Over the last 2 1/2 weeks I’ve definitely decreased my diet Coke intake (only 2 today, which is nothing short of huge for me), and I’ve definitely increased my water intake. Sometimes that water is flavored by Crystal Light, but a lot of the time it’s just regular ole water – maybe with a little lemon. The funny thing is that the more water I drink, the more I want – and I wonder if I’ve been a little dehydrated for, oh, about twenty years.
I sort of expected to finish this challenge with a decreased dependence on diet Coke and an increased dependence on Crystal Light. I wondered if I wasn’t just going to trade one habit for another. But as I get a little bit closer to the end of my third week, the most unexpected thing has happened: as much as I enjoy Crystal Light – and as much as I know that I’ll continue to drink it because, well, it’s delicious – I’m really craving water.
Just water.
And no one is more surprised by that than I am.
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