CARTOON LAGOON: Coffee Withdrawal Symptoms (Day 5 and 6) and Rebounding UPDATE

Coffee Withdrawal Symptoms Day 5

I slept in on Saturday morning (Day 5) and woke up at about 9am with no headache! Brought the dog for her walk then released her back into Tessa's room (a very happy dog) to sleep some more in her 'master's' room. Both kids were still asleep and I didn't want to wake them up.

Hurried to the nearby mall to buy Macs breakfast for the kids and I think a side effect of not having any coffee is brain fog because I had forgotten to bring money. Yes, money; notes and coins. Fortunately, my pouch had my NETS card. Macs did accept NETS, except, I left Macs thereafter to get my breakfast and realised that I had left my NETS card IN the NETS machine (Yah, it's sort of self-service nowadays; you're expected to insert and remove the card by yourself). I ran back to Macs and my heart sank as I saw no card in the NETS terminal. Fortunately, some kind soul in the queue must have noticed it and returned it to the counter because the manager had it safe and sound in his pocket! Praise God for good people!

I didn't need money to buy my own breakfast because I had with me, a free meal coupon I had won at the mall which was expiring soon. Ordered a Toast with Kaya and Butter Set that came with soft boiled eggs and had tea with milk AND unfortunately sugar. The drink came about because my brain was definitely fogged when the counter guy had asked me if I wanted coffee or tea. I told him tea whilst my mind was thinking of black tea with no milk and no sugar. Except I realised that I should have articulated my thoughts and said "Teh-O-Kosong" (just like Kopi-O-Kosong). Instead, I got tea with everything.

It was nice to sit in solitude and have breakfast. NO ONE to hurry me (OK, I knew I had to get the Macs breakfast back to the kids soon)! I have done this a few times and I will definitely be having breakfast by myself more often from now on! I tried but I couldn't finish half a cup of the Teh. It was just too sweet for me.

Thereafter, I went to the supermarket to get some groceries and then scooted back home. Kids woke up very late so much so their breakfast was their lunch. While they were having delicious Sausage Egg McMuffins for lunch:

Sausage Egg McMuffins

I was having this yummilicious meal:

(above) Sauteed mushroom with onions, salad and cheese

and my lemon detox water

(above) Lemon with cucumber 'detox' water

I managed to do housework till the evening, then rebounded for 30 minutes, all headache free.

Just out from the shower after a rebounding routine; sans makeup

HOWEVER, a headache started at about 11pm that night. I don't know why and I don't know if it is a caffeine withdrawal symptom although I think it is likely. I wasn't able to sleep properly and tried my best to fall asleep so that it would not hurt so much. The pain was located at my right temple. It wasn't as bad as before (like having the pain behind the eyes!).

So what happened the next day?

Coffee Withdrawal Symptoms Day 6

I woke up with no headache and managed to cook Japanese Curry for lunch that day.

Japanese Curry

Yah, see, I am still eating a full plate of rice (and more because hubs gave half his rice to me). We were supposed to head to JB for the last time in our car before we scrap it but we scrapped the idea when we realised that the next day was Malaysia's national day (which would mean the Malaysians who were on holiday, might be jamming the causeway, coming into Singapore). Because hubs had worked that morning, I preferred to let him rest at home. The family just sort of lazed around doing our own thing.

My headache came lightly just before evening as I was lying in bed listening to hubs tell me something. In fact, he made me laugh sooooo hard because he was humming KC and Jojo's "All my life" and twisting his arms and body here and there. Yes, mimicking my exercise actions. He asked me if I thought he hadn't noticed my actions? He joked that he has been a patient man but the creaking of the rebounder springs would drive him over the edge one day for sure! For a very serious man, he really made me laugh and laugh, all the while, nursing my dumb *ss headache! Oh and by the way, he thinks, he sees NO DIFFERENCE in me at all.

It was such a nagging irritating thing (the headache, not the hubby) that I told myself to take a short nap. It was a really short nap and I woke up about 20 minutes later feeling much better. Got up to prepare a steak dinner for the family and didn't suffer any more headaches that night. Managed to rebound for 30 minutes and it felt really good.

All sweaty after rebounding. Looking like crap but feeling fantastic!

Look what happened on Day 7?

Lost inches but not weight

I was dressing for work and had put on a trusty black skirt and found that it had slipped to the bottom of my hips making me look clownish because the hem was touching my knees! Ok, this I admit, when I bought this skirt, it was a loose fit for me because I hadn't wanted it tight when I sit at the office desk doing work. But I can't wear it anymore. It sucks because I have TWO of the same kind (yes, I like to buy duplicates of clothes which I like). I look forward to the day when I can't wear any of my skirts because they've become way too loose for me!

From the above pic, you can see that I still have a long way to go to flatten the stomach bulge. The few crunches I am doing are seeing results in slow motion! Grrrrr! Meanwhile, I do feel different as in, my body seems to be 'burning' a long time after each workout routine. I must say, the loose skirt was a pleasant surprise, given that I had eaten full plates of rice for lunch and dinner and even had a whole cup of ice-cream!!! This is good inspiration to carry on and I hope that by sharing pictures of myself looking all horrid and sweaty can inspire someone else to run the race with me!

To a better lifestyle!

31 Aug 2015

Coffee Withdrawal Symptoms (Day 5 and 6) and Rebounding UPDATE

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