I’m starting a blog as a journey towards feeling better. My main goals are to add content regularly, to track my progress and possibly help you the reader. In my first few weeks I’m attempting to remove caffeinated drinks.
I drink about two caffeinated drinks per day but after a few months I find that I need more, and then I start to feel weird, plus it effects my wallet. I had given up a few times for a month or so at a time usually however still having the occasional hot chocolate and chocolate.
After all the years of drinking coffee, when I gave up previously, I just didn’t feel myself. Whilst researching on YouTube the benefits to being caffeine free, I found a comment that it took a good 6 months to feel normal. It would seem that I had stopped too soon and so I am trying again.
This time I have told myself to drink only water, though it can be flavoured with Lemon juice or infused with some ‘non-caffeinated’ teas also allowing our daily smoothie that my wife prepares. That way I will eliminate two things at once, sugary drinks and warm milky drinks, and see how I go!
Be Well!
So Day 1, I feel a bit wobbly a little anxious, but I have to start somewhere. Found that I was able to get through the day ok. Mildly grumpy at times! Probably still have a few mg (milligram) of Caffeine floating around in my blood stream.
Day 2. After feeling off yesterday I have slept fairly well, even sleeping again after waking this morning (something I usually don’t do), slightest of headaches now. Drinking plenty of water though. With work today I am sure that I will need to concentrate hard so I hope the fogginess that I feel wont effect everything.
However as the day proceeded I found it very hard to concentrate (wanted to curl up and disappear), I needed a fix, needed something, “anything”, to just get by! I checked some YouTube clips (one of them below) for inspiration, and learnt for a caffeine free life: water, sleep, carbs and exercise are very important. Well I did end up eating quite a bit of food, it is getting colder now in Melbourne so my partner and I still where able to do a quick walk/run/exercise. Got into bed and turned off the phone! Slept OK.
Day 3. Well thank goodness that Day 2 is done, yesterday was just one of big craving. Today I am feeling better, my wife thinks I look better this morning. I realised that I do want to blog on other topics and for the moment this daily “diary” might be considered a bit excessive, however it is helping me. So for the moment I will do it until I am feeling on top of my cravings.
Day 4. Well today was I think, one of our harder days. I wanted to hide. The realisation that this decision is for life, plus my desire for that fix. Work was hard, I felt dumb, unable to concentrate, lol, maybe I’m actually like this, but the caffeine, gives me magical powers…
However. Luckily today is the day before Easter, and there are four days to not concentrate… Got through.. phew!
Days 5-7 OK well one week is done. What I found over the last few days is that things are slightly easier. I still have some cravings but I’ve had a few days clear of work and other concerns. Not having to work has been great since no need to concentrate, and for me this is like a gift. Still I am forgetful, in a slight haze, and slightly off but I am sure this will pass.
I have been eating a fair amount, and that’s ok I think. Yes some of it is trying to substitute caffeine for carbs and sugar. But I’m not having any warm milky/sugary “caffeinated” drinks and so that balances things better; suffice to say however the scales have higher numbers than usual :D. Ok that’s it for now!
Daily Feeling Good 