Well I made it one more day and now we're (Derk and I) approaching the 2 week mark in a few days. Looking forward to marking that milestone. Headed to the city for a last minute shopping trip with Kyla-Dawn before our trip. Derk and I and 5 of the children leave this morning or as soon as we can with the rest following a day later. Looking forward to seeing some old friends from our life in Saskatchewan and hearing some awesome preaching.
Symptoms this morning are dry throat, sore lower body, including tail bone area and lower abdomen, very stiff burning legs from mid-calf to toes and a slight headache. Feel full, tired although that's probably from staying up so late last night and yet... excited to be on our way.
I will update later on from my blackberry.... or my computer once we're where there is internet again. Pray our vehicle holds together, the money holds out and so does our health and resolve. It is going to be rough being in such close proximity to Diet Coke....
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Day 9 - still amazed at the the battle...
Wow... had a great day, cleaned my van, and car, cleaned out cupboards and pantry, moved things around to better organize how things are done.... and still. Even after a brownie and ice cream, I'm craving diet coke and that's a mental thing not physical. Cleaning the car and the house with no diet coke.... such a thing has never happened up till last week and it's really affecting my mind when I want to run and grab a cold glass of bubbling fizzy diet coke and ice but am not allowed to enjoy that any longer.
My friend Lana said yesterday on facebook that it was that feeling that you deserve it and that's so true for me. Truely it was an addiction, a comfort food.... easy to get and nobody questioned it beyond letting you know that pop in general or more specifically diet coke was bad for you because of the aspartame. I drank it when I was happy, bored, tired, depressed, sad, excited, celebrating, mad, you name it... drank it to get through trips, housecleaning and even childbirth... yes I had one the minute I delivered both Zachary and Derikkah much to the nurses dismay! Some babies I drank it through labor, tried to quit during pregnancy but when blood pressure dropped, decided why not and it helped. I was rarely seen without one in my hand joking that if I drank booze, I'd be an alcoholic. In fact, that was something mom and I joked about before when we drank Pepsi! I've had at least 35 of my 45 years as a almost exclusive pop drinker so why wouldn't I be going through mental anguish right now at Day 9?!
So after all of that wonderful work filled day getting deep cleaning done that's needed doing for weeks but time and energy prevented me from just doing it.... I'm sitting on my bed begging Derk for a diet coke?! Of course he says no... He's quit real coke for as long as I have diet and he knows my battle. HE is not about to give in and let me have one now... and I think it's because I've been off it so long that I really feel like I'm deprived and safe from addiction to it, when inside I KNOW I'm not! I totally get people trying to quit smoking or drugs or alcohol... there's too many triggers... too many normal everyday situations where that was the the habit only now.... you can't buy that, order that... go there... do that...sigh....
Physically? I'm not hungry. That's the most noticible thing I think I've noticed about this. I'm NOT hungry. I have to almost force myself to eat supper when in the past I could go all day without eating but not supper....and also, I'm hungrier in the morning and at noon, but still, can't seem to get much down. I'm not interested in sweets as much either although I admit if you serve it to me... I'll eat it, but still... I gave away my last piece of turtle cheesecake to my son this afternoon and he looked at me like I was insane! lol.
I'm losing some weight too.... haven't measured again yet... don't have working scales and probably won't for awhile either. My littles love them waaaaay too much and tend to break every set we buy so we haven't for a while. Besides... Derk's weight loss has been measured by doctor's appts and the fact that his pants won't stay up and his pant legs are big enough for two people in them. He's gone down 4 pant sizes so far... and he's still losing.
My weight loss is measured only and at last measurement on Tuesday was about an inch here or there. All I know is my clothes fit looser. If only I could get myself to drink more during the day. I'm feeling faint, panicky at times and depressed or angry at the drop of a hat. Guess the temper is still there even once the red hair is gone eh? I'm nauseated most of the day which isn't fair since I've spent about 7.5 years of my marriage feeling this way due to pregnancy but then.... I got a baby in the end... AND diet coke... now I get neither. Derk and my friends assure me this will pass. I sure hope so... and soon!
See below for a list of side effects. I have so many of these it's not even funny. I know people debunk this all the time, but this is the very reason I'm blogging about this as I experience it. I don't know what to think... but I know how awful I felt or feel now, and figure either way I'll be helping my health and proving one or the other camp wrong!
According to Lendon Smith, M.D. there is an enormous population suffering from side effects associated with aspartame, yet have no idea why drugs, supplements and herbs don’t relieve their symptoms. Then, there are users who don’t ‘appear’ to suffer immediate reactions at all. Even these individuals are susceptible to the long-term damage caused by excitatory amino acids, phenylalanine, methanol, and DKP.
Adverse reactions and side effects of aspartame include:
Eye
blindness in one or both eyes
decreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night vision
pain in one or both eyes
decreased tears
trouble with contact lenses
bulging eyes
Ear
tinnitus - ringing or buzzing sound
severe intolerance of noise
marked hearing impairment
Neurologic
epileptic seizures
headaches, migraines and (some severe)
dizziness, unsteadiness, both
confusion, memory loss, both
severe drowsiness and sleepiness
paresthesia or numbness of the limbs
severe slurring of speech
severe hyperactivity and restless legs
atypical facial pain
severe tremors
Psychological/Psychiatric
severe depression
irritability
aggression
anxiety
personality changes
insomnia
phobias
Chest
palpitations, tachycardia
shortness of breath
recent high blood pressure
Gastrointestinal
nausea
diarrhea, sometimes with blood in stools
abdominal pain
pain when swallowing
Skin and Allergies
itching without a rash
lip and mouth reactions
hives
aggravated respiratory allergies such as asthma
Endocrine and Metabolic
loss of control of diabetes
menstrual changes
marked thinning or loss of hair
marked weight loss
gradual weight gain
aggravated low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
severe PMS
Other
frequency of voiding and burning during urination
excessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, and bloating
increased susceptibility to infection
Additional Symptoms of Aspartame Toxicity include the most critical symptoms of all
death
irreversible brain damage
birth defects, including mental retardation
peptic ulcers
aspartame addiction and increased craving for sweets
hyperactivity in children
severe depression
aggressive behavior
suicidal tendencies
Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Epstein-Barr
Post-Polio Syndrome
Lyme Disease
Grave’s Disease
Meniere’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
ALS
Epilepsy
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
EMS
Hypothyroidism
Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings
Fibromyalgia
Lupus
non-Hodgkins
Lymphoma
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
My friend Lana said yesterday on facebook that it was that feeling that you deserve it and that's so true for me. Truely it was an addiction, a comfort food.... easy to get and nobody questioned it beyond letting you know that pop in general or more specifically diet coke was bad for you because of the aspartame. I drank it when I was happy, bored, tired, depressed, sad, excited, celebrating, mad, you name it... drank it to get through trips, housecleaning and even childbirth... yes I had one the minute I delivered both Zachary and Derikkah much to the nurses dismay! Some babies I drank it through labor, tried to quit during pregnancy but when blood pressure dropped, decided why not and it helped. I was rarely seen without one in my hand joking that if I drank booze, I'd be an alcoholic. In fact, that was something mom and I joked about before when we drank Pepsi! I've had at least 35 of my 45 years as a almost exclusive pop drinker so why wouldn't I be going through mental anguish right now at Day 9?!
