Goodbye, Sprite Zero...I will miss you.

Well, this is it. I just had my last Sprite Zero with dinner. The last one.

I'll miss you, Sprite Zero.

(Yes, i know i look scary.) 

So at some point in life i got addicted to Coca-Cola. LOVED it. I don't remember being allowed soft drinks as a child, but i DO remember us drinking koolaide. Lots of koolaide. Which means SUGAR. I'm sure i started drinking coke in middle school, and i know by my twenties i was drinking TONS of the stuff. 

I remember drinking 6 or more coca cola's a DAY. 

HORRIBLE.

I didn't start my health journey until June of 2009, but i believe it was that January that I had one New Year's Resolution: quit cokes. And i did. I mean, i was VERY successful. I stopped drinking regular coke. Cold turkey. After 1/1/09, i had no more cokes. I think i had NONE for at least the first 6 months. After that i would have one MAYBE every 4 months. Which i was fine with. 

But at some point, i replaced my cokes with sprite zero. I don't like regular sprite or diet coke, but i like diet sprite, go figure. So i started drinking just one a day. But before i knew it, i was drinking 2 a day. And now, i have 2 or 3 each day. I know it's not the end of the world, it's calorie-free, has no caffeine & very little sodium. Yes, it has aspartame in it, but i didn't really care.I figured i was good for quitting 6+ regular cokes. And i was! 

As you know, for the last year i have really struggled with weightloss. I have worked hard, i have changed my lifestyle, and i have had a hard time losing weight. But i realize now that i wasn't making more changes. I was just continually doing what wasn't working. I finally added strength training in October, and then i quit altogether. I mean, i wasn't intentionally quitting, but i was not doing well at ALL.

This January was a fresh start for me. I have been doing SO WELL, working out 5 days a week & eating pretty healthy. But my trainer made some suggestions & i am going to do what she has recommended! I mean, it's time to step it up a notch! : ) 

So. No more Sprite Zero. :) 

I have been slacking on water intake lately, too. But i think by stopping sprite, i'll be drinking more water. 

It's a good thing.

This article convinced me that diet soda is no good.

Have a great week!