no soda for a month!

well i made it!!

i went an entire month without drinking any soda!  go me!!

and i didn't even realize it had been a whole month until a few days later. :)

i had gotten my sister and Starla in on this too.  Starla said she only cheated a few times.  my sister had a rough start but once she got going, she stuck with it.  good job girls!!

i decided to have a soda over the weekend because we are having a rough couple of days around here.  happy to say that i didn't have another one since, and it wasn't quite as amazing as i thought it would be.

the only thing i can really say about it is that i like it better than booze.  i would rather sit down and have a glass of soda than a glass of wine... which i don't necessarily think is a bad thing.

i'm still going to try and limit myself to only one a week.  this way i will stay on track with my health.  my stomach still doesn't love it and there are no health benefits from drinking a soda so i just don't need it as part of my diet.

my love/hate relationship with soda

i have a completely unhealthy obsession with soda.

it's so ridiculous, and it just needs to stop.

we've always had soda around since i was little.  we had a refrigerator in the garage that was only for holding soda.  it was pure heaven.  i have been drinking it since i was little and can't seem to get over this crazy addiction.

i know it's terrible, but nothing seems to help.

i used to drink 3 or more cans a day.  as i've gotten older and realized how bad it is for me, i cut back. i started at 3, then 2, then 1.  and now i'm stuck.  stuck at just 1 soda a day and can't seem to kick it.

i used to always drink pepsi, then sprite, then mountain dew, then diet mountain dew, then caffeine free diet mountain dew, now zero mellow yellow.

during the summer, i went ONE WHOLE MONTH without drinking even ONE soda.  but with the stress of the house building, and the fact that i hated our rental, it has always been my crutch and so i went back on it.

i always justify it with...i don't drink alcohol, i don't smoke, i don't do drugs.  it's the one thing i love.

but it's getting ridiculous and it needs to stop.

i eat mostly unprocessed foods.  organic food.  healthy overall.  i have worked so hard to eat super healthy, and this is the one thing that is SUPER unhealthy that i do every single day.

i am going to quit.  i'm going to give it up cold turkey.  wish me luck!