Week 1 of the No Coffee Chanllenge

Dear Diary,

Yesterday marked the end of my first week without coffee... so let me tell you about the horrors that I experienced this week.

So day 2 went about with as much interest as day 1 of the no coffee challenge. However, a new evil began to lurk in the background - I call it the Sugar Monster. I mean, its not like I have any scientific or medical proof about this but to me days 2 to 4 began a slow build off sugar cravings. I felt like a bottomless pit of junk. I ate more chocolate and chips and snacks than ever before. At first I thought that perhaps because I missed breakfast, I was feeling peckish. But after the second slab of chocolate, I knew I was falling into a craving abyss. 

I ate and ate and ate, but I wasn't satisfied - then Monday morning came and all I wanted was a Red Bull or some energy soft drink, that's when I realised that it was the lack of coffee that was getting to me. I was tired and hungry and perhaps my body thought that it was going to crash without the always willing and able support of caffeine.

Then the migraine came... it started softly, like a sweet caress. But it became needy and whiny, like an over attached girlfriend. Before long I was seeing black stars and not even painkillers could help (large amounts of chocolate didn't assist either). But the next day it began to let up and receded in the exact way that it began.

Now though, I catch myself thinking about making a cup of coffee, every so often, though it becomes less and less. My appetite has gone back to normal, which I am so grateful for.

Lets see what week 2 will bring.

xoxo