I admit this reluctantly, but a couple of months ago, I quit diet soda. It was hard. I don’t really care to convince you, but its effect translated into fairly significant weight loss, which is fairly significant for crazy fitness freaks like me.
So soda – even the diet kind – is now a treat. And since my caloric standards for beverage were zero to begin with, that leaves water. And coffee. (I’m not totally crazy.)
Manifest my regular afternoon life-or-death cravings for said forbidden chemicals, and what you get is me forking out for a 355ml bottle of organic lemonade. Good for me, right? Wrong. The small print on the bottle tells me there are TWO EFFING SERVINGS in just over a cup fluid. At 130 calories each. Tempertantrum.
I’m stressed out. This has been aggravated lately by an astonishing and epidemic lack of basic manners perpetrated by the people finding a way to get into my immediate space. We are beyond the criminal act of ignoring people who hold open doors. I am prepared to become verbal. I may threaten to call your mother.
Whoever suggests I turn these lemons into lemonade gets a kick in the ass. When I let the door close on it. Because you didn’t say thank you.
You’ve been warned.
You need to come try the homemade ginger pop. Next batch – you, a toddler and ginger pop on the porch.
Deal.
Soda is crazy. You are better off without it.
I’ve been enjoying water with bits of lemon floating around in it. Not as exciting as organic lemonade, but STILL.
Perhaps turn them into lemon pie? I second Andrea’s comments about fruit-in-water. Not even just lemons. Have you tried cherries??? Also, iced tea. But just the tea.
I love homemade ice tea. How about mint, roisbois or orange with cinnamon sticks to lick. Let your imagination run wild. If you do need a little hit of something sugary, how about adding a little stevia or low glycemic agave nectar. Real chemical-free calories that you body can use as energy for Parcouring!
Ladies and gentlemen, my trainer Avril.