As I mentioned before, I quit drinking soda. It’s true.
If you’ve spent any extended time with me, you know that this is a huge feat. If you knew how many $1.72 charges I have on my debit card from the Jack In The Box behind my work you’d think I was poisoning myself. This $1.72 bought me a ridiculously large cup to fill with one of my two favorites, either Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper. I would sip it throughout the day to keep me “sane”, to keep me hydrated. Yes, I teach fitness and I was drinking soda instead of water as my main method of hydration. Sick, I know.
Then I bought a pair of
“Colas are NOT a substitute for water. Colas are just another cheap drug made to look great by advertising.”
I decided after my next glass of soda that I would give it up! It’s been 11 days…
I haven’t really craved it until yesterday afternoon, when I had just finished a business lunch and was walking back to my Chicago hotel. I thought, mmmm, Coca-Cola. The sound of the can popping open and the refreshing feeling of carbonated sugar passing over my taste buds suddenly sounded oh so seductive. Luckily there was no mini-mart or fast food joint nearby to tempt me, so I walked all the way back ‘home’, opened the fridge and drank some water…
Who needs all that sugar anyway?
Well, I guess I do, because now I’m eating more candy…dang it.
It may one step at a time toward living a healthier life, but I am proud to be walking that road.
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Good for you! You can do it! I mostly gave up soda about a year ago when I realized I was starting to drink it because I was bored at my office – not because I really wanted it. Who neds all of those chemicals and sugars!? Godd for you.
My last soda was with you and Kyle in Brooklyn!
At that crazy mex-italian place! That is really funny. I guess you decided that you would never have a nicer woman serve you a soda…that was the nicest you were ever going to get…