So after all of that wonderful work filled day getting deep cleaning done that's needed doing for weeks but time and energy prevented me from just doing it.... I'm sitting on my bed begging Derk for a diet coke?! Of course he says no... He's quit real coke for as long as I have diet and he knows my battle. HE is not about to give in and let me have one now... and I think it's because I've been off it so long that I really feel like I'm deprived and safe from addiction to it, when inside I KNOW I'm not! I totally get people trying to quit smoking or drugs or alcohol... there's too many triggers... too many normal everyday situations where that was the the habit only now.... you can't buy that, order that... go there... do that...sigh....
Physically? I'm not hungry. That's the most noticible thing I think I've noticed about this. I'm NOT hungry. I have to almost force myself to eat supper when in the past I could go all day without eating but not supper....and also, I'm hungrier in the morning and at noon, but still, can't seem to get much down. I'm not interested in sweets as much either although I admit if you serve it to me... I'll eat it, but still... I gave away my last piece of turtle cheesecake to my son this afternoon and he looked at me like I was insane! lol.
I'm losing some weight too.... haven't measured again yet... don't have working scales and probably won't for awhile either. My littles love them waaaaay too much and tend to break every set we buy so we haven't for a while. Besides... Derk's weight loss has been measured by doctor's appts and the fact that his pants won't stay up and his pant legs are big enough for two people in them. He's gone down 4 pant sizes so far... and he's still losing.
My weight loss is measured only and at last measurement on Tuesday was about an inch here or there. All I know is my clothes fit looser. If only I could get myself to drink more during the day. I'm feeling faint, panicky at times and depressed or angry at the drop of a hat. Guess the temper is still there even once the red hair is gone eh? I'm nauseated most of the day which isn't fair since I've spent about 7.5 years of my marriage feeling this way due to pregnancy but then.... I got a baby in the end... AND diet coke... now I get neither. Derk and my friends assure me this will pass. I sure hope so... and soon!
See below for a list of side effects. I have so many of these it's not even funny. I know people debunk this all the time, but this is the very reason I'm blogging about this as I experience it. I don't know what to think... but I know how awful I felt or feel now, and figure either way I'll be helping my health and proving one or the other camp wrong!
Aspartame Side EffectsThe components of aspartame can lead to a number of health problems, as you have read. Side effects can occur gradually, can be immediate, or can be acute reactions. |
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Adverse reactions and side effects of aspartame include:
Eye
blindness in one or both eyes
decreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night vision
pain in one or both eyes
decreased tears
trouble with contact lenses
bulging eyes
Ear
tinnitus - ringing or buzzing sound
severe intolerance of noise
marked hearing impairment
Neurologic
epileptic seizures
headaches, migraines and (some severe)
dizziness, unsteadiness, both
confusion, memory loss, both
severe drowsiness and sleepiness
paresthesia or numbness of the limbs
severe slurring of speech
severe hyperactivity and restless legs
atypical facial pain
severe tremors
Psychological/Psychiatric
severe depression
irritability
aggression
anxiety
personality changes
insomnia
phobias
Chest
palpitations, tachycardia
shortness of breath
recent high blood pressure
Gastrointestinal
nausea
diarrhea, sometimes with blood in stools
abdominal pain
pain when swallowing
Skin and Allergies
itching without a rash
lip and mouth reactions
hives
aggravated respiratory allergies such as asthma
Endocrine and Metabolic
loss of control of diabetes
menstrual changes
marked thinning or loss of hair
marked weight loss
gradual weight gain
aggravated low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
severe PMS
Other
frequency of voiding and burning during urination
excessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, and bloating
increased susceptibility to infection
Additional Symptoms of Aspartame Toxicity include the most critical symptoms of all
death
irreversible brain damage
birth defects, including mental retardation
peptic ulcers
aspartame addiction and increased craving for sweets
hyperactivity in children
severe depression
aggressive behavior
suicidal tendencies
Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Epstein-Barr
Post-Polio Syndrome
Lyme Disease
Grave’s Disease
Meniere’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
ALS
Epilepsy
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
EMS
Hypothyroidism
Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings
Fibromyalgia
Lupus
non-Hodgkins
Lymphoma
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Day 9 -A much MUCH better day!
This morning, I did my devotions and read not only 3 or 4 chapters... but 12!! Yes I did! I'm jumping around this year and also reading the correct date from Proverbs every day of the year so what day of the month it is... I read Proverbs that number chapter. Means I'll read almost every chapter every month of the year!
So... Proverbs, Psalms, Revelation and James are the books I'm in right now.
Anyway, once that was done, Ember was throwing a fit and fighting with everyone so suddenly a light of inspiration went on in my brain that was so craving diet coke yesterday and very very foggy. I instituted a Mom's Helper where one of my three littles... meaning Ember & Autumn-Rose my 7.5 yr old twins and my 5.5 yr old son Zachary will each have a day to help mom all day... So... they will wipe dishes, carry laundry back and forth, set and clear tables, put cream on mommy's sore aching feet and brush her hair.... with over 3 feet of it, and tendonitis so bad, it's really hard to just brush out all the time. And the feet... well always ALWAYS in burning pain. sigh...
So anyway... Em's putting away dishes and I ask her to wipe out one small cup cupboard since it was nearly empty anyway and once that's done, she asks to do a big corner cupboard that I've been avoiding and so has everyone else! I said no... I was too busy then changed my mind and we did it anyway. Then because there were dishes we don't normally use, I packed up a box for when the older kids move out and taped and labeled it and stashed it in my closet which has lots of space behind the clothes. That freed up a lot of space! I'm not near done... but it's a start and my mood is much improved over yesterday although I cannot see with or without my glasses on right now.
