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What Caffeinated Beverage to Start Your Day?

What Caffeinated Beverage to Start Your Day?

  • Coffee (Hot)

    Votes: 62 53.4%

  • Coffee (Iced)

    Votes: 2 1.7%

  • Tea

    Votes: 10 8.6%

  • Soda

    Votes: 12 10.3%

  • Energy Drink

    Votes: 6 5.2%

  • None/Other

    Votes: 23 19.8%

  • Carrot Juice

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Total voters
    116
#82
Eric Perry said:
That sounds so... kinky! ;)
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#85
No caffeine in the morning for me, and generally very little at all--just a Coke Zero 1-2 days a week at work in the mid-afternoon if I'm dragging.

Never liked the taste of coffee (even the fancy stuff), thank goodness. And "energy" drinks are just a bunch of caffeine and sugar--Jolt with hipper marketing schemes and higher prices. I already need to lose weight, I'd be huge if I drank that crap.

When I was in my mid-20s, I went through a stretch of about two years where I started the workday with about a quart of Diet Coke. Makes me shudder now to think back on it.
 
#90
Man, this thread made me realize just how horrible my habit really is.

And the sad part is I was a fitness instructor and general manager of a major health club for almost 5 years, several years ago. So it's not like I didn't already know, just been living in denial far too long.

I drink Red Bull, then I drink more Red Bull, then another just before I have another, then I drink 2 more.
And that's NOT an exaggeration, at all.

I start my day with a 16oz can immediately followed by a second.
Then I drop down to 12 oz cans the rest of the day and use the 8.4oz cans for times where I may not be able to have a drink.

I spend on average about $400+ dollars a month on a good month.

This is JUST my drinks, I also take Stacker 3 energy pills @ 250 Mgs of caffeine usually about 4 of those a day.

The Stackers are a new thing, these past few months.
Well new as in I haven't done those in addition to the drinks in quite a few years.

I am a major caffeine junkie, but it's been a constant discussion with my doctor and I've promised to start cutting back some and eventually altogether quit.

The Red Bulls have been a daily staple in my diet for a good 12-13 years.

For the record,
my blood pressure is always great.
My cholesterol is fine.
My weight is okay, could probably loose about 10 lbs to be where I'm comfortable though, but far from obese like people seem to think will happen if they have even a sip of sugar. Lol
My digestive system is normal. Details available upon request :D
I may have a heart attack tomorrow, but so far so good.

My sleep is all kinds of screwed up, BUT that's been exactly the same since I was a kid. I've always had serious sleep issues, hence the constant caffeine chasing.
I do know though that I'll NEVER fix my sleep issues doing this. So it really needs to stop, I'm not getting any younger.

I'm seriously worried I'm going to start bleeding Red Bull.
 
#91
1SHOT1HIT said:
I drink Red Bull, then I drink more Red Bull, then another just before I have another, then I drink 2 more.
And that's NOT an exaggeration, at all.

I start my day with a 16oz can immediately followed by a second.
Then I drop down to 12 oz cans the rest of the day and use the 8.4oz cans for times where I may not be able to have a drink.

This is JUST my drinks, I also take Stacker 3 energy pills @ 250 Mgs of caffeine usually about 4 of those a day.

The Stackers are a new thing, these past few months.
Well new as in I haven't done those in addition to the drinks in quite a few years.
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The Red Bull is essentially the equivalent of a cup of coffee. Very expensive coffee.

It's the Stackers that I would be alarmed at. That's an incredible amount of caffeine. I don't think that long term that's a good thing; I have a friend who drinks 10-12 cups of coffee a day, strong coffee, and his doctor recommended he cut it back.
 
#94
jasper383 said:
The Red Bull is essentially the equivalent of a cup of coffee. Very expensive coffee.

It's the Stackers that I would be alarmed at. That's an incredible amount of caffeine. I don't think that long term that's a good thing; I have a friend who drinks 10-12 cups of coffee a day, strong coffee, and his doctor recommended he cut it back.
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Yeah, I agree as far as caffeine goes the Red Bull isn't that horrible, well like you said, compared to coffee or other things.

The Stacker 3's, I agree, they need to go first. No question about it. They will be easy to drop, it's not been that long.

Red Bull though has been my drink of choice for so long I actually do feel like a drug addict that is fighting it tooth and nail.

It's to the point I can drink a Red Bull and fall asleep right after if I'm tired, I mean they give me absolutely zero energy, (that I feel)
I'm purely hooked on the taste of them.
 
#97
If I have leisure time at home, tea.

If I'm on the way out the door, Dr. Pepper tastes pretty good warm and isn't overly sweet. A hot chocolate with a shot of espresso from Starbucks is pretty good too. I have a sensitive stomach, especially in the morning, and try to drink monster only when I want the taste (I love the Rehab)
 

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