I am a long time diet pepsi girl. But I've been doing a lot of reading about the detriments of drinking diet soda. One is the sodium content - very high. The second is the chemical content - what is that stuff they put in there? and the third is the theory that drinking a sweet drink makes the person drinking it want more sweet stuff. Which can lead to lots of eating. So I'm trying out a new plan. And of course whenever I try out a new plan it gives my whole program a nice little stirring up and that gets me re-interested in the program. So no diet soda. ANd secondly no alcohol. It's not the alcohol itself that's the problem because I could count the calories in - it's what the alcohol does to my judgement regarding calories that needs to be watched and basically eliminated. Because when I drink, I eat more. I eat with abandon provided by the effect of the alcohol on my brain. We're going into a big weekend here - tonight is the Ring of Fire on the finger lake that I live on, followed by the Fourth celebrations tomorrow and everywhere you go there is alcohol and everyone you see offers you a cold one. So I'm on water. Water, water and more water. And lots of trips to the bathroom - which means more walking! So, it's all good. And I guarantee that my friends will think no less of me for not drinking. I can have just as much fun without the extra calories.
Happy Alcohol-free Diet-Pepsi-free Fourth of July!