David Covey

New Diet Pepsi Max

I saw a commercial yesterday for this New Diet Pepsi Max.

Call me pathetic, call me a pessimist call me whatever you like but the fact remains that this sugary goodness no matter what the label or ingredients say is just plain aweful for you as well as your body. Now I know that I have a little weight that I could stand to lose but my wife and I have completely stopped buying soda for our home. Unless we go out to eat and try the water and it is nasty will we ever consider purchasing a sugar laden drink such as this.

Supposedly this soda has something to make you even more pumped up when you drink it. It contains Ginseng and other things because I know that so many of you people drink Pepsi for its health qualities.

I challenge anyone who is having trouble with their weight to cut out the soda and you will be amazed how soon you will not only feel better but also how much quicker you will drop the pounds.

Here are a few health facts that I wanted to share about soda for those of you who are interested.

1.) The main sweetener in soda — high-fructose corn syrup — can increase fats in the blood called triglycerides, which raises the risk of heart problems, diabetes and other health woes.

2.)  Over the long term the effects of Sodas are devastating to the body. Acidity, sugars and artificial sweeteners can shorten your life. In fact, it takes 32 glasses of alkaline water at a pH of 9 to neutralize the acid from one 12 oz. cola or soda.

3.)

With obesity reaching near epidemic proportions and life expectancy decreasing, solutions are being desperately sought to improve an alarming trend. While the lack of exercise and heredity is easily blamed, one item is consistently overlooked – America's carbonated beverage consumption.

The Average American consumes over 53 gallons per year of carbonated beverages. With a 32 oz soda (the 'large' size in most restaurants) being 320 calories, this means each year an American will guzzle approximately 67,840 calories per year in carbonated beverages. Based on a 2000 calorie diet, this would mean that the number of recommended calories for an entire month would be filled by just carbonated beverages, and provide near nil nutritional value.

With current nutritional information suggesting each person drink 8 glasses of water a day, it becomes increasingly concerning when, according to a Beverage Marketing Press Release, one in every four beverages consumed in America today is a soft drink. In fact Americans drink more soda than they do water on a daily basis.

(Now as with anything else I talk about please understand that it is your freedom of choice whether or not to take this post for what it's worth. I just have never heard of any diet or health book recommending drinking soda as a good source of nutrients)

Why I Don't Shop At Wal-Mart

Now I know many of you Americans love Wal-Mart and say that is was started for Americans by Americans. Well I hate to tell you that Sam Walton is dead and everything the company sells is imported from overseas. So now it can be said For Americans By Everyone Else who makes 2 dollars an hour.

Enough ranting about my disgust for them, here is an example of their intelligent work force at work.

The person ordering told them to write Best Wishes, Suzanne (and underneath that write)

We will miss you.

This is the cake that was delivered.

Old Publix Training Videos (HILARIOUS!)

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Fast Food Sucks

So here is the deal, yesterday after church Ashley and I went to Target to get some stuff for the house (mainly my monthly supply of Glade Plug-Ins, I love them so) and we were starving so decided to go to Burger King. Now let me explain something to you, I love Burger King, always have and probably always will. The Whopper is my sandwich of choice as Ashley usually gets the chicken sandwich. We have been together for a long time and she always gets the sandwich and asks for Honey Mustard to go along with it. Yesterday at the Burger King on Florida Ave. in Lakeland the girl forgets to give us onion rings and then when I nicely ask for Honey Mustard for the chicken sandwich she give me a dirty look and says, "It 's 25 cent. At that time I looked at her with a blank look wanting to respond, "Do you mean it isn't free the price of one if you would like to purchase it is 25 cents." I hate that people who work in a retail environment get pissed when you are simply asking them to do their job and provide the service for which you are paying. I have worked retail both stores and restaurants and have never acted that way towards a paying customer. Anway I paid the 25 cents to the girl and responded," I thought I was supposed to get it my way." When I got home I was looking online and found this and found it fitting.