For a very specific reason, I am trying to cut down on caffeine (the first of many unhealthy eating habits). It used to be that a cup of tea in the morning would be enough but then I started to get acquainted with cherry berry and my morning tea went right out the window. (I love you, cherry berry) But I seriously drank 3 energy drinks in one day a couple weeks ago and even just yesterday I drank 2 in a row. I tried a new drink (24-7 latte - delicious) and then less than an hour later I had my cherry berry. What have I gotten myself into? I'm a damn addict almost, sitting here craving my morning boost. Buh.
This morning, despite hitting the snooze button like 4 times and feeling completely exhausted, I decided to make tea instead of stopping by the store on the way to work. I was in a hurry, so I filled my liquid measuring cup with water, popped it in the microwave and put some green tea leaves into my tea ball. I think I should have at least made black tea this morning, because man am I hurting! It's not even 8 in the morning yet and already I have a MONDO headache. It's a good thing that I never took up smoking, because apparently I'm finding that I might have a bit of an addictive personality and I probably could become a chain smoker and an alcoholic rather quickly. I guess when you look at it that way, the caffeine addiction doesn't sound as bad...but no, I will not leave on my plan to go get a drink of wonderful cherry berry!
Web sites suggest that instead of quitting completely on the caffeine, you should bring yourself down from it. So does that mean that it would have been ok for me to drink one energy drink today? But then what do I do after that - take a few sips and throw it away? I think not. But I MUST bring my caffeine consumption down to almost nothing for the near future. Still, I'm not quite sure how I'm going to make it through the day.
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