today as i was catchin up on all my favorite blogs, i was so happy to hear about stace, over at the highway hags, doin so well on her plan to kick this diabetes thing in the butt.....she's got a diet plan that sounds like it's workin for her and i'm high-5'n her for her efforts.....i thrive on her success and consider it partly mine too, because it reinforces my hopefullness that good health can be achieved out here on the road..........tho i'm a long way from any of my goals, one of the things i've found that has helped me the most was cuttin back on the diet coke.....i used to be addicted.....to the point that brad would break into a sweat at the thought of bein couped up in the truck with me if the cooler was runnin short on it......but, unfortunately it didn't take long, once i started keepin track of my blood sugar, to realize that the diet coke made it shoot up.....so i pretty much went cold turkey ....drinking water, tea and coffee......i've never been much for the fruity drinks....most of them always left a bad taste in my mouth.....but one day i was standing in a truckstop, staring at the shelves in the cooler, tryin to come up with something new, when i realized sobe had a new line out.....lifewaters......and alot of them are 0 calories.......even the ones that aren't are only about 100 calories a bottle........i'm still basically a water drinker, but these are a nice little treat when you need some flavor.....they're crisp and there's no aftertaste......my favorites are the black and blue berry, the mango tangerine and the fuji apple pear......check them out and let me know what ya think......Thursday, July 16, 2009
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today as i was catchin up on all my favorite blogs, i was so happy to hear about stace, over at the highway hags, doin so well on her plan to kick this diabetes thing in the butt.....she's got a diet plan that sounds like it's workin for her and i'm high-5'n her for her efforts.....i thrive on her success and consider it partly mine too, because it reinforces my hopefullness that good health can be achieved out here on the road..........tho i'm a long way from any of my goals, one of the things i've found that has helped me the most was cuttin back on the diet coke.....i used to be addicted.....to the point that brad would break into a sweat at the thought of bein couped up in the truck with me if the cooler was runnin short on it......but, unfortunately it didn't take long, once i started keepin track of my blood sugar, to realize that the diet coke made it shoot up.....so i pretty much went cold turkey ....drinking water, tea and coffee......i've never been much for the fruity drinks....most of them always left a bad taste in my mouth.....but one day i was standing in a truckstop, staring at the shelves in the cooler, tryin to come up with something new, when i realized sobe had a new line out.....lifewaters......and alot of them are 0 calories.......even the ones that aren't are only about 100 calories a bottle........i'm still basically a water drinker, but these are a nice little treat when you need some flavor.....they're crisp and there's no aftertaste......my favorites are the black and blue berry, the mango tangerine and the fuji apple pear......check them out and let me know what ya think......
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I have not seen those at the truck stops. Will have to look again. Do you like Green Tea? It is really good for you also and I have found a way I like Green Tea without having to carry lots of extra bottles are paying and exorbitant amount for a bottle. Buy green tea bags and just drop them in a bottle of water! No mess no fuss just good taste. Now if I could get Bob off of Diet Pepsi
I've only managed to cut my Diet Coke drinking in half. The other half I've replaced with ... ugh ... water. Water's okay, I guess, but it doesn't keep you going when you've had three hours sleep (thanks to crappy New Mexico roads) and you now have to drive 10 hours.
I have no idea if DC makes my BS shoot up. Hope not. Good for you in giving it up. High five back atcha.
For me, it's Diet Pepsi. I try and stop drinking it every now and then - but wind up with it again. It is the fizz and the burn that I can't find in anything other than diet colas. I did try the Fuji Apple Pear and loved it. Bought some for the truck, but still can't find a way to give up the Diet Pepsi. Oh well . . .
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