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Pro tip: I ignored my own rule for 700 days and it actually worked
I tracked my daily soda habit for 700 days straight in a notes app. I know that sounds boring, but at day 643 I hit 500 days in a row of drinking at least one Mountain Dew. The weird part is I felt fine the whole time. No headaches, no crashes, nothing. My dentist saw me in March and just shrugged after the x-rays. Everyone tells me soda is liquid death but my own numbers say otherwise. So what am I missing? Has anyone else run a long streak like this and had it backfire later?
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calebc4024d ago
Had a buddy who did the same thing with a daily energy drink for like two years... swore he was bulletproof, then one random Tuesday his heart started racing at his desk and the doc told him his BP was through the roof. The scary part is the damage doesn't show up in how you feel day to day, it builds up quiet and then all hits at once. Your 700 days of data is cool and all, but it's measuring the wrong thing, man.
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kimfisher24d ago
Love how your buddy's cautionary tale somehow means my spreadsheet is trash. Pretty sure tracking 700 days of anything puts me ahead of the guy who just vibes his way into a cardiologist appointment. Heart damage being quiet is exactly why you write stuff down, genius, so you catch the trend before your chest does it for you. Measuring the wrong thing, huh, and what's the right thing, waiting for a random Tuesday to slap you in the face? Sounds like a solid plan.
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