Magic number

[muck_a_luck]

1500 calories must be some kind of magic number. Or maybe I was cheating on weekends waaaay more than I was realizing. Or something.

I'm down approx 5 pounds since last week this time. Possibly since Tuesday.

I have made my target every day except yesterday, when frankly I gave up. Weekends are killer. But actually, earlier last week I was hitting under - so I figure yesterday, which was still around 2000, probably made up for those days.

I don't want to be under. At 1500 calories, I want to *eat* 1500 calories, not starve myself. But this past week, if I felt satisfied in the evening, I stopped eating. That meant one 1350 day, and one 1450 day. Over the course of Lent, I will be working harder to eat something nutritious to fill it out, but I thought last week was more about feeling comfortable without over eating than trying to be careful.

Also, I am off all soda (except the Costco outing on Saturday morning with The Barbarian) for the duration. I wasn't really trying to start this part of Lent early, but last week I was trying to wean myself down. Yesterday, I was pretty sure I had pushed through the last caffiene-withdrawl headache (though I may have a mild one coming on now) and I decided that depending on how today went, I might just drink water today.

Also, as I knew I would, I am getting used to drinking water again and already starting to crave it. Which is one thing I would really like to accomplish this Lent - coming out of the soda fast with the old water craving again, so soda is no longer a big temptation for junk calories and chemicals in my life.

Blah blah.

Oh!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, uisgich!!!!!!!!!!

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[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

I hear the scariest things ever from soda drinkers. Apparently diet soda is wickedly addictive--worse than sugared--and screws up the metabolism something fierce. Water is a good drink!!! I just got the water cooler moved to my office, since I drink it the most. :D

(I do pick up the totally natural sodas in Trader Joe's sometimes, so I can put a splash in my fruit juice for something sparkly. Can't drink a whole one, though.)

[muck-a-luck.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I don't know. You hear all this anecdotal stuff about soda. But realistically, my guess is that diet soda drinkers just drink more, so have more caffiene intake and are therefore more addicted.

When people start to get very excited and conspiracy theory and what not about some food or other that is widely consumed, my brain pushes back. On the one hand, of course, one can say "saccharine," but on the other hand the corn syrup guy seems to have proven his first hypothesis wrong, though he has a bunch of other hypotheses about the evil of corn syrup left to investigate. And my whole life everyone has been telling me how my teeth will fall out due to carbonation, but I have yet to have a single cavity EVER. Anyway. The whole soda thing. Mostly it annoys me.

But water is a good drink. And Husband is very concerned about the chemicals in diet soda, and while I'm not *so* worried about them, on the other hand, I know I don't need that much caffiene, and I guess there's no real point in drinking a bunch of chemcicals when water is exceptionally good, and in this area, free.

I did have another caffiene headache today. But cured it with a tiny amount of soda (for me). Hoping to halve that again tomorrow, and then Wednesday, come what may, I'm cold turkey.

I tried taking tea medicinally and was reminded how truly vile I find it. What a shame. So much more civilized than soda as a caffiene delivery vehicle. *points up to comment about not needing caffiene*

Sorry. Seem to be a bit cranky. Time for bed!

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

There's something weirdly addictive about aspartame itself, I think, too. Judging by the way I see people drink it, and what they say when going off it. O.O

And it is a shame about tea, since it has those polyphenols in it, too. Have you tried Good Earth tea? I'm not wild about straight black tea, but Good Earth is like drinking cinnamon spiced yum.

Water is the bestest, though!