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Here’s an update from an earlier post on giving up coffee:  I’m down to two cups a day! I haven’t been down to two cups a day since my twenties.  And I’m not a walking zombie, either.

I’m having one cup in the morning, and one after dinner.  I don’t have any cravings during the day, either.  My body has adjusted to the reduction in caffeine, and I find that I’m sleeping better at night.  Waking up in the morning isn’t the ordeal that it used to be.

One side benefit is that I’m more productive.  It sounds counter-intuitive, but I’m getting to work earlier, and there’s no “adjustment period” after I get to my desk.  I don’t have to finish my coffee before starting work; I just get right into my day.

Another benefit is my reduced weight.  I won’t attribute all of it to the coffee, but I’ve dropped over 20 pounds in the last 2 months, with no trips to the evil vending machine.  I used to grab a candy bar to go with my coffee, so no coffee = no candy bar.  That’s about 300+ calories that I’m saving each afternoon.  So cutting the java has definitely helped.

My goal is to cut my coffee drinking to one cup a day.  This will take a lot of willpower.  But with longer daylight hours, I’ll probably be doing more yardwork, and I hope to drop the after-dinner cup o’ joe.

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