in pursuit of health

We have decided!  And it is a big decision!  Husband and I are going to go 10 days without soda and other less-than-ideal drinks.

Let's take a moment to let that sink in.

I, the Diet Coke Queen, who has had a diet coke almost every day since her senior year of high school, is going to give it up for ten days. TEN days.  TEN DAYS.

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And, not only that, but when I have that craving for anything fizzy, it's not allowed. This is going to be...super exciting.

Drinks I'm allowing myself to have:
1. Coffee
2. Tea
3. Milk
4. Water
5. Actual, natural fruit juice

If I'm going to indulge in an adult beverage, it must be:
1. of the cider variety, or
2. of the red wine variety.

(The glaring exception here is at baseball games.  It would be just plain silly to sit in the bleachers of a baseball game with red wine. Hilarious, even.  Only allowed drinks at games are water and very limited beer.)

If my mother reads this, she might gasp that I'm posting something that mentions alcohol.  But, since I decided to share our mini-fast with you guys, I figured I would at least be honest with the few of you that actually read this.

Where did I get this crazy idea, you ask?

I've always been interested in food (mainly the eating of it), but in the last couple of years my interest has expanded to a little cooking and a little research on what food does to the body.  If I'm going to start changing some eating habits, I have to start somewhere, and I figured a baby step (cutting out my daily fix) would be a good place to start.

There are some people out there who jump into things with both feet, but I'm just not one of those people.  Seriously, even getting in the pool in the summer I have to ease myself in rather than cannonball or dive-bomb.

In light of that, I figured we would start with the easiest step: cutting out non-awesome liquids.

Our ten days starts TODAY.

I'm already craving a Diet Coke just looking at that picture.

Here goes nothing.