What I Learned From Quitting Caffeine for 2 Years!
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- In July 2020, I went from drinking four cups of coffee to zero, and I will never drink caffeine habitually again. Quitting caffeine is unequivocally one of the most positive and impactful changes I've made in my life, up there with cycling. Here's why and how I quit and why I'm never going back to drinking caffeine again.
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0:00 - Quitting Caffeine Changed My Life
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1:47 - My Caffeine Addiction
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I'm at 3 weeks caffeine free right now, starting to get some motivation and energy back. First two weeks were bad bad bad
I said that too, when child #2 came along I eventually caved after 10 years of drinking zero caffeine. Seasons of life.
What society doesn’t tell you , if you suffer from anxiety or hight blood pressure , steer clear of all caffeine ie coffee , strong tea and cola drinks . Even doctors don’t mention this either , a good one will .
I’m down from 3 cups a day to 3 cups a week of coffee and my ability to deal with high stress situations is massively better and the sleep is much better .
I work as a barista at Starbucks (gross I know) and I actually don’t drink coffee. My regular drink is an iced chai, but it’s literally all I ever drink there. Almost everything we have is extremely sugary or caffeinated, so I shy away from ordering a large most of the time. Also riding my bike to work helps, but the daily coffee aficionados are insane.
Haha you don't need to drink it, probably getting a few cups worth just breathing the aroma 😊
You're making coffee sound like a heroin addiction. Quit being so dramatic
As a Starbucks Barista, why do you say it’s gross to be a Starbucks Barista? If you hate your job why did you apply then?
@@machrellibet9457 I was more so poking fun at the regulars who order a massive frappuccino with 5 espresso shots and 10 pumps of caramel everyday. Spend your money however you like but people are a bit ridiculous sometimes. I don’t hate my job or anything but a lot of people online get annoyed when you complain or joke about it (literally everyone has rough days at work it’s nothing new). It’s just sorta silly when someone gets worked up over a barista they don’t even know and a place they rarely go.
@@jimlahey275 Addiction is a addiction, is a addiction, is a addiction.
Thanks for sharing bro. My first month without caffeine. Looking forward on how it feels like without coffee for the first year!
watching this while drinking a iced americano
I'm always happy to see a new upload from you!
Thank you for sharing your testimony brother.
1 year for me and this helped get my anxiety under control and digestion issues.
Love your vids, respect, great subject, I'm a pipe smoking, coffee drinking fixie rider, but I did manage to quit alcohol a few years ago! It's work in progress, but for sure the more I ride the less I smoke! It took me a while to NOT miss the alcohol in 0% beer, particularly at social events, but now I actually prefer it. Coffee is on my 'to go' list, but kudos for highlighting the common addictions we all have, including bike components! All that said, kinda ironic that the pop-up ads on your video were for coffee companies! Have a great ride.
Regarding those Ads. They werent ironic. They were tailored for U&ME.
Welcome to the future old man.
I quit coffee 6 days ago. The first 3 days I had no motivation to live. It was really hard because I have two small children to care for and I could barely move😅 I have had a decaf latte once which has a little caffeine and a kombucha a couple times which has around 10 mg caffeine but compared to the 250-300mg I was drinking I would say I’m okay with this.
I’m on day 5 of no caffeine myself after a month long weaning process leading up it.
Id just like to point out that I’m happy seeing someone report 2 years out. A lot of UA-camrs doing no caff videos think that doing a 2 week or 30 day challenge is actually effective. It’s not. Anything under 6 months I don’t even bother trying to gain information from them or watch the video. Withdraws are much too long to waste my time looking at a really short challenge.
Steel is real I picked up a 1991 Rock Hopper and just turned it into a single speed with brakes for a gravel bike and it rides so nice!
Sometimes it takes a shock to the system to change things
Hey, I already quit drinking beer regularly... DON'T TOUCH MY COFFEE!!!
Day 12 cold turkey.
I had to take a week off while I was detoxing off the caffeine.
