I have been a consumer of nutra-sweet/aspartame most of my life. I started drinking Diet Pepsi because my Mom did when I was very young. I completely love the stuff. I enjoy it and crave it if I don't have it. I have never been much of a fan of Diet Coke and then a few years ago Diet Coke started sweetening with Splenda and that stuff gives me a headache. I would drink a Diet Coke and 15 mins into drinking it develop a nasty headache. This was fine with me cause it gave me a good excuse to just stick with my Diet Pepsi. This past week I've been getting random headaches and I have been wondering what on earth is causing them. Last Friday as I was opening my morning pop I read "NOW ASPARTAME FREE" OH CRAP!!!! I panic and start frantically searching the ingredients to see what they replaced it with and it is Splenda. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I came home and told hubby "Diet Pepsi is using Splenda now." He knows what that means so he asks well when are you going to quit drinking it? We stopped by the store for a couple things yesterday and I was on a hunt. I started scouring thru all the 2 liters, 20 liters, and cans to see if they had any left with out the Splenda. I found a 12 pack of cans still with good old aspartame. LOL!! I felt like an addict desperately looking for their next fix.
I know this stuff isn't good for me and I know when I don't drink it, it helps with the whole eating less and especially in the sweets department. This loss of Diet Pepsi will be a good thing but I am not happy about it. I have about 8 cans left and I am going to be so sad to see them go. I really enjoy pop and worry I'll just end up drinking the full calorie stuff. I don't drink Wine, Beer or even coffee. Pop is what I drink. Is that a valid excuse to drink the crap? No but it is my justification for it. So I will be parting with my sweet Diet Pepsi very soon. Maybe this will help with my food consumption.
This next week is the start of my 4th week working out with my trainer and I have no weight loss to show for it yet. Like I said in yesterday's post... I can feel my muscles defining and changing but my clothes are not fitting better yet and that scale hasn't moved in the direction I want it too. Tonight as I packed up my bag to shower and get dressed after my work out in the morning I also packed my snacks and lunch for work. I had told hubby tonight that just the thought of "dieting" makes me cranky. I need to remind myself that all the times I succeeded really well on WW I didn't feel deprived at all. I always going into panic MUST EAT IT ALL, mode when I'm about to start a diet. Tonight was no different but hopefully I can keep to tracking and being accountable thru my trainer and this blog.
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