I'm proud to say I'm drinking more water now than ever before and I'm actually kinda/sorta enjoying it, but there is two others I
LOVE.
Red wine
Diet de-caffeinated Coca Cola (NOT Pepsi)
But, in my quest to improve my diet and fitness I have been doing a lot of reading and here's two yucky reminders.
@#$%&!
"Alcohol does add up in calories" says Donna L. Weifofen, RD, MS, health nutritionist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. "When I am trying to really watch my weight, I watch what I drink." If you're wondering how your favorite alcohol stacks up, check out the approximate numbers:
- Light beer, 12 oz, 90 to 110 calories
- Regular beer, 12 oz, 150 calories
- Red wine, 5 oz, 120 to 150 calories
- Rum or whiskey, 1.5 oz, 98 calories
- Gin, 1.5 oz, 120 calories
- Vodka, 1.5 oz, 98 calories
Of top concern, drinking diet soda has been linked to developing metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions that include expanding waist size, increased blood pressure, elevated triglycerides, lower levels of good cholesterol, and high fasting blood sugar levels. Having three or more of these findings increases your risk of diabetes and heart disease. Here are some other research findings you should know about diet soda:
- According to the San Antonio Heart Study, the more diet sodas you drink, the greater the chance that you will be overweight or obese. For each diet soda you drink there is a 65 percent increase in your risk of becoming overweight.
- According to the Framingham Heart Study, if you drink diet soda you are at risk for weight gain and metabolic syndrome.
- According to research done at Purdue University, rats that were fed artificial sweeteners gained more weight than rats fed normal sugar.
- Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, show that meat, fried food, and diet soda are all significantly associated with metabolic syndrome.
Well, H E Double L!
Note to self: moderation is the key!
Hugs from the beach,
Kat
"Father, please let me be a blessing to someone today."
We couldn't wait to get our feet in the sand!
Sydney Anne, Kaley Grace and Landon
Running to the water
Color Me Happy!
We went to see Gnomeo & Juliet. I can definitely recommend it! Very very cute! George didn't think he would like it (but it would have!), so he just met us for dinner afterwards at Johnny Rockets.
Landon and Kaley Grace decided to do the water balls...too funny! 
I was tempted to try it myself. It looked sooo fun.
