2009 Achievements
170 of 1000 5 of 24 Achievements
	I can quit anytime Give up caffeine for 40 days.	40 Acquired 02/21/2009

So…I actaully finished this achievement a few weeks ago, but never got around to posting about it. I’m also very happy to announce that I am very much back to drinking caffeine. The real big deal with this was to get rid of the headaches and to get rid of the dependence on it.

Here’s what I figured out.

The caffeine itself (or lack thereof) wasn’t giving me the headaches. It was Diet Sodas. Seriously. When I went without caffeine for awhile, and then had a Diet Coke/Pepsi/Dr. Pepper, I would instantly get a headache and then have another the next day to get off of it. But drinking a random cup of coffee or regular DP…no problem. This leads to an obvious dilema of the over-abundance of sugar and calories in a a tasty sody pop just to not have headaches. Which, by the way, is an even bigger conundrum considering that over a third of my achievements have to do with losing weight. But alas, goals are goals for a reason, and without a little resistance how would we learn anything, right?

So, I’m down to coffee, green tea, and an occasional Dr. Pepper. I may get desparate toward the end of the year and cut those off too. For now, I’m back to doing my part of stimulating the economies of Latin American villages. You’re welcome.