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DriveThruDiet.com Is Not a Weight Loss Program – Says Taco Bell
I just watched one of the “best” commercials I have ever seen by Taco Bell. I usually don’t watch commercials, because I have a lovely DVR system that let’s me skip them 
Anywho, the commercial comes on and there is this attractive brunette talking about how she has lost weight by changing the intake of calories per day. To help with the situation she has been switching her regular fast food meals to those from the Taco Bell Fresco menu.
Yes. Taco Bell has menu items that will allow you to shave some of the fat from your diet 9 fat grams at a time. Of course, the 9 grams is the highest. They can do this by skipping the sour cream and switching to a “healthier” cheese. The regular fans of Taco Bell would think the Fresco items taste like crap, but those that eat “real” food and stay healthy, are used to food with less sodium and other “taste enhancers” included.
I think it’s a great way to promote the menu items, but is Taco Bell under the impression they can hold water to the Subway Diet? I like Taco Bell ocassionally, but I hope they aren’t going to be spending all kinds of money with the hopes of a “Jared” for Taco Bell.
During the commercial “the results are not typical” comes out and it’s not just small, white text hidden at the bottom of the screen. The spokes model actually says the words. That makes it quite clear that you are NOT going to lose weight by switching to that menu, but you might be a tad more healthy that eating at McDonald’s everyday.
Maybe it’s not totally a bad thing, I mean how many commercials have you seen where McDonalds is promoting a healthier option?
How to Break the Mountain Dew Addiction Part II
So, if you haven’t read already, I sort of have an addiction to Mountain Dew. I am not sure when it started, or why, for that matter, but it has had a strong hold on me for about 2-3 years. It may have been when I worked the night shift at my current job and I thought the Mountain Dew was like my “coffee”.
Nonetheless, I am still some what addicted to the soda. When I say addicted, I mean that if there is a Mountain Dew anywhere in the house and I want a soda, the Mountain Dew goes down the hatch before any other liquid. Is that considered an addiction?
Maybe it is. BUT it has sort of subsided and when I say that I mean that if there is NO Mountain Dew in the house, I am NOT running out to the store to buy some, just to have it. I think I am making a couple of steps in the right direction with this addiction and it really is just about will power and trying new things.
One thing that I have been trying to do is drink more water. My body feels better and I don’t have these sugar fueled energy swings all day. Also, I have been trying to drink OTHER sodas or juices to get used to any other taste. I think that if I get used to having another taste in my mouth, I will stop drinking Mountain Dew, so often.