Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
The problem is "I KNOW you're right!" and I still do it!

Here's a promise to you:

For one week I will limit myself to 2/day and I'll drink plenty of water instead!

In one week, I'll reevaluate

Silver, you in????
It's much much better to change your thinking than to change your drinking. (Ha! I rhymed.)

So instead of saying only 2 a day, how about "The next time I get something to drink, it will be water or iced tea."

Make that decision several times in a row, or make it every other time you get a drink. Changes made in increments are easier to chew. I find if I give myself "unlimited" of something instead of limiting the thing I want to avoid, I have less emotional baggage attached to giving up the thing. Plus the laws of physics are working in your favor--water and Diet Coke can't occupy the same space at the same time. If you fill up that space with water, there is no room for the Diet Coke.

Both ways of thinking about it can result in the same outcome, of course, but flipping it around to "unlimited x" from "limited y" is much more comforting.

(If you're concerned about the caffeine--I don't remember any adverse affects of limiting caffeine, and it's not dangerous to go cold-turkey off caffeine. You're a grown man, you can take it. Just try to do it when you're not at work so you can suffer through any symptoms in relative comfort.)

Good luck!
Karen