Resolution Update

I have an update to make on my New Year's "resolution," which was to drink less than 5 cans of soda in 2008. This past weekend, while we were at Harmony's parents' house, I shared a bottle of Blenheim's ginger ale with my wife. I will maintain that if my wife had not requested it due to yucky tummy, I would not have had any. I'm not quite sure whether I should count it as the equivalent of half a can, or a whole can of soda. I suppose the closer I get to the 5 cans for the year, the more likely I'll be to count it as half a can ;)

Speaking of sodas, I find the concept of diet soda to be somewhat annoying. I see chunky people drinking diet sodas. For what purpose? No idea. As if drinking diet soda will help the chunky people lose weight. Well, here's one study that links low-calorie sweeteners to weight gain. A very small part of me wants to send this to the guy in my office who has a constantly replenished Big Gulp sized cup of Diet Coke. Then again, perhaps I won't, since that would be a bit jerk-ish. Wake up people! If you struggle with your weight and constantly drink soda...either 1) don't complain about your weight, or 2) stop drinking soda.

Speaking of New Year's resolutions, we drove past the gym I mentioned in my obligatory New Year's post. Lights out, locked up, emptier than a politician's promise, darker than a blackout in North Korea. So much for New Year's bodybuilders and marathon runners.