Alida,
YES! If I start using ANY artificial sweetener TOO regularly, it increases my cravings. :(
That's why, with this GT challenge, I have bitten the bullet and am downing ALL of my cups without any sweetener; just plain.
It's an adjustment, but it's growing on me.

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Summer

Everybody's different - I'm finding that the SF syrups that I'm adding to my green tea have dramatically decreased my need for anything sweet, and my cravings are going away.

Go figure~!

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Tina

I walked out this morning without my green tea to-go! Yikes! I meant to stop in somewhere and buy some and never did. I meant to make some at work, never did. Sooooo, I drank a 32 oz. glass of iced with dinner. That should catch me up. I've been really good about this challenge since I re-started on Dec. 28.

Just brewed a fresh pitcher tonight: 7 bags plain, 1 Earl Grey Green. I have to be sure I get all my tea in over the next few days......TOM is definitely on the way.:(

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i have found some of the GT that i get actually is TOO sweet tasting on its own withOUT any sweetner... so i try to cut em with another kind of plain GT..
TODAY i made the mistake of using TWO bags in my BIG cup... but forgot and only put 8oz of water in it.. PATOOOOOOOOOOOEY.. nasty.. but i just put more water in and did fine..

on another note: have any of you been SQUEEZING out your tea bags ? i used to always just dunk the bag till the tea was as strong as i wanted and leave the bag in..

one kind i bought specifically said to SQUEEEEEEEEZE out the bag to get the BENEFICIAL stuff... YIKES... was i suppose to be doing that all along?

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I squeeze mine but didn't know I was SUPPOSED to be doing this. I just always saw my gramma do it so I was copying her

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The directions I read were "Gently squeeze the bag...." Don't squeeze too hard, ladies! LOL!

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I ALWAYS squeeze mine, I figure that can only help. Besides, it will drip on its way to the garbage can. I have sometimes squeezed so hard I've ripped the string off. I HAD a squeezer thingy, but I think I threw it out. DH never used it and it was taking up space in my drawer, so out it went...........that was a few years ago. I wonder if the kitchen gadget stores sell them. I think I got mine at a tupperware party.

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3C green tea...all bags squeezed with a finger against a spoon. And once I did squeeze too hard and ripped open the package. If you do this, I don't recommend trying to drink the last sip or two. I did...and I nearly gagged because it was so bitter.

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Melissa

ack! thanks melissa.. a day late on that post...*L* where were you YESTERDAY when i squeezed the bejezzus outta my bag... NASTY last gulp letmetellYOU!

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I squeeze all the tea out of the bag because I'm so cheep I don't want to give up a drop.

I'm so cheep when I pinch a penny I give Lincoln a headache.

Summer, I think you and I are on the same page, Splenda-wise. I cut back on the sweetener, with good results in the craving department.

Tina, I tried some DaVinci's but found I wanted to add more Splenda! I can drink my coffee without sweetener . . . why not tea?????

As for the squeezing technique, yeah, I have to learn to squeeze. Usually I am just too lazy and leave the bag in the cup!

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Alida
5'1" ~ 59 years old
Highest weight: 165
Atkins 7/10/2004
160/126/125
RE-DO, January 2008:
167/162/135

alida, i sweeten w/steviaplus -- no cravings. i limit splenda.

got none in yesterday and bloated today :crying:

brewed 5 c to drink today already :jump:

LOL Ed, I think I heard a "bud-ump-ump" afterward.

Ya know what's even worse than the grounds in the last sip???? Loose lime/scale deposits............EWWWWWWW. I'm constantly rinsing my tea kettle out, de-liming it. I can't wait until our new water from the city kicks in here. It's supposed to be softer.

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Alright...I feel like I need a support group (wait, this is a support group right?)

Hi... I'm Tina, and I have a Green Tea problem....

Last night, I found myself saying "I need another pot (not cup) of green tea". Just one more

Well, at least it's a good thing to be addicted to~!

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Tina

I know, Tina, I start the kettle up when I'm down to 3-4 sips left. I am leaving for the weekend and am wildly wondering how I'm going to get my tea fixed up the way I like it. I can't bring all my "stuff" with me. I'll prolly make a bunch ahead of time and fill my empty water bottles up. OH what to do, what to do!!!!!

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