Thoughts on the year to come....

Knowledge is power.

I've posted on this guy before (http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/01/28/kqeds-forum-dr-robert-lustigs-war-on-sugar/) and he really can go to great lengths to demonstrate how sugar is as addictive as anything else and how the body reacts to sugar on a chemical level and really what a downward spiral that eating sugary foods can start. (Highly recommend anyone with an interest listen to this guy at the link above).

Anyhow, with all this knowledge in mind, last year I started drinking coke again (my favorite, I love it more than beer-sad but true). In fact you can see a coke in my new picture at the top of my facebook page (purposely planned for it to be there and put it up so I see it whenever I go on my facebook page). It tastes so good to me and is really quite a treat.

So here it is, putting it out there for you to mock me if I fail: I am quitting sugary soda (again). Instead, I will go back and drink my club soda's and perrier's. Also, I will limit candy and ice cream to one serving a week (should be easy to do even better than that). No fast food (McDonalds/Wendy's/French Fries, etc) (very easy to do this, just stick/have some fruit in the car).

Hopefully I will do more in the exercise department, but I probably won't so I just will keep that separate...

I'm going to peg myself at +/-230 right now. Doctor says I should shoot for 200 (but I just don't see this happening!). I will see where that goes in the months to come.

So either I will be a success or a failure and now you will know it when you see me.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/the-sugar-addiction-taboo/282699/