Sigh.
Green Girl now loudly exhales through her mouth after taking a drink of any beverage. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!," she says with pride and joy. I am not sure if she learned that from me or Green Boy, but it is not good. Poop.
However, I have made a small breakthrough in my progress. I posted on my Facebook wall about my need to curtail diet soda related obsessions and I had several co-workers echo my sentiments. It doesn't help that there is a fridge full of carbonated beverages free for the taking at my place of employment (not complaining - merely stating a fact). A fellow diet soda aficionado and I lamented that as long as free soda was there, it was just too hard to quit. So I happily consumed multiple cans of free soda a day, feeling that I was at least in good company.
A week later, this very same co-worker and I were chatting in the kitchen and diet soda came up; partially because of my facebook wall post and partially because it was 9:30am and I was already on my second can of the day (at least this one was caffeine free). However, she pointed out that since her client had gotten all up in her business last week and publicly lectured her about the dangers of diet soda that she just hasn't been able to bring herself to drink it.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!
Apparently she says that public ridicule and shaming are what worked for her. Go figure.
"Nope, not me," I thought. That is just silly.
And yet...on my third can of diet soda that day I hid it as I walked past her desk. I. hid. it. ???? I was shocked at my behavior. Why was I suddenly embarrassed? I thought public ridicule had no affect on me, though obviously I was wrong.
Instead of feeling sad or mad or guilty, I felt a little glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, I could kick this horrible habit.
And then I drank a bottle of water. :-)
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