Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 > Question - I hear everyone mentioning sweet calories, but where do you > find this information on the boxes? Are you refering to grams of > sugar/sweetner? I'm confused! I don't eat many sweets at all now > (About 2 packs of splenda a day), but would like to keep track > especially now that I'm headed into P2... When everyone started using sugar alcohols to get their sweet fix, a funny thing happened -- lots of gastrointestinal distress. SO, the SBD plan came up with a limit of 75 calories per day of things sweetened using sugar alcohols. Since then, anything that is sweetened has been lumped into this category and it's just come to be known as the daily sweets calorie limit. To determine the calories, you just look at the serving amount and go from there. For example, if you get a sweet treat that has a single serving with 30 calories, then you could have 2 of those throughout the day. If you have something with a single serving of 100 calories then you can't have it because it would be too much on the day (I've read some posts where folks talked about having a fudgesicle of some kind with 100 calories). Make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Simple! Thanks! Kim > > > Question - I hear everyone mentioning sweet calories, but where do you > > find this information on the boxes? Are you refering to grams of > > sugar/sweetner? I'm confused! I don't eat many sweets at all now > > (About 2 packs of splenda a day), but would like to keep track > > especially now that I'm headed into P2... > > When everyone started using sugar alcohols to get their sweet fix, a funny > thing happened -- lots of gastrointestinal distress. SO, the SBD plan > came up with a limit of 75 calories per day of things sweetened using sugar > alcohols. Since then, anything that is sweetened has been lumped into this > category and it's just come to be known as the daily sweets calorie limit. > > To determine the calories, you just look at the serving amount and go from > there. For example, if you get a sweet treat that has a single serving with > 30 calories, then you could have 2 of those throughout the day. If you have > something with a single serving of 100 calories then you can't have it > because it would be too much on the day (I've read some posts where folks > talked about having a fudgesicle of some kind with 100 calories). > > Make sense? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Simple! Thanks! Kim > > > Question - I hear everyone mentioning sweet calories, but where do you > > find this information on the boxes? Are you refering to grams of > > sugar/sweetner? I'm confused! I don't eat many sweets at all now > > (About 2 packs of splenda a day), but would like to keep track > > especially now that I'm headed into P2... > > When everyone started using sugar alcohols to get their sweet fix, a funny > thing happened -- lots of gastrointestinal distress. SO, the SBD plan > came up with a limit of 75 calories per day of things sweetened using sugar > alcohols. Since then, anything that is sweetened has been lumped into this > category and it's just come to be known as the daily sweets calorie limit. > > To determine the calories, you just look at the serving amount and go from > there. For example, if you get a sweet treat that has a single serving with > 30 calories, then you could have 2 of those throughout the day. If you have > something with a single serving of 100 calories then you can't have it > because it would be too much on the day (I've read some posts where folks > talked about having a fudgesicle of some kind with 100 calories). > > Make sense? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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