Got 3 loads of laundry done, 3 loads of dishes done including breakfast and then the work in the kitchen. So far so good... my lower abdomen has these wierd pains in it that I don't know what they are, but they come and go it seems and my legs are burning and stiff from mid-calf down to toes. The vision is terrible and I just tested my blood sugar levels. I have at least been drinking iced tea and by that... I mean Good Host Iced Tea is which is the only kind I like. Sugar is 4.8 so headed down unless I eat very soon. Usually once it gets under 5 I'm doomed if I don't eat within 15 minutes or so. Then it drops rapidly.
Feeling quite pleased with myself and all I've accomplished today even if the packing isn't totally done yet. There's still this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow for all of that I guess and I AM washing hubby's shirts and other clothing we'll need so not totally avoiding the packing thing. Funny how I avoid what I used to love!
So... Proverbs, Psalms, Revelation and James are the books I'm in right now.
Anyway, once that was done, Ember was throwing a fit and fighting with everyone so suddenly a light of inspiration went on in my brain that was so craving diet coke yesterday and very very foggy. I instituted a Mom's Helper where one of my three littles... meaning Ember & Autumn-Rose my 7.5 yr old twins and my 5.5 yr old son Zachary will each have a day to help mom all day... So... they will wipe dishes, carry laundry back and forth, set and clear tables, put cream on mommy's sore aching feet and brush her hair.... with over 3 feet of it, and tendonitis so bad, it's really hard to just brush out all the time. And the feet... well always ALWAYS in burning pain. sigh...
So anyway... Em's putting away dishes and I ask her to wipe out one small cup cupboard since it was nearly empty anyway and once that's done, she asks to do a big corner cupboard that I've been avoiding and so has everyone else! I said no... I was too busy then changed my mind and we did it anyway. Then because there were dishes we don't normally use, I packed up a box for when the older kids move out and taped and labeled it and stashed it in my closet which has lots of space behind the clothes. That freed up a lot of space! I'm not near done... but it's a start and my mood is much improved over yesterday although I cannot see with or without my glasses on right now.
Got 3 loads of laundry done, 3 loads of dishes done including breakfast and then the work in the kitchen. So far so good... my lower abdomen has these wierd pains in it that I don't know what they are, but they come and go it seems and my legs are burning and stiff from mid-calf down to toes. The vision is terrible and I just tested my blood sugar levels. I have at least been drinking iced tea and by that... I mean Good Host Iced Tea is which is the only kind I like. Sugar is 4.8 so headed down unless I eat very soon. Usually once it gets under 5 I'm doomed if I don't eat within 15 minutes or so. Then it drops rapidly.
Feeling quite pleased with myself and all I've accomplished today even if the packing isn't totally done yet. There's still this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow for all of that I guess and I AM washing hubby's shirts and other clothing we'll need so not totally avoiding the packing thing. Funny how I avoid what I used to love!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Day 8 - What kind of day will it be?
Well, so far, y daughter has borrowed money for gas to get to work, my husband is cranky and his cell phone wasn't charged last night so is dying on him, my 16 yr old is off to work for the day, going to Brunkild so no doubt will pass his dad who is at work in Carman... but not his sister who is in Emersen lol. Three different towns! Josh will go to work here in town this afternoon. That leaves me... with a clingy baby girl this morning who only wants her big brother Josh who wants to get his own things done... my 13, 11yr old daughters and my 7 yr old twin girls plus their 5 yr old brother to get a double paper route done. Oh and did I mention my van that is supposed to be fixed for our trip coming up soon but isn't.... still is leaking and my husband can't see where it's leaking from, but it overheats sigh....
So that's how this morning has gone thus far although I did get a cup of coffee a few minutes ago and finished my devotions or almost did before Ember started tormenting Zachary over a balloon left over from Kyla-Dawn's family party last night. SIGH.... one of THOSE days and my physical and mental state today says NO NO NO!
I've resisted the diet coke on two trips to the city now, but definitely am not enjoying not having it. I've passed a point where now I almost feel angry that I am being deprived and I think my resolve could go out the window very easily about now. I can't have a pop, can't have a gulp, can't order a drink at McDonalds... on and on it goes and it's really making me upset. I'm being extremely transparent here because I want to be able to look back and see how this all progressed. The first week it was like I can do this but I'm afraid I'll slip up. This week, it's already turning into all about me and how deprived I am. Never mind that it's my HEALTH at stake here.... and of course that's another issue altogether. The burning feet, my big toe that is searing with pain every step I take no matter if it's high heels, runners or bare feet! I'm so sick and tired of this pain pain pain all the time. I long for one day pain free! Wonder what it'd feel like?
Anyway... that's my rant for this morning and now that I've gotten it out.... I'm going to play a few facebook games for a bit and get my spirits up and then attack the house post party... and packing and all the other things I need to accomplish. Nobody is going to like it when they get home from work and find that they have to help with the route though. I simply can't walk today. sigh....
If you want to do something for me... pray for me.... for my attitude today, my coke addiction, my poor disabled van that's supposed to take us to Alberta in a few days....my cranky husband and children and definitely for our finances which are about to take a plunge again as the layoff that was given in May, then held off by various disgusting and dirty jobs no human being should have to undertake.... is now about to become reality. There is no work in this area at all. We've both applied for years over and over to different places... hundreds of them and work has simply dried up. What this means we don't yet know for sure... but something has to change and fast! So please help us pray for God's will and guidance in our lives.
So that's how this morning has gone thus far although I did get a cup of coffee a few minutes ago and finished my devotions or almost did before Ember started tormenting Zachary over a balloon left over from Kyla-Dawn's family party last night. SIGH.... one of THOSE days and my physical and mental state today says NO NO NO!
I've resisted the diet coke on two trips to the city now, but definitely am not enjoying not having it. I've passed a point where now I almost feel angry that I am being deprived and I think my resolve could go out the window very easily about now. I can't have a pop, can't have a gulp, can't order a drink at McDonalds... on and on it goes and it's really making me upset. I'm being extremely transparent here because I want to be able to look back and see how this all progressed. The first week it was like I can do this but I'm afraid I'll slip up. This week, it's already turning into all about me and how deprived I am. Never mind that it's my HEALTH at stake here.... and of course that's another issue altogether. The burning feet, my big toe that is searing with pain every step I take no matter if it's high heels, runners or bare feet! I'm so sick and tired of this pain pain pain all the time. I long for one day pain free! Wonder what it'd feel like?
Anyway... that's my rant for this morning and now that I've gotten it out.... I'm going to play a few facebook games for a bit and get my spirits up and then attack the house post party... and packing and all the other things I need to accomplish. Nobody is going to like it when they get home from work and find that they have to help with the route though. I simply can't walk today. sigh....
