We Be Cookin’

Otherwise known as day of wanting to cut someone… Caffeine and sugar withdrawals = BAD news for me

Food for the day:

Breakfast – attempted to eat a packet of just plain instant oatmeal with flax but failed twice. Instead, had a soy yogurt

Snack – Raspberries

Lunch – Leftover lentil soup with brown rice crackers

Snack – Celery and peanut butter

Snack – Orange

Dinner – Morning Star meatless buffalo wings, a salad and a baked sweet potato

Dessert – Piece of dark chocolate

I felt great in the morning with the exception of the oatmeal fiasco (dropped the cup into the trash at work, hey at least I didn’t make a mess. Second attempt was not hot because the hot water spigget didn’t work and I was too lazy to get up again and walk to the break room and get hot water).

At noon during our staff meeting I had a bite of homemade brownies that one of my work colleagues made just for us so I felt bad for not having a bit (and i figured they were homemade… it was my day one cheat I guess. At around 2:00pm my head was pounding so badly from caffeine withdrawls. I felt like puking and it was bad. I took some ibuprofren and hoped for the best. I suffered through the rest of the work day, through Greek school, and then when I got home and at dinner (at 8pm) I felt a little better. I pretty much went to bed at 9:30pm because I just couldn’t stay awake.

I wanted to get up and go swimming this am but when I woke up at 5:30, my head was still hurting and it sucked balls. I went back to sleep for an hour and a half and felt marginally better. I had to take more ibuprofren this morning and felt pretty crappy till I ate my lunch. I’m hoping that tomorrow my headache is much better. Esp. if I have Jury Duty.

Today’s a bit easier so far but it’s not over yet. Mostly I’m noticing the caffeine headache and that my body does not register that it’s full or satieated until i ingest some sort of carb which isn’t happening so I feel hungry all the time. Hopefully this feeling goes away once my body learns that it’s not going to get any carbs. Tough love!

I haven’t cooked anything yet except for the soup so no recipies so far. Soon though. Thanks to M for sending me some of hers!