I just had a huge realization! I was over reading some of the hot links and the one pertaining to artificial sweeteners caught my eye. They were talking about how you can have an insulin spike with using these sweeteners. Well, I started on Monday using a THIRD of a packet of Equal in my coffee and noticed yesterday that I was actually feeling HUNGRY at certain points during the day. This is week 2 for me and this hungry feeling did not hit me at all last week or over the weekend! It must be the sweet taste of the Equal!

I am going to definitely cut it out and see what happens over the next few days. Oh and wish me luck---I am weighing in officially tonight!