If you want to do something for me... pray for me.... for my attitude today, my coke addiction, my poor disabled van that's supposed to take us to Alberta in a few days....my cranky husband and children and definitely for our finances which are about to take a plunge again as the layoff that was given in May, then held off by various disgusting and dirty jobs no human being should have to undertake.... is now about to become reality. There is no work in this area at all. We've both applied for years over and over to different places... hundreds of them and work has simply dried up. What this means we don't yet know for sure... but something has to change and fast! So please help us pray for God's will and guidance in our lives.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Day 7!!! I've made it one whole week!
I nearly lost it last night. Went to Winnipeg with my daughter and we both were hungry and wanted to grab some rotten ronny's but I nearly went into hysterics because I wanted a cold fountain drink sooooooo badly! Everywhere we looked, there was COKE COKE and MORE COKE products and it was really getting me down! I was literally going into a frenzy thinking how I could control myself at a fast food resturant and NOT get a diet coke because that's just a normal thing for me. Order a number this or that and it comes with a drink sooooo nope can't do that anymore!
Once we got home all proud of how well I dealt with my intense cravings and habits that need to be changed when I go to the city... I discovered my darling 5 yr old son, had put that bottle of diet coke we were hiding in case of a freak out... in the fridge. Now if you know me.... that coke could have sat there for years and no matter how bad I flipped out over it... I'd not touch it because....... IT WAS WARM!!!! However............now it's in the FRIDGE and apparently had been for over 24 hours and so it was just the way I like it and ready for me, in my current state of mind to flip out and drink drink drink!!! I wanted to so badly!!! We'd bought some juice, I was craving orange juice with ice in it, so my hubby made that for me while I hid in the lazyboy refusing to look as I barked out commands. It went something like this....
DERWIN!!!!! OPEN THAT STUPID DIET COKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPLIT IT BETWEEN EVERYONE WHO LIKES IT AND LET EM DRINK IT! I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYBODY WITH IT SO THEY HAVE TO STAY BEHIND MY CHAIR (in dining room) AND HURRY WITH THAT JUICE!!!!!!!!
Luckily, my family understood and the kids enjoyed the diet coke which I feel bad for giving them, but I didn't want it where I could get ahold of it. Derk told me later he was going to take it to work and get rid of it on me the other day but couldn't find it..... there it was in the fridge all the time! SO..... it's gone... there's no more in this house and by God's grace, there won't BE any more in this house.
So we ordered a quarter ham (btw... if you don't want or like cheese... don't order a Quarter cheeseburger without cheese. They'll still charge the full price but if you order a quarter ham... apparently they don't. This was told to us at a drive through window) and Kyla-Dawn ordered a McChicken burger and we each got a dessert. Then we drove to St. Norbert's Macs where she got a drink for herself... some green tea thing I think... ick... and I got a DASANI water! My favorite brand if I must drink the stuff! I'm still choking down about 2 bottles of water a day. Wish I could up that amount, but hey... no diet coke AND 2 bottles of water is a great start right? Now that I'll be entering my second week.... maybe I can force a 3rd bottle of water in there somewhere.
Yesterday was more of a slower easier day for me. I didn't have to make supper, I didn't do any laundry and just put clothing where it needed to go, sorted out outfits etc. Then I went to the city where I walked from car to Partsource and back, into Winners where we walked around the store and then never got out of the car until we were home. It also was raining on and off so very damp. Here's the deal today after that activity.
I can hardly walk. My lower back has so much pressure in the spinal area I could hardly get out of bed.
My feet and ankles are burning with this sort of cold firelike pain and my knee is going to explode. My left wrist and elbow are so brittle feeling and I can hardly move my left elbow at all let alone straighten it out. My vision is not all that bad at the moment. My head is aching slightly with what I call a coffee headache. I sometimes can drink lots of coffee and be fine, or once in a while.... I feel almost high off of my first cup and then get a headache. Dunno what causes that! So today, I got in about a quarter of a cup before it hit and I left it alone. Needless to say, I'm not moving very fast.
Today is my firstborn child's 21st birthday can you believe it? Time has flown by and she's grown into a beautiful redhead whom I love very much. Heading back to bible college in a month for her 2nd year and we are so very proud of her! So besides everything on my plate for today... and no vehicle..... I need to put together a birthday dinner and celebration.
Gonna be a very busy day!!
Once we got home all proud of how well I dealt with my intense cravings and habits that need to be changed when I go to the city... I discovered my darling 5 yr old son, had put that bottle of diet coke we were hiding in case of a freak out... in the fridge. Now if you know me.... that coke could have sat there for years and no matter how bad I flipped out over it... I'd not touch it because....... IT WAS WARM!!!! However............now it's in the FRIDGE and apparently had been for over 24 hours and so it was just the way I like it and ready for me, in my current state of mind to flip out and drink drink drink!!! I wanted to so badly!!! We'd bought some juice, I was craving orange juice with ice in it, so my hubby made that for me while I hid in the lazyboy refusing to look as I barked out commands. It went something like this....
DERWIN!!!!! OPEN THAT STUPID DIET COKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPLIT IT BETWEEN EVERYONE WHO LIKES IT AND LET EM DRINK IT! I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYBODY WITH IT SO THEY HAVE TO STAY BEHIND MY CHAIR (in dining room) AND HURRY WITH THAT JUICE!!!!!!!!
Luckily, my family understood and the kids enjoyed the diet coke which I feel bad for giving them, but I didn't want it where I could get ahold of it. Derk told me later he was going to take it to work and get rid of it on me the other day but couldn't find it..... there it was in the fridge all the time! SO..... it's gone... there's no more in this house and by God's grace, there won't BE any more in this house.
So we ordered a quarter ham (btw... if you don't want or like cheese... don't order a Quarter cheeseburger without cheese. They'll still charge the full price but if you order a quarter ham... apparently they don't. This was told to us at a drive through window) and Kyla-Dawn ordered a McChicken burger and we each got a dessert. Then we drove to St. Norbert's Macs where she got a drink for herself... some green tea thing I think... ick... and I got a DASANI water! My favorite brand if I must drink the stuff! I'm still choking down about 2 bottles of water a day. Wish I could up that amount, but hey... no diet coke AND 2 bottles of water is a great start right? Now that I'll be entering my second week.... maybe I can force a 3rd bottle of water in there somewhere.
Yesterday was more of a slower easier day for me. I didn't have to make supper, I didn't do any laundry and just put clothing where it needed to go, sorted out outfits etc. Then I went to the city where I walked from car to Partsource and back, into Winners where we walked around the store and then never got out of the car until we were home. It also was raining on and off so very damp. Here's the deal today after that activity.
I can hardly walk. My lower back has so much pressure in the spinal area I could hardly get out of bed.
