Diet Coke Detox

Palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...I haven't had a drop of diet coke in over two weeks.


Greetings earthlings, 

After finding myself guzzling the stuff on a daily basis and being pretty sure I'd bleed diet coke if I got a cut, I decided enough was enough. But my God was it hard. There are no nicorette patches for diet coke addicts, nothing but willpower and sparkling water.

Seeing as I don't drink coffee or tea I was dependent on diet coke for my caffeine intake. Any student knows that caffeine is right up there with oxygen when it comes to essentials. Because of the lack of caffeine once I stopped drinking it I was experiencing what I describe as 'guinea pig' headaches. Imagine a guinea pig is shoved into where your brain is supposed to be and it continuously jumps up and down. This is what a 'guinea pig' headache feels like. Why I choose a guinea pig I know not, but what I do know is that they hurt, a lot.

Another withdrawal symptom, the one that would probably be the most obvious to the on looker is crabbiness.
I.was.like.a.bull.
I was so knarky, everything and everyone annoyed me. Imagine a cheese grater grating on your bones, that is the way I felt about everything.
Why did I subject myself to these withdrawal symptons? Two words- kidney, failure. My sister had been reminding me of the ill effects of diet coke to your health, which include kidney failure. I guess it makes sense, I was pumping this sweetened posion into me and asking my poor body to make sense of it. Something it can do for only so long.

A knarky bull, sounds pretty rough right? It is. But, it gets better. After about 5 days I felt much better. However, getting through those five days is a lot easier said than done. Because of the headaches involved it can be a lot easier to knock a can of the good stuff back to ease your pain, after all, you have a life. This may be the tempting choice to make but if you suffer the withdrawal you will soon get to enjoy your new life post-diet coke.

Suddenly, the cravings are gone. The urge to run to the nearest shop and get ripped off for a bottle of the stuff are gone. And one of the worst things, the sugar cravings, are gone. I had heard that diet coke made you fat, I never believed this. I never believed this cause I used think 'how can a drink with only three calories in a 500ml bottle make you fat?!' Plot twist: its not the diet coke that makes you fat, its the sugar it makes you crave that makes you fat. Its only after giving it up that I realized how true this was. I used to crave sugar non-stop. I used choose a packet of jelly tots over a proper dinner, normal food just didn't appeal to me. Now however, I don't find myself wanting sugar has as much. Suddenly I want normal food, I even found myself sitting down eating an apple yesterday, something that would have been previously unheard of. I now find that sweets make me feel sick, I feel lethargic after them now so I just don't bother. Obviously I'll still have the odd treat at the weekend but on a whole what  I really want now is good food, because it make you feel good.

Another nice little bonus of life post-diet coke is the moola. I've saved so much money since I stopped buying it. I find myself opening my purse to see tenners that used to be fivers and 2 euro coins that used to be 50 cent coins, not the worst situation to be in.

Despite the fact that I am now free from my diet-coke induced aspartame and caffeine shackles, I still want the fizz. I love fizzy drinks, always have.. I blame my Mother, she craved sparkling water throughout her pregnancy with me and from day one I've wanted fizz. Don't worry, I haven't turned to Fanta or something similar to fulfill my fizz needs. I have instead turned to the miracle that is sparkling water. Whenever I want a bit of fizz I gulg back a bit of sparkling water and all is well.

For those of you that have glanced down at your ankles whilst reading this to discover that you too are wearing diet coke shackles, stop. Put the diet coke down my friends and its onwards and upwards from here.

(If you need an excuse, its lent, do it for Jesus)

Stay classy,

L xx 

Let's be twitter friends xx

I hear the birds on the summer breeze, i drive fast.

Greetings earthlings, 

I must begin by apologizing for my absence over the past month. Turns out this whole 'college' thing can be pretty time consuming once you hit second year! Also turns out that i can be very, very lazy. 
I return to you all with some vital information about me: 


Lizzy Grant aka Lana Del Rey, is.my.gal. 

I love her. 

Yes, one may argue that she is 'fake' because shes obviously had cosmetic surgery on her nose and lips, what of it? She could be made 100% of silicone and i wouldn't care, talk about true love. 

I often wonder what music i used to listen to before i became Lana obsessed, then i remember....and i become even more grateful for her music. 

Whether i've been suffering from Summertime Sadness or i simply feel like i was Born To Die, Lana has been there to pick up the pieces of my cocaine heart. 

Lana Del Rey empitomises glamorous old school America and the troubling realities of that glamorous lifestyle we all yearn for. She speaks of the streets of New York and the men that have screwed her over. Whenever i listen to her music, i stare out the window and pretend to be her. Call my crazy, but i love it.  

'Drink all day and we talk till dawn'...... i think alot of us have been there!

For me, Lana takes the ordinary and makes it,extraordinary. 

Unlike many other songs i listen to, her lyrics actually mean something to me. As worrying as this may sound, i can often relate to them.  

And the music videos? My God its like the girl ventured into my imagination, took the colourful stuff, mixed it with class, put in her amazing face and put it on screen! Per.fec.tion. And she makes some of the clips herself! 

She writes all her songs too, kudos to you miss Rey. 

Although i could sit here and all day and talk about my many reasons for loving this girl, i had better leave it at that for now. 
I thought id share this love with you all because to know me is to know that i love Lana. 

Until next time, 

Stay classy, 

Lxx

My first blog post, here goes nothing!

Greetings earthlings, 
Here it is, my first blog post. I've Cheryl (no more Cole)'s music blasting in my ear whilst writing this , but thats a topic of discussion for another post!
The reason i wanted to start this blog is pretty simple, i want there to be something with my name, out there on the internet, immortal, forever.
I've recently realised(god knows why) that we're all just going to die eventually, this is a thought that has been preo-ccuping my thoughts of late if im honest. It is because of this that i have decided to live my life to the full, i want to be like Beyonce in that i want to be able to say 'I was here'.
Part of that is me sharing my life and thoughts online. If i died tomorrow, god forbid, at least this blog would still be here, i'd have left something behind. Besides some artwork i haven't left many physical things that i have created behind. I want to be able to say, 'I was here, i lived, i loved...and i wrote a blog!'. 

Because of my sudden realisation and preoccupation with the fact that really, nothing really matters, i have decided to try and make the absolute best of my life. (I'll have another blog on the whole death preoccupation subject another time)
At the end of the day, I'm here for a good time, not a long time.
I want to be the best version of myself possible, and i think this blog will help me do that.
So please, join me on this adventure and what im sure will be a rollercoaster ride.
I'll try my best to keep you entertained and who knows maybe we can all get along like we used to in middle school, i'll bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles, we'll all eat it, and we'll all be happy.
Oh, and please keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times. 
    

  Lxx