What's The Plan, Man?

Well, the plan is that I don't have much of a "Plan" but I will just let you all know what I am doing and you use what works for you, Obee Kaybee?

Last night was the third night in a row with no alcohol and about the sixth day with no soda. I miss my glass or three of wine! I miss my tequila! I miss my morning Dr. Pepper! It's a good thing that I actually like green tea, so I have been drinking some tea when I get to work for my little bit of caffeine fix. I was not ever a big caffeine junkie but dayum, I still need something to wake up. I totally understand that green tea just does NOT fill the void when you want a soda but perhaps some of that MIO stuff would work for you guys, or Crystal Light. I just can't eat/drink NutriSweet, makes me sick. Do what works for you with the goal of getting totally off the soda and drinking a lot more water. Besides, water is a lot better for your wallet, too!

As for the rest, I'm making it up every day as I go. I am more than sure that all of you are pretty smart cookies (because if you weren't, I doubt we would be friends...) We all KNOW how to eat well, we all KNOW what is healthy and what is not. Fruit = healthy, cake = not so much. I'm not going to lie to you (because, as I said, I know you are all smarter than that, you will call me on my BS right away!), I would love to eat pizza and spaghetti and cheesecake and big fat gooey cheesy burgers and whatever else is totally yummy. I want to eat that stuff all day every day! But I can't. :( Bummer.

So the plan is to change one or two things at a time, stick with it for a week or two, then move on to the next thing I want to change. Right now my challenge is no soda and alcohol. I'm working on eating better, too, but not as concerned about that at the moment. My focus is no soda, no alcohol. So if I have a piece or two of candy to kill the craving for the sweet soda, then I am just not going to feel guilty about that. But I will try to stay mindful of making sure it's only one or two pieces, not an entire bag of candy. Because I really would just be better off with the soda in that case, right?