My feet and ankles are burning with this sort of cold firelike pain and my knee is going to explode. My left wrist and elbow are so brittle feeling and I can hardly move my left elbow at all let alone straighten it out. My vision is not all that bad at the moment. My head is aching slightly with what I call a coffee headache. I sometimes can drink lots of coffee and be fine, or once in a while.... I feel almost high off of my first cup and then get a headache. Dunno what causes that! So today, I got in about a quarter of a cup before it hit and I left it alone. Needless to say, I'm not moving very fast.
Today is my firstborn child's 21st birthday can you believe it? Time has flown by and she's grown into a beautiful redhead whom I love very much. Heading back to bible college in a month for her 2nd year and we are so very proud of her! So besides everything on my plate for today... and no vehicle..... I need to put together a birthday dinner and celebration.
Gonna be a very busy day!!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Day 6 - measurement changes
Today, I woke up with a slight headache and slightly nauseated but since my daughter had both yesterday, I'm figuring this isn't from the diet coke withdrawl.
Spent a restless night due to my cramping tight pressure filled legs. I get this alot and don't know why. Could it be from the aspartame symptoms? Who knows! I'm watching the phantom aches and pains closely however, to see if after some time off the coke, they go away. Wouldn't that be nice! I'm so stiff, when I rotate my ankles especially my left which is my good leg with no surgeries done ever, it feels brittle and cracking it feels extremely painful. Much more pain than before. Also that leg has been throbbing from ankle to thigh.
The right foot which has had surgery on all my toes and tendons 3 times, plus a partial amputation on the middle toe, is hurting too and burns and stings on the side of the big toe. Wondering what's causing that? Nothing new though. This type of pain has been an old friend.... enemy... since I was a child. Oh for one pain_free day!
My left elbow with the tendonitis in it... was doing fairly well but in the past two days of pulling clean wet clothing from the washer all day, has become very very sore and I can hardly move it. It feels extremely stiff and brittle too with that same pain my left ankle has. What is this?!? A friend has suggested chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia something I've looked into before and it could be... but I just wish they'd find out because some days the pain is more than I can bear!
I had two bottles of water yesterday and two glasses of chocolate milk. So far today.... on my first bottle of water.
Anyway, after my energetic blissful day yesterday, this one isn't as nice. I've done my devotions and my eyes were fine, but after eating, turned blurry and now they are bugging me. My oldest two boys are deciding to fight over a stupid pair of underwear and pants that neither of them will claim! I know one thing.... my husband has never fit that size in years and so guess what guys? Either one of you owns them, or it's one of your friend's clothing but either way you are responsible for them being in this house so figure it out before I blow my stack. Nothing more aggravating than hearing a almost 19 yr old fighting with his 16 yr old brother!!! Especially while my 14 month old daughter is throwing a fit over her nap and my 7 yr old twins and 10 yr old daughter not to mention their 5 yr old brother keep entering the room setting her off all over again! SIGH....
Well, this too shall pass... Doing some cleaning and updating this blog in between packing for our vacation. Trying to remember how I packed the 5 younger kids in one big suitcase, my hubby and I in a smaller one and the baby in a different bag last fall because I'm positive we had far more clothing in there then than we will need this time!!!
Oh and y 13 yr old daughter has informed me that the gigantic suitcase her 21 yr old (as of tomorrow) sister will be taking won't house all the clothing the two of them will need for a 4 day camp!!! hmmmmm we will see about that one!
Well time for some GOOD news! My bellybutton area has gone down a half inch, my bottom area an inch and my hips also an inch.
YAAAAAAY and the biggest news of all is that since this is since July 11th my first measuring time, but... in reality.... the biggest change has occurred since quitting diet coke last week and I measured July 18th so these changes are from then till now!
Spent a restless night due to my cramping tight pressure filled legs. I get this alot and don't know why. Could it be from the aspartame symptoms? Who knows! I'm watching the phantom aches and pains closely however, to see if after some time off the coke, they go away. Wouldn't that be nice! I'm so stiff, when I rotate my ankles especially my left which is my good leg with no surgeries done ever, it feels brittle and cracking it feels extremely painful. Much more pain than before. Also that leg has been throbbing from ankle to thigh.
The right foot which has had surgery on all my toes and tendons 3 times, plus a partial amputation on the middle toe, is hurting too and burns and stings on the side of the big toe. Wondering what's causing that? Nothing new though. This type of pain has been an old friend.... enemy... since I was a child. Oh for one pain_free day!
My left elbow with the tendonitis in it... was doing fairly well but in the past two days of pulling clean wet clothing from the washer all day, has become very very sore and I can hardly move it. It feels extremely stiff and brittle too with that same pain my left ankle has. What is this?!? A friend has suggested chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia something I've looked into before and it could be... but I just wish they'd find out because some days the pain is more than I can bear!
I had two bottles of water yesterday and two glasses of chocolate milk. So far today.... on my first bottle of water.
Anyway, after my energetic blissful day yesterday, this one isn't as nice. I've done my devotions and my eyes were fine, but after eating, turned blurry and now they are bugging me. My oldest two boys are deciding to fight over a stupid pair of underwear and pants that neither of them will claim! I know one thing.... my husband has never fit that size in years and so guess what guys? Either one of you owns them, or it's one of your friend's clothing but either way you are responsible for them being in this house so figure it out before I blow my stack. Nothing more aggravating than hearing a almost 19 yr old fighting with his 16 yr old brother!!! Especially while my 14 month old daughter is throwing a fit over her nap and my 7 yr old twins and 10 yr old daughter not to mention their 5 yr old brother keep entering the room setting her off all over again! SIGH....
Well, this too shall pass... Doing some cleaning and updating this blog in between packing for our vacation. Trying to remember how I packed the 5 younger kids in one big suitcase, my hubby and I in a smaller one and the baby in a different bag last fall because I'm positive we had far more clothing in there then than we will need this time!!!
Oh and y 13 yr old daughter has informed me that the gigantic suitcase her 21 yr old (as of tomorrow) sister will be taking won't house all the clothing the two of them will need for a 4 day camp!!! hmmmmm we will see about that one!
Well time for some GOOD news! My bellybutton area has gone down a half inch, my bottom area an inch and my hips also an inch.
YAAAAAAY and the biggest news of all is that since this is since July 11th my first measuring time, but... in reality.... the biggest change has occurred since quitting diet coke last week and I measured July 18th so these changes are from then till now!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Day 5!! Feeling better today
Well here it is only 9am and already I've gotten up, changed a very wet diaper, stripped my princess's bed and made mine, talked with my daughter before work, played with DeeDee and put in the first load of laundry. I've washed a load of dishes, put the load away from last night and tidied the kitchen, gotten all the kids up and folded a load of laundry from last night in the dryer. Now I'm on here updating my facebook and blog. Normally IF I were downstairs at this point, I'd be braindead but today I see to have some get up and go in me and so I'm getting up and going lol.
