What is a good coffe replacement? (not ilegal!) ie: For stay alert, focused.
Cardio, esp. even a short 10 minute run in the morning does it for me. I do drink coffee though, trying to get off of it lol.
Ask HN: What's your relationship with coffee?
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#52I drank two six “cup” pots (really about 2.5 cups each) today. I just got a badge from the Dunks app that I’ve passed 20k points in the three years I’ve been using the app.
Re: Ask HN: What's your relationship with coffee?
#53I stopped drinking caffeine a couple of months ago, in preparation for another attempt at quitting smoking. I also did not need the extra energy boost in the morning.
Also, it turns out that if you have a cuppa tea or coffee after quitting for a while it makes you feel the effects very strongly. I don't really like it, other than the taste.
My path to quitting caffeine was to first switch to green tea in the morning for a while and then to Tulsi tea which is made from holy basil, which has a lot of very nice health benefits especially for smokers.
Re: Ask HN: What's your relationship with coffee?
#54Relationship with coffee? Pair-bonded for life with a healthy sex life, due to constant positive feedback that built trust.
This describes my relationship with coffee as well.
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#55Two cups a day. One in the morning when I wake up. The second one somewhere after lunch. Rarely I drink more than two a day.
I drink my coffee black. No milk. No sugar. Yummy...
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#56I drink a cup of black coffee after lunch on weekdays. I don't even remember it on weekends because of two little monsters at home :)
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#57For the longest time we had a torrid affair. Pot+ everyday. About 1.5 years ago, I quit cold turkey. What followed was 10 days of horrible headaches, weird sleep, and moods.
Now a days, I have 1 - 3 cups a week. Usually when I am working out of a cafe.
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#58Coffee goes in, code comes out.
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#59I used to drink two cups every day. I knew the perfect proportions and knew how to brew with those Melita single-cup drip cups.
Now, I usually drink a shot of espresso once or twice per week (either in a latte or before a morning workout in an “Americano”) and focus on getting my eight hours of sleep instead.
It’s hard for me to drink coffee now.
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#60It's been an interesting one to say the least.
I started drinking coffee in college when I started smoking. I was dual-majoring and working and tried to have a life too, so burning the candle at 3-ends.
I switched to just black at my first internship where I had to get up at 4:30am
For 6 or so years I was reliant on it, at least two cups and usually 3 a day. When I was burning out I would be at 5 or 6. It would get to the point where I needed it to just function and I didn't know who I was without it.
But for the last month and a half I haven't had a full cup.
I quit coffee (and a few other additive things) really just to exercise my discipline and to not need anything.
The first day I went to a single cup. Then I switched to half a cup for the first week. It was really tough as I went through withdrawals: eye and lip twitches, real bad irritability, and having to have a steel will as it's all I could think about.
Now, I can have it as I please and not miss it if I don't have it. The smell is still wonderful but I don't want to go back.