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Indeed - the idea of calibrating gravitational lensing is not at all obvious.
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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For the 25+ years, I taken my coffe with 1 teaspoon of sugar and a few drops of milk; essentially, I drank it the may my mother drank it.
A couple of weeks ago, I thought about the amount of sugar I was consuming via cofee, and at 6 to 8 mugs a day, that started to add up.
I decided to forego the sugar; a week later I decided to forego the milk as well.
However, in the morning, my reflexive action is still to reach for the sugar bowl.
I have changed how I take my coffee, but stopping the muscle-programmed-action is taking somewhat longer.
Tim
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That is the way it is when quitting any habit. The physical behavior remains after the psychological is gone. You have to replace bad habit with something else, or the old habit comes back.
(of course, I don't think a few lumps of sugar is a bad habit)
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The old GDA for sugar was 120 g/day for men: http://www.gdalabel.org.uk/gda/gda_values.aspx[^]
But...the WHO has recently reduced that to 50 g/day: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26449497[^]
One teaspoon of sugar is 6g: so 6 to 8 mugs a day, is ~42 g/day, and that's before any of the sugars in fruit (10~20%), vegetables (1~10%), milk (5%), and processed foods (variable, can be enormous %)
So...cutting it out could be a good idea - and one I might have to consider myself.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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That's funny. I wouldn't have thought about that. But yeah, I suppose the 'making coffee ritual' is pretty well coded.
Sounds like moving the sugar/rearranging the physical routine is in order. (Or get coffee from someplace else where you're not familiar with the layout for a little while, etc.)
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I'd reduce the coffee before reducing the sugar and/or milk.
It is better to reduce the quantity of something you like (coffee with sugar and milk) to something you do not really like (coffee with no sugar or mild).
Anyway, I only drink one coffee per day; so your call.
I'd rather be phishing!
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So do I...[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Tim Carmichael wrote: at 6 to 8 mugs a day,
You might want to consider reducing the amount of coffee you drink. 
/ravi
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Don't be judgmental. Maybe it is a really small cup, to force extra trips around the office, to burn off all the sugar calories.
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Now why didn't I think of that! 
/ravi
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I like my coffee; milk and sugar are additives, but not essentials.
And since I rarely consume soft drinks/sodas/cokes (pick your preference), I think that healthwise, I'm still better off.
My blood-pressure is low and has been for 30+ years, so the coffee may help uptick it a little...
Tim
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Tim Carmichael wrote: And since I rarely consume soft drinks/sodas/cokes
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: You might want to consider reducing the amount of coffee you drink.
The milk and sugar should be the least of his worries. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I don't think he's going for fitness/health here, he's just anti-sugar.
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Coincidentally, I use very little added sugar and salt in my diet. It's a matter of taste, more than anything. But I have to work on my end-of-day chocolate ice cream craving.
/ravi
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CG is similar. He is on a no-sugar diet but consumes large quantities of ice cream
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Coincidentally, he's also Aquarian. 
/ravi
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I recently read a book by Charles Duhigg titled The Power of Habits. Very interesting read and quite an eye opener. Basically the book explains you can't not get rid off habits altogether, but you can change your habit. What you mentioned is classic case you may find the book to be helpful understanding as to what is going on your mind.
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I can change my habit, but I can't change the environment entirely.
At work, coffee is in the break room; I just need to drink more coffee without creamer and sugar and retrain myself to NOT use them.
I like that... drink more coffee!
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Coat the sugar container with something sticky/slimy.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: ...but stopping the muscle-programmed-action is taking somewhat longer.
21 days, last I heard.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I stopped putting sugar in my coffee at home several years ago but I still, for no discernible reason, add it when I'm in a coffee shop.
Normally I add milk [frothed to perfection by moi] for no other reason than I'd drink three times as much coffee if I went native. Occasionally I have a straight shot, or two, when I need to write some very complex code and in extreme 'elephant this, my brain no work' situations I go Arabic with cardamom - now that one really gets the ticker tocking.
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I would almost be more worried about the amount of caffeine you are ingesting. Each cup is probably 70mg of the stuff. times 8 is 560mg a day. That is a bunch.
Do you sleep at all?
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Ohh... sorry... just woke up. 8)
I sleep well; 8 hours a night.
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