No More soda *frowny face*

So Dan and been coughing more and more lately. He's always had to be careful because overdoing any activity especially after eating will cause him to cough. He coughs so bad he will make himself throw up.

It has gotten so bad now, that people at his work have complained. He was told by his management to go to the doctor. He has and although they have told him he has asthma, I think it is something different. Having spent the first 24 years of my life with a man who suffered from, not only asthma, but other lung illnesses, I am pretty sure that it's not just asthma, or even bad asthma.

I have also noticed a trend that Dan's coughing seems to be even more worse after he has a soda with his meals. Dan and I drink A LOT OF SODA. I kid you not. We can go through some 2 liters like no other. Me more than Dan in the 2 liter category, but Dan doesn't drink hardly anything but soda. He tells me he drinks water at work, but I'm sure a Coke is snuck in there somewhere.

So I made him a challenge. We both are giving up soda (any carbonated drinks) for 5 days. Monday through Friday. Just to:

1. see if we can do it
2. I want to see if Dan does better with his coughing
3. I want to see if it makes either one of us feel better.

I am having a harder time cutting out the sweets. It's so frustrating because I love them so much. But honestly I think I just love eating. I am going to try to cut up some cucumbers and see if I will eat them like I eat chips and cookies and such. Maybe the trick will be to just keep celery, carrots and cucumbers as a ready to eat snack.

I know I don't feel good after eating the sweets. Mostly because:

1. I eat too much
2. I eat them too late at night
3. I forget to take my evening insulin and eat sweets anyway.
   

Something I am paying a bit more attention to is how I feel in the mornings after eating sweets the day before. If I eat them early in the day, like in the AM to about 3 pm, I don't feel as icky the next morning. I still feel icky, it's just not as bad. If I eat the sweets after 3 pm, and eat a larger portion than I should, I feel simply horrible. I can't get up with the alarm, I am dragging my butt everywhere I go, and I am 3 times hungrier than I should be.

So I am trying to compromise with myself. It's not a Win/Win, but it beats a Win/Lose any day.
I will try to keep any sweets consumption to the early part of the day. Especially when I have taken my morning insulin. If I can't get myself to stop altogether, then at least I can limit better my portions AND hopefully feel better.

*sigh Just and FYI. Day two of caffeine with drawl from soda just sucks. I am a bit miserable. But I will do this. I almost drank some coffee just to keep awake, but since I HATE the taste, and really shouldn't have the caffeine, I skipped it. But now to stay awake long enough to get home.