{"id":32888,"date":"2019-11-30T11:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T16:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/?p=32888"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:35:05","slug":"drinking-coffee-daily-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styletomes.com\/nutrition\/drinking-coffee-daily-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"I Started Drinking Coffee Daily and This is What Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I know this may sound strange, but I am a 23 something-year-old who doesn\u2019t drink coffee. I don\u2019t like the taste, I don\u2019t like what it does to my body, and I don\u2019t like the addiction. So, like any normal human being ever, I decided to ignore everything my body was telling me, and I started drinking coffee daily for a week. This is my 7-day diary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disclaimer: I did have coffee before. Mostly a sip here and there as a kid, or before an important exam in college but never a full cup of coffee all for myself every day, and definitely not more.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I prepared myself the night before. I woke up, went to the kitchen, and made a standard cup of coffee, the way I saw my parents do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had everything laid out. My breakfast was ready, and I had my very first cup of coffee! My initial thought was that it tasted delicious, almost like a dessert. Perhaps I put too much sugar, or maybe this is what started the Starbucks addiction. I wouldn\u2019t know at this point, but I did enjoy it nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Less than 30 minutes later, I get this weird and harrowing sound in my stomach, the type of noise your stomach makes to warn you that you made a big mistake. And I still had six more days to go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I spent the rest of the day like I usually do, despite the stomach pain. What truly surprised me was that by the time I to go to sleep regularly, I was three seasons deep on “How to Get Away With Murder,” and I was still going! It was way past my normal bedtime, and I ended up tossing and turning all night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After very little hours of sleep and some dark circles, I woke up that morning feeling moody and tired. My body was immediately demanding caffeine while my mind was sending me warning signals that this wasn\u2019t going to end well. I desperately prepared my morning coffee, and it wasn\u2019t until I finished my cup that the headache went away, and I felt human again. I guess this is what drinking coffee daily is really like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was only day two, and my day was already ruined. I felt tired moody and still had that weird stomach reaction. A true nightmare!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later that evening is when I believe the caffeine has worn off because a full wave of exhaustion hit me. I couldn\u2019t open my eyes any longer, so I ended up napping for four hours, which also eventually ruined my bedtime once again. Perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After two full days of ruining my sleep cycle and not knowing what day this was, I woke up craving one thing, that delicious sweet cup of coffee. As I was getting up, I was already thinking about how I\u2019d prepare my third cup this week. Should I add some vanilla? Maybe some pumpkin spice? What is happening to me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This day was an actual high. I have never felt more concentrated, more awake, or more energized in my whole life. Almost to a point where it was a bit painful! I got so much done in one day that I wouldn\u2019t have finished in a week, and I still had more energy to spare. I forgot to eat that day, and did I mention the stomach ache AGAIN?<\/p>\n\n\n\n This went on all day and all night since I couldn\u2019t get myself to fall asleep again. I found myself in bed thinking of every life decision I have ever made, which turned very sad, very fast, and no matter what I did, I couldn\u2019t fall asleep. Help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like diaries? Check out a day in a fashion blogger’s life during fashion wee<\/a>k<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have strangely grown into this morning routine, torturing myself all night and waking up craving a black liquid to feel normal. Yeah, sure, sounds good to me. Again, I tried to have a very normal day. I got a lot of things done, which I was proud of. Still, the stomach ache, diarrhea, and the excessive heart palpitations weren\u2019t doing me a favor. I started shaking uncontrollably, and my heart rate was very high from the caffeine. Like I mentioned before, this was my first time, so my body was not used to this. But hey, I could finish an entire novel and not eat once, who needs to eat anyway, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same drill as every other single day. Waking up super tired, having my cup of rocket fuel and experiencing a mini seizure until the caffeine wears off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At this point, I have gotten so much done in my life that I started getting into other people\u2019s business to focus all that excess energy towards something and not go completely insane. I was, however, able to concentrate much better then I used to and had an excellent memory and better memory retention, which I was pleased with. The shaking hands and heart palpitations were making me a little worried. More than the stomach aches for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s when I realized that maybe I could reduce the coffee amount a day and see what happens. But at this point, my body was craving even more caffeine than before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once again, after my daily dose of caffeine, I managed to run all my chores and be very productive. But I took some time to read more about coffee and what it does to the body, to try and explain my weird symptoms more scientifically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I then learned that my stomach aches and weird bowel movements were caused by the coffee stimulating my stomach acid<\/a>. That the heart palpitations and dizziness were also caused by excessive caffeine consumption and that coffee had a natural laxative compound, which was very intolerable for my body.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 1: The Lies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day: 2 The Mind Games<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day 3: S.O.S.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day 4: This is My Life Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day 5: The Intervention<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Day 6: The Changes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n