Friday November 23, 2007 Caffeine Free
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Just under eighteen months ago, I stopped drinking sodas and switched to drinking just tea. I also tried to drink more water. |
Over the last couple of months, I've been weaning myself slowly off the caffeine, hopefully for a healthier, cleaner lifestyle. For the last week, I've had no drinks with caffeine in them. During this last week, I've been over-tired, getting really bad headaches and suffering from lack of focus. I understand this is par for the course. I can now better empathize with all those mothers-to-be that give up the pleasures of coffee and tea while they are pregnant and breast feeding.
There's still a little bit of caffeine in the chocolate I eat (can't give that up), but I've cut that way down too.
To help compensate for all of this, I've been taking a multi-vitamin call Centrium (the silver edition). I particularly like that the vitamin B12 dosage is 417% of your daily requirement.
It's still earlier days, but after a week, with the headaches now eventually gone, I'm sleeping better and have a bigger appetite.
Now I just need to work on getting more exercise. Of course a 2-3K caloric intake and a lazy day yesterday didn't help at all with this goal. Still there is always tomorrow, um today.
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I was off caffeine for 21 months, then I finished school and got a coding job and I ended up starting again :).
Oh well. Good luck with that :)
Posted by Eskild Hustvedt on November 23, 2007 at 02:33 PM PST #
I have been of caffeine for 6 months, started eating less sugar and a more varied diet, combined with exercise ... it is hell in the beginning, just as you describe it. But when you get on the other side, you feel great, with more energy and vitality.
Posted by Martin Hjort Eriksen on November 24, 2007 at 04:31 AM PST #
Tea can have as much caffeine as soda. GS for "caffeine tea": http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm
Posted by Ryan on November 24, 2007 at 08:14 PM PST #
What? You need to "compensate" for not drinking coffee? WT..??
Posted by sr on November 25, 2007 at 04:44 PM PST #
I need to compensate for the lack-of-alertness
that caffeine provides.
Posted by Rich Burridge on November 25, 2007 at 05:20 PM PST #
Oh ok. I have never drunk coffee, or taken vitamin tablets (AFAIK) and I guess I'm alert enough... maybe I'm missing something ;-)
Posted by sr on November 25, 2007 at 06:40 PM PST #
Are you 50? ;-)
Hopefully more exercise will help but the Centrium
doesn't hurt.
Posted by Rich Burridge on November 25, 2007 at 06:56 PM PST #
Point taken :-)
And good luck, too!
Posted by sr on November 25, 2007 at 07:01 PM PST #