Addiction: Soda

It has been a long long time, since the taste of sweet corn syrup, fructose and all that other stuff past my lips. I had decided that on July 8, 2007 I was going to give up soda for that week. Well that week has now extended to more than a month. And I have to say that I am really proud of myself. I thought soda, was going to be one of those things that would be hard for me to give up. I usually had a soda (diet soda mind you) with every meal and always scoffed at the idea of drinking water. But now that about four weeks have passed by, I cannot get enough of water and have disposed of every last can, bottle of soda that remained in my pantry. Also, I have notice that I have lost more weight (10-lbs pounds worth) after giving up my diet soda in favor of water and juice.

I don't recommend this for everyone. Since everyone needs to find their own path on how healthy they want to live. I am just glad that this is one addiction that I don't have to worry about for a long long time. Not as bad as other "addictions" but an addiction that could of had major health risk for me down the road.

Here is an interesting article that I had read a while ago about the health risk of drinking soda. [Doctors Debate Soft Drink Ties to Heart Disease, Health Risk]