Am I the only one who doesn't drink coffee?

SharonWantsABaby

Caffeine makes my heart race, and I swear even if I drank it 12 hours ago, I can't sleep that night. I hate it.

Anyone else not drink caffeine? What do you do to "get going" in the morning? I drink freezing cold ice water. It helps, but I would love other ideas...

Britt71884

I am the exact same way!!  The only thing I ever drink is water and milk

AMYfromKY

I hate coffee.  I drink water 99% of the time.  The other 1% is apple juice.

MrsWanee

i drink tea. i drank coffee for about a year, but it gave me the jitters and eye twitches so i had to stop.

but still, i can only have 1 cup of tea or i feel jittery again. so lots of water for me too.

Soap1

I love coffee, but DH won't touch it!

SharonWantsABaby

MrsWanee:

i drink tea. i drank coffee for about a year, but it gave me the jitters and eye twitches so i had to stop.

but still, i can only have 1 cup of tea or i feel jittery again. so lots of water for me too.

lol at eye twitches, I know exactly what you mean

MA&CB

I'm not a coffee drinker. I do drink tea occasionally, but not really for the caffeine; I just like it.  Sometimes I'll have some black tea in the morning or a glass of coke in the afternoon if I'm dragging.  Lately if I do have some kind of coffee beverage like a latte or something, I'm so jittery and nauseous afterward; I just feel gross.  A hot shower in the morning is my cup of coffee - and if I don't get it, it's not going to be a good day.  So I get very upset, like today, if my husband uses all the hot water!

ab090509

I eat spicy food for breakfast!  This isn't for everyone, but I've never been a breakfast food person so it works for me.

My father used to make us potatoes, onions, sausage and hot peppers mixed up for breakfast when we were kids and it was so spicy it really got our blood flowing!

Sometimes I have eggs with hot sauce or I make a modified egg drop soup with hot sauce.  It's strange I know, but I can't drink coffee either.   

MrsWanee

SharonWantsABaby:

MrsWanee:

i drink tea. i drank coffee for about a year, but it gave me the jitters and eye twitches so i had to stop.

but still, i can only have 1 cup of tea or i feel jittery again. so lots of water for me too.

lol at eye twitches, I know exactly what you mean

haha, it was so annoying! i googled what was causing it b/c it would happen a lot and it said either not enough sleep or too much caffeine, and at this point in my life i was getting plenty of sleep, so i knew it had to be the caffeine. so i quit coffee cold turkey.

beccabrad

an apple has more natural caffeine in it than a cup of coffee.  You could try that in the am if you need a pick me up.  I however am not willing to give up my morning coffee... I love it to much.

AfterAll

I don't drink coffee... in fact I don't think I have ever had a cup of coffee.  The smell turns me off. 

I don't really drink anything to "get going"... I am more a morning person than a night person, so unless I am an absolute zombie, I don't need caffeine.

mediadiva

i only have it if i have a headache or 3 hours of sleep. 

SusieQ1982

Nope, I can't stand the stuff. I just wake up on my own.

yale

I just picked up my coffee habit - DH is an addict, so it was inevitable. Before coffee I was a diet coke junkie. I also liked earl grey tea a lot.

Lizzyie325

I hate coffee, but I am an energy drink person. It's bad, that's my weakness. I haven't had one though since I got pregnant, but before that I had a 2 red bull a day when I was at work habit.

  Juices really do seem to help in terms of energy. I know I'm probably using the sugar rush, but it wakes me up and I don't feel as hyper jittery as with energy drinks, more just awake and ready.

T&BMay142005

I don't drink coffee. I think it tastes nasty! I will drink a diet coke here and there, but never to get me going in the morning. I never have used caffeine as a pick me up. I don't think caffeine even affects me. When I drink it, I don't notice anything different. Sometimes I think its all in peoples heads.

I usually drink water all day long at work. Ya, I am boring!

iowagirl73

I'm not a big coffee drinker but DH is.

AutumnBride929

I like the taste of coffee so I occasionally drink it but I don't drink it every morning for the caffeine or anything.  Caffeine doesn't do anything for me anyway but if I do drink it in the morning because I'm super tired, it just helps me feel better, lol.  It could be decaf or caffeinated.  I wouldn't know the diff.

margeincharge2

I don't drink coffee but it's not because of the caffeine. I hate the taste. If anything, I'll have a can of soda in the morning but not always.

aniceucchik

i think coffee is the gross-est thing ever made. Caffeine also gives me massive panic attacks, but i have a little pop now and then b/c its sooo  yummy other than that, im a all the time...

mari_gold

I rarely drank coffee before having Zack and can't drink it at all now -- he's highly sensitive to caffeine. That means that I can't have diet Coke, either, unfortunately.

I usually drink water in the morning with my breakfast, but sometimes I have a glass of tea.

AnnaFleming

Fruit smoothie. The sugar can get me going. Do it at home: throw a banana, four frozen strawberries, some frozen blueberries, and a bit of ground flaxseed in a blender. Pour OJ in until it covers the frozen fruits. Blend and you're done.

hellopoppyseed

Gosh what if you had half caff or decaf? I can't have any type of caffeine after 3 because of the up all night thing but I do have it in the morning. If it tastes gross, it means you don't have enough cream and sugar in it!

purple_posies

I like tea.