Back in November I made a conscious decision to cut sugar from my coffee in an attempt to live healthier and lose a little weight. Well back in July I made another change. I had lab work done at the VA and was told my sugar was a little out of whack. I got home looked at my kids and realized that I needed to be here for them for many years to come.
So what did I do? You got it, in one fell swoop I completely removed all artifical sugars from my diet. I've gone from drinking Pepsi & Coke and Sweet Tea to Pepsi Max, Coke Zero, and what I grew up on in New Mexico, Unsweet Tea. And you know what, I regret it or miss it at all. Its been almost a month now that I've done the change and you know what... I feel amazing.
So it probably wouldnt be a blog post about sugars without a formula and some math right? So here goes, I was drinking, 3 to 4 20oz soda's a day. So on the high end, thats 80oz of pepsi a day. 8oz of Pepsi has 100 calories and 28 carbs. So its scary thinking that in Pepsi alone, I was consuming 800 calories, and 112 carbs. I'm no fitness genious but I do know that that is a scary amount to consume in addition to my regular food intake.
Pepsi Max on the other hand is 0 calories and 0 carbs. So I've completely eliminated that from my daily intake. What has it done for me at this point? Well, I can tell a dramatic change. The shed over my tool has started to shrink, and my belt for the first time in a long time is too big, I had to go to the store today to buy a smaller belt so that I could keep my now over sized pants on my hips. Yes, its only been a month, but I think that I have lost 6-8 inches already. I haven't hopped on the scale to tell what the actual numbers lost are, but I'm confident that its going to be a significant number. So I will update this post when actual numbers are available for comparison.
