drink less pop

Sat= No Pop
Sun= 1 glass at dinner- around 18 oz?
Mon= No pop

Gave pop up 8 years ago.

I don’t know why I’m having such a hard time with this goal. I don’t think I’m addicted to pop, and I don’t know that I necessarily “crave” the sugar. More often than not, I fall back into drinking pop because I want to taste the flavor again. Maybe that has to do with the sugar..I don’t know. Starting tomorrow though, I am going to try this again.

I made it over two months without a diet soda, and then I had one while at a conference a few weeks ago. At first, that Diet Pepsi tasted pretty good, but by the end … well, it didn’t. I might still want one occasionally while eating a fast-food type meal … but since I’m eating a lot less of those these days, I don’t expect it to be a huge issue. And yes, I think getting away from diet soda – and artificial sweetener in general – has helped me have fewer cravings for sugar.

(I should add that I gave up regular soda ten years ago. I can barely tolerate even a sip now, and I used to drink it by the 32-oz moose cup.)

A cup of coffee in the morning (half-caf now that I’m trying to get pregnant). Peppermint tea during the day if I want something sweet. Hot chocolate made with skim milk in the evening. Otherwise, it’s water, water, everywhere, all the time.

when they started talking a lot about how diet soda pop is as bad as regular.

I drank a lot of it for a while, but not anymore. I think I have had 1 cola and 2 Monsters since October 2007.

I have ruined all progress on this goal since the last posting- no concentration on it at all. However, over the last two days I have had a couple pops and thought they made my stomach upset, therefore, I think the next couple of days will be easier to pass it up again. It’s just such a convenience, but there are so many other drinks that could be convenient also!

went Mon-Wed no pop, then had some at lunch today.

I stopped drinking pop for a month but ever since I allowed myself to drink it again i’ve been drinking too much

I went for all of Thur, Fri, and Sat. without drinking pop. I had some again tonight and was a little disappointed with myself. It seemed to be easier to pass it up the longer I went. We’ll see how this week goes. I’m not entirely sure if I want to drink less pop or give it up completely. I think it may be easier on my body to just give it up completely instead of depriving myself of it every couple of days.

with the exception of the occasional 2 liter that we bring home with pizza..we haven’t purchased cans of pop to have at home for about two months. That has been helpful. I have one can at work usually (vending machine) and then water or milk the rest of the day. Once I start supplying myself with water at work I think this will go better.