Whats your get up and go?

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Energy drinks, Coffee, Tea, or Nicotine?

I'm a tea guy myself; if your big on Nicotine, energy drinks, or coffee, Ditch the stuff!

I speak from experience. I just cut nicotine and coffee out of my system 3 weeks ago. Believe it or not, after a little detox-Tea can provide the same energizing and stress relieving effects of coffee and nicotine.
  • Profile picture of the author mistermint
    Tea has the same effect as coffee right?

    I get up at 5am every day, drink at least 4 or 5 cups of tea with a couple of cigs then, around 9ish start on the coffee after taking kids to school. Continue with coffee until after 3-30 kids back, all PC's taken over by kids so, start the evening meal. Take 2 beers and open a bottle of wine..drink half while cooking the meal, drink the rest over the meal..kids sleep at 10 start work again until 12. I never drink coke it's bad for you lol...
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    • Profile picture of the author Maddi
      Originally Posted by mistermint View Post

      Tea has the same effect as coffee right?

      I get up at 5am every day, drink at least 4 or 5 cups of tea with a couple of cigs then, around 9ish start on the coffee after taking kids to school. Continue with coffee until after 3-30 kids back, all PC's taken over by kids so, start the evening meal. Take 2 beers and open a bottle of wine..drink half while cooking the meal, drink the rest over the meal..kids sleep at 10 start work again until 12. I never drink coke it's bad for you lol...
      So you are sleeping 5 hrs a day?

      with that busy schedule?
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
      Originally Posted by mistermint View Post

      Tea has the same effect as coffee right?
      While tea DOES have caffeine in most cases it's quite a bit less than coffee.

      I enjoy tea from time to time, but my drink is coffee. I drink from tall mugs (about twice the size of a standard coffee mug) and have 1-2 in the early morning, then another mid/late morning, one in the mid afternoon (around 2 - 3 pm) then one in the evening after dinner. Believe it or not, I sleep just fine, too.

      Lately though, most of those mugs throughout the day I tend to dump out about half...
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
    "Coffee black....cigarette.....start this day like all the rest..."
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Daily: Coffee. Pure black. Add a cigarette and here i go.

    To surf ( real waves, not the web): Black Tea or RedBull. Sometimes, a mix of both. If it's damn big surf I'll add another private mix that makes me smile for a couple hours.

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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Coffee is a must for me - caffeine is allergy control. I only smoke a half a pack of cigs at most these days but do like to light up when I am pacing and thinking.

    Tea is a night time drink as it keeps the bad bacterias from forming in your mouth while you sleep, relaxes, and lets the phyto-nutrients do their job.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      but do like to light up when I am pacing and thinking.
      I get kidded a lot because I just cant sit/stand still....

      Must be that metabolism thingy..
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by Dave Patterson View Post

        I get kidded a lot because I just cant sit/stand still....

        Must be that metabolism thingy..
        That and broad shoulders plus narrow hips makes it uncomfortable to sit for too long. I just find it easier to think while moving.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    Coffee and nicotine.

    I have cut back to 10 a day additive free cigs (from 30 a day) using an electronic cigarette that tastes so much better than cigs - electronic has more nicotine but no carbon monoxide. (puresmokeonline.com)

    I crave the death scene I guess because just proved it is not nicotine addiction, since I still crave cigs even with more nicotine coming electronically.

    Way bad addiction this week, because Djarum Indonesian cigs, which have cloves and are sweet - are on sale now at $4, because they are going to stop making them - so the last week I am back smoking full time (20)- and it is the sweet thing I am craving now. damn it.

    Plan to go back to 10+ electronic when the store runs out of Djarum

    Coffee 2 large mugs AM fresh brewed - 1@ lunch - 1 after dinner - this is down quite a bit since I figured out coffee at night is exacerbating my insomnia. Go figure!?!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Right now as a pick-me-up I drink a 50/50 blend of blueberry-pomegranite-grape juice combined with a sugar free Rockstar. Other times I'll brew a combo of black, green and "regular" tea for Iced tea.
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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    I don't know what mine was . . . .

    But it just got up and went!
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  • Profile picture of the author fypnlp
    exercise, pilates and krav maga. It helps me focus.
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  • Profile picture of the author Maddi
    About 8 coffees and 4 cups of tea throughout the day and a red bull here and a Rockstar there.

    And i'm not always getting up and going.. Do i need anything else to my list??

    But yea Its significantly helps concentrate at times (only at times not always) as I am having total lack of sleep with a lot pressure of work.

    Did I mention ciggarettes?
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
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    • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
      A cup of coffee and a spliff.
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      • Profile picture of the author thedogtreatjar
        I'm a runner so every morning I get the puppy and we hit the pavement....of course now that I am in front of the computer all day "morning" could be anytime. And those occasional days that I sleep like a pregger (in 3 hour shifts) I break up the day with the row machine or elliptical.

        Other than that I am big on protein rich snacks....
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        • Profile picture of the author successfulmom
          For me it is a hot cup of black coffee and a smoke...not sure what I would do if I woke up and had neither!
          Scarey thought....
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  • Profile picture of the author n1c3m4n
    my get up and go... just having breakfast. neither coffee nor tea.. i don't drink em all
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
    A whistle from the bedroom can perk me up pretty quick...
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  • Profile picture of the author STKING
    Getting up early before the rest of my little guys wake up. I can get so much done in 1 hour!
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  • Profile picture of the author Profit-smart
    This is an old thread!

    Yeah, my detox didnt last to long;

    Nicotine, Coffee (in the mornings) and tea the rest of the day.

    Thats progress, I suppose.
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    • Profile picture of the author IMHopeful
      I'm a huge fan of Turkish, and Italian coffees. There aren't many coffees that have their level of caffeine.
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    • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
      Originally Posted by Profit-smart View Post

      This is an old thread!
      Yeah I noticed this Stking guy is digging up a lot of old threads.
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  • Profile picture of the author tryinhere
    Originally Posted by Profit-smart View Post

    Whats your get up and go?
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    Very close but i call my mix up and gone (true story)

    for those that get it in your county there is a drink called up and go, a weetbix cereal drink that is supposed to be good for you.

    it supposed to contain two weetbix and milk in this drink.

    so with that base i make up and gone = in a bowl crack an egg, some sugar, some vanilla essence, and some nutmeg. This will form the base then add some ice cream and a helping of normal thick cream as well.

    Mix this up well with a whisk then add my up and go (vanilla ice flavor), OK now 3 or so nice slices of ice cream in a brandy glass then pour over the mix , drizzle some more fresh cream over the floating ice cream and then sprinkle with a little more nutmeg.

    there you have it, i have 2 breakfast cereal serves, egg, some diary in cream, ice cream and milk and some spice to top it off.

    this stuff tastes even better than it sounds and in effect is a homemade egg nog made with the healthy breakfast cereal drink.

    I used to be a 10 coffee 15 cigarette person but gave up smoking a long while back and drink less coffee now a days.
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    • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
      Originally Posted by tryinhere View Post

      Very close but i call my mix up and gone (true story)

      for those that get it in your county there is a drink called up and go, a weetbix cereal drink that is supposed to be good for you.

      it supposed to contain two weetbix and milk in this drink.

      so with that base i make up and gone = in a bowl crack an egg, some sugar, some vanilla essence, and some nutmeg. This will form the base then add some ice cream and a helping of normal thick cream as well.

      Mix this up well with a whisk then add my up and go (vanilla ice flavor), OK now 3 or so nice slices of ice cream in a brandy glass then pour over the mix , drizzle some more fresh cream over the floating ice cream and then sprinkle with a little more nutmeg.

      there you have it, i have 2 breakfast cereal serves, egg, some diary in cream, ice cream and milk and some spice to top it off.

      this stuff tastes even better than it sounds and in effect is a homemade egg nog made with the healthy breakfast cereal drink.

      I used to be a 10 coffee 15 cigarette person but gave up smoking a long while back and drink less coffee now a days.
      I got nauseous reading that. My stomach is strong enough to handle something like that. Never heard of weetbix, but cereal mixed with sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, raw egg and ice cream? Can't even imagine what that would taste like.
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    Running can do it for me. Chatting with the right person...
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