me & caffeine

caffeine and i go way back.
my mom always had a pitcher of sweet tea in the fridge-
and i guzzled that stuff. mmm…
when i was in high school i ran track-
i did like 4 events at every meet.
after each event i was so tired-
there was this weird vitamin store near my house
with a creepy old lady that worked there.
she hooked me up with all kinds of energy pills and powders.
my teammates got a little concerned,
but i really loved having energy and being hyper.

for a long time mountain dew was my favorite form of caffeine.
and then one day i was coming home from hume lake and we stopped for gas-
the captain got a red bull and i gave it a try.
i was so hyper, i felt like laughing.
from then on, i was hooked.

i had a red bull on Sunday morning, to be perky for me sermon,
i had one on Wednesday nights to be perky for bible study-
some weeks, i had one a day.
one time we did an all nighter and i had 4.
things started swaying around.

i went to Atlanta and rediscovered sweet team. mmmm…
then i discovered that the sell it in the car at 7-11!
i have bought so many of those cans!
like 2 a day! plus gallons of sweet tea from walgreens.

i have like 3 refills of soda when i go to restaurants-
and i really like mochas from starbucks-
there have been several occasions went i have felt super-stressed for no reason- and the reason turned out to be all of the caffeine racing through me.

last week, i just felt over it.
the sight of soda just grossed me out.
i got so tired of the energy roller-coaster.
i got tired of feeling pressured by nothing-
so i decided to take a break from it.

my friend went without soda for a whole month
and not only got off of it, but dropped several pounds.

so that’s my goal-
to be off of caffeine for awhile-
no soda, no red bull, no sweet tea, no starbucks-
i’m going to go until hume lake i think-
which is in july.

i’ve gone 3 days so far-
and i’m super tired, but i feel good.
i've been sleeping a lot better-
and i've had some glorious naps this weekend.
i’ve been drinking water and crystal light.
i’ve had a few headaches, but hopefully i can barrel through and see some results.
i’d love to drop some pounds, be more relaxed and feel lighter with more energy.
i don’t miss it
at least not yet.
hopefully i can do it-