Hi,

If your wondering why my blog has owls instead of drinks, here is the reason. I couldn't find any drink templates that worked with the new blogger designer. I love owls. So for the time being this is better than a generic blogger theme that everyone uses. BTW if you like it you can find it and instructions on how to install it here http://blogaholicdesigns.com/product/free-blogger-templates/owl-i-need-template/

I am 57. I drink diet soda, it doesn't matter Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke. I buy which ever one I can find on sale.  I also have fibromyalgia. The artificial sweeteners in these commercial drinks is poisen and just aggrevates and increases all the fibromyalgia symptoms. But I still keep drinking it.

I have tried to break the habit before. This past summer I tried to replace my sodas with green smoothies. But I love that carbonation. Well, I finally discovered the perfect fix. I also get frustrated when you buy a large bottle and get much better prices than small ones. Like Walmart and Winco both sell the 1.5 liters, Walmart even has them chilled. But mine always seem to get flat before I drink that much.

So when I considered buying the Soda Stream I thought, I can add more fizz to my flat soda. Well the directions say not to carbonate anything but water, then add the flavors. I will post more on reviving flat soda in a later post. I have my theories about this but still need to do some experimenting with my new machine.

Why green soda instead of green smoothies? Well for one, like I said before I love the bubbles, who doesn't? But a smoothies kind of peters out, or gets yucky if it sits to long, so from my experience you need to drink it up quickly. I like to have something to drink by me at all times. 


The cherry apple green soda I made this morning, I poured into one of those plastic bottles that come with the lid and straw, and it has been sitting next to me for a few hours. Still has some fizz, tastes as good as it did when I made it two hours ago, (except not quite as cold). It was colder than a soda would have been because I started it out with frozen fruit.

Instead of making green smoothies I made a green soda. It wasn't really the color green, though. Because the one I made this moring with my new Soda Stream machine was a combination of cherries, apples and geen tea. I know green tea helps promote weight loss amoung several other benefits. I had a couple bottles of the green lipton tea someone had given me. I used it instead of water and frozen cherries and apples. I placed them in my magic bullet and mixed it all up. 

I will be posting some pictures soon.

This past summer I helped a friend who runs a fruit stand and I have a whole freezer full of frozen fruit. So this morning I began an online search qwest to find the info I needed to be able to make my own fruit flavorings instead of having to buy the Soda Stream flavors. It will save me money and be healthier.

It is about noon now and I am on my third one. Fruit instead of diet soda, and I am not even missing it. But as for the caffiene fix I got from the soda, (I am not a coffee drinker) we will address that in future posts. I am on a qwest to find energy boosters that are healthier than caffiene.