#1 on my list of a million little things on my road to health was cutting pop out of my diet. I can't remember exactly when I did this. I'm pretty sure it was about 25 years ago. Also, I'm not sure what the motivator was. I do remember listening to an episode of Focus on the Family where the guest was talking about how the Standard American Diet has too much sugar. I think it was listening to that program where I first understood how much sugar is in a single can of pop (39 grams, 10 teaspoons!). I'm not sure if that program was the motivator, but there's a good chance it was.
I used to feel I needed some pop at lunch every day. And I always had some pop in the fridge at home. It's interesting that quitting cold turkey was not that hard.
I am listing this as the first thing on my road to health. I did this years before I started running. This is certainly one of the top ten most important things I've done, if not the most important.
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