Well the flurry of posts I was expecting to have up haven't eventuated. I'd like to tell you all I've been away on some tropical island bathed in coconut oil and sunning myself beside a crystal clear lagoon, but alas not! I've been plagued by a migraine and then by a bug of some sort. Well, I'm not convinced it's a bug. And I'm fairly sure my migraine was caffeine withdrawal related. In fact I'm 99.9% sure I've been going through caffeine withdrawal for the last 3 days.
Make no mistake my friends, caffeine IS a drug.
On a normal day, buy lunchtime I would have had anywhere up to 5 coffees, and by days end it would be nothing for me to have upwards of 10 cups of Joe. With 2 sugars per cup that's a whopping 320 calories in sugar alone and over 600mg of caffeine. To put that into perspective, the SAFE RDI of caffeine is only 200mg, and I was consuming 25% of my caloric intake in refined sugar.
Any wonder I was having withdrawals.
I love my coffee, but I seriously need to reassess what part, if any, it plays in my future healthy lifestyle.
Right now I need a nana nap, I'm starting to get a bit jittery again. Apparently this can go on for several days, at least my headache has gone.
Me xoxo
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