Most of you who know me, know that I am a Diet Coke (DC) addict.
I have been drinking it for around 25 years. And I am not talking about 1-2 a day...try 60+ ounces of the stuff PER DAY. Most days it's all I drank. And if I didn't have one by 10am, I had a monster headache by noon. In the past couple of years, I have noticed my memory failing me. My husband would claim we had conversations that I couldn't recall, my kids would tell me I had told them something that I couldn't remember, and I was forgetting about errands I needed to run (like picking up eggs at my friend Elisa's house, sorry Elisa!). It was getting worse and worse.
I have been drinking it for around 25 years. And I am not talking about 1-2 a day...try 60+ ounces of the stuff PER DAY. Most days it's all I drank. And if I didn't have one by 10am, I had a monster headache by noon. In the past couple of years, I have noticed my memory failing me. My husband would claim we had conversations that I couldn't recall, my kids would tell me I had told them something that I couldn't remember, and I was forgetting about errands I needed to run (like picking up eggs at my friend Elisa's house, sorry Elisa!). It was getting worse and worse.
On another note, over the past year, I have managed to lose around 25lbs. And I would really like to get that last 10 pounds off but have not been able to and I think the DC may be the culprit. I know what your thinking IT'S DIET! Well research is showing that aspartame (the artificial sweetener in DC) can keep you from losing weight. And while it doesn't necessarily cause you to gain weight, it can make it very hard to get rid of those last few pounds. Besides that little nugget of information, the sodium DC causes you to retain fluid. And nobody wants water weight keeping them from fitting in those skinny jeans (not that I would ever wear skinny jeans...no way)!!
Enter NingXia Red
In my effort to get healthier (and hopefully drop those last few pounds) I have been doing 2oz of NingXia Red every morning. They come in these 2oz singles that are oh so convenient. So anyway, at this same time, I happened to be out of Diet Coke at my house and running late the last couple of mornings preventing me from stopping to get some more. So I would drive on to work, get my morning started and before I knew it, it was lunch time....and I hadn't craved a DC....or had a headache! This is huge for me! Every time I have tried to quit DC in the past, I have always ended up with a monster headache. Like, so bad, that I couldn't even sleep it off, or take meds to fix it (this was before my oily lifestyle change). So for me to be on day 3, not craving DC, not having a headache and drinking a lot of water??? Well that is a win in my book!! And hopefully, it will help me lose a few pounds too!!
If you would also like to ditch the sodas and/or coffee, I can help you join this oily bandwagon and get you started. Just let me know.
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