The trixie/matchman CUT THE CRAP challenge (Page 5)

I hate to admit this but I was addicted (or thought I was) to Cheez-its for a couple of years and I couldn't break the habit.  It consumed me.  I had two small bowls every night while I watched Law & Order.  All day I would think about when I could go home, get in my pjs, sit in my chair that rocks a little, watch L&O, and eat my cheez-its. It was a bit crazy. Anyway, it was difficult to break but I had a friend who does hypnosis and she hypnotized (sp) me and we talked about cheez-its and fatty salty foods in general and I haven't eaten them since.  I often think about them when I pass them at the store but I haven't bought another box yet.

It feels good to talk about it   Seriously, though, It was very hard to kick such a stupid habit. I'm assuming it's what crack is like to kick.  I had to go get outside help. GEEZ!

msailer - 2008-05-19 11:42 AM

jschmitchicago - 2008-05-19 12:04 PM Diet Coke is a horrible addiction to kick.  I've been trying for two months now!  I think it's so hard because it allows me to feel like I'm having a "treat" without having any calories.  But I know the aspartame is not doing my body any good, so it needs to go.

I just a bit of digging on Wikipedia about aspartame. This stuff is really, really bad for you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AspartameFrom Wikipdeia "Upon ingestion, aspartame breaks down into several residual chemicals, including aspartic acid, phenylalanine, methanol, and further breakdown products including formaldehyde, formic acid, and a diketopiperazine." The part about it becoming formaldehyde is most disturbing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormaldehydeRead this, it is most disturbing! Even more incentive not to drink Diet Coke.

I think I'm going to print out this info from Wikipedia and hang it on the wall at work.  Every time I reach for a DC, I'll look at this description of aspartame and be DISGUSTED!!  Thanks msailer!

msailer - 2008-05-19 12:42 PM

jschmitchicago - 2008-05-19 12:04 PM Diet Coke is a horrible addiction to kick. I've been trying for two months now! I think it's so hard because it allows me to feel like I'm having a "treat" without having any calories. But I know the aspartame is not doing my body any good, so it needs to go.

I just a bit of digging on Wikipedia about aspartame. This stuff is really, really bad for you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AspartameFrom Wikipdeia "Upon ingestion, aspartame breaks down into several residual chemicals, including aspartic acid, phenylalanine, methanol, and further breakdown products including formaldehyde, formic acid, and a diketopiperazine." The part about it becoming formaldehyde is most disturbing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormaldehydeRead this, it is most disturbing! Even more incentive not to drink Diet Coke.

People CAN break down small amounts of formaldehyde - like the amount that you would ingest by drinking Diet Coke.  It's much more than that and you get problems. 

I had a bad aspartame incident while training for my second mary.  Drank diet pepsi non stop and on a few runs I would have my forehead, lips and part of my hands go numb.  After much research and testing the doc decided that it was related to the diet pop, seems sometimes aspartame when sitting on shelves, especially in extreme heat, changes its properties and ingesting large amounts of it can cause some weird stuff to happen to the body.

Who knows if it was the case but I dropped the DP and the symptoms went away.

That's why I drink regular cherry pepsi 

I have a nasty reaction but not anaphylactic shock like I do with morphine.

I sucked all weekend long.  First a long car ride... never good for me on the eating front.  Including fast food.  Both ways.  Sigh.

 Then I hit cramps and sooper cravings - while at my mom's.  Yeah, she babied me.  So I ate crap AND didn't work out. 

Whoever said it's lots of little choices is totally right.  I'm not winning this challenge, but I might win a few battles in this war before I'm done.

Working verrrrrry late tonight and working even harder to avoid snacking. MUST. NOT. EAT. CRAP.

I already scored a victory tonight. I turned down yummy chocolate chip cookies at rehearsal tonight. How do I know they're yummy? Well, I just do. These are things I know. You can judge a cookie based on appearances, you know. I guess that makes me a cookie bigot.

Fred, is all of this information enough to make you finally give up the diet drink

I never would have been able to stop at 4

msailer - 2008-05-20 10:27 AM No Diet Coke for 48 hours! Woo Hoo! But, my head is killing me. Black Coffee didn't help. It was so hard last night, not to pull out the bottle of DC. Just drank water all evening. I know I can do this

NIIIIICE. You can do it.  just a few more days of the worst headache ever and you'll be good as new!! 

msailer - 2008-05-20 10:27 AM No Diet Coke for 48 hours! Woo Hoo! But, my head is killing me. Black Coffee didn't help. It was so hard last night, not to pull out the bottle of DC. Just drank water all evening. I know I can do this

That's where I'm at too.  My head is killing me today!   

Good day, no whammies, no whammies....