writingwyo Günlüğü, 25 Ağu 24

I'm so glad that your feeling better today writingwyo and you have a fresh start today. 

ahh cold turkey caffeine yikes 😬  

Thanks, buenitabishop 😊 OTB -- cold turkey is, alas, the only thing that works for me. I have a terrible caffeine addiction, and am never able to cut back slowly. A single cup is the camel's nose in the tent. The pounding headache is gone, but the depression has set in. Ugh. I'd strangle my dearest friend for a Diet Coke about now 😂 Going to try to get motivated for a walk. 

haha yeah I get ya I cut all my caffeine for 4 days leading up to my race in July knowing dehydration would be a big issue for that one and it was rough lol. I keep a steady stream of caffeine in me throughout the day normaly🙄ohh well gotta have some sort of vice lol  

I'd be happy to keep it as one of my fee remaining vices if I could just sleep. If this doesn't fix the sleep troubles, I'll go right back to it with a vengeance  

That's rough. I have sleep issues also. 

Maybe you needed a break. You will be right back on the horse and doing okay.  

honeebuns -- I had a similar experience when I went to AZ for my brother's wedding a few years ago. All they had in the house was decaf, and everyone was so busy getting ready for the wedding that I didn't want to be difficult and ask someone to make a special trip to get me some of the real stuff. Painful! 😂 

Sorry to hear that, shirfleur. Hope we can BOTH get those issues worked out! 

Maybe I did, Morticia, but eating badly didn't make me feel all that great. Unfortunately, I tend to eat my way through caffeine withdrawal. Going to accept it for a day or two, as the higher priority is to get off the stuff  

hey, if you got a nice little weekend off and the scale only moved a pound or so… take the win 😉 

Coffee. Ah coffee. Have cut consumption considerably, but will not omit altogether from intake. What I do try is if I want the 2nd cup during the day, it can't be after 3PM else it keeps me awake at bedtime. Funny how the body changes as one ages. Was a time I could have an espresso at midnight and be sound asleep shortly after. 

Wishing you success with the sleep issues. My Restless Legs are a battle every single day! But switching to decaf has certainly helped. Every once in a while, usually when traveling to my daughter's house an hour away, I splurge on an 'skinny' iced mocha from the latte stand🧋 

Don't embarrassed. Thank you for posting! It happens to us all and the only way to really do better is to be real, so thank u! 

Actually a week, johncip. Most of it, anyway. I'll try to see it as a win that the scale wasn't any worse! 

Ann - I tried no caffeine after 8 a.m. for a while, but fell off that wagon. I truly can't moderate the stuff.  

CrystalJo -- always remind myself they make decaf lattes. 😉 I do so love the taste of coffee 😋 

Thanks, crazy4! Appreciate the encouragement 😊 

honeebuns -- I sort of went cold turkey about 25 years ago. Luckily, I had already been drinking half-caff for years before. I work at home as a writer, and I used to make a 9-cup pot every morning and drink it myself; if I was writing on deadline, I'd make a 2d pot and drink it til I finished and went to bed. But I came to the conclusion that drinking so much coffee was creating some physical symptoms I won't go into here, and I just quit. I was steeling myself for terrible headaches and all kinds of pain and suffering, but for some reason I was OK. Nowadays, I allow myself one double decaf cappuccino each week, and sometimes, if I go out for breakfast or dinner with friends, I'll have a cup of decaf. But there are actually weeks when I don't have any at all. I think I am really lucky that I was able to quit with no ill effects! 

I have really bad sleep issues. I wake up at around 1 am and sometimes I can go back to sleep but never past 4 am. Sometimes it's as early as 2am! I found that if I take a walk after dinner that I am able to sleep better. I still don't go past 4 but it's not as interrupted. Now I can still have my morning coffee! I have no doubt you will get back on track. You got this!