avoid high fructose corn syrup

I have been lazy about adopting this goal, but I am going to be strict for a month. No coke, pepsi, amp, red bull, or gatorade – NO SODA – for a solid month. I’ve started a teeth-whitening kit, and don’t want to undo all that with pop. Plus my skin and gut are looking terrible. If I can avoid sugar, those will improve. I think I’d look better if I could just quit sabotaging myself with these junk-food drinks.

Update on 6/28:
Unfortunately I couldn’t stick to this for the month. My commitment is simply not strong enough to this goal right now.

Somehow I got totally sidetracked and have not stuck to this goal at all… which is sad because it “folds up” into my ultimate goal of taking care of myself and keeping my health.

It’s definitely caused my skin to look terrible (acne), my stomach has been upset quite a bit (and kept me from running on Friday). Getting an ulcer is a real possibility, for all the pop that I drink. It’s also caused my throat and gums to be raw, which is gross, but also seriously annoying.

I also have the sinking feeling that drinking pop all the time is related to my moodiness. Lately, morale has been terrible and I feel in a funk. Nothing is fun and I have no energy.

When consciously thinking about it, I can only come up with a single benefit to drinking pop: caffeine. It wakes me up real good, but I don’t need to constantly jack up my system in an artificial way, when I should simply get to bed at a reasonable hour.

Alright, I’m back on board with giving up pop. I totally quit last year and only started again a month ago after I stopped drinking coffee. Unfortunately, it’s really easy to replace one bad habit with another bad habit.

At any rate, it’s upsetting my stomach bad AND my complexion is looking terrible. And my gut is coming back. The gatorade in my fridge is gonna be the last of this sugar water I have for awhile.