Same routine as you:
Watch UA-cam in bed, get up and make breakfast lunch and dinner, watch UA-cam videos and check out social media.
Feeling better at the beginning of this week I put on 86 miles on the bike, today is Sunday I plan on doing 30 to 40 miles.
The benefits of quitting caffeine are everything that you described in your video.
I'm planning on going a few months no caffeine, then use caffeine occasionally on a long bike ride when I put in 3 to 4 hours and I still have a long way home. But I'm not going back to having caffeine in the morning, if I do I know I'll slide back into the old addicted behavior.
I'm so thrilled to be over the caffeine detox.
Cool video. Interesting how some selective things are so hypocritically normalised. When it becomes an addiction, that's not so ideal. I never started drinking coffee, because it was never pushed on me by my parents... and the taste alone was definitely not enough to make me want to drink it (generally an acquired thing, like forcing oneself to enjoy beer). It has come up a lot over the years, and asking if I want a coffee, and I always say no, because I don't like it, but also I don't want to needlessly start this habit and addiction.
There's caffeine in a lot of stuff, but I'm very far from being addicted or habitually buying things that have caffeine in them. Which is how I like it. I see how people are often fucked in the mornings if they don't have their coffee... I don't wake up like that. I don't want to rely on a substance to function, including through the day.
I also don't care about the social element. Plus yea you can just order something else. I think the main point is being with people and talking. A drink of some sort helps to blend in but yea. Same with alcohol, I don't really drink alcohol, I don't get drunk I don't like it. If I do want to lightly drink, I drink vodka cruisers (high alcohol content though), because they taste so damn good. I once hid what I was drinking through using coke to change the colour. I'm not insecure about that sort of thing anymore. As soon as you even begin to delve into these social norms, you realise very quickly how bazaar it all is.
Regarding caffeine being normalized;
1. Many people drink coffee for decades without negative side effects.
2. Caffeine provides tangible benefits for most people for a period of time... live and learn.
3. The use of the word "normalized" when it comes to using substances, in my opinion, is sort of misguided and uninformed - why? To each his own... abuse a substance, an addictive substance, and you find out!!!
There's no one set of standards and behaviors when it comes to using mind altering substances.
A typical reason why caffeine abuse is so prevalent is the reality that caffeine abuse does not cause catastrophic consequences. Typically there's no catastrophic harm as a result of being addicted to addicted to caffeine........ yes there are rare exceptions.
I work in addiction treatment; working inside Medical Rehab you can tangibly witness the catastrophic side effects of various addictive altering mind-altering substances. In 20 years I've never seen anyone go through addiction treatment for caffeine.
@@akatgif - We might have a different bar for what counts as negative side effects.
If the bar is high enough, I'm going to agree with you.
It's certainly not comparable to being addicted to alcohol, or prescription painkillers, etc.
There's tangible benefits to a lot of things that are sometimes a net-negative for whatever reasons specific to the individual.
As far as coffee not being catastrophic and people being able to function on it, I agree.
Ultimately I blame the relationship humans have with their workplace. Of course people are going to drink coffee (and do other stuff). This has also dictated our sleep schedules to be the way they are.
I feel you may be thinking my stance on caffeine is a lot more extreme than it is.
I should also say that I don't think I am better than anyone else just because I happened to not be predisposed to these things. That's just fortune on my part; not that I don't have other struggles, like severe procrastination, a concerning lack of worry for getting my future in order, a lack of drive, etc. lol.
Quite funny to see you making a video about quit drinking coffee. I cut coffee off about 3 weeks ago 😅 I reached a point where I felt really bad, with having high blood pressure. The worst part is I had this 10 years ago already and now found myself again in this state. I hope I keep my hands away from it for good, really don't need to experience it again. 🙃
So i see you went from fixie hipster look to a k-pop stan look...what an interesting character development XD
Great vid BTW! I'm dialing down on coffee too since a few weeks, and i do actually feel different. Right now down to an espresso in the morning, sometimes one more around lunch. and no coffee or energy drinks on the weeken.
