Free Friday
During this week, when it was clear that the caffeine free thing was actually going to stick this time, I've had a lot of conversations about it with a lot of people. One of those conversations was with a co-worker friend named Ryan who said that when he did this, he also gave himself a "Free Friday" - a day where he could eat and drink whatever he wanted.
I didn't make the decision until Thursday, which was a full week of being caffeine free, that I could handle a day of caffeinated joy and not completely lose the progress I had made and slip back into a full caffeinedom. I do admit that I went to bed a little excited that I would actually get to taste Dr. Pepper again.
What I didn't expect was to feel like a bloated, hazy cow before the work day was even over.
Note that this week has not just been about caffeine - it has been about diet in general. I have been eating less and eating more healthily. I haven't gone salads or anything like that, but I'll have one less burger, one less pizza, and will skip the fries and get a non-caffeinated soda if not something water-based (like lemonade or.. well, water.)
So I don't start off my day rocking out the caffeine - I want to ease into it. I wait until lunchtime, where we go to a local Mexican restaurant and I order my usual and a DP. This usual is called the Speedy Gonzalez (who is apparantly popular in Mexico despite being considered a stereotype in the US.) This meal has a taco, enchilada, and a bunch of refriend beans.
I devour and devour... although as the meal went on, I found myself going slower.. and slower.. and slllooowwwwweeeeee... and, in the end, I didn't even finish part of it and only drank about half the Dr. Pepper. My body now feels very pissed off that I did this to it after it had felt so good.
To top it off, I was starting to feel better, so I had a Barq's root beer which has caffeine artificially added to it but not nearly as much as Dr. Pepper. Blah. Mistake again.
I may not do caffeine the rest of the day. Hell, I may go home after work and go to bed. How the hell did my physiology change that quick?
Maybe I just got food poisoning from the Mexican restaurant.. darn you, Speedy Gonzalez and your tasty treats!!!
I didn't make the decision until Thursday, which was a full week of being caffeine free, that I could handle a day of caffeinated joy and not completely lose the progress I had made and slip back into a full caffeinedom. I do admit that I went to bed a little excited that I would actually get to taste Dr. Pepper again.
What I didn't expect was to feel like a bloated, hazy cow before the work day was even over.
Note that this week has not just been about caffeine - it has been about diet in general. I have been eating less and eating more healthily. I haven't gone salads or anything like that, but I'll have one less burger, one less pizza, and will skip the fries and get a non-caffeinated soda if not something water-based (like lemonade or.. well, water.)
So I don't start off my day rocking out the caffeine - I want to ease into it. I wait until lunchtime, where we go to a local Mexican restaurant and I order my usual and a DP. This usual is called the Speedy Gonzalez (who is apparantly popular in Mexico despite being considered a stereotype in the US.) This meal has a taco, enchilada, and a bunch of refriend beans.
I devour and devour... although as the meal went on, I found myself going slower.. and slower.. and slllooowwwwweeeeee... and, in the end, I didn't even finish part of it and only drank about half the Dr. Pepper. My body now feels very pissed off that I did this to it after it had felt so good.
To top it off, I was starting to feel better, so I had a Barq's root beer which has caffeine artificially added to it but not nearly as much as Dr. Pepper. Blah. Mistake again.
I may not do caffeine the rest of the day. Hell, I may go home after work and go to bed. How the hell did my physiology change that quick?
Maybe I just got food poisoning from the Mexican restaurant.. darn you, Speedy Gonzalez and your tasty treats!!!