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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
I saw the "Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream" for the first time today in my
local grocery store. Although t was expensive, and I knew from other posts here that the box contained just four 1/2-cup individual servings (I liked that idea), I decided to buy a box of the Vanilla and try it. One individual 1/2 cup serving is advertised on the box as 4g net carbs and 130 calories. It's sweetened with Splenda, sorbitol and polydextose.. I ate one after dinner, and it was surprisingly good; it had the texture and close to the taste of "real" ice cream. Apparently too good. About 20 minutes later I started having spowerful sugar-type cravings that I hadn't experienced in a long time. I went to the freezer and ate another one. I gave the other two to my non-low-carbing sister so I wouldn't be tempted by them. Fifteen minutes later I was ready to fight her for them like a crack addict who gave away his last rock. The botom line is, while the Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream is delicious as well as sensibly portioned, I will never eat it again. I have never eaten anything else that is "low-carb" that has given me such powerful cravings. If someone else can just eat one serving without these cravings, more power to you; I'll be happy for you. But unfortunately, they're definitely not for me. I'm not quite sure which ingredient caused the cravings, but I know I have to avoid it in the future. Back to my plain meat and vegetables, and occassional sugar-free popsicle (I can eat just one of those with no trouble!) -- Peter http://users.thelink.net/marengo |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
If you're anything like me -- it really just comes from loving ice cream.
If you like that stuff, it's its own trigger. marengo wrote: :: :: I'm not quite sure which ingredient caused the cravings, but I know :: I have to avoid it in the future. Back to my plain meat and :: vegetables, and occassional sugar-free popsicle (I can eat just one :: of those with no trouble!) |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
... | If you're anything like me -- it really just comes from loving ice cream. | If you like that stuff, it's its own trigger. Actually, I know that's not the case with me, Roger. I've had a half-gallon of Breyer's Carb Smart Chocolate ice cream (also delicious) in my freezer for about 3 weeks, and I occassionally eat about 3 tablespoons (about 1/4 cup, 3 net carbs) as a treat. It's always satisfying and I never crave more. There's something different in this Endulge Ice Cream that gave me a physical craving. Unfortunately I'm visiting at my sister's house for a couple of days and don't have my BG test meter with me. I'd love to see if the Endulge affected my BG somehow. Can sugar alcohols or sucralose do that? Maybe I'm just nuts! -- Peter http://users.thelink.net/marengo |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
marengo wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" wrote in message :: ... ::: If you're anything like me -- it really just comes from loving ice ::: cream. If you like that stuff, it's its own trigger. :: :: Actually, I know that's not the case with me, Roger. I've had a :: half-gallon of Breyer's Carb Smart Chocolate ice cream (also :: delicious) in my freezer for about 3 weeks, and I occassionally eat :: about 3 tablespoons (about 1/4 cup, 3 net carbs) as a treat. It's :: always satisfying and I never crave more. There's something :: different in this Endulge Ice Cream that gave me a physical craving. Yes, I agree. Stay away from that stuff Ice cream is very definitely on my "foods to be avoided list" I just love that stuff too much. Fortunately, I don't miss it. :: :: Unfortunately I'm visiting at my sister's house for a couple of days :: and don't have my BG test meter with me. I'd love to see if the :: Endulge affected my BG somehow. Can sugar alcohols or sucralose do :: that? Maybe I'm just nuts! SAs? A very big maybe! I don't believe splenda will.... |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 21:22:48 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
wrote: If you're anything like me -- it really just comes from loving ice cream. If you like that stuff, it's its own trigger. I'm with you Roger...and even the low-carb stuff tastes pretty good. No more boxes of low carb Breyers...I couldn't stop. Had nothing to do with cravings (for me), had to do with being a pleasurable experience, plain and simple. Kalish |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
Kalish wrote:
I'm with you Roger...and even the low-carb stuff tastes pretty good. No more boxes of low carb Breyers...I couldn't stop. Had nothing to do with cravings (for me), had to do with being a pleasurable experience, plain and simple. Kalish I guess it's lucky that this stuff freezes so hard in my freezer. I have not eaten much of it. The last time I softened some of it, I packed a couple of 1/2-cup containers. I'd just as soon not have access to the whole carton, which, historically, has been dangerous. Nonetheless, I find that I just don't think of it much since it is in the basement. When I see it, it does not beckon. If I want something sweet, the SF gelatins are just as satisfying with only 10 calories and no g of carbs. -- Jean B. |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
Roger Zoul wrote:
If you're anything like me -- it really just comes from loving ice cream. If you like that stuff, it's its own trigger. marengo wrote: :: :: I'm not quite sure which ingredient caused the cravings, but I know :: I have to avoid it in the future. Back to my plain meat and :: vegetables, and occassional sugar-free popsicle (I can eat just one :: of those with no trouble!) Russell Stover low-carb candies is about the same for me, spouse loves them and can eat only one per week, not me! I have to stay away from them completely. Brings back the old "sugar monkey" feelings. lol Myway |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 06:05:19 -0500, Myway
announced in front of God and everybody: Russell Stover low-carb candies is about the same for me, spouse loves them and can eat only one per week, not me! I have to stay away from them completely. Brings back the old "sugar monkey" feelings. lol I love their mint patties and yeah, I could probably go overboard on them. It's my terror of the intense intestinal distress that I suffer if I eat more than two or three that keeps me in check! Dawn |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 06:05:19 -0500, Myway wrote:
Roger Zoul wrote: If you're anything like me -- it really just comes from loving ice cream. If you like that stuff, it's its own trigger. marengo wrote: :: :: I'm not quite sure which ingredient caused the cravings, but I know :: I have to avoid it in the future. Back to my plain meat and :: vegetables, and occassional sugar-free popsicle (I can eat just one :: of those with no trouble!) Russell Stover low-carb candies is about the same for me, spouse loves them and can eat only one per week, not me! I have to stay away from them completely. Brings back the old "sugar monkey" feelings. lol Myway I ate ONE once... just to try it. My god... almost instant discomfort and trips to the bathroom. You couldn't pay me to eat another in this lifetime! Cynthia |
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I won't make this mistake again ... Atkins Endulge Premium Ice Cream
Myway wrote:
Russell Stover low-carb candies is about the same for me, spouse loves them and can eat only one per week, not me! I have to stay away from them completely. Brings back the old "sugar monkey" feelings. lol For me RC SF candies are worse because the effect is more subtle. If I eat them, the next day I go into a store and decide I can cheat with real candy. It's happened each and every time I've tried sugar alcohol chocolate. It triggers a craving that isn't even apparent to me but it's still powerfull enough to drive my to decide to cheat on the real thing. I can't touch them at all any more. Which is a shame because they taste almost as good as the real thing unlike so many low carb substitute products. |
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