Two full weeks of no espresso, no coffee with almond milk, no cold brew, no lattes...WOW. I'm amazing myself with my lack of coffee intake. I've cut my caffeine intake by at least 500mg and I'm feeling great.
I'm noticing differences in my moods and my ability to handle stress. It's so odd that coffee/caffeine would affect my ability to handle stress but I have two distinct instances of not freaking out. I'm generally pretty prone to freaking out but I handled stress this week in a way new for me. I took in the information, the stressor, didn't freak out and made a plan to fix it. That's a new skill. I did some googling this morning and found it does have quite the affect on stress levels. Below is an article.
http://corporate.dukemedicine.org/news_and_publications/news_office/news/5687
Needless to say this cutting coffee out thing has been beneficial but I did wake up today really wanting a Mike's Special from our local coffee place. I didn't cave, instead made tea and will most likely go to Sprouts and get my new favorite Tonic and some La Croix water for the weekend. Check out Rebbl: http://rebbl.co/ . It's so good. I really enjoy it and it gives me some natural energy like coffee but not at the same level.
Overall, things are looking up since giving up coffee and heading back to therapy. Now for some life decisions and PhD homework :)
Happy Saturday!
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