Jeff is a Senior in High School/Summer/POP/Diet

So the other day I went to go register Jeff for school he made it to his 12th year! I just looked at the lady and said lucky him he is still alive! She said I know what you mean most parents say that to us. I am so excited for him. He has been very busy he has a girlfriend who is in the 11th grade. She comes from a very good Mormon family and they just love him to death. I think he will do great this year sense his one friend is off to the Military and his other friend is leaving on his Mission in November so he can concentrate on seeing the end of this.

Visit From Sisters & la-la-
As of other news it was so nice to have Janet and Judy come visit. I am so glad they got to see where I lived and worked. I am proud of myself and my accomplishment's and hope they see me in a different lite now, that maybe I am not such a bad person after all. I just loved getting to meet La La finally! Judy I still think she might have left La La with me for a day then you would have had to come back for him. Your kids are very beautiful children! Janet your kids are so down to earth you have done well. If any of you have time stop in I would love to see you!

As for my Pop & Caffeine intake here it goes. Ok so this has been a hard road to tread this past 2 weeks but I made it! I have lost 6 pounds. Don't think for a minute I don't crave pop. It is so funny last nite my girlfriend was over and we decided to make cookies and I had one just the taste brought back the taste of that Pepsi with chocolate. I had a glass of water instead. I found that if I am really craving Pepsi I drink a glass of 1% milk. It helps for some reason.

The next 2 weeks I am going to work on walking my 2-4 miles at least 5 days a week. Who knows maybe I will 7 days a week. Today is not a good day for me start it for I look at Sunday my lazy day. I will come Monday it is like work to me.

I can't wait for my surgery for the problems I am having will make me feel so much better about me.

Diet:
I just want to share a few diet things I do that helps: Eat Breakfast! Eat a small lunch like I eat cottage cheese & tomato's with 16oz of V-8 juice. Dinner indulge yourself with real foods. Don't be afraid to have a Mc D's Cheeseburger. Drink lots of water and have at least 2 glasses of 1% of milk a day. KEEP A DIARY Be Honest of what you had! OVer all watch your stomach getting smaller and making it hard for you to eat as much as you use to!

My next big thing is QUITING SMOKING Oct 1! I'm going cold turkey like I did pop!

Caffeine & Soda Pop Free

Hello Everyone,
I have been busy this summer but will tell you more about later!

But wait there is big news for me........ I have made it 5 days with no caffeine or pop for 5 days and it has been hard. I have also lost 4 pounds which I need to loose a total of 15 for surgery Nov 2, 2009. I do want to share this experience of no Pepsi or diet coke with all of you if you ever think of doing it.

As most people know I drank more then a 12 pack of pop a day. Then I went to the Dr and he says I need some major surgery but before he can do it I have to do a few things.

1. Stop drinking anything with caffeine
2. loose 15 pounds
3. Go on a strict diet of eating better
4. Cut back or quit smoking

These are all things that have caused me to now have surgery for my issues at such a young age, He said usually the woman is 59 not 39 when he does this. So I took him serous and I changed my life style. One other thing he said walking every night is not going to help me loose the weight.

So here is my journey:

1. Day 1 I had migraines like no other migraine. I could not bear the pain I had to sleep and hope for the best. The migraine came on about 4pm. Drank tons of water!
2. Day 2 Migraine was back about 4pm and started to 2 sweat bullets. I wanted to drink a pop so bad. I drank a glass of milk which I NEVER do. I became very tired and went to sleep until 8pm and then got up and started the migraine and sweating all over again. I drank tons of water today.
3. Day 3 I was so tired at work I thought. I had no energy then by the time I got home the mother of all migraines came and so did the throwing up and sweating and I knew then I was doomed and just decided to cry it out saying if this is what detox is like then I never want to do this again. MY friend Mick was there to help and said how can I help I said I just need a Pepsi. He had a coke there and said would a little sip help? I said that's like asking a alcholic if they just want a shot of whiskey. NO I do not need nothing I will be OK. Drank tons of water and some milk
4. Day 4 I took migraine medicine at 3pm and didn't wait for the migraine to come. It was great. Drank a couple glasses of milk
5. Day 5 No migraine today. More energy, but feel depressed. Took a long drive and wanted the Pepsi but had my water. I seem to crave the pop at night more then any other time of the day. Maybe because I am not busy.

Hopefully I am on the downside of the detox of it all. I watch everything I eat and make sure no caffeine is in anything, I stay away from chocolate because I know it has some. I eat breakfast every morning ( special K cereal measured out and a fat free yogurt. High protein shake for lunch and a healthy dinner some days.) I snack on special k bars. their not bad at all.

After 30 days of making sure I got through my soda issue I am hopefully quiting smoking. I can only tackle one issue at a time. If I did it all at once it would probably killed me. SO I know I can over come one big addiction I can do another. NO get me wrong I never through out the pepsi or diet coke in my home it is all there still. I just dont have a desire to drink it anymore and feel like if I threw it out I would have wanted it more. So it's still there for anyone who comes to visit.