Drinking Problems
It takes about three weeks for me to get used to drinking diet sodas. During that time, the after-taste is excruciating. But I have to get through it and persevere because I seriously don't need the calories from real sodas. And after I'm used to diet, regular just tastes syrupy. Which is nice, the whole not liking the taste of 150 calories in a can thing.
I know you're interested in hearing about what I drink. So I'll continue.
I'm now trying to stop drinking diet soda. It's a long process where the end goal is to just drink water or tea. I'm not so much worried about the caffeine (oh, sweet nectar that keeps me awake during that 2 o'clock drowse) as I am concerned that the chemicals in soda are bad, just plain bad. It's not as hard to quit as one might think. Now that I'm more used to chugging water and tea, I'm grossed out by how much more I burp when I drink carbonated beverages. And the bubbles burn when I swallow. It's weird to have this aversion to soda, since I've been drinking Pepsi as long as I can remember. I remember thinking that a classmate was weird because her mom wouldn't let her drink anything with caffeine in it. Caffeine had no effect on me. It didn't keep me awake, as far as I could tell. And my throat had become calloused, so it didn't burn when I drank soda.
The only problem is that when I get combos at fast food restaurants, bottled water is often not an option. And I'm cheap, so I'd rather drink a diet drink than waste money that I've already paid for a medium drink by getting water.
Right now I'm sipping green tea. It's slowly waking me up from my afternoon slump. It's sweetened with Splenda. Splenda. I hate that name. It makes me think of the Jersey accent, perhaps the most formidable of them all. I say this with the southern accent and yankee Wis-CAN-sin accent in mind, too. So you know I mean it.
I know you're interested in hearing about what I drink. So I'll continue.
I'm now trying to stop drinking diet soda. It's a long process where the end goal is to just drink water or tea. I'm not so much worried about the caffeine (oh, sweet nectar that keeps me awake during that 2 o'clock drowse) as I am concerned that the chemicals in soda are bad, just plain bad. It's not as hard to quit as one might think. Now that I'm more used to chugging water and tea, I'm grossed out by how much more I burp when I drink carbonated beverages. And the bubbles burn when I swallow. It's weird to have this aversion to soda, since I've been drinking Pepsi as long as I can remember. I remember thinking that a classmate was weird because her mom wouldn't let her drink anything with caffeine in it. Caffeine had no effect on me. It didn't keep me awake, as far as I could tell. And my throat had become calloused, so it didn't burn when I drank soda.
The only problem is that when I get combos at fast food restaurants, bottled water is often not an option. And I'm cheap, so I'd rather drink a diet drink than waste money that I've already paid for a medium drink by getting water.
Right now I'm sipping green tea. It's slowly waking me up from my afternoon slump. It's sweetened with Splenda. Splenda. I hate that name. It makes me think of the Jersey accent, perhaps the most formidable of them all. I say this with the southern accent and yankee Wis-CAN-sin accent in mind, too. So you know I mean it.
