I am not a fan of water either so I have crystal light sometimes to change it up. Also in response about the negative talk to yourself I just started the alli 4 days ago and the first night I was sitting watching some t.v and relized how much unhealthy food is realy pushed when you watch some of thoes commercials and then I relized that this can get easier as long as I remember why I am doing this I tried dieting and of couse I failed and when I did I thought I could never do it and then I had bought the alli and let it sit their and I would say I'll do it tommorrow or next week it wasn't till I realized on my own how heavy I was getting that I said no today this needs to happen so hear I am and on my first day I said to myself I did good I think that you need to praise yourself and say ya I did do good and when you do drop a couple of pound reward yourself go do something that you would have thought was nice to do and never did it for me next year I hope that it will be to wear a bathing suite and go in a pool it's been about 14 years since I have been in a pool my kids and husband go in the pool and I just watch I did buy a bathingsuit this year but then I seen my legs forget it. So hang in their I am trying to stop the negative thoughts too.

 I don't say no to anything.  I just try to portion it out. 

For example a co-worker brought me a cinnabon cinnamon roll.  The first thing I did was look up the nutrition and to make it where I could eat it, I cut it in 1/4's and spread it out over 4 days.

The thing is you have to have the will power to be able to do it that way.