So much to do today. Ladies' meeting tonight at the church to prepare for, packing to begin, laundry to do if there's any left.... laundry room was pretty empty! YES!
So... here goes.... maybe I'll even get some cleaning done at the church today. I want to tackle the Office and it's shelves and closets next in my deep cleaning of the church. Last week, we did regular cleaning plus two storage cupboards and the pulpit area. Still so much I want to get done this month there yet and that means one week lol.
One thing though is the irritibility I've felt this past week. It's been over the top rage really inside and I'm positive I've let it out on my poor family. My husband who is quitting real coke also is grouchy and touchy. We knew that would happen but there was no way to just one of us quit at a time... so our poor family lol. They've been pretty understanding and have done more than usual around the house and Derk took all the kids out on Saturday giving me hours of time alone in the house. It was almost scary being here alone and not hearing ANYONE around making even the slightest noise! However, it was much needed and very very nice!
Today I feel almost cheerful again and am hoping it's because I've broken through this thing. Here's hoping the rest of that headache disappears and I can be the old me... the one with energy and purpose.... I hate feeling like an old lady, a crippled up person who can't do anything anymore or have any fun. I MAY be 45 but I certainly don't feel it mentally... physically perhaps about 85 but not mentally. I still feel in my early 20"s I think perhaps because Derikkah is as old as my first baby was at 25 and all these kids have kept me from getting too old before my time ha ha.... is that a good thing? Sure hope so!
btw... if you notice m words missing that m..... my keyboard has decided it wants to stick.
So much to do today. Ladies' meeting tonight at the church to prepare for, packing to begin, laundry to do if there's any left.... laundry room was pretty empty! YES!
So... here goes.... maybe I'll even get some cleaning done at the church today. I want to tackle the Office and it's shelves and closets next in my deep cleaning of the church. Last week, we did regular cleaning plus two storage cupboards and the pulpit area. Still so much I want to get done this month there yet and that means one week lol.
One thing though is the irritibility I've felt this past week. It's been over the top rage really inside and I'm positive I've let it out on my poor family. My husband who is quitting real coke also is grouchy and touchy. We knew that would happen but there was no way to just one of us quit at a time... so our poor family lol. They've been pretty understanding and have done more than usual around the house and Derk took all the kids out on Saturday giving me hours of time alone in the house. It was almost scary being here alone and not hearing ANYONE around making even the slightest noise! However, it was much needed and very very nice!
Today I feel almost cheerful again and am hoping it's because I've broken through this thing. Here's hoping the rest of that headache disappears and I can be the old me... the one with energy and purpose.... I hate feeling like an old lady, a crippled up person who can't do anything anymore or have any fun. I MAY be 45 but I certainly don't feel it mentally... physically perhaps about 85 but not mentally. I still feel in my early 20"s I think perhaps because Derikkah is as old as my first baby was at 25 and all these kids have kept me from getting too old before my time ha ha.... is that a good thing? Sure hope so!
btw... if you notice m words missing that m..... my keyboard has decided it wants to stick.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Day 4 - Headache in full force
All night my head felt like it would explode, my right leg has tensed up even more than it normally does during the night leaving me awake to tend my daughter at 4:10am with the way I was feeling and so tired that I changed her diaper leaning over her and ended up pulling my left shoulder muscle which happens very often. So... I showered in as hot a shower as I can stand... translation boiling as I love love LOVE hot water... and got ready for church. Had to leave the sanctuary and go sit in the back because my head hurt too much in the lights. Blood sugar must have been low too because I felt totally awful and had a chocolate bar which seemed to help.
After church, we drove Sis. Ruth home to St. Jean and headed back stopping at Bigway. As we left there, I got that pressure pain around my middle and up my left side front and back of my chest. Last time I had this, I ended up in the hospital. They said then that I had a bowel infection but I don't feel all the same things this time and am wondering if this is caused by the aspertame thing or something else?
I almost gave it up last night. There's a 2L of diet coke in my back hall and I was ready to come down and get it just to stop the headache. I've done that before and then resumed my no coke but decided not to this time and waited it out with a pillow over my head till morning. Honestly it's much harder this time!
Some good side effects....I am drinking more lemonade, iced tea and water... the skin on my arms isn't so dry and papery and I feel like I've tightened up a bit in the arms, fingers, hands, legs and feet departments anyway. Just enough probably for ME to notice... not everyone else sigh... although my girls say they can tell.
So... here I sit... recovering from whatever attack that was that hit me a half hour ago... and hoping and praying this awful headache will leave.
Still have another service to get through tonight.
After church, we drove Sis. Ruth home to St. Jean and headed back stopping at Bigway. As we left there, I got that pressure pain around my middle and up my left side front and back of my chest. Last time I had this, I ended up in the hospital. They said then that I had a bowel infection but I don't feel all the same things this time and am wondering if this is caused by the aspertame thing or something else?
I almost gave it up last night. There's a 2L of diet coke in my back hall and I was ready to come down and get it just to stop the headache. I've done that before and then resumed my no coke but decided not to this time and waited it out with a pillow over my head till morning. Honestly it's much harder this time!
Some good side effects....I am drinking more lemonade, iced tea and water... the skin on my arms isn't so dry and papery and I feel like I've tightened up a bit in the arms, fingers, hands, legs and feet departments anyway. Just enough probably for ME to notice... not everyone else sigh... although my girls say they can tell.
So... here I sit... recovering from whatever attack that was that hit me a half hour ago... and hoping and praying this awful headache will leave.
Still have another service to get through tonight.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Day 3 - Withdrawal is in full force
Oh my word! I've forgotten how bad day three can get. Well actually it all started up last night sometime if I'm honest...so day 2 as well then. All afternoon and evening I wanted diet coke SO SO SO bad. I resisted though and my grand total of drinks yesterday was a pitiful, 1 lemonade about 12 oz with ice, lots of it. 1.5 bottles of water with ice... lots and lots of it! 2.5 10 oz glasses of something we had at my birthday dinner and hubby recreated to take my mind off coke. Cranberry juice, Orange juice and some sprite which is technically pop, but doesn't have aspertame in it which is the big deal about the diet coke thing so is okay... although I'd rather not get into the habit of having ANY pop right now. This whole diet coke thing will also save us money if we can just QUIT pop in our house period rather than me finding something safer to transfer my loyalty to.
