Everything you said is corect. What I found is that for me sugar alcohols stall me and as a matter of fact, many people say that they stall them also! What gets me the most with the bars is the ingredient listing. It has things in it that he advises you not to have.
Soy Nuggets (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Peanut Butter (Roasted Ground Peanuts), Maltitol Syrup, Sugar, Roasted Soybeans, Corn Syrup, Soy Protein Concentrate, Oligofructose (For Fiber), Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Evaporated Cane Juice Invert Syrup, Brown Rice Syrup, Partially Defatted Peanut Flour, Milled And Flaked Corn, Nonfat Milk, Calcium Carbonate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Sodium Caseinate, Natural Flavor, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Butter [Cream, Annatto (Color), Salt], Peanut Oil, Whey, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Peanuts, Barley Malt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Sucralose (Sweetener), Ferric Phosphate (Source Of Iron), Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide (Source Of Zinc), Magnesium Carbonate, Vitamin B6, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Artificial Flavor, Vitamin B12.
I used to eat the cinnamon ones like crazy. Those are my favs!! Then I started noticing cravings and then I couldn't stop eating and I wanted sugar and things like that. So the first thing I did was look at the bars. Sure enough, with those ingredients, I decided not to eat them, and guess what, the cravings stopped and the weight started dropping again. I only have them now every so often as they trigger sugar cravings in me something awful! Try getting rid of them for 2 weeks and see what happens. I almost would be that things get better.