What to drink.

Prior to starting the diet, my standard drink was a milky tea. However, with milk completely banned, I needed something else, and I needed to increase my consumption of water.

I've never really been a big fan of tea without milk, and certainly never one for things like Earl Gray. However, with the restrictions on my diet, I'm quite open to trying things to see how they stick.

My other constraint is caffeine. About 2 years ago, I completely removed caffeine from my diet because I found it to be the main cause of migraine that I'd been living with for the previous 2-3 years. The other two factors I found were lack of good sleep and eating nuts. With caffeine out of my diet and no milk, I thought I was going to be in trouble for hot drinks. As it turns at, not the case:

Earl Gray.

I've surprised myself and learn't to love this stuff. It's my daily go-to tea. I started having it with lemon for the first week, and then eliminated the lemon. Brewed for 4 minutes and a spot of cold water to top up the cup. "Tea, Earl Gray, Hot" ;-)

Green Tea.

I tried green tea extract during week 3. Unfortunately, I thought I'd bought decaffeinated green tea tablets, but alas, no. Didn't sleep at all well and was in danger of migraine again. So I try to drink one of these each day instead. I don't really get on with green tea very well, and it tends to end up half drunk.

Lipton Lemon and Ginger

I have this from time to time for something different. It has a very spicy kick. Nice if you're in the mood for it. Not in the evenings though.

Clipper Sleepeasy tea.

I'll probably talk about sleep issues in a later post. I do find I wake at 2am and have trouble getting back to sleep. This stuff sorts that out good and proper. Small cuppa about and hour before bed and there is no waking up at night! Weird orangy taste, but you get used to it.

H2O

I don't drink nearly enough of this, and I never have. I try to drink at least 3 x 330ml glasses every day, which is not much for most people, but lots for me. I used to survive on just 2 cups of coffee a day and still not feel thirsty. My kidneys probably feel much better these days. I should be drinking double the amount that I do - I can only keep trying.

You have any go-to drinks? Let me know.