weight gainers : real sugar or the fake stuff

okay so for everyone on here trying to gain weight :

in your coffee, tea, oatmeal or anything you would add an artificial sweetner to pre-trying to gain weight, have you now replaced with real sugar?

what is better to use splenda or sugar?

I don't really like the idea of adding extra sugar to things, so if I do, I'll usually add honey instead, or even maple syrup. I really hate artificial sweeteners though, they taste really bad to me. So if I'm getting flavoured yogurt or juice, I always get the stuff that's either naturally sweetened (with honey) or just sweetened with sugar.

Ditto... Splenda is the best!  I've considered sugar in the raw as I've heard it's really good too, plus it has more calories.

Artificial sweeteners scare me. I refuse to use them.

I've actually found that a high sugar intake causes me to lose weight on what would usually cause me to gain. Weird. I figure that it's due to the way that my body metabolises sugars, as I am hypoglycemic and sugar in any form rushes right through my system.

That doesn't mean that I won't eat it anyway!;] It's just a treat rather than an every day thing, though I don't have a major sweet tooth anyways. When I do have sweets, I always have the REAL stuff. Natural raw sugar, raw honey, blackstrap molasses (my favorite) or maple syrup. I also have goodies such as ice cream once in a while with plain white sugar/corn syrup. I NEVER eat artificial sweeteners; they freak me out. I don't even chew gum anymore. I used to be a HUGE diet soda and sugar free gum addict, but once I lost the distorted thinking I quit it rather quickly and realised that they really aren't that great for me. I just don't drink soda and chew gum anymore, and that's fine by me. I feel tons healthier. My wallet is happier now, too.;]