This January, I resolved to give up diet pop. I have been drinking vast quantities of it for over 2 decades with the exception of successfully abstaining in most of 2003 and part of 2004 while I was pregnant and breast feeding. By vast quantities, I mean cracking a can at 7:30 am and drinking it before my shower and then having a second can during the drive in to work. I know. Crazy! In December, my five year old niece spotted a special holiday edition Diet Coke bottle at the grocery store (round in the shape of a Christmas ornament) and insisted her mom buy it for me for Christmas. Anyway, my dad (an amazing doctor who used to also drink a lot of diet pop) really got on me when he stayed with us over the holidays. He’s concerned about the link between drinking excessive diet pop and esophageal cancer. How ironic would that be? To devote over 10 years of my life trying to advance the breast cancer cause only to get esophageal cancer because of my diet pop habit? My daughter is all over enforcing the resolution and says anyone in our house caught drinking pop will be arrested and thrown in jail. Alas, I couldn’t quit cold turkey but I am weaning myself off dramatically and I am down to 1 can a day. Wish me luck. I am now drinking a lot of herbal tea.
Cutting out diet pop got me thinking about more healthy changes for me and my family. My six year old daughter resists eating fruits and veggies. Carbs and cheese are her life. I worry about her because she’s got breast cancer on both sides – my mom and grandma and my husband’s sister. Last week, Farheen, our programs manager at Rethink, circulated a great little brochure promoting Sat Dharam Kaur, ND. She’s a renown naturopathic doctor and very respected for her work in breast cancer prevention and environmental education. She’s written several books and created The Healthy Breast Program. The back of the brochure features her Ten Tips for Breast Health and her recommendations for Best Breast Foods. I was really inspired. So, in addition to giving up diet pop this year, I’m going to try really hard to implement her recommendations for both me and my daughter.
I’ve shared the tips below. What do you think? Everything seems very doable apart from the sauna. Will have to do some research to find a handy one. I’m getting some physical activity 3 times a week but I’m not sweating enough from the exercise. Same actually goes for my little one – she’s not exactly drenched from her little creative dance class Saturday mornings and skating lessons. We need to ramp it up. Hmmmmmm….my friends and I just committed to doing lunch the first Friday of the month. Maybe we should have been making that a “workout date” or even a “sweat in the sauna date.”
What is your experience with making healthy changes? Anyone out there already doing some of what Sat Dharam Kaur recommends? Please send me your tips…or encouragement!
Have a great day.
MJ
Cutting out diet pop got me thinking about more healthy changes for me and my family. My six year old daughter resists eating fruits and veggies. Carbs and cheese are her life. I worry about her because she’s got breast cancer on both sides – my mom and grandma and my husband’s sister. Last week, Farheen, our programs manager at Rethink, circulated a great little brochure promoting Sat Dharam Kaur, ND. She’s a renown naturopathic doctor and very respected for her work in breast cancer prevention and environmental education. She’s written several books and created The Healthy Breast Program. The back of the brochure features her Ten Tips for Breast Health and her recommendations for Best Breast Foods. I was really inspired. So, in addition to giving up diet pop this year, I’m going to try really hard to implement her recommendations for both me and my daughter.
I’ve shared the tips below. What do you think? Everything seems very doable apart from the sauna. Will have to do some research to find a handy one. I’m getting some physical activity 3 times a week but I’m not sweating enough from the exercise. Same actually goes for my little one – she’s not exactly drenched from her little creative dance class Saturday mornings and skating lessons. We need to ramp it up. Hmmmmmm….my friends and I just committed to doing lunch the first Friday of the month. Maybe we should have been making that a “workout date” or even a “sweat in the sauna date.”
What is your experience with making healthy changes? Anyone out there already doing some of what Sat Dharam Kaur recommends? Please send me your tips…or encouragement!
Have a great day.
MJ
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