Thursday, June 30, 2011

#35-36: No more soda or artificially sweetened beverages

I became a Diet Cokehead back in college. As a non-coffee drinker, it has become my standard caffeine fix. I have no problem throwing back a can first thing in the morning if I need a jump-start to my day. The crazy thing is, when I first started drinking diet pop, I didn't even like the taste--it was metallic and chemical-ish and weird to me--but I forced myself to get used to it until I grew to tolerate, then even enjoy it. Oh, the things a silly young girl will do to avoid empty calories.

I've seen enough reports out there to know that diet pop is not good for me--the fake sugar can cause our bodies to crave real sugar, giving us the urge to binge later in the day. Not to mention who knows what those lab-created additives are doing; if I drink too much diet pop I end up with a splitting headache. That cannot mean anything good.

While giving up pop, it made sense to also include #35 which is to avoid any artifically sweetened or sugar-filled beverages and stick to 100% fruit juice. I don't drink too much of that stuff except when I am really hung over and craving a truckload of Vitamin Water, but I do enjoy freshly squeezed juice. It also seemed like a good idea because when I eventually find myself fiending for pop at the vending machine, I will not be able to turn to other crap that's not good for me either. So now it's just me and my trusty Nalgene water bottle, a drawerful of green tea, and some serious self control on those hungover mornings.

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