The Great Diet Coke Experiment
I used to drink nothing but Caffeine Free Diet Coke. You know, because caffeine is so damn unhealthy for you. No really, I drank it because I hate drinking plain water, and Diet Coke comes in large flats at Costco. I'm all for the least amount of effort possible.
I have always enjoyed iced tea, but would only order it in restaurants. Have I mentioned the my fondess for laziness?
One day almost a year ago, Hubba-hubba bought me an iced tea maker (no, not for my birthday or our anniversary, just because). It was around that time when the big news was how unhealthy drinking diet colas was and all that, so I decided to switch cold turkey to drinking iced tea exclusively.
I experimented with different teas, finding new ones that I liked, and finding a few inedible clunkers as well. But, I at least had the choice of making different teas instead of the same old, same old.
I started feeling better. Not like "Wow! I feel like running a marathon now!" better, but just a bit less bloated and actually felt more hydrated. I would drink and drink those Diet Cokes like a fiend, and yet still find myself thirsty. Not so with the tea. I don't put sugar in my tea, either, so that was even better.
There was still a flat of Diet Cokes in the garage, though, in case of emergency. And for the last few days, while there hasn't been an emergency, I have been toolazy busy to make my own tea. It involved cleaning some things by hand, and my 21st century self was just not down with that. So I started digging into the Coke stash, and found myself drinking it for three days straight.
I'm really busy, ok?
But then I started to feel blah. A teensy big sluggish, a more than teensy bit bloated in the tummy, and like I could never get enough of it to drink to feel not thirsty.
So, I have taken this long to tell you that I really don't ever want to drink Diet Coke any more. That tea makes me feel better, and I will make sure not to lapse into such extreme busyness that I don't make my own again.
My friends, was it worth reading all of that for just a two sentence conclusin?
Nah, but it sure made me feel better.
I have always enjoyed iced tea, but would only order it in restaurants. Have I mentioned the my fondess for laziness?
One day almost a year ago, Hubba-hubba bought me an iced tea maker (no, not for my birthday or our anniversary, just because). It was around that time when the big news was how unhealthy drinking diet colas was and all that, so I decided to switch cold turkey to drinking iced tea exclusively.
I experimented with different teas, finding new ones that I liked, and finding a few inedible clunkers as well. But, I at least had the choice of making different teas instead of the same old, same old.
I started feeling better. Not like "Wow! I feel like running a marathon now!" better, but just a bit less bloated and actually felt more hydrated. I would drink and drink those Diet Cokes like a fiend, and yet still find myself thirsty. Not so with the tea. I don't put sugar in my tea, either, so that was even better.
There was still a flat of Diet Cokes in the garage, though, in case of emergency. And for the last few days, while there hasn't been an emergency, I have been too
I'm really busy, ok?
But then I started to feel blah. A teensy big sluggish, a more than teensy bit bloated in the tummy, and like I could never get enough of it to drink to feel not thirsty.
So, I have taken this long to tell you that I really don't ever want to drink Diet Coke any more. That tea makes me feel better, and I will make sure not to lapse into such extreme busyness that I don't make my own again.
My friends, was it worth reading all of that for just a two sentence conclusin?
Nah, but it sure made me feel better.
Comments
I was just thinking I should try to embrace ice tea. I love iced coffee, and ice tea (sun tea) would be so easy to make. I guess I've resisted because it seems so southern. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I say kudos for you, but you are a better woman than I. I truly, truly, truly am addicted to caffeine and since I already get migraines, I'm afraid of stopping drinking my diet DP. And that is like my only vice. I don't drink coffee or alcohol or smoke but darn it, I gotta have my diet dp's....
As a reader of your blog that wants you to feel good and not "Blah" I am happy for you.
My problem is alcohol. Some switch flipped in my body and I can't drink too much anymore. When I do, I have a lot of trouble sleeping. I tried cutting back and I think I've found my limit: one drink -- if it's wine. The hard stuff? I can have up to three drinks and I'm good. After that, it's restless nights and a lot of tossing and turning.