This sucks.

I’m not going to sugar coat it. This sucks. Yesterday I was feeling really good until about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. At that point my caffeine withdrawal began to surface. My head hurt. I couldn’t work. I think I spent two hours just staring at my computer screen wanting to curl up in the fetal position. I typically have about 180-225 mg of caffeine a day (that’s a tall coffee at Starbucks in the morning and maybe a diet soda at a night). So, going cold turkey was difficult. Around 4:30 I ended up finding some decaffeinated green tea in my office’s kitchen, and drank a cup. It definitely helped. Decaf green tea has about 0-12 mg of caffeine in it, so who knows if that little bit of caffeine helped my symptoms go away, or if it was just psychosomatic.

The food sitch is fine though. I ate a delicious kale salad at Native Foods last night. I was surprised at how many food items on their menu contain gluten, beans, or soy – but at least I could eat their kale salad. Also, I was definitely really hungry throughout the day yesterday, so I just kept snacking on blueberries and nuts. I ate about a pint of blueberries yesterday.

I was exhausted when I got home and ended up falling asleep on the couch at 10pm. I didn’t wake up till 8 this morning. This morning though, I feel good. I made a ton of green juice and ate a few walnuts. I also now have a bit of decaf green tea next to me in case my headache comes back. This afternoon I’ll be eating the leftovers from my salad last night, and some split pea soup.

This does suck, but I can handle it.