Asparthame and wedding cake

Let me just start off by saying that there was no asparthame in my wedding cake...It was PURE sugar..: )

I actually have two situations here. (1) is that my best friend, Felicia has gotten me paranoid about asparthame...which is in just about EVERYTHING that I eat...it's in everything I thought was good for me...especially in diet drinks and anything that they've taken sugar out of pretty much. I LIVED for Diet Coke and now I feel bad drinking it. I won't go into the science of how horrid this asparthame stuff is for you...I just know that I read the article and got a little woozy. But then I figured "big deal", I can just cut out my DC, it won't KILL me...plus I need to drink more water anyway. So fine...then I figured I could just find another soft drink, diet of course, that didn't have asparthame in it...well, let me tell you - THERE ARE NONE ! ! ! And to make matters a little worse...I figured I'd do water...(maybe this whole asparthame thing is the water gods telling me I NEED more water) and just continue to add in my Crystal Light add in's. No big deal..well guess WHAT ! ! ! They ALSO have asparthame in them...I DID find one that didn't. After a long and exhaustive search, my hubby and I found one that was asparthame free. Thank goodness. So I was all water yesterday and proceeded to get up FOUR times last night to use the bathroom. I hope that little side effect is short lived. But I have to say that I DO feel better since I've been off asparthame. One thing that caught my eye about this article is that it says that asparthame, and/or products that contain it MAKE you crave carbs and more sugar...which in turn make you tired. It did make sense and believe me, I fought it all the way. But hubby and I have tried it and we've both noticed we are feeling better with more energy.

Ok, so my second issue is kind of a NSV. We still have wedding cake in the fridge and let me tell you, IT WAS AWESOME...well after supper last night, hubby wanted a piece then our neighbors walked over and they wanted a piece, then my son and his friend walked in and they wanted a piece (don't worry, there's enough leftover for a small army) but I fought the urge...none for me. So after everyone left and we got all settled in and were watching t.v. I was obsessing over this cake...In my mind, I kept thinking "I WANT CAKE"...it really was relentless, so I mentioned it to my hubby, who knows I want to lose weight...Bless his heart, he said "well, how about if I get you a real small piece. That will be enough to get a taste of it and not so much to hurt"...so of course I agreed before he could change his mind. : ) As he was getting my little slice of heaven, I decided to take my makeup off. And as I was doing this, it hit me that I didn't need this piece of cake and would only feel incredibly guilty after eating it...so I told him to just go ahead and wrap it up and I'd eat it at another time. I was SOOOO proud of myself. I do have to admit that I wept a little bit as he was walking away with that slice of heaven. : ) But I felt so good about doing it. It's little things like that that keep me going. That make me proud of myself and give me motivation to keep on keeping on. I have my first WI this Wednesday and I'm hoping for good results. I really want this.