So... last night the urges for a Diet Coke were overwhelming and my hubby had to keep reminding me that I am strong enough to do this and that I've done it before. You see... HE can drink almost anything. I can't and am a pretty loyal one drink person and that's the way I've always been. When I was a kid, perhaps a few other kinds of pop here and there, but Regina water was horrid and we just soon started buying tons of Pepsi and that was my drink until I switched to Diet Coke after quitting Pepsi for 2 years. So I know this can be done, but the headache has started up and my eyes feel like they're being twisted out of my head!
All day yesterday and all night too, my left leg throbbed with a crippling pain, my left arm is kind of tingly today and my tendonitis in my left elbow is acting up so badly when I thought it had begun to heal at last! I had pressure around my middle, like the beginnings of a gall bladder attack last night but thankfully it went away. My breathing has been bad for the past two days which doesn't make any sense since the heat wave has broken here and these past two days have been less humid and cooler. Has to be the withdrawal. I guess I'm well preserved after drinking this stuff for 14 years!
This morning, except for the huge headache, foggy eyesight and throbbing muscles in my shoulders and back, not sure where or why that came.... I feel anxious to get some things done around here.
Oh... the best part right now..... I AM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! First time alone in this house since I couldn't tell you when! I can hear the dryer flipping clothes around in the back hall which is the very back of our house and I am sitting here in the very front! Now that's a rare thing because the kids make SO much noise all of the time.
I know this quiet won't last for long.... maybe a half hour to an hour.... so I'm going to enjoy it to the fullest! The only thing bothering me is.... where do I start? A long hot bath? Clean up breakfast messes? Go upstairs and read? Start packing for our vacation coming right up? Decisions... Decisions... but I'm NOT going for that bottle of coke hidden in the back hall so I don't see it. It was still full when I started this and we just put it away for extreme freak outs and there will be some.... but can I still keep that bottle unopened until they end and I have broken my addiction because that IS what it is... an addiction I guess.... to diet coke? We'll see!
So... last night the urges for a Diet Coke were overwhelming and my hubby had to keep reminding me that I am strong enough to do this and that I've done it before. You see... HE can drink almost anything. I can't and am a pretty loyal one drink person and that's the way I've always been. When I was a kid, perhaps a few other kinds of pop here and there, but Regina water was horrid and we just soon started buying tons of Pepsi and that was my drink until I switched to Diet Coke after quitting Pepsi for 2 years. So I know this can be done, but the headache has started up and my eyes feel like they're being twisted out of my head!
All day yesterday and all night too, my left leg throbbed with a crippling pain, my left arm is kind of tingly today and my tendonitis in my left elbow is acting up so badly when I thought it had begun to heal at last! I had pressure around my middle, like the beginnings of a gall bladder attack last night but thankfully it went away. My breathing has been bad for the past two days which doesn't make any sense since the heat wave has broken here and these past two days have been less humid and cooler. Has to be the withdrawal. I guess I'm well preserved after drinking this stuff for 14 years!
This morning, except for the huge headache, foggy eyesight and throbbing muscles in my shoulders and back, not sure where or why that came.... I feel anxious to get some things done around here.
Oh... the best part right now..... I AM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! First time alone in this house since I couldn't tell you when! I can hear the dryer flipping clothes around in the back hall which is the very back of our house and I am sitting here in the very front! Now that's a rare thing because the kids make SO much noise all of the time.
I know this quiet won't last for long.... maybe a half hour to an hour.... so I'm going to enjoy it to the fullest! The only thing bothering me is.... where do I start? A long hot bath? Clean up breakfast messes? Go upstairs and read? Start packing for our vacation coming right up? Decisions... Decisions... but I'm NOT going for that bottle of coke hidden in the back hall so I don't see it. It was still full when I started this and we just put it away for extreme freak outs and there will be some.... but can I still keep that bottle unopened until they end and I have broken my addiction because that IS what it is... an addiction I guess.... to diet coke? We'll see!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Day 2 Blues
Okay.... think this withdrawal thing is really kicking into high gear. Really want a coke so badly! Not giving in though so that's good. I'm exhausted to the point where I think I'm going to need to lie down for awhile. Head is sort of throbbing dully in the back of my aching sore, and very blurry eyes. Jenaya is going to start serving water to me... ice water because that's the ONLY way I can stand it. I detest water! I won't get it for myself and am finding I have no get up and go although I did last week.... no desire to accomplish anything and sort of an overall feeling of blahhhhh which I know from previous attempts to ditch sugar or coke, always happens to me and the only thing to do is fight through it. After today and tomorrow.... things should get better.... I hope anyway! As of right now... it's been 36 hrs and 45 minutes diet coke free.
Day 2
It's 9:27am and I slept in until almost 8:30 this morning when my daughter woke me up. I played with Derikkah awhile in my bed then dressed and woke the other children. Already this morning, my vision is cloudy, my body is aching like you wouldn't believe from head to toe, and I can hardly stand on my legs which are throbbing and burning with this cold burning feeling. Slight headache, foggy brain and man do I need coffee!! At this time, I've been diet coke free for 33.5 hrs and the desire to have one is definitely growing stronger. This listless feeling isn't very fun that's for sure and my breathing seems harder this morning although my asthma hasn't really been all that bad through the entire heat wave but today, now that it's cooler it is acting up? sigh... Going to eat some hashbrowns here and have that coffee I didn't get yet. My little princess is playing beside me and I need to WAKE UP! lol
Day 1 - Successful!
Yesterday I started y journey to quit diet coke and hopefully get my health back. I have no idea if the things you read online are true or not, the hoax busting sites seem to say they are not true, but yet.... I've been drinking this stuff exclusively for about 14 years and have so many symptoms that these sites declare are from aspartame.
So.... each day I will doccument my symptoms, how I feel mentally, physically and also if I had any diet coke or not. I will be totally honest with you and myself on here and hopefully we will see some changes for the better...if not... I'll probably go back to drinking pop again.
I should mention, that if I'm not allowed to drink pop, then my family isn't either at least.... not in my house or sight. My diabetic husband shouldn't be drinking pop at all so he has promised not to drink any real coke either or as my children refer to it.... dad's coke or mom's coke. It's that bad folks. I'm figuring I can drink at LEAST a 2L of Diet Coke per day. Sometimes more, a LOT more if I get the chance.
So.... July 21st marked the first day of this strange journey.
