Originally Posted by BawdyWench

In my experience, it's best to simply stop with the sweet treats, "legal" or not. Once you lose your taste for sweetness, you're on a better path than those who keep the taste for sweetness ever-present in LC brownies, cheesecakes, cookies, cakes, bars, shakes, etc. I've seen so many people over the years who start eating low-carb foods, and yet the first thing they do is to figure out all the low-carb treats they can have made with artificial sweeteners.

If you can handle it, fine. I've had my best successes through the years when I've cut out all sweet foods. Perhaps that's not for everyone, but it's worth thinking about.