Yippee, Hallelujah, and Horay!!!

The scale is finally going down again. I was 176.5 this morning. I really thought I wasn't going to lose today, because I was having a kind of hungry day yesterday, and I had my 2 meals pretty close together. I guess that was what I needed to do, because not only did that cure me of my hunger, but I lost. It's good to listen to your body sometimes, huh?
I came across a different organic sweetener yesterday that has 0 calories, has no aftertaste, is good for baking, and is digested by the small intestine so if eaten in normal quantities does not give digestive difficulties like some sweeteners. It's called erythritol, though the most popular brand name seems to beZsweet. Has anyone tried this yet? I am going to order some today for my 3 weeks on phase 3, but if it's as good as so many people say, I will gladly use it instead of sugar permanently.
I've really tried to build up a tolerance for Stevia, but can't seem to get past the aftertaste. I even bought a couple of stevia cookbooks. I may use them in the future, but I'm going to give erythritol a try for now. I'll keep you posted. Tootles! :)