Today I had my first cup of coffee in three weeks and while it tasted good I did not like the effect of it and actually now that I’m writing this I’m looking forward to have the caffeine out of my system.

Since three weeks back I’ve changed and experimented with my diet (no dairy, no meat, no sugar) and also started to exercise six days a week.

In the beginning of those three weeks I went through the expected withdrawal symptoms but those are over and done with now and I’m loving my new, healthier way of living.

But today I thought I’d have a cup of coffee, .. just one to see how it was, and I can tell you that yes, it was yummy, but it’s also definitely a drug and a poison for the body and not something I wish to drink everyday.

I just don’t like what it does to me and the body.

I know how easy it is to fall back since I have done it a few times before with coffee but this time something has changed fundamentally, I don’t see myself going back to everyday drinking at this point.

As I mentioned before I’m drinking a lot of water right now to get rid of the caffeine in my body because it doesn’t feel good at all.

This is something you can only feel and know once you have been cleansed out of it just to mention it to those who say that they feel alright with drinking coffee and that nothing weird is going on in their bodies, because it is a drug and the more used you are to it the less aware you are of its effect on you.

You just know it gives you energy, but if you’re off it for a month and then drink it again you will know exactly what I mean.

In my youth up to my late thirties I used to drink massive amounts of coffee everyday and then some years ago when I went to the USA I stopped drinking it for a while (it just happened naturally, I lost the taste for it) but then when I went to Hawaii later on I couldn’t resist the freshly brewed Hawaiian coffee and on it again I was 🙂

The past few years I have only had a couple of cups every morning and so I haven’t been a heavy coffee drinker lately but still, it was part of my morning ritual and something I looked forward to every morning.

And Then I Did A Juice Fasting..

A year and a half ago or so I did a juice fasting and I loved it (and highly recommend it!).

It started out as a 3-day long experiment and it was such a great experience that I continued for 8 days in a row and would have loved to go for a whole month if it hadn’t been so expensive.

And in that process I obviously ditched coffee (as you only drink pure juice from fruits and vegetables and nothing else) but then I started to drink it again shortly after the 8 days were over.

What I noticed back then was what I notice now as well, that the energy that coffee gives you is an ‘erratic’ kind of energy.

It feels “nervous” and I remember I was standing in front of the mirror practicing a class that I had planned on teaching and I noticed that when I have had coffee my performance was not flowing as harmoniously as it was when I was not on coffee.

I Prefer Clean, Natural Energy

It was more energetic but it was very clear that my brain functioned in a different way; in a nervous way, with a jittery type of energy, and I also noticed that my memory declined in the way that I had to look to my notes more often.

When I practiced my class without any coffee in my body there was a more natural flow to it and I didn’t have to look at my notes as much.

It was many times better and felt more enjoyable to do it without coffee in my system.

I drank coffee for maybe a week or two after the fasting before I decided that it’s not what I want after all so I stopped drinking it again.

But this time (since my body was so clean from the juice fasting) I got really bad headaches (withdrawal symptoms) and because of this I decided to do one more 3-day juice fasting just to get rid of the toxins faster. (A three day fast helps reboot your system).

So I did that and all was well again and I felt great without coffee but then later on I started to drink it again..

And here I am today and this time it’s even more clear to me that I don’t want that stuff in my body.

I don’t like what it does to me and I prefer the natural, harmonious energy instead, so that one cup of coffee I had this morning was enough for me to be able to really feel the difference so I won’t touch coffee again for a very long time.

I’m sure I will have a cup now and then (very rarely though) but absolutely not everyday.

The same with alcohol, I kind of see coffee in the same way now, that just like with alcohol coffee is not an everyday thing but something I can enjoy occasionally.

And I won’t drink decaf either, I’ve read that it’s even worse for you than regular coffee and honestly, this morning when I drank that one cup of (regular) coffee it tasted good but also it didn’t taste as good as it used to.

I just didn’t feel the specialness about it anymore as I did before so it’s not something I will miss.

I haven’t missed it at all during the 3 weeks I was without and I won’t miss it from now on either; I’m actually happy that I don’t drink it anymore, it just feels so much better without.

And I have my opinions and thoughts about why it’s a socially accepted drug worldwide and why it is one of the world most popular drinks but I will save those for later in case someone wishes to discuss below in comments! 🙂

Let me know your thoughts and experiences with having been with and without coffee and what it did to you!