Yesterday, I felt foggy in my brain all day, wandering here and there and not really remembering why I was doing things... yet... at times got things accomplished like....some clean laundry folded and sorted as to what will be packed for camp, what could be sent to the kids' rooms etc. I did my devotions which went well, had a tiny and I do mean tiny piece of turtle cheesecake for breakfast with a cup of coffee, cream and 2 sugar and later on, iced tea and lemonade and 1 bottle of water....ick. Not a great start, but still it was one nonetheless. Had French Toast for lunch and pork chops, whipped potatoes, peas, tomato casserole and bread n' butter something I was craving yesterday but don't usually have at meals anymore much.
Later I passed up icecream!
Ankle aching, leg throbbing, back throbbing and headache coming and going at times. However, I'd been out late the night before celebrating my 45th bday and so all the heat of this past week, plus the later night could be part of how I felt all day.
End result.... NO DIET COKE! 24 hours diet coke free!
So.... each day I will doccument my symptoms, how I feel mentally, physically and also if I had any diet coke or not. I will be totally honest with you and myself on here and hopefully we will see some changes for the better...if not... I'll probably go back to drinking pop again.
I should mention, that if I'm not allowed to drink pop, then my family isn't either at least.... not in my house or sight. My diabetic husband shouldn't be drinking pop at all so he has promised not to drink any real coke either or as my children refer to it.... dad's coke or mom's coke. It's that bad folks. I'm figuring I can drink at LEAST a 2L of Diet Coke per day. Sometimes more, a LOT more if I get the chance.
So.... July 21st marked the first day of this strange journey.
Yesterday, I felt foggy in my brain all day, wandering here and there and not really remembering why I was doing things... yet... at times got things accomplished like....some clean laundry folded and sorted as to what will be packed for camp, what could be sent to the kids' rooms etc. I did my devotions which went well, had a tiny and I do mean tiny piece of turtle cheesecake for breakfast with a cup of coffee, cream and 2 sugar and later on, iced tea and lemonade and 1 bottle of water....ick. Not a great start, but still it was one nonetheless. Had French Toast for lunch and pork chops, whipped potatoes, peas, tomato casserole and bread n' butter something I was craving yesterday but don't usually have at meals anymore much.
Later I passed up icecream!
Ankle aching, leg throbbing, back throbbing and headache coming and going at times. However, I'd been out late the night before celebrating my 45th bday and so all the heat of this past week, plus the later night could be part of how I felt all day.
End result.... NO DIET COKE! 24 hours diet coke free!
Saturday, July 16, 2011
COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!!
I am turning 45 years old next week and due to complications and health issues during the pregnancy and birth of my 9th baby, I after two decades exactly of bearing children am no longer able to do so. SO.... I've decided that now that my baby girl is one year old and counting....I will be 45 on July 20th and I am minus my gall bladder..... it's time to give myself the present my body wants. That is GOOD HEALTH!
As most of my friends and family know...I've been a nothing but pop drinker since I was little. First pepsi most of my childhood and teen years, then a brief 2 year break in which we quit drinking pop after we were married, then began the diet sprite for a year, then diet coke where I fell in love with this wonderful drink and announced we'd never part! I'd guess that was about 14 years ago. At least..... and so I drink nothing but my morning cup of coffee.........the odd lemonade or ice tea which mostly bothered me while pregnant or having gall bladder attacks so was limited.........and diet coke.
Diet COKE all day long.... never an empty glass like someone else would drink water. As soon as the coffee was finished in the morning.... the diet coke glass was filled and my day began.
There's lots of info online about aspartame poisoning and then there's lots to debunk it. However, I have lots of the symptoms that they declare part of aspartame poisoning and so..... I'm either going to debunk that myth or prove it right and debunk the people who say it's not true that it is harmful, but either way... what I am about to attempt..........is.............:
Break my personal addiction to DIET COKE
Get my body healthier, even if it's not aspartame poisoning as people think.... it still dehydrates you and I have symptoms of that too.
Because of my quitting pop, so are my children and my husband who has diabetes and needs to stop drinking coke especially because his IS the real thing not the diet version!
They also claim that people actually crave sweet things because of drinking diet drinks and Lord knows I do so hopefully this will help with that too.
I'm also going to attempt to eat right, less and definitely less sweet things.
The other thing I'm going to attempt, is exercise although it will be very hard for me to do regularly because I have one good day and then crash for 2 or 3 bad days before I can try again.
So... when does it all begin?
My daughter turns 10 on July 19th and I'm 45 the next day, then I have two more birthdays July 27th and August 10th, but The morning after my birthday..... I am going to start at least the coke and trying to eat better except for some cake on the bdays.
I'll try to keep this blog updated because I want a record of this experiment and need accountability!
Here goes.....wish me luck and PRAY for me!!! Maybe my family who will have to endure my irritability and headaches that come with trying to quit diet coke every other time.
As most of my friends and family know...I've been a nothing but pop drinker since I was little. First pepsi most of my childhood and teen years, then a brief 2 year break in which we quit drinking pop after we were married, then began the diet sprite for a year, then diet coke where I fell in love with this wonderful drink and announced we'd never part! I'd guess that was about 14 years ago. At least..... and so I drink nothing but my morning cup of coffee.........the odd lemonade or ice tea which mostly bothered me while pregnant or having gall bladder attacks so was limited.........and diet coke.
Diet COKE all day long.... never an empty glass like someone else would drink water. As soon as the coffee was finished in the morning.... the diet coke glass was filled and my day began.
There's lots of info online about aspartame poisoning and then there's lots to debunk it. However, I have lots of the symptoms that they declare part of aspartame poisoning and so..... I'm either going to debunk that myth or prove it right and debunk the people who say it's not true that it is harmful, but either way... what I am about to attempt..........is.............:
Break my personal addiction to DIET COKE
Get my body healthier, even if it's not aspartame poisoning as people think.... it still dehydrates you and I have symptoms of that too.
Because of my quitting pop, so are my children and my husband who has diabetes and needs to stop drinking coke especially because his IS the real thing not the diet version!
They also claim that people actually crave sweet things because of drinking diet drinks and Lord knows I do so hopefully this will help with that too.
I'm also going to attempt to eat right, less and definitely less sweet things.
The other thing I'm going to attempt, is exercise although it will be very hard for me to do regularly because I have one good day and then crash for 2 or 3 bad days before I can try again.
So... when does it all begin?
My daughter turns 10 on July 19th and I'm 45 the next day, then I have two more birthdays July 27th and August 10th, but The morning after my birthday..... I am going to start at least the coke and trying to eat better except for some cake on the bdays.
I'll try to keep this blog updated because I want a record of this experiment and need accountability!
Here goes.....wish me luck and PRAY for me!!! Maybe my family who will have to endure my irritability and headaches that come with trying to quit diet coke every other time.
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