Thursday, October 25, 2018

Definitely not the answer

I have been attempting to make healthier choices.  One of the biggest changes I feel I could make that would be helpful is to stop drinking so many soft drinks.   I pack one each day that I have to work at the school.  I know it isn't overly healthy, but I really don't like water.  Finally this week, I saw numbers on the scale that don't make me very happy at all.  I remember being in high school, and my best friend's family always had seltzer water on hand.  I liked it at that time.  I did some research and it seemed to be a good compromise.  I thought maybe this would be the solution I wanted.

It is not.  At least, not the kind I tried.  I stood at the grocery earlier in the week and looked over the various selections.  I decided to give a go to the most popular brand name, although it wasn't the one I knew from my high school days.  Next I needed to chose a flavor.  This proved far more challenging.  I don't care for citrus flavors, and those were predominant.  I'm a much bigger fan of fruity flavors, so I finally settled on cran-raspberry. 

I took a can out of the fridge this morning and put it in my lunch bag.  First, having them in cans is a problem because they can't be closed up again.  That also means once I open it, it has to remain on my desk because I can't put it back in my lunch bag, and of course that means it is also going to get warm.  So, I need to keep looking for another packaging solution.  In the meantime, I opened the can and it smelled wonderful.  Unfortunately, it most certainly does not taste wonderful.  In fact, I kind of feel that it tastes like medicine.  I'll manage to find a way to drink this and the seven remaining cans that I've paid for, but clearly this is not the answer I was looking for!

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