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Start to remove all soda from daily consumption.
Continue:
Continue with the 60 oz water a day.
Continue to keep out energy drinks from daily consumption.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The cost of energy drinks for me
This was a daily habit. A drink for breakfast, which in some cases led to a drink in the afternoon.
My morning favorite was a drink Rockstar Energy Punched .
More details about what it delivers to your body: http://skipthepie.org/beverages/energy-drink-rockstar/
Now, where I was purchasing this, it went for $2.99 USD, which with tax came too approximately $3.20 USD.
5 days a week with 1 a day = $16
5 days a week with 2 a day = $32
Let's say that on my best behavior, on average, I spent $16 a week on energy drinks. That breaks down to : $64 / month; $768 /year.
That's almost $1,000 strictly on something that actually wasn't providing any benefits to my body as far as legitimate fuel.
Seeing these figures only inspired me more to cut them out.
My big hurtle is that canned 12 oz sodas are free at work. Ouch. 1 can of that can be just as bad.
My morning favorite was a drink Rockstar Energy Punched .
More details about what it delivers to your body: http://skipthepie.org/beverages/energy-drink-rockstar/
Now, where I was purchasing this, it went for $2.99 USD, which with tax came too approximately $3.20 USD.
5 days a week with 1 a day = $16
5 days a week with 2 a day = $32
Let's say that on my best behavior, on average, I spent $16 a week on energy drinks. That breaks down to : $64 / month; $768 /year.
That's almost $1,000 strictly on something that actually wasn't providing any benefits to my body as far as legitimate fuel.
Seeing these figures only inspired me more to cut them out.
My big hurtle is that canned 12 oz sodas are free at work. Ouch. 1 can of that can be just as bad.
Week 1
Week of Feb. 17th, 2014
This week went well.
Monday and Tuesday I started off with water and easily drank 40oz through the day.
Morning routine at work started with green tea.
Weds and Thursday I slipped back to having 1/2 can of soda in the afternoon at work. My water consumption though, increased to 60 oz (1 bottle on the way in, 2 at work - using a stainless steel water canteen - nice and easy).
Friday - I slipped up. However, the day started out right. I ended up drinking a 16 oz red bull with Lunch to help push me through the afternoon.
Having not had those in a while, I did noticed that I sugar crashed a little harder around 4pm than I normally would.
For my own sake - and from pressure from Lizzy (the happy kind of course!) I looked up Red Bull actually does for you:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/15-07/st_redbull
I was surprised at the difficulty from finding direct listings of ingredients on the Red Bull company website.
The label consists of this:
Over all - for my first week, I considered this a Success.
This week went well.
Monday and Tuesday I started off with water and easily drank 40oz through the day.
Morning routine at work started with green tea.
Weds and Thursday I slipped back to having 1/2 can of soda in the afternoon at work. My water consumption though, increased to 60 oz (1 bottle on the way in, 2 at work - using a stainless steel water canteen - nice and easy).
Friday - I slipped up. However, the day started out right. I ended up drinking a 16 oz red bull with Lunch to help push me through the afternoon.
Having not had those in a while, I did noticed that I sugar crashed a little harder around 4pm than I normally would.
For my own sake - and from pressure from Lizzy (the happy kind of course!) I looked up Red Bull actually does for you:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/15-07/st_redbull
I was surprised at the difficulty from finding direct listings of ingredients on the Red Bull company website.
The label consists of this:
Over all - for my first week, I considered this a Success.
Me and My Goals
For a long time, approximately 7 years or so, have had a hard time managing many things in my life which has lead to an unhealthy relationship with food.
In combination with this, lifestyle choices of working late hours and playing late hours pushed me further and further into a cycle with energy drinks. I know, I talk about this like a drug, and it's not "technically" - however, my body started becoming more and more dependent on them. I wouldn't be able to do a normal days work without 1, 2, or even 3 of them a day.
Working on 3rd shift took it's toll and I rounded off into the 220+ lbs that I've been lucky enough to work off. I now sit, fluctuation, from 195 to an even 200lbs.
Work and life stresses seeped into layers of "i can't" or "i don't have time" excuses of why I couldn't address the way that I ate, what I ate, and how i felt about all of it.
A friend of mine contacted me 2 weeks ago and we went out for pizza. During this conversation she said "I remember how you were in college and part of you has changed. You use to love the way you looked and you had layers of confidence stemming from that. I miss that about you."
It hit home.
Lizzy ( http://raisingstrength.com/) has been working on pushing a message of healthier choices, local food, and nutritional knowledge to help local folk. She subscribes to a system of small changes over a long period of time, rather than rapid changes, to help apply ballence and find replacements for the things you're changing. One of the reasons I've failed at working on healthier choices is that:
a.) I didn't have a dependable support network for making the changes and
b.) I didn't know what to replace, when, and with what.
I've offered to track my work and progress, or lack of progress, here so that I can hopefully show what works for me.
Current Goals:
1.) Supplement energy drinks with Tea
2.) Drink mainly water throughout the day (60 oz)
3.) Re-integrate Exercize into my weekly rutine
4.) Give up fast food, or industrially prepared food (McDonalds, Wendies, Taco Bell, etc.)
5.) Reach a goal of 185lbs.
In combination with this, lifestyle choices of working late hours and playing late hours pushed me further and further into a cycle with energy drinks. I know, I talk about this like a drug, and it's not "technically" - however, my body started becoming more and more dependent on them. I wouldn't be able to do a normal days work without 1, 2, or even 3 of them a day.
Working on 3rd shift took it's toll and I rounded off into the 220+ lbs that I've been lucky enough to work off. I now sit, fluctuation, from 195 to an even 200lbs.
Work and life stresses seeped into layers of "i can't" or "i don't have time" excuses of why I couldn't address the way that I ate, what I ate, and how i felt about all of it.
A friend of mine contacted me 2 weeks ago and we went out for pizza. During this conversation she said "I remember how you were in college and part of you has changed. You use to love the way you looked and you had layers of confidence stemming from that. I miss that about you."
It hit home.
Lizzy ( http://raisingstrength.com/) has been working on pushing a message of healthier choices, local food, and nutritional knowledge to help local folk. She subscribes to a system of small changes over a long period of time, rather than rapid changes, to help apply ballence and find replacements for the things you're changing. One of the reasons I've failed at working on healthier choices is that:
a.) I didn't have a dependable support network for making the changes and
b.) I didn't know what to replace, when, and with what.
I've offered to track my work and progress, or lack of progress, here so that I can hopefully show what works for me.
Current Goals:
1.) Supplement energy drinks with Tea
2.) Drink mainly water throughout the day (60 oz)
3.) Re-integrate Exercize into my weekly rutine
4.) Give up fast food, or industrially prepared food (McDonalds, Wendies, Taco Bell, etc.)
5.) Reach a goal of 185lbs.
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