Saturday, November 14, 2009
New 30 Day Challenge: 1 Mile, Everyday
Soda Challenge: Complete!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
What I've Been Up To
Monday, November 2, 2009
I Want to be Better
Sunday, November 1, 2009
My Lack of Fitness Update
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Halfway Point: No Soda for 30 Days
I have completed 15 days of my 30-day challenge to stop drinking soda. I'm happy to report that I have not had any slip-ups during this period. No soda has touched my lips for quite some time. Unfortunately, my improvement in this aspect of my nutrition has not been met by an improvement in my eating habits. In fact, I've eaten more poorly in the past 15 days than I have in a long time. Any physical benefits from not drinking soda has been erased by the other crap I've been putting in my body. However, while I may not feel any different I know that not putting 150 or more completely nutritionally devoid calories in my body everyday is definitely a good thing.
I don't really think my bad eating habits have been caused by not drinking any soda, although that is an interesting idea. Is it possible my body is craving sweet and fatty foods because I haven't been drinking soda? I hope not.
The cravings haven't been too bad, but every once in awhile it hits pretty hard. In those cases, I usually try to find some type of juice or other sweet drink (like lemonade) to take the edge off. I know that isn't that much better than drinking soda, but eventually I will get rid of the cravings all together and be able to only drink things that aren't terrible for me.
So, now that I've reached the halfway point I hope to keep this going. I haven't decided if I will continue past the 30 day point. I will be back with that decision in 15 days :)
