how i lost five pounds in less than three weeks

Let me preface this post by saying that I am in no way a professional in regards to dieting, exercise or good health. This is simply something I did that worked for me and may work for you.

In late June, my friend and I were having dinner and discussing her upcoming wedding. She randomly said she had decided she was going to stop drinking sodas in hopes that she would lose a couple of pounds before her big day. Being the great friend that I am, I offered to join her in her self-inflicted misery journey to being healthier. We agreed to not have any sodas until the wedding, which was a little more than a month away. Needless to say, the next day I get this lovely comment on my Facebook page:

At that point, I definitely thought about having a soda myself. I was currently having at least two cans of either Coca Cola or Pepsi every day, so going without one was kind of hard. Then I thought, just maybe I should show some self control for once in my life and actually give the no soda thing a shot. So, I did. I think I went about nine days before I broke down. To be fair, I can't have energy drinks or coffee (you know, heart problems) and I'm really not even supposed to have sodas with caffeine in them. But it was just one of those days and I really needed something to keep me awake at work. For some reason my job doesn't allow naps at your desk. Weird, right?

That same day, out of curiosity, I decided to weigh myself and see if I had possibly lost a pound over those nine days. I thought perhaps after having cut out all of that sugar for over a week I would have something good to show for all of my suffering. And you know what? It turns out I had lost three pounds in those nine days, just from not drinking sodas. That's all I did. I did not change my diet at all in any other way. And I definitely did not do any sort of exercising. You can take that shit to the bank.

I was totally shocked and really excited about losing those three little pounds so fast and easily. In fact, I decided to just keep on keepin' on with the no soda thing. I went another five days before I had a "slip up" again. About four days after that I wanted to see if I was still getting any results and I had lost another two pounds. Say what?! Five pounds in less than three weeks and all I had to do was stop drinking sodas, which I wasn't even supposed to be drinking to begin with.

As of today I've lost a total of eight pounds. I still have a soda about once a week, but for the most part I drink water or juice. I'm not saying this will work for everyone. However, losing eight pounds in less than two months is pretty exciting to me. Especially since I didn't really do anything. Besides, it's not like all that sugar and caffeine are good for you. Might as well give it a try. You never know what kind of results you could get.