A little over a week
So I’ve been drinking coffee since last Sunday, with the exception of most of this weekend. I’m not sure I’ll ever get to the point where I like the taste. But the caffeination benefits can’t be denied.
My appetite has totally disappeared. Last Tuesday I didn’t eat. Nothing. Today I had a slice of pizza because I figured I should. I may not eat again today, who knows.
The uptake speed of caffeine from coffee is incredible when compared to diet soda. Sure I ended up ingesting the same net quantity over the course of the day before, but it was frequently accompanied by the unpleasant effect on my overall sense of well-being from drinking what ended up being close to 4 liters of diet dew or coke zero a day. I generally don’t drink any diet soda if I’ve had coffee on a given day. That benefit can’t be overstated as I think it’s going to have a serious affect on my health.
I’m also enjoying the fact that I’ve got a warm beverage available, especially in this apartment.
Coffee, when purchased by the pound is nearly free. I figure I’m about 60% of the way through my pound of Dunkin Donuts coffee at about $7. Diet soda is a little under $1 per liter. So that’s marked.
I’m still a non-dairy cream powder stuff guy. I tried milk and cream and it just tasted funny. *shrug* I still can’t rationalize putting sugar in it. This morning I did take my last mug black, just to see. Not a big deal. I can easily see just drinking it like that.
So far so good. We’ll see how this progresses for the next month or so.
Tags: coffee
January 26th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I don’t want to be a partypooper, but like all good things, the effects do taper off, or at least you become so acclimated to them it’s not felt so much. However, I’ve mostly been a medium-grade coffee drinker, and the better roasts probably can still kick. :)
January 26th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Well yeah, I figure it won’t be so long before it ceases being crack. It’ll be a dark day when a few cups of coffee don’t do much. I figure I can keep amping up to about a full pot or so, but then I’m pretending I’ll have to back off instead of crank forward.
We’ll see.