I've drinked up to 10 cups of hot tea per day. Yes, 10 (ten) cups per day. It lasted for no less than 15 years. For some unknown reason tea has more caffeine than the coffee has and it has led to getting arthritis in my toes and the jaw. I'm just 34 years old. For that reason I never use clipless pedals because finding shoes that fit is impossible. The moral of the story: fuсk caffeine, drink water.
Good for you - addiction is strong. Once an addict always an addict.
btw that focus shift 2:30 was sick. I appreciate the stories, but would rather look at bikes than your mug
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Saving up for those “Special” Wabi specials in early April, If I start saving up now I should be able to comfortably afford one as long as I save and don’t spend too much lol. Super excited, always wanted one but ended up getting a different frame last year, it’s finally time. I would love a lugged steel bike, well I already have 2 of them but a 3rd would be nice. From the sneak peak it looks like they have chromed lugs??? If so that would be absolutely stunning. My biggest hope is that they offer a blue option with the keirin rainbow flake
I drink like... Up to 6 mugs a day, sometimes no coffee at all. Comes down to which day of the week it is and how my night was 😆.
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I love starting my mornings with tea. sometimes it has high amounts of caffeine, sometimes decaf, often somewhere in between. The thing is, I’m not even remotely addicted to it. Most mornings I don’t have my tea, because I don’t need it. When I do drink my tea, it’s to enjoy my good, slow mornings a little more. And it actually tastes good.
Enjoying good coffee while watching this.
Not me probably consuming like 5-7 cups today because I had midterms and I work at a coffee roaster.
Not all bassists are fixed gear riders but all fixed gear riders are bassists. Facts.
I just recently have been trying to lay off the caffeine my self. I work grave yard.. and last night was the worst.. headache and all
Hey I work night shift also and I quit drinking coffee last year and it's been very beneficial to getting a normal sleep schedule.
@@esteigh just ended my shift.. dont feel as bad as last night.
Yes. My BP was very high too. Coffee is the elephant in the room for BP. Once I cut coffee, my BP went down beautifully. And yes docs don't ever talk about that, and they just prescribe BP meds...
That is a nice bass, bass video??? Do you like math rock?
Anyways thanks for the cool and educational videos!!! X3
I consume mad caffeine bro, so I need to try this for myself. I hate being dependent on it so much.
For me it's easier to quit alcohol than coffee. I'm not entirely alcohol free, I just drink a good beer every 3-4 weeks, something like that and it's no problem, but man coffee is really harder. I stopped drinking coffe in the afternoon, that's a start, but yeah could be better.
What grips are those?
Anxiety in a cup would be a great band name
Coffee is the drink of the sheeple. I tried it once- you’re not alone.
As someone who makes, tests and tastes coffee for a living - it's still surprising to me how habitual it is for people to drink way more than their body needs, at times when the body "shouldn't" need it, the extreme reliance on coffee to overcome the impact of many bad habits people have. The real issue isn't coffee or caffeine itself, but the lack of education and knowledge on how it works. It's very possible to have a high caffeine consumption and still lead a very healthy and balanced daily routine, but it involves some discipline, paying attention to timing and some numbers.
I told my doctor I quit coffee and he said I was crazy.
Not so long ago 3 mugs a day, sometimes 4, but I reduced my consumption to 1 a day those past 3 weeks.
In the quest to quit drinking things like Coke Zero, I found a brand or two of lightly flavored soda water (like La Croix) and switched to those. Oddly, my coffee drinking desire was dramatically reduced when I started with the soda waters. Now I only drink one, maybe two mugs of coffee a day. That's down from four or five a day. I'm not sure why this happened, but there it is.
Oi m8, that’s sound good. What did ya' did to restrain Your coffee drinking?
@@johnkiferling7524 - My coffee cravings reduced once I started drinking the flavored soda water. I don't know why, but that's what did it - drinking flavored soda water.
