Goodbye Coca-Cola and Gigantic Portions of Food

So, I was laying in bed last night unable to sleep with excruciating heart burn and my heart was beating so rapidly I thought I might die. The reason for my misery was my love of soda! In a time span of about four hours (before bed) I drank about four cans of soda! I also ate a pretty big frozen pizza for lunch/dinner. At about 8:00 Rob was hungry, he asked if I'd make breakfast bowls, so I did. I made myself a bowl too. It was delicious, fried potatoes, scrambled eggs, sausage, cheese and a buttload of homemade gravy! But, I wasn't really hungry. I ended up giving it away to the girls. I ate like a horse yesterday and drank WAY too much soda.

I have decided that I really do need to give up my addiction to sweet liquid gold! I can't keep drinking so much soda, it's bad for me and it's keeping me from sleeping. When I was a kid I never drank soda and guess what, I never had a cavity. As an adult, I can drink my body weight in soda, and I have the cavities to prove it now. So, as I sit here with a can right next to me, I will start by cutting back how much I drink each day. Once the 12-pack that's eyeballing me is gone I will be done! FOREVER.

I also need to stop eating like a man! I don't know why I do it, maybe because I grew up poor and hungry, but I feel like I have to get "my share" of the food. When we go to a fast food place I feel the need to order as much food as Rob, if he orders two burritos and a taco, I feel like I should eat that much too, so it's fair. It's really a bizarre way of looking at food and it's what is making me so fat! Last night is a perfect example, I was completely full after eating the frozen pizza but decided to eat again because Rob was hungry. I even tried to eat as much as him the second time around, my breakfast bowl was almost as big as his. And, if I didn't hate scrambled eggs as much as I do, I probably would have finished that sucker! So, starting today I will eat like a normal person, not a death row inmate enjoying his last meal!

I say "goodbye" Coca-Cola, you have been my tasty best friend for so many years!

photo courtesy of: about.com

And, goodbye heaping helpings of delicious food. You have made me feel so full for so, so long!

This is from Thanksgiving 2012. Notice that I actually have two plates here, the "main" plate and my plate with the roll and green beans.

The good thing about these changes is I do love healthy food. I just don't eat it very often because no one else in this house likes it. I will definitely be able to eat better for breakfast and lunch. For dinner, I will probably eat the same unhealthy things as my family but now I will eat smaller portions and load up on veggies!