Coffee challenge.

As a 'hardcore' coffee drinker from the majority of my teens to now, it never occurred to me that it was truly bad for me. Of course, I remember the schpiel they'd always give us in school. Yeah, yeah...caffeine's a drug...addiction...blah blah. I'd always think, "Ease up people, I'm drinking a cup of french vanilla with 2 sugars, not smoking crack."

Realistically though, when most of us coffee drinkers REALLY think about it... could you go a morning without coffee and/or caffeine of any sort? A day? A week? I would have scoffed at the idea! But... as you may know from my last post, I am all about educating myself on the effects of the foods/liquids I choose to put into my body. Too many of us just eat and drink things knowing full well they are bad for us, but would probably opt out of drinking/eating those foods if we knew just HOW bad they are.

I'll spare you the gory details of what long term caffeine use does to your innards, but I started weaning myself off of coffee last week. First my usual, tons of coffee all day every day, then less, and even less, and even less. I am now on day #5 of being coffee/caffeine free!

I won't lie and say it's easy. The headaches alone are enough to make someone break down. Surprisingly,  a lot of my difficulty is breaking my mental addiction to it. I have my mind trained to tell my body that I can't function without it, that I NEED it. It's craziness.

My point of all of this? Just try it! Put away the Mr. Coffee and set down the Diet Coke. Give it at least a week. I think you'll find at the end of the 7 days, you don't really NEED it like you think you do. Your innards will thank you! :)