Diet Coke Head

Hi, my name is Taryn and I am, without a doubt, addicted to Diet Coke.

Like all addicts, I try to justify my dependence on it.  I've never smoked or done drugs, I only drink once or twice a month and I have never once participated in either a dog or a cock fight.

Of course I tell myself I can quit anytime I want, but then I start jonesing for it in the middle of the night and have to run to 7-11 at 2 AM for more.  In fact, lately especially, I rarely drink else.  I'm an addict and I admit it.

The weird thing is it's not even that delicious.  It's expensive and all that packaging is bad for the earth, even when it's recycled.  And of course, who knows what kind of chemicals and stuff are coursing through that brown nectar of the gods?

I've quit in the past, cold turkey, for months and months, only to fall off the wagon.  I know it's important to drink water, no matter how boring it is, and I know that study after study show the importance of water consumption for weight loss.  So reluctantly, I'm giving up the sauce.  Heavy sigh.

This week, I'm drinking two glasses of water or Crystal Light Cherry Pomegranate (oh man is this stuff great, it tastes like Cherry Kool-Aid) for every Diet Coke I drink.  I'm going to slooowwwwly wean myself off of it until it's only a special occasion kind of thing.

Again, if life was fair, Diet Coke would be a health food and the more you drank, the skinnier you'd be!