Lent

I don't know why I am even blogging about this, but I guess it's sort of a confession. I gave up soda for lent on a spur of the moment decision. I knew I needed to cut back since I'm pregnant, and I know it's really bad for you in all sorts of ways, and I just lacked the determination to do it for myself. So I thought that as a Lenten sacrifice I could give it up. I am really, really struggling with it! Like, to a surprising extent. I actually don't know if I can do it. :/ I've tried switching to iced tea (half sweet, half unsweet), but I just really don't like tea. I like it better than water, otherwise I would just give up all together. I don't know if it is just my normal human weakness that makes me miss soda so much, or if it's a pregnancy craving. A lady I work with that is a vegan health nut told me that she had to drink a coke every day of her pregnancy. If she didn't get her coke, she would throw up. And she HATES coke. She thinks it's basically poison so she was really surprised at herself. I don't feel like I will die if I don't get it, but I feel like there is a whole in my heart that only soda can fill. Its absence affects my enjoyment of each meal. I guess that is what sacrifice is really about, but at this point I am wondering if I am strong enough to make it. I am sorely tempted to switch and give up something else instead. Or to start doing something else instead, maybe adding something to my daily routine. I guess I just needed to blog about it to get it off my chest. I feel like a very weak person right now!