Coffee schedule, how does yours look?

[Mom25boys]

I'm hoping some ladies can chime in with their coffee schedules. Lol. I feel like a child but I'm new to coffee. I've begun drinking coffee daily since I started my sway and I've never been a coffee drinker. One friend with 4 girls never touches coffee, but most others with only girls, that I know, are hardworking and always running to their jobs and drinking lots of coffee. Being that i never drank coffee before with my 5 boys, that is a huge part of my sway.

I drink one cup by my first meal at noