Caffeine & Soda Pop Free

Hello Everyone,
I have been busy this summer but will tell you more about later!

But wait there is big news for me........ I have made it 5 days with no caffeine or pop for 5 days and it has been hard. I have also lost 4 pounds which I need to loose a total of 15 for surgery Nov 2, 2009. I do want to share this experience of no Pepsi or diet coke with all of you if you ever think of doing it.

As most people know I drank more then a 12 pack of pop a day. Then I went to the Dr and he says I need some major surgery but before he can do it I have to do a few things.

1. Stop drinking anything with caffeine
2. loose 15 pounds
3. Go on a strict diet of eating better
4. Cut back or quit smoking

These are all things that have caused me to now have surgery for my issues at such a young age, He said usually the woman is 59 not 39 when he does this. So I took him serous and I changed my life style. One other thing he said walking every night is not going to help me loose the weight.

So here is my journey:

1. Day 1 I had migraines like no other migraine. I could not bear the pain I had to sleep and hope for the best. The migraine came on about 4pm. Drank tons of water!
2. Day 2 Migraine was back about 4pm and started to 2 sweat bullets. I wanted to drink a pop so bad. I drank a glass of milk which I NEVER do. I became very tired and went to sleep until 8pm and then got up and started the migraine and sweating all over again. I drank tons of water today.
3. Day 3 I was so tired at work I thought. I had no energy then by the time I got home the mother of all migraines came and so did the throwing up and sweating and I knew then I was doomed and just decided to cry it out saying if this is what detox is like then I never want to do this again. MY friend Mick was there to help and said how can I help I said I just need a Pepsi. He had a coke there and said would a little sip help? I said that's like asking a alcholic if they just want a shot of whiskey. NO I do not need nothing I will be OK. Drank tons of water and some milk
4. Day 4 I took migraine medicine at 3pm and didn't wait for the migraine to come. It was great. Drank a couple glasses of milk
5. Day 5 No migraine today. More energy, but feel depressed. Took a long drive and wanted the Pepsi but had my water. I seem to crave the pop at night more then any other time of the day. Maybe because I am not busy.

Hopefully I am on the downside of the detox of it all. I watch everything I eat and make sure no caffeine is in anything, I stay away from chocolate because I know it has some. I eat breakfast every morning ( special K cereal measured out and a fat free yogurt. High protein shake for lunch and a healthy dinner some days.) I snack on special k bars. their not bad at all.

After 30 days of making sure I got through my soda issue I am hopefully quiting smoking. I can only tackle one issue at a time. If I did it all at once it would probably killed me. SO I know I can over come one big addiction I can do another. NO get me wrong I never through out the pepsi or diet coke in my home it is all there still. I just dont have a desire to drink it anymore and feel like if I threw it out I would have wanted it more. So it's still there for anyone who comes to visit.