Diet Drinks Make You Fat?

In the course of my research this week, as I try and ignore the food cravings that the VLCD has brought on, I found this little gem on the Science Daily website. Someone had posted the link the the ObesityHelp forum. Now I know that diet drinks weren't good for you (I didn't really care about that - I get 'bad for you' overload), but the research suggests that artificial sweeteners actually make you fat! Well it proved to be the case in rats anyway. And many people, like myself, who feel that drinking diet *brand name censored* is a safe option for the craving for sweet things are cruelly misled. What an irony. We do face an obesity epidemic today and there has to be links with food and drinks that are current in these decades as opposed to 50 or so years ago. Boy it made me feel mad, ripped off, and mad.

I am very emotional though, everything is 'right there' - but I feel good. This is the 2nd to last day of my VLCD and I'll certainly be glad when its over. On the positive side, never have I enjoyed steamed veges so much. I have had a wide variety and have learned to cook them to perfection. I put the carrots into the steamer first and a few minutes later a couple of pieces of cauliflower and 2 minutes before its ready I put in a few mung beans. Oh very exciting!

I've lost about 6 kilos (13lbs) so far, although the weight loss has stopped over the last couple of days. The body has some wierd and wonderful tricks to hang onto that precious fat. At the moment its trying to slow down my metabolism to conserve the depleting stores of fat. But if I go for a short sharp walk it can overcome this. Walking is hard when this happens because the tiredness messages come in thick and fast. Oh ho ho we are on to you now - fat cells in your millions! Prepare for war!