Posted by Steve on March 2nd, 2009
Giving up Mountain Dew and other caffeinated drinks
Filed under: Weightloss
We have enough cans to grow a forest.
The time has come where I am old enough to look at what I eat & drink, and tell myself it’d be a good idea to cut down or eliminate it.
Right now, I’m working on giving up Mountain Dew. My wife and I consume more than 30 cans worth of Dew a week, which is probably enough caffeine to keep a horse awake for a month.
What does caffeine do to you?
- Rots your teeth.
- Creates an imbalance in your stomach and can cause stomach ulcars and acid reflux.
- Blocks the receptors in your brain that tell you you’re tired – essentially making it harder for you to sleep.
- Addicts you the same way heroin does!
- Surprisingly, in a can of Mountain Dew, there are 170 calories.
There’s more I’m sure, but that’s enough to convince me that I should give up. I started my no-caffeine diet on Saturday. I’ve slipped up a couple times by taking drinking some of my wife’s Dew. The worst part so far has been the anti-caffeine headache that has been pulverising my brain and taking my sanity along with it. The headache has eased off today though.
I hope that, by reducing my intake of carbonated drinks in general and replacing them with water, my weight will decrease gradually over the next few months. Maybe, by my birthday (June 6 for those of you kind enough to buy me a car present) I’ll be at my ideal weight.
Fingers crossed.
