so today i think might have been the day where i turned the corner with respect to my tea drinking, and admittedly it is only day 1, but often day 1 is the hardest...
sooo i have only had one cup of real tea all day! now for some of you, you'll be thinking, yeah whatever...no big deal...but for me, it's a HUGE deal! see tea is my favourite drink - if my new dr/naturopath had said give up coffee or alcohol, it would have been a sinch! also i don't drink either of those, so not exactly difficult to maintain...
but tea...well where do i start - my day does not start without tea - hasn't done for about 24 years or so - it's just how i start my day, and even though i have made a MONUMENTAL effort today not to drink tea at all the times i would normally drink tea, i could not (actually i probably could have, but chose not to) forego my morning cuppa...
but the other 4 or 5 i have managed to stay away from - admittedly i did try (against my better judgement and thinking it would taste like shite) rooibos tea from the health food store, and you know what: it wasn't as bad as i was expecting and it still allowed me the ritualistic pleasure of drinking something warm...
soooo i made it strong (the girl in the shop advised this), used only half hte amount of sugar i use in normal black tea and even put milk in it - it was ok - didn't really taste like i expected but it has a sweeter sort of fruityish flavour but is do-able...
the best news about that is that it is not made with the bad stuff that causes reflux, so if i have to give up real tea completely (which i doubt - she said i probably wouldn't have to, more about moderation...) then i could probably live with this as a substitute...
don't get me wrong - any day of the week i'll be preferring my english breakfast or daintree - i just will - but i think i'll get used to this and if i actually start to feel better and come off the drugs that i've been taking for 15 years because the so called 'medical experts' don't think have any serious side effects, then it's going to be great...
sooo this new regime is going to be difficult but rewarding, will hopefully mean my dependancy on reflux medication is eliminated, means i won't wake up every day feeing sick and tired and honestly, some days not wanting to even bother...possibly i'll lose some weight, and i'll know for sure what foods work in my body and which don't...
soooo i am a much happier little vegemite today and feeling a lot more positive about things than this time yesterday...
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