Those la croix are good but make sure to drink water. If you drink nothing but that its dehydrating ime.
"Anxiety in a cup"...that's a hot one!
It is anxiety in a cup
Man, I wish it was that powerful of a drug for me. Have a cup, don't have a cup, I get a vague intensity boost/shake up at best. My gf though, 2 or 3 sips after 4PM and we're stuck binging Netflix till 3AM. If it was that wild of a ride for me I'd down cups just for a cheap thrill.
Watching this while drinking a coffee 💀
only thing it's good to give up..... habits. whether it's coffee, or booze, netflix, the 'news'... whatever.... moderately, most things aren't going to harm you. it's the HABIT, that's the problem.
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Coffee is a narcotic! If it has withdrawals then is this drug duh!
Dropping habit of spending money on expensive bike parts I was able to buy great coffee - freshly roasted beans grown by great people all over world - South-East Asia, Middle and South Americas, Africa! 😆
That's fair
But I'll never quit caffeine till the day I die
I gym 4 times a week but still get really tired at noon, coffee is the only thing that gets me going
Not even a cup of tea zach!? Is life even worth it without.
i can recommend decaffeinated coffee... i only drink coffee for the taste
Started drinking caffeine at 14? Slacker, lol. I started drinking coffee when I was four.
When fixie points coming back
Re caffeine per "cup of coffee" ..its 6 oz cups they use, not 8 oz. Even worse than we thought
Tomorrow is day 1. Please pray for me
I can attest that as a coffee lover that taking too much caffiene is a horrible feeling especially since I have anxiety issues. I brew my own coffee and limit the amount to 2 cups at most. Also know that robusta, a coffee variety most used for cheaper coffee brews, have twice as much caffiene as arabica, and really unpleasant to drink. One more thing, be careful about getting cold brews in rando restaurants, those are dilute concentrates and sometimes the person might not dilute it enough and you can get twice as much caffeine that you expected. But quitting bad habits is always something to commemorate and i hope for the best.
My fix dream was done when my mash work was stolen….
No need to quite anything, you only need to ride your bike more!
#bikingaddictionoutpacesalltheotherchemicaladdictions
Why do you think you doc dropped the high blood pressure problem when you told him about the coffee?? If you would have told him that you just rode your bike hard to the doctors office, he would have dropped the thing aswell… so you didnt ask and took the wrong asumption and stop riding bikes. Hm….
The amount of denial and cope in this comment section is astounding. No one is saying you have to quit coffee, this guys just sharing his own experience lol.
Sorry man, I normally enjoy your content, but this is a typical video for what I think is the wrong way in social media: taking one little element and overexaggerate(?) its meaning or effect like its THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO DO/DONT DO. Ones Life has so many more factors that come together. Even though overthinking your daily habits is a good thing I guess. Good for you you're doing fine!
Actually coffee is quite good for circulatory system in right amounts. So don’t drink too much of it!😊
The opposite. Vasoconstriction means caffeine fucks your circulatory system.
It is vasoconstrintor, bad for blood cjirculation
I drink about 30-50 oz of coffee a day. It doesn’t affect my mood at all. WHaTTT DID YUU SAAAAY?!???? Oh sorry, I thought you said something
ANDDDDD this is why you have to learn moderation.
or u know just dont drink it
Coffee (good quality) actually has many antioxidants. Drinking a cup a day is good for your health. Obviously too much of anything can potentially be a bad thing. As far as your blood pressure being high when you went to the doctor... did you cycle to get there? Your heart rate would obviously be way higher than it normally would. I always told the nurse when she was taking mine that I had just cycled to get to my appointment, so to take that into consideration. I definitely used to drink way too much coffee, but now I just have one, or two cups a day (actual cups, not double size). What's bad, is to take creme/milk and sugar in your coffee, but on it's own coffee isn't bad for you. And don't drink instant coffee, that's full of chemicals and isn't even real coffee anyways.
bunch of bs u wrote
Have a cup a day from my home machine. I suppose its an addiction but it tastes so good 👍
I love reading the comments of people defending their dependence on caffeine
fact: coffee is a drug
"caffeine is good because it contains antioxidants etc etc"
You are only defending this because you are addicted and cannot stop lmao
Have a better life and stop drinking coffee
it's like 90% of the comments
It wont change your life on the level this man claims. But its always good to NOT be addicted to it.
If you're american and likely to be fat, get yourself a bike instead. That will change your life for sure
For those who wish to quit coffee to improve something: if you don't have health issues (heart, nerves) - do not punish yourself, enjoy your drink, live your best life 😊
I switched to tea. Tastes good, has that warming sensation that I like from coffee in the morning, and has way less caffeine. It’s a win-win
Eggheads suggest coffee in moderate amounts (1-2 cups per day, like) can be beneficial for liver. Who knows. Maybe. Maybe not. I just don't believe caffeine is reason of high blood pressure, unless consumed daily in high doses. Cup or two for healthy individual unlikely does harm. Sugar and cream people use to add to coffee is more harmful without burning that calories.
@@event4216 I am used to drinking 15 to 40 cups of coffe per day. Fight me. FUCK ALL SLOW MOVING/SPEAKING PEOPLE. I AM SPEED!
One day coffee will be on the same level as cigs. I’m not buying that toxic stressful dirt water.
@@jacobmartinez5263 chill out
I had to quit sugar for 2 years - my doctor recommended me this to ease the acne, and I also had teeth issues. I've grown up: now my acne is gone, and my teeth have been cured - now I enjoy cakes and candies again, but I keep my drinks sugar-free for better taste. Each solution is situational and don't have to be permanent 😉
Sounds like your body is a bit weak, nothing to be ashamed of but good to recognize!
I've been up to sometimes 3L of coffee in a day, but I've never noticed any effect. I guess I'm just built different.
3L of regularly caffeinated coffee in one day is an insane amount. Take care of your heart - who knows how it’ll react in two decades.
I'm surprised ur heart hasn't jumped out your chest drinking so much coffee
@@Boozer42069I discovered a few years ago that I had an adrenal tumour called a pheochromocytoma. Towards the end of 2021, it was pumping 82x the normal level of adrenaline into my body, so any amount of caffeine would have very little effect.
Since I had it removed, I still don't have any effect from caffeine, since my body still has an extreme ability to neutralize stimulants from decades of dealing with the tumour.
I dont drink as much coffee anymore, for no particular reason :)
It's inaccurate to assume that his body must be weak since caffeine affects him badly. In fact studies have shown that genetics have an effect on how someone metabolises caffeine. He's clearly in good enough shape if he's doing all that cycling.
Rare L. 😂
Next addiction to tackle: black and white pronouncements for the whole world based on Your Personal Experience.
Lol 😂 "got em"
What even is black and white pronouncements?
Caffiene addicts really don't want to accept how bad their drug is lol. I'd know, I was the same for a long time. The reality is putting your body into fight or flight mode all day every day isn't actually healthy; shock.
cope
Nothing wrong with a bit of coffee each day. I think you're a bit delicate. Nothing wrong with that, we're all different. But I'm probably a bit better than you.
coffee is mid
Sport also risis your blood pressure (for the duration of the sport and some time after) so maybe you should dont ride your bike huh? 🤦🏻♂️
Somebody has no idea how a human body functions
@@stop223 yep.....
Exercise raises blood pressure during the moment of exercising but the body's blood pressure lowers for the rest of the day after working out. Why do you think athletes have an average of 50-60 bpm?
what other drugs do you do? noone who rides fixed doesn't do at least one drug.
you say you would spend $3 at a cafe...I don't believe you.
Your caffeine withdrawal was real, but you're a sugar addict, are you not?
Sugar is the stimulant you're actually addicted to...I doubt your mom can serve a meal without starch. Must be nice to live at home for free.
+ points for having a Filipino family :D
sugar is a nutrient