How Long Without Coffee?

One thing I have noticed that so many people take for granted is drinking coffee. After church on Sunday mornings we have coffee and donuts laid out at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. I'll bet this is true for most churches. I've attended morning Toastmasters meetings and coffee is usually there. The same thing goes for networking groups and early morning meetings at workplaces. Many of you probably have had coffee available in a break room all day long at one job or another.

For the longest time I didn't drink coffee as I had never switched from diet soda. About a year ago I made the switch. It was gradual. I have probably had a couple diet sodas in the last few months. I thought I was doing great by switching to coffee and I do believe it's better than diet soda. (Ever notice that diet sodas can have zero carbohydrates, zero fat and zero protein? What's left then? Chemicals?) But maybe it's not as good as some people think. Most of what I have read about gout tells me it's not good for dealing with that, so I knew eventually I would have to at least restrict it on a permanent basis.

On Friday, July 9, 2010 I had my most recent cup of coffee. I had two days of "nice size" headaches and got extra rest that weekend. Monday and Tuesday the headaches were smaller and Monday morning around 9:30 my Isagenix arrived. I have been using Isagenix products ever since and I was talking with Sue, my sponsor, yesterday on the drive home from our party/training in Menifee when I mentioned to her that I don't pine for my Organic Bolivian anymore. I don't feel extra tired because I'm not having coffee. To me, that's pretty incredible.

So it turns out that I don't need the coffee to function as I had come to believe. Four days of headaches and getting some new, pure food in the form or shakes, capsules and such and I don't feel the tiredness many people associate with not having coffee.

A couple years ago I went without caffeine for 152 days, give or take a day or two. My friend Christine Burke, a super personal trainer, would always ask me how it was going. I would tell her I was still not doing caffeine and I was always tired. So again, for me to have the energy that I have had is amazing. I've been down this road before and last time it wasn't as fun.

Below you'll see that I copied the message/post that I texted from my Father's Day present to my blog on July 9 and the short "apology" to Sue Landis. You can also scroll back to the post of that day.

One more thing. Just from not drinking coffee I am saving $45 to $50 a month NOT counting gas to drive to my favorite coffee hangout. How much money would you save by not drinking coffee?

When will you be ready to make the change?



Friday, July 9, 2010
Marianne & I are getting my last Bolivian Organic for a good long while. No coffee tomorrow, Sue :-)


Keep walking!