We scoffed at the man carrying a diet coke on his tray. “What’s the point? He has a chili dog and fries; a regular coke isn’t going to make much difference and it will taste so much better.”
The person behind us chimed in, “Maybe he likes the tastes.”
We couldn’t figure out if he was serious or playing along.
Now, I find myself in the same habit as this man at the front of the line at Pink’s ten or fifteen years ago.
I’m not sure when it happened, but diet Coke is a flavor I enjoy. Coke Zero tastes much like regular Coke, but I often forsake it in favor of diet Coke. The only times I choose regular Coke are when I’m in a foreign country that bottles its Cokes with real sugar in a glass bottle. Yum.
Why do I even choose a soda? Well, I enjoy it. I also figure that there is no need to do more damage than I’m already doing. I guess, I also figure if I’m going for the hamburger, I can go ahead and get a small order of fries instead of a regular soda and not add too many more calories. I know, I could save double the calories, if I drank water, or iced tea and skipped the fries altogether.
In any case, I’m now just like that guy, choosing a greasy meal and complementing it with diet Coke. I don’t care what they say. It’s at least 150 calories I’m saving, that’s a lot of minutes on the cardio machines, and yeah, I like the flavor.
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