Pop a Cap in That Pop

A few nights ago I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep and came to a realization:  I don't really like pop all that much anymore.  It's just meh to me anymore.  That's not to say I'm going to stop drinking pop all together, I just don't think I like it much anymore.  The last twelve packs that I have bought are in the pantry.  I bought two of them when they were on sale for cheap.  There is maybe eighteen left and bought them close to two months ago. 

In high school, college, and even my early adult life, pop was great.  In high school, Mt. Dew was the drink of choice.  It was the greatest thing ever!  I don't really recall drinking a lot of pop in college, but I'm sure that I did.  Mixed in there was some beer of course, but I wasn't a huge party animal.  I drank quite a bit of pop at work for lunches or breaks for several years but that has been replaced by coffee (which is healthier for me anyway).  It's not some crazy health kick that I'm on, I just don't want to drink it as much as I use to. 

The one thing that I can relate this to is the two summers I worked on Mackinac Island.  While working on the Island, there were times when I was just craving fast food.  It didn't matter what kind, I would just have a hankering for it.  McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell.  All of it sounded good because there weren't any of those restaurants on the Island.  So the times I made it to the mainland, I tried to get to the fast food chains.  Thing was, after eating there I felt really shitty.  It sat like a lead weight in my stomach.  It tasted good for just a split second, but afterwards I regretted it.  I only made that mistake a few times in the two summers I worked over there.  Ever since, I find myself not eating at fast food all that often.

With my love of coffee, I can never really see myself getting away from caffeine all together, but having just one form of it that I drink is better than two or three.  For some reason, I feel good about not drinking a lot of pop right now.  It's like a badge of honor.  I have lost some weight recently and would like to think that cutting back on the pop has attributed to that a bit.  If I were to add some exercise to this cut back in pop, it would be great, but it's working out.  I have never been a fan of it.  But baby steps I suppose.