So I decided to give up caffeine yesterday. If you'll remember, I've been working on my Fall to-do list and at the moment am particularly focused on #10. So in the hopes of increasing my chances, I've decided to ditch the enormous cup of morning coffee in favor of either a decaf version or some herbal tea. Herbal tea.... Pffft! I run a home daycare. Yesterday. Did. Not. Go. Well.
I woke up feeling pretty groggy, and stumbled from the bedroom straight to the ol' coffee machine. I had to FORCE myself to get the decaf out, and the only thing working to convince me at that particular moment was the fact that it was a brand new tin of Nabob, and I loooooooove the smell of a freshly opened tin of Nabob.
*sigh*
By 10am my head was pounding. Seriously. I felt like someone was hangin' out inside my brain with a sledge hammer just going to town. This continued all day long, through the evening and as I went to bed. This morning, I woke up and my head STILL hurt.
And at that exact moment, my will-power ALMOST completely disappeared. I say "almost" because this morning I made myself "half-caf." I couldn't stop myself. And guess what?
The headache is gone. Go figure.
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Trying to give up caffiene is soooo hard. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I just wrote this whole response that got promptly eaten by cyberspace because I was not properly logged in, huh?!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, just wanted to say good luck with your #10, hope all goes well. And, my best advice on the caffeine thing is to not go cold turkey, it's too hard on your system. Do the half-caf thing for awhile, gradually decreasing the caffeine until you are on full decaf.
I once had to do a candida cleanse (need to again) and had to give up caffeine along with pretty much anything and everything else good in the world and I had caffeine withdrawal headaches so severe for a couple of weeks.
Good luck!! Lots of vibes to you.
Soaring Butterfly.