Challenges with Diet Soda & Cravings (Cross-Blog w/Angie)
Yesterday, as part of our cross-blog conversation this week, Angie at LosingItandLoving.com answered my question on how she managed to give up diet soda (my nemesis right now) and asked me two questions.
The first was:
Have you ever read the Craving Secrets e-book?
And she recommended I check out the section on Soda (page 39 in her copy and page 35 in my copy – I think it depends on how our printers format the pages).
So here’s my answer:
Angie,
It’s funny you should bring up Craving Secrets! I just told my husband on Monday night when he was commenting on how much he craves sugar (despite the fact that it makes him ill) that I would print out my copy so he could take a look at what Diana Walker recommends.
But I didn’t even think about going back to read the Soda section. (silly me!)
At lunch time today, after I had given in to my own cravings, I decided to read back through the soda, artificial sweetner, and caffiene craving sections. 
You can see from the picture the irony of it all; here I was drinking a diet soda and munching on french fries, while reading about how bad they were for me. Sad.
Sometimes I feel like the friend of Diana’s that she talks about on the Craving Secret website – telling my kids they can’t drink my diet soda because it’s bad for them, yet drinking it myself. How hypocritical I’m being. <sigh> Something else to work on.
I did make it through yesterday without a soda, but obviously not today. Mostly because of poor planning on my part. I just grabbed the easiest thing through the drive thru. But this is definitely something I’m working on.
Now for the second question:
We have discussed our struggles with weight loss and I wonder if you would care to share another struggle you might have when it comes to weight loss and/or fitness?
My biggest challenge I think is keeping it a priority and a top focus, being consistent. As women, we juggle so many different things: home, family, work, friends, etc. that sometimes it’s difficult to make fitness and healthy choices a priority.
At least this has been huge struggle for me. I’m finding that playing games with myself, to keep it interesting, is helping, as is being accountable by posting here on the blog.
But that brings me to my next question for you:
I noticed that you have done several challenges, like Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred or the Whittle My Middle challenge you are doing this month. How have they helped you keep on track?
I’ll be by your blog tomorrow to hear (well…read) your answer 
Thanks again for sharing with us!
…Shannon
Be sure to head over to Angie’s blog tomorow (Wednesday) to hear (well..read) her answer. The link is:
Enjoy!
Glad to hear you have the Craving Secrets ebook. There are so many things in there that make you really think. I have total faith you’ll kick the soda habit and soon. You are making so many positive changes in your life, this is just another one to mark off the list when you’re ready.
And I know what you mean by consistency when it comes to struggles. There are many times I am so deep into work online that I just don’t want to go exercise but if I don’t then I feel miserable. So there are times I have to talk myself into it.
Great question for me…I’ll have my answer posted on my blog tomorrow morning!
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