Funeral for a friend

[CorvetteGirl 78]

A couple of weeks ago, I started eating better. At the advice of my NUT, I started drinking at least 64 oz. Water every day, upped my Protein, decreased the carbs, and.....well....I had to give up caffeine and carbonated drinks also.

I have lost a little bit of weight and in general I feel much better because I'm eating better, but DAMN, I hate giving up my caffeine. I am a die-hard Dunkin' Donuts gal. When I first started out, I gave up the Diet Pepsi, DD iced coffees, and reduced my morning coffee from 2 cups to one.

Today is the end of the Caffeine Trail for me. I am sipping what will be my last DD coffee for a long time. Tomorrow I will begin having ZERO caffeine! During this process, I was lucky not to experience the caffeine withdrawal headaches, but I really do HATE giving up that one last coffee....you know....the morning one that gets you going. I am looking at it in a positive way though, as if it's just the next step in my journey. One more step towards better health and wellness.

But for now, I am just sipping and relishing this one last cup of joe.

[T'snewstart 251]

I know the feeling... For me it was hard to give up my Diet Dr Pepper. I just loved the stuff would drink them for Breakfast even... About a six pack a day on average. Believe it or not I do not miss them at all. I never in a million years thought I would say that. After surgery everything changes ( or should I say for many of us). I was also a FF queen.... Loved them dipped in ranch dressing... Anything fried was my friend. Today I have NO desire for fried foods at all. I hope you are able to have the same experience post op! Best Wishes

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I gave up coffee at the beginning of my preop diet and it was HELL - for about two days. After that I felt fine. I think this is true for most people - you will live with a couple of days of feeling absolutely miserable: headaches, fatigue, fuzzy brain, but after that, things get better very quickly.

[CorvetteGirl 78]

Surprisingly, I was OK with giving up the soda and the rest of the caffeine was OK too. It's just that one last coffee!

I'm hoping that a lot of what I like now will be unappealing to me post op.

Thanks for the good wishes!

[RAAinNH 113]

I gave up regular coffee a couple of months ago. My husband & I had always bought a pound of ground Dunkin Donuts coffee to enjoy at home. Now I buy the Decaf Dunkin's coffee and have grown to like that as well as regular coffee. Every once in a while I treat my self to a non-fat decaf latte either at Dunkin's or Starbucks. It's a guiltless pleasure!

[Pixie Dust 526]

I feel your pain Corvette! I'm still having that one cup in the morning but I know soon enough, that will be taken away from me too. I'm not going without kicking & screaming too! I love DD as well as Gevalia. But maybe one day down the road, we'll be reunited again & it will be a heavenly experience (maybe?) LOL! I just hope I won't be too hard to live with, like I was when I gave up smoking many years ago.

Good luck to you! Please keep us informed of your journey!

[CorvetteGirl 78]

Congrats on quitting smoking! I'm approaching my 2 year quit date which is in August. It's a very liberating feeling not being a slave to nicotine anymore.