stop drinking soda

I’ve been terrible with this since I got off the 3-week wagon. I’ve got a Coke Zero sitting on my desk right now, although I won’t be having another one since this one was all I could afford.

I have been absolutely terrible about this this week. I’m still drinking loads more water than soda, but I was so good for the first three weeks of may, I can’t believe I couldn’t finish out the month.

February will now be my yearly “NO SODA MONTH”. I’m pretty sure I can go just about 28 days without anything.

I didn’t drink Soda at the barbecue yesterday, despite the fact that people I didn’t know rudely started drinking the Crystal Light I had brought for myself since I don’t drink soda anymore; which I didn’t understand since the host had fully stocked the coolers with Snapple Oolong Iced Tea. Lazy assholes.

I pounded down a Large Pepsi when I had Burger King this morning. Burger King is a GatewayGoalBreaker.

I had to break down and order a pepsi at Applebees the other day. I didn’t want one of their fruity lemonades, and the icetea was unsweetened. Still 1 in all of May certainly isn’t bad.

Today marks 2 Weeks without Soda. Water, Crystal Light, Milk, and Kool-Aid only.

It’s been 11 days since I’ve had a soda, I have however started drinking water, Crystal Light Lemonade and Iced Tea, and Kool-Aid.

I’m thinking the transition off massive amounts of Coke Zero has been made easier by the fact that Crystal Light and Coke Zero both use that Phenalyenine sweetener.

That seems to be the real hook.

Day 7, and I’m still getting headaches intermittently. I can’t believe how long it takes for your body to get over it’s lack of caffeine.

...since I went cold turkey from drinking about 14-18 cans of Coke Zero a day.

I got some pretty wicked withdrawal headaches over the weekend, and I still get threats for a few more, but on the whole I feel better than I did since stopping.

Although true to my own form I cheated a little, and drank about 4-5 oz. of flat Pepsi on Saturday afternoon. That was more of a courtesy to my Fiancee than an actual cheat, don’t ask me to explain.