Miracle noodles: my best advice here is try it and see how it affects your body. Does it make you gain or stall. I have tried it on P3 and IT WAS WONDERFUL !!!!! I cooked it with previously cooked chicken, cabbage and Walden Farms Sesame Ginger Dressing. It tasted like the best Chinese food dinner ever. Yes, I did gain but I don't know if that is because of the salt in the dressing or because I always stall/gain w/ cabbage. Will I try it on P2 - Yes, later after I get some more weight off. I have been eyeing this e-bay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270754729759&ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT#ht_1571wt_889
I also saw a receipt the other day is to dry out these noodles in the oven at low setting for a few hours (I think that is what it said) and munch on these goodies. Haven't tried - but I will someday after the next few weeks.
Diet Soda: That is a sore sticky subject for me. Ex: diet coke is made with aspartame. Aspartame tells your brain you are starving and to hold on to your fat. "Caveman Genetics" I will have diet coke if I go out to eat to treat myself. A lot better to do that than drinking a beer or margarita.
Sugar Free Jello: Don't know what else is in the jello. So I don't know. But I think it has splenda/aspartame in it as well.
Popsicles: I make my own and have them every day.
Go to this journal to see what I do/did:
http://www.hcgsupportgroup.com/t7205-how-i-have-lost-140-lbs-on-p2-in-8-monthsAlso: I use Walden Farm dressing a lot. 0 calories/sugars/starch/etc.
Reality is - you have to find out what works for you. We are all different !