Best not to tempt yourself with anything that has a sweet taste. And
you body will still react to a sweet tasting food as if it is actually
sweet, to some degree.

TC

Did you match it with 4 truck loads of veggies?

<sucks teeth> Controversy! Some do fine on it, it gives others carb
cravings, and/or causes stalls. You'll just have to listen to your body.

Nicky.

Hi!! keep us poseted!

If you can lose weight and drink it, it's allowed. Hell if you can lose
weight and eat all the sweets and carbs you want then that's allowed. It's
just that for most people, it causes a problem. But it might not for you.

RTFB

You might benefit from reading Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution.  It sounds
like you are eating too much food.

Use portion control to just eat enough to stop hunger.  Do not eat until
"full."

I made best progress by calorie and carb counting with a computer program
called Fitday.

http://www.fitday.com

I have no connection to Fitday, except as a download customer.

320/155/?

Not that any food is ever required, but the good news is as you
lose and get healthier uric acid problems tend to go as well.
Also they tend to be cleared up by drinking more water.

Alert!  It sounds like you haven't read the book.  All of the
good low carb plans out there require carbs in the form of
veggies.

You won't get agreement on this point.  It has aspartame so
for the first two weeks of Atkins it is out while other plans
often don't object.

A suggestion: Don't make it about yes or no, make it about
changing attitudes.  Don't make it into a confrontation with
your old habits, make it about wearing them down gradually.

I suggest viewing diet sodas as a crutch and that some day
soon you'll be able to walk without the crutch.  View them
as a substitute for your beloved regular soda and you'll
always want them, and that's a bad habit that you aren't
chipping away at.  View them as a crutch and you'll want
to taper off over time.  Sometimes it's not where you start
it's the direction you head that matters in the long run.