And I have not touched a cup of coffee or drank a diet Dr. Pepper in 11 days.
I actually have had no caffeine whatsoever (except last Friday night when I felt sick and headachy and I took an Excedrin) for those 11 days.
Oh and guess what, I feel fine. Actually I feel much better than I did when I was drinking caffeine, because I don't have the lows in the afternoons.
I still get tired (I guess that comes with the chronic mono), but it's just a normal tired that I think comes after working a 9 hour day. And to just add onto that, I've been exercising at least 2 days a week for the past 3 weeks.
This all may sound supremely ordinary, BUT for me, this is huge.
Every since I got mono a second time I have depended on caffeine to help me function. I truly didn't know how else to do it. Without caffeine, I would crumple midway through the day and need to take a two or three hour nap. After the third time I got mono, it was even worse and I started to exercise WAY less because this third instance was instigated by trying to train for a half marathon. I would try and slow down with my exercise and just do a little, but it always seemed to drain me so much. Even two years after the third case of mono, I still struggled with exercising. Just one day of exercising would take 3 days of recovering and by the time the 3 day mark hit, I just didn't feel like exercising because I wanted my 3 days back to be productive, not laying around feeling sick.
Enter Chlorophyll.
I read someones blog recently talking about Chlorophyll and how it is supposed to have all of these wonderful health benefits. I had been yearning for a while to feel healthy and energetic without the aid of caffeine or medicines. There is something invigorating and inspiring about being exactly how God created you and feeling healthy. With this feeling, I've decided to drop several regular medications that I've been taking as well as dropping sodas (because of all of the weird chemicals that are in them). I hadn't quite dropped coffee at this point, but when I read about chlorophyll, I decided, what the heck, I'll give this stuff a try and see if it works.
Oh. My. Goodness.
I feel like a normal person again! And there is no caffeine. No steroids (for anyone who knows, I've been put on steroids for my mono before).
It's just God's good nature doing its thing in me.
It feels so good.
Now, I am always leery about health stuff cause I just can't get over something that doesn't taste good and chlorophyll is the green stuff in plants...so I was definitely a bit worried about the taste.
I tried it last Tuesday morning with some juice and I honestly couldn't taste the chlorophyll at all. I just tasted the juice. Now, every morning, I take one tablespoon of chlorophyll with my juice and go on with my day!
Although this isn't the cure all, it has definitely helped me. And as with all things, there are some people who say that this doesn't work, etc. But I figure eating something natural from a plant is better than eating chemicals we made to make things taste better. Just wanted to put that disclaimer in there :)
There are still some days that I do feel tired, but I'm not masking it with caffeine and I can address what is going on (for instance, the allergens in town were going crazy last week and I was a little groggy). BUT there are many more days where I can function throughout the whole day and go home after work and still be productive instead of semi-comatose in the living room. Oh and just to let you know...Yes, it's REALLY green and it's not going to look pretty, but honestly, if you put it with juice it doesn't take away from the taste at all.
If you want to try it, I'm sure any health food store might have it. I bought mine from Sprouts, but I've also found the same brand I bought from Sprouts on this website for about the same price.
Also, if you'd like to read more about chlorophyll, here is a website that I found through the blog I read.
