I Laughed When I Read This Comment on YouTube
Diet Soda Can’t Help You Manage Blood Sugar Levels
This comment made me laugh.
It said: “You can’t drink diet soda to control your blood sugar level. Because diet soda makes you crave more. It doesn’t help at all.”
It makes sense.
Why do I laugh?
Here’s the whole story:
I listened to a TED Talk by Amy Morin.
She’s a therapist, and she told the story of one of her clients who was suffering from diabetes.
- He had given up trying to manage his blood sugar levels.
- Diabetes had affected his vision.
- His driver’s license? Taken away.
But he decided to make a small change.
He decided to give up his 2-liter Pepsi habit and replace it with Diet Pepsi.
Then he saw his numbers start to improve quickly.
This motivated him to replace his ice cream with lower-sugar snacks and
exercise on an old exercise bike.
With the positive progress, he got his eyesight back.
Then he got his license back.
Diet Pepsi is horrible.
But it’s better to start with it than with water.
Most people underestimate small changes because they don’t sound like they make sense.
They forget that just because it doesn’t make sense doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.
My observation:
People who replace a 20-cigarette-a-day habit with 5 have a higher chance of quitting smoking than people who go cold turkey.
Because small changes create quick wins.
Quick wins build momentum.
And momentum creates big change.
I used to be caffeine-addicted.
A long time ago, I drank 3 cups of coffee a day.
It killed my deep sleep.
This comment reminds me of when I tried to cure my addiction.
I made a bold move:
from 3 coffees to 1.
The result?
I was a walking zombie.
So, I made a small change by replacing coffee with tea.
It sounded stupid—changing one caffeine source for another.
But I hated tea.
So, I replaced the tea with smoothies.
First, it was 3 coffees + 1 smoothie.
Then, 2 coffees + 1 smoothie.
Next, 1 coffees + 1 tea + 1 smoothie.
Then, 1 coffees + 2 smoothies.
Now, 3 cups of coffee feel like torture (even though coffee is my passion).
Take small steps.
Do unreasonable things.
This is how to really change.
But people who arm themselves with “how-to” guides never make real changes.
Because change is a mental game, not an information game.
