on liquids

I'm sure you're all dyyyying to know if we survived our soda-free clean drinking challenge.  The mister and I decided to go TEN days drinking only coffee, water, milk, tea, and natural fruit juice.  if we had alcohol, it was supposed to be cider or red wine.

(I originally got the idea from this post, but I loosened up the rules a bit.)

Well, I'm happy to say we wrapped up our ten days on Sunday, and we survived.  Why is this such a big deal, you ask?  As I mentioned before, I've had a Diet Coke almost every day since I was 17.  Whoa. There have been short breaks when travelling or if I have had a crazy amount of coffee or when I feel like my insides are turning brown from all the soda, but other than that, not many exceptions.

For a couple of days in our "challenge," I definitely wanted to run to the store or the nearest McDonald's and get a giant Diet Coke. Not many things can satisfy that craving for bubbles, caffeine, and artificial sweetener. But, I survived.  I had to talk myself down, but I survived. Hurrah!

Unfortunately, we did not quite make the cider and red wine only goal.  Husband and I went to the soft open of a restaurant during the 10 days, and they asked us to try a cocktail or two to give the new bar staff some practice.  Oops!  Oh, well.  And there was a baseball game or two in there...

But I'm very proud of neither of us having soda or those "fruit" drinks.  (You know the ones I mean.  The ones you think might be awesome, but then you read the ingredients and the first two are water and high fructose corn syrup? Yeah, those.)

All things considered, I'm counting this one a victory!