I'm on a Diet

I've been drinking Diet Coke for years... it all started just a few months before I went to Maui for the first time and I had about 15 pounds to lose. I've been a goner every since then, several years ago.

For a long time, I've maintained that I drink it in moderation... and I keep myself to one 12 oz. can a day... but it's not true.  Lately I've been living off 2-3 cans a day and anytime I can get my hands on a fountain drink, you know that's what I am going to get... because NOTHING beats Diet Coke from the fountain.  Nothing.

Although I have a couple friends who have recently given it up altogether, I'm not ready to make such a plunge.  So, I've decided to put myself back on the one-can-a-day-diet, and I have survived eight days so far.  I knew I'd been successful enough to blog about it when I took my kids to the movies, (after I'd already had my one can for the day) and I ordered a caffeine-free diet coke to drink during the movie.  That was a major accomplishment... because a trip to the movies isn't complete without a tub of buttery popcorn and a diet coke.

I am hoping that within another week, I will be headache free, and until then I will keep myself doped up on extra strength Tylenol.  Even though the caffeine deprivation headaches have been a downer, the good part of all this is that I've slept wonderfully during the last week.  And that's without any help... and those of you who know me well, know what a bad sleeper I am.   So here's to conquering bad habits... if I can do it, so can you!