June 2007 Bandsters

[bigbaby 4]

Thanks for the heads-up Suzzie...I'll try them this weekend.

[bigbaby 4]

Stef--in my Quest to find something to replace Crystal Light with I found a product called Stevia...it's sold in liquid and powder form. I figure I can use it in decaffenated herbal tea.

What do you think? You know you are our resident guru

[o2bthin 0]

Hey Stef, are you *sure it was just ice cream....or maybe you snuck in a bottle of red wine too? hehe

[TexasFire 84]

Stef--in my Quest to find something to replace Crystal Light with I found a product called Stevia...it's sold in liquid and powder form. I figure I can use it in decaffenated herbal tea.

What do you think? You know you are our resident guru

Y'all don't realize...I am just an absolute nerd, is all!

I'm also a food and excercise FREAK!

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Based on current information/studies that I have read...stevia is the healthiest artificial sweetener...bar none. The only problems with it is that it is expensive and can be hard to find.

Now my question is why are you trying to replace Crystal Light?

[TexasFire 84]

Hey Stef, are you *sure it was just ice cream....or maybe you snuck in a bottle of red wine too? hehe

If you had said tequilla...maybe!

No, seriously...Ambien is some good stuff, but beware! I had no idea it could affect me that way. As most of y'all know, hubby works offshore and is gone for six weeks at a time...I'm so glad he was home! My kids would have freaked if they found me like that!

[bigbaby 4]

According to what I have read about the Daniel Fast, we must exclude sugar and artificial sweetners. Crystal light contains aspartame, which is an artificial sweetner.

I thought that stevia was an all natural sweetner. Stef--get your research cap on and let me know...We're starting Sunday night at 7:00 p.m.

[Suzzzie. 3]

Stevia is a good sweetner - better for you than ANY of the others... better for you than sugar, which we all know - but seriously. Like, with nutra sweet or sweet and low or equal or splenda - they are all man made - chemically modified sweetners... stevia is natural. I have YET to find any though... where'd you get it?

[bigbaby 4]

Whole Foods and my area health food market (Cox) sell Stevia in liquid and powder form.

It's not that difficult to get. I've had a co-worker who has used it for years.

[Suzzzie. 3]

Well, dangit, Walmart should have it. Lol. Riiight!

OK, I don't know WHERE a WHole FOods is - I said that last night on another thread... maybe I'll check the local health food store.. after next payday!

[Suzzzie. 3]

OK! So, I got my ass out of bed this morning, showered, went outside in the freeeeezing cold, stopped to put gas in my car, and drove 20 miles to work..just to be told to go home? Apparently my schedule is all jacked up and I was off today - a THREE DAY WEEKEND! Not that I'm complaining about that, but if I'd KNOWN I had a 3 day weekend I'd have SLEPT IN! Lol.

So! I'm taking advantage - and it's supposedto warm up into 50s today I think.. I'm going for a walk. I'm excited.

[TexasFire 84]

According to what I have read about the Daniel Fast, we must exclude sugar and artificial sweetners. Crystal light contains aspartame, which is an artificial sweetner.

I thought that stevia was an all natural sweetner. Stef--get your research cap on and let me know...We're starting Sunday night at 7:00 p.m.

Oh crap-o-la! I forgot about that! You are correct! You can't have Crystal Light! Whew! I'm glad I asked you that!

Okay, here's what I found. Stevia is an herb in the Chrysanthemum family. The leaves and green powder are 10 -15 times sweeter than table sugar, and the refined extracts (like the products generally sold in stores) are 200-300 times sweeter than sugar! WOW! So even if it is expensive, it goes a long way.

End result is that it is completely okay for The Daniel Fast!

Check this out! VERY COOL SITE! I'm ordering a few different ones today!

https://www.healthyshopping.com/stores/cart.asp?itemnumber=STV-CLR-VC

[Suzzzie. 3]

I'm sick of my jeans being baggy. Lol. (I know - such PROBLEMS!) I figured it was just the cut or style... my 28s and 26s are bagy in the butt and hips and thighs. I haven't had to button or unbutton them since about the same time Iw as able to wear them. So I just happened to be at Walmart today - haven't been able to wear WalMart jeans since 1995 - the year I graduated high school - and I fit into size FREAKING 24! I didn't believe it! I still don't! So yeah, I bought them. Haha. I think later tonight I'm going to take pics of myself in all my jeans, sizes 32 - 24.

I love my band!

[TexasFire 84]

OOO-EEE! Congrats, Suze! That is awesome! I can't STAND baggy jeans, either! (But I'm a true Texas gal...gotta have 'em tight! LOL)

[Suzzzie. 3]

OK- let me add to the funny size 24 jeans story...

I tried on a pair at Walmart... and then decided I wanted to buy them, but in a darker blue color than the faded ones I tried on.

So just now I try on the pair I bought... and they are tight! I had to lay on the bed to button them up. Lol!! BUT!! THey are on. And breathing is totally overrated anyway. I'm freaking CUTE in tight jeans. Except that my belly still sticks out further than my ass does. Ha! I ran in the other room to show my roommate... and he was like "OMG! you really have lost weight!" (We used to date like 6 years ago, I'm not smaller than he's ever known to be.) Too cool...

SO! These tight ass jeans are my NEWEST motivation to watch my intake & get moving!!

[bigbaby 4]

GOOD FOR YOU SUZZIE!! Buying a new smaller size is the GREATEST feeling.

By the way, I went to my neighborhood health food market and they had Stevia in powdered form, dark liquid, clear liquid and in packets (like splenda)