Today I’ve made 5 years of drinking no soda!! 💃🎉

Who would have known!!! I had a VERY VERY SWEET tooth! 

At home about a decade ago, while my little daughter was called the “bread monster”, I was the “sugar

 monster”. I drunk so much sugar, that in fact during my years at university one of my roommates used to say my tea was like honey 🙊. 

For years I loved eating sweets, chocolates, cakes…and when I ate, I always had the urge to eat more and I would really eat them in large quantities.

But now to the soda…there is a point in my life where I drunk soda every single day. Even up to 3-4 bottles a day. My sweet tooth just kept craving for more. And I hated drinking water. Only severe thirst would get me to drink water 😀

On that day!

You see, I’d always been health conscious right from my pre-teens. But it’s the sugary stuff that I found so irresistible. This soda thing was so bad that I knew I had to stop…somehow. So on 4th Feb 2019, I just decided. I walked into the supermarket, bought one bottle of soda, I’ll not mention the brand but it was orange in color 🙂. I looked at this bottle and said to myself, “this is going to be my last soda”. When I sat down to drink it, I took my time. When finally I was done, I lifted the bottle. You know that little last drop that’s left at the button of the bottle? I looked at it and in my heart it’s like I was saying to it, “you ain’t going anywhere” 😅

I threw my head back, and made sure that last drop, dropped in my mouth. That gave me a feeling of satisfaction that it was finally done! And indeed it was!!

Did I ever get tempted to drink soda? Yes. Once, some months later. There was soda on my kitchen counter and as I stared at it, so many thoughts were racing in my mind. I nearly reached out to it…to drink it ofcourse…and remembered that I’ll soon make one year soda-free and if I drunk it I would throw away the months I had been disciplined. That was it, and here I am today.

So, while I am celebrating my 5 year no soda mark…

I also want to encourage anyone that knows they have to let go of a certain food or eat in less quantities, you can do it. Especially if you’ve reached an age group where you have to be mindful of your health – I mean 40s+. You can possibly choose a date that is meaningful to you, and tell yourself that when that day comes, that will be your day to let go.

My other sugar journey:

I’ve also gotten off sugar, about maybe 4 years, though in between there I have had times I indulged. But as of now. I don’t add sugar to anything. Even fruits I’ve come to realise there’s fruits if I eat one, I want to eat more and more. So there’s fruits that I am conscious about. Same as occasional party cakes, sweets, chocolates…when I eat a piece, I find that I crave for more. So I am very aware of this, though it’s rare that I eat them. 

Otherwise in my day-to-day life, I’m sugar free. In fact, I don’t even drink tea anymore. Without sugar, why drink bitter hot water? 😄 Instead, I drink my plain water, sometimes with lemon and I’m done! Who would have known this would be me! In fact, I have become so radical that my home is now about 97% PROCESSED FOODS FREE 🙈. Story for another day – maybe.

I’m out of here! 

Take good care of yourself, stay blessed! 

–Ruthida Kajumba

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