So, I
haven’t been sleeping very well.
I’ve
always been a bit of an insomniac. I’m more of a daytime sleeper, napper,
person. But lately I’ve been very, very tired and completely unable to sleep.
So I’ve decided to give up caffeine completely. Sadly, this means no more
Starbucks (at least not coffee) but perhaps worst of all, this means no more
Coke.
I’ve
told a few people that I’ve given up caffeine the last couple of days and the
response I’ve gotten has been positive, but annoying. They treat it like I’ve
given up meth or cocaine, not the occasional Coke or caramel macchiato. It also
drives me nuts, because a lot of them have that high and mighty kind of “yeah, when
I finally gave up caffeine, I felt pretty good too…”
I don’t.
I feel like shit. I have killer headaches and I’m exhausted. Also, I hate it
because this is yet ANOTHER thing I’ve had to give up. So far I gave up high
fructose corn syrup, gluten, most dairy (milk so doesn’t count) apples, hummus,
spicy food and onions.
If my
doctor tells me I can’t have eggs, I’m going to bust someone.
I
know it’s the same bitch and moan about how I have no control over my body, but
I actually feel really proud that I gave up caffeine. It may not seem like a
lot and to a lot of people it’s like “yeah, it’s not really healthy, of course
you should give it up.” But after I’ve had to erase a lot of the foods I love
from my diet, it was nice to have that one last thing to hold on to.
No
more.
Challenge
to my Readers:
Keep
up the good fight. The only thing that kills you faster than the disease is
denying the disease.
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