splenda is splendid

how do you respond when someone tells you that sometimes we need people to treat us abusively?

i find it very strange that people actually responded to my first post, because that means people took the time to read it.

in other news, i've discovered recently that i have developed a taste for drinks sweetened with splenda. "made from sugar so it tastes like sugar" blah blah blah. but honestly, it does taste about as close to sugar as i imagine it can get without actually being sugar. my drink of choice: fruit h2o in lemon or raspberry. though dasani waters and even ocean spray cranberry juice isn't bad. i've never liked 'diet' drinks much, because aspartame and phenylalanine just leave a weird taste my mouth. but splenda doesn't do that, so i can enjoy sweet things with zero calories. and i've found that since i started counting calories, finding i have 200 left over after dinner, which is about two chocolate chip cookies, is very exciting. if anyone is interested, i use this website by self magazine that allows you to keep track of what you eat and how you exercise. you put in whether you want to lose, maintain, or gain weight, how active you are, and it gives you a calorie goal to get you there. then, as you put in what foods you've been eating for the day, it breaks everything down for you in pretty graphs so you know if you're eating too much fat during the day, or not enough protein, or even if you're getting enough vitamin a. really wonderful thing. it's cool to be able to see the impact everything is having on you individually during the day. it's easier to take in than just looking at a nutrition label, because you don't have to keep a running tab in your head, or carry something around with you. at any rate, it's gotten easier to resist eating a whole bag of chips when i know that it will add like 700 calories, almost half of what i can have right now. especially when it probably takes two hours doing light/moderate aerobic exercise to get rid of that. also, gardening for two hours burns 635 calories. yea!! i love to garden.

well, i'm sure everyone is dieted out by now. i know i am. i'm going to hit the pool.