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Posted on 01/27/2005 9:59:05 AM PST by ecurbh
Thanks! I need it... I've been studying but it feels like it goes in and goes back out without sticking at all.
I decided last night to bite the bullet and go on down to half and half coffee today. So I made the pot.
Now usually, Steve puts one cup of coffee on my bedside table and leaves me one more cup in the coffee maker. This time, he didn't leave me in the coffee maker!!!!!! I went from two cups of 1/3rd decaf to one cup of half decaf!
No way. Ain't gonna happen, sis.
Made myself a cup of regular tea.
I've experienced vague headaches all this week...nothing major, but it's there nonetheless. Nothing like when I'd go cold turkey, though...oh my stars. That was agony. I've only had one major headache since decreasing my caffeine and I suspect it comes from excluding the afternoon cup (that I enjoyed so much with you!)
I know this is silly to discuss, but I am majorly addicted to caffeine. And since I seem to just KEEP battling this anemia, I gotta do something! (Caffeine inhibits the uptake of iron from the diet.)
I bet it's been two years ago!
I've managed it before - giving up caffeine, that is. But I did it cold turkey and was barely functioning for about a week. After that it was OK, EXCEPT that I was then ultra sensitive to the stuff and couldn't, for example, pick up a regular soda without it making me ill.
So...on the other hand, maybe it'd be easier to just start eatin' lots of spinach...
I'd kind of like to quit again. I felt much better once I got past the worst of it - not all foggyheaded in the mornings or headaches on the weekends when I didn't get coffee until late. But it means checking EVERYTHING for caffeine, since it really bothers me if I'm not used to it.
Also there aren't as many options with decaf coffee, though that may be different in a bigger area with more selection! So...maybe when I get to Colorado I'll try to kick the habit again. Maybe.
I'd NEVER give up coffee. That ain't gonna happen! Switch to decaf - maybe. But I never make it long without coffee of some sort.
But I do like the feeling of not needing caffeine to get me going.
Beans are high in iron, too! Lentils, especially, I think.
Hm...what else?
Oysters are the best! And I love 'em. Wouldn't ya know. They cost a fortune and are high in saturated fat.
~sigh~
I take a supplement too, with a glass of OJ in the afternoon.
I REALLY hope I can get some seafood while I'm in Washington...
That's enough of that...I'm gonna try to find a good grinder to make almond butter. The "Handy Chopper" I have now (the one that the plug poked me in the eye, you know) doesn't chop up fine enough. Too chunky. I want a smooth paste.
See ya later!
*Alkhin SAD!*
Actually, it doesnt surprise me. The first season REALLY isnt all that swift. Its actually boring. *IF* you so desire to give it another chance, skip ahead to the 3rd and 4th seasons. In fact, I can narrow it down to these episodes : "DNA", "Camille", "Back to Reality", AND especially "Quarantine" (which I think is the epitome of their best).
Well, it seems my blender might work! I'm gonna give it a shot after lunch.
Today is taco-making day. Heh heh...the first ever. I'm gonna make a bunch of bean and cheese tacos, fry 'em up and put 'em in baggies, three per baggie and freeze them for Steve to take to work. I'm using those low-carb tortillas we like so much.
I got the idea from a frozen burrito he brought home...thought to myself "I can do this...only better!"
That sounds too much like work. I may later. But I'm catching up on other series now.
That's what I'm havin' for lunch - only I didn't make burritos. Just have whole wheat tortillas (the ones I made the other day), and then all the bean and cheese stuff in a tupperware container so I can heat it up.
Homemade, all of it! Well...the beans and tortillas, anyway.
Mornin' everyone. Have been blogging like mad.
You know...Steve likes that convenient frozen burrito stuff...it's certainly not good for him. I can make the same stuff with quality ingredients and he can just grab it and go.
Made me feel bad when he brought that frozen one home...that's what he used to eat before he went on Atkins and he gained all that weight...I've been dropping the ball on having quality food around for him. He just doesn't have time to get his own meals ready...sometimes it's 10pm when he comes in, he's hardly had anything decent to eat all day.
I've lately gotten rather picky (or paranoid, maybe) about what goes into my food. And I wonder what all the preservatives and other junk really do to us. It's cheaper to make stuff from scratch, but more than that, I know what goes into it!
That's exactly right.
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