I've given up coffee. Just last week I wrote about mastering the coffee maker while my husband was away, and today, as I write this, I'm quite sure I'll never use it again. After drinking almost a whole pot Saturday morning (to celebrate David's return) and dining on chorizo and roasted red peppers and peas (yum!), my stomach woke me with great urgency at 4 AM to say this: Stop the madness. Now. By 6 that morning I knew my coffee days were over. In fact, except for wanting to be woken up, I felt so badly I didn't want any coffee all of Sunday. Three days later, I still would like to be more awake, but I still don't want a cup of coffee. I know soon enough I will want one, but I won't have it. I can't be moderate with the coffee and clearly, my constitution can't take it.
But, it gets worse. I have to give up my afternoon chocolate, too. We'll see how well I do with that one.
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I can relate. I gave up coffee last fall, which wasn't easy because, along with wine and chocolate, it's my favorite substance in the world. Now I yield to the craving with a small decaf and a Rolaids chaser a few times a week. :-(
Lizi
A friend of mine switched from brewed coffee to machiato (single shot of espresso with hot water). But I don't know what to tell you about the afternoon chocolate. Maybe a buttery salt caramel instead?
A) buttery salt caramel: Brilliant!
2) Lizi - it sucks, right? I don't mind losing my ability to read recipes without my glasses as much as I mind this--because I know soon enough I'm going to be packing the rolaids chaser..... I gave up coffee once before when I was trying to get pregnant -- but I slept a lot more back then....a
It's somehow reassuring to hear I'm not the only one with this problem. I haven't managed to give up the wine or chocolate yet. Seems there is only so much deprivation I can take. Plus, the Rolaids have calcium to shore up my aging bones. :-P
Lizi
Is it the caffeine in general or the coffee in particular? I have never been a coffee drinker, but I drink lots of (good) black tea (doctored with milk and a bit of sugar). Coffee makes me very jittery and unpleasantly wired; the tea gives me a much mellower dose of caffeine. I know it's there--I rely on it to be there--but it's definitely not a jolt.
The chocolate would be hard too. I like the caramel idea, but no chocolate is still sad.
Oh, no! I'm sorry, Robin! What a rough decision for your body to make for you. I would be distraught in your place. I used to try to moderate my coffee intake, but not since moving to Seattle. . . . Now I drink it in "tall" units, a reasonable 12 ounces at a time--but several, a full several, times a day.
I think it's partly the caffeine but not entirely. When I asked the nurse practitioner about my daily chocolate she said, "You're not doing yourself any favors." That said, I've only had green tea and ginger tea with mate (can't resist) -- both have some caffeine, but not the same as coffee or black tea. I love black tea as you make yours, Sue, but I don't think it'll be good for me jus tnow. Maybe in a few weeks when things calm down. As for red wine, I've had to scale back b/c it gives me sinus headaches sometimes (oy!)...in any case, I'll still have some wine and I'll certainly have some chocolate (those cookies) -- but everything will be scaled back. Except for coffee. I'm too all or nothing with coffee. Sigh.
Course, I could do some research on the caffeine-coffee question, but I haven't the heart - and honestly, I think if it's a problem, you just know. But tea is so much less acidic than coffee......
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