This post is part of the Splenda® 365 Sweet Swaps™ blogger program by McNeil Nutritionals, LLC. and The Motherhood, who sent me products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are my own, and I hope you enjoy them.
Change is not easy for me. It’s something that I have a hard time dealing with, especially when it comes to making healthy changes. We’d all rather just go snap up that cupcake or an ice cream cone for an afternoon or late-night snack, but come on… we know it isn’t the best thing for us. Take a look at this fun box I received in the mail this week.
Yep, full of awesome Splenda products. We use Splenda in drinks like tea and coffee, but I know people actually cook with it quite a bit. I haven’t done that yet, but I think that part of cutting back on sugar in my family is going to lead me to try using Splenda in some of the cooked foods I make. Especially the desserts. As much as we love Splenda, I had no idea how many products they actually had.
Did you know that women shouldn’t be consuming more than 6 teaspoons of added sugar a day? Did you also know that most women actually consume more like 22 teaspoons a day? Umm… yuk! Aside from natural sugars in the foods we eat, there is hidden sugar in most of the foods we eat. Okay, I’m totally guilty of eating too much salad dressing, yogurt, flavored coffee… you get the picture. WAY TOO MUCH SUGAR!
So… my plan for change is going to include some of these tips:
1. Cut back on the salad dressing. Make my own. A little olive oil, vinegar, mustard and some Splenda to sweeten it up is going to be a new staple in my house.
2. Stop buying store-bought muffins for breakfast and snacks and bake my own at home with Splenda.
3. Stop sweetening my coffee with full-of-sugar sweeteners and use no-sugar flavors with a little Splenda instead.
Throughout 2014, SPLENDA® Brand is dishing out 365 ways to swap sugar for SPLENDA® Sweetener Products to save calories all year long! I’d love for you to join me and The Motherhood for a twitter party to share tips and recipes. Prizes will be randomly awarded to 5 participants who answer trivia questions correctly. Each prize includes a $50 Gift Card and an assortment of SPLENDA® Sweetener Products! (Prizes limited to U.S. participants only.)
TWITTER PARTY
#SweetSwaps
Tuesday, March 4
noon ET/11am CT/9am PT
Hosts: @TheMotherhood @TheMotherhood25 @CooperMunroe @EmilyMcKann
and follow ME at @temysmom
Check out all the SPLENDA recipes online and learn more about the 365 Sweet Swaps™ campaign.
