No coffee: week 1

Well, I've made it a whole week without coffee, or any form of
caffeine for that matter. I meant to post everyday giving status
updates but you know how life is. So I'll give you a quick run down of
how the week went.

Monday (day 1): I already posted about Monday (see previous post No
coffee: day 1), but I have something to add. Due to the extreme
feeling of having been kicked in the head I skipped my Scout meeting
to go to bed early.

Tuesday (day 2): Headache, but not quite as bad as on Monday. Savannah
brought some pain killers to me at lunch time to take the edge off. My
head was foggy, and thinking was very difficult. Very tired. Start
drinking caffeine free herbal tea.

Wednesday (day 3): Headache getting better but still taking pain
killers every 4 or 5 hours. The fog in my brain is lifting, but I'm
still not the brightest bulb on the tree. Still very tired.

Thursday (day 4): Headache is almost gone, one dose in the morning and
no more. Fog is also thinning. Still very tired, but sleeping much
better.

Friday (day 5): Headache gone, no pain killers required. Fog is gone.
Still very tired.

Saturday (day 6): Got to sleep in a couple hours, so I'm feeling pretty good.

Sunday (day 7): Slept in again for a couple hours. Nice to catch up on
my sleep, and I'm sleeping so much better now.

Monday (day 8): Week 1 without coffee completed. Stomach is feeling
better, and I'm sleeping much better. I'm still pretty tired all the
time, but not falling asleep on my feet like I was at the start of the
week. Drinking herbal tea like it's going out of style.

So there we have it. The current status of my effort to kick the
coffee habit. Still....so very tired....Zzzzzz...

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No coffee: day 1

For any of you who know me, you'll know I drink a lot of coffee...well, used to drink a lot of coffee. I've decided to give it up. The present thought is, I'll sleep much better if I'm not drinking coffee all day, and I won't have so many stomach problems.

So, day one without coffee. The day didn't go as bad as I thought it was going to. I was tired, most of the day, but I'm usually tired, just slightly more so without coffee. My desk is just outside the kitchen at the office, which didn't help matters, people going in and out all day getting coffee, and a fresh brewed pot is always there. The headaches hit in the afternoon, making me feel like I was just kicked in the head by a combat boot. Unfortunately I had forgotten to take any pain killers to wok with me. Oh well, I survived. Must remember pain killers tomorrow.

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