Day -4 No More Diet Coke

People - doctors - have repeatedly told me that aspartame is not good. When I'd share how many aspartame rich products I consumed, eyebrows would raise and jaws would drop.  Ok, well, I may be exaggerating slightly.  But while I  *knew* that aspartame wasn't super awesome, I didn't realize how not super awesome it was for me.  Just stepping down from Diet Coke has been miserable.  I was grumpy, tired, and even felt a bit nauseas. Realizing my addiction to DC was actually a real thing and not just a "hahaha, I drink a lot" I decided to google DC withdrawl and find out if I was alone.
Now, you might think that searching anything on the internet is dicey at best. You can find anything supporting anything.  I did find a reputable-ish site and it describe how it wasn't just the caffeine. It was the aspartame that can create addiction.  I had no problem with a caffeine addiction.  But I am so not going to be addicted to something made up in a lab somewhere and starts with ass. 
I have not had a Diet Coke today. It's 5:13 pm right now.  I had a coffee which was pretty disgusting, and a natural root beer with no freaky chemicals. I've got a few more days until sugars and grains go.

A photo taken last night.  Mt. Hood is in the center and the trees are blowing like crazy. Cold.