Pepsi free

Sunday walk - near Brock monument, Queenston, Ontario

Friday night we had pizza and wings for dinner. I washed mine down with Pepsi. 

As we were eating we got to talking about the last time we ordered from this place. It was last August - just before I quit drinking Pepsi. 

Every time I tried to lose weight/eat healthier I knew that I would have to give up Pepsi. I knew about the sugar, what it was doing to my teeth, etc. But I justified drinking it by saying that I didn't drink coffee or tea. 

But in August I knew it was time to give it up. And, as luck would have it, I got a wicked summer cold - pounding headaches, stuffed sinus, lack of appetite and just wanting to sleep. I decided that since I felt like crap anyway that it was the perfect time to give up the fizzy stuff and that I could blame the withdrawal headaches on being sick. 

The first day wasn't too bad as I slept a lot. But the following two days I had really bad headaches. Then I was over the cold and over Pepsi. 

Then I got addicted to ice tea.  ;-D

At first I had a few Pepsi cravings - I gave in to some, to others I just drank water or tea or ice tea. Sometimes, when I went out for a burger I'd have a Coke - but it didn't trigger a Pepsi relapse. Other times I'd have a Sprite or ginger ale - again, no relapse. One time I bought a 500ml bottle of Pepsi. I had 1 sip out of it and gave it to my nephew. To my taste buds it tasted like Pine Sol - - yeech. 

But this past Friday was the first time where I told myself I'm going to have a Pepsi with my pizza. And it was soooo good. After the pizza was gone so was my craving for Pepsi. 

But - I'd bought a 2l bottle of the stuff. So I drank what was left as I surfed or watched tv. 

Saturday my sister bought another 2l bottle when she went out. My nephew and I finished it off at dinner last night. 

Today - I woke up craving water. go figure.