/ splenda? I'v tried the tea thing but it's not my pop. thats the last vice I have I don't drink, don't smoke, don't cuss, and don't stay up all night, and now I don't carb out, all I do is drink pop