Comments on: Day One Without Caffeine

By: kat

kat — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:43:10 +0000

Good for you, Stephen. I’ve actually managed to severely cut back my caffeine intake on a semi-permanent basis (I backslide every time I go to the customer’s place) I have a cup of coffee (or tea, depending on what I’m in the mood for) in the morning. Then, sometime in the afternoon, I have one soda. Thanks to Misty, I’m now hooked on Coke Zero. Yum.

By: Jon from ifMUD

Jon from ifMUD — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:48:29 +0000

Paul: I only drink Orange Crush. From glass bottles. Yes, I’m a snob.

By: duchess

duchess — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:51:53 +0000

I cut out caffeine from my diet back in 2002/2003. Since then, I occasionally “backslide” by having a can of Coke or a bit of chocolate. I think in the last four to five years, I’ve had a total of 6 cans and eight or nine chocolate pieces (cake, candy bar, etc), period. Whenever I do, my entire system gets an immense jolt. It’s a little scary.

By: Paul O'Brian

Paul O'Brian — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:22:15 +0000

Jon –

Watch out for Sunkist and Diet Sunkist! I was quite surprised to discover that both are caffeinated.

By: dfan

dfan — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:47:09 +0000

I guess that makes the cycle four months long, actually.

By: dfan

dfan — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:46:44 +0000

My cycles tend to be about two months long. I decide that I’m not sleeping well and switch to decaf entirely for two months. Then I decide that I’m not feeling motivated and alert enough and switch back to caf entirely for two months.

Right now I’m in the caffeinated part of the cycle; I’ll probably stay there until we ship the game. Right now that consists of a medium coffee in the morning and sometimes a soda in the afternoon.

By: Misty

Misty — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:15:24 +0000

Stephen, you should have some of those “make a bottle of” lemonade packs on your desk. Dig it out!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:07:28 +0000

I find I do better if I throw in some Sprite or Diet Sprite, as it takes away the big incentive for me to break my plans: after a while, I want to drink something other than water. Lemonade works for this as well.

By: katre

katre — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:01:47 +0000

Yay for being caffeine free for a month! I’d actually forgotten today was the day, but luckily I haven’t had any today anyway, so it’s off to the races.

By: Jon from ifMUD

Jon from ifMUD — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:46:17 +0000

About a month ago, I cut out caffeinated beverages completely. I have broken it twice — both times, the best drink available was Barqs Root Beer.

Of course, since my primary beverage was Mountain Dew, I’ve nearly cut out soda completely as well. I do drink orange soda from time to time, but that’s about it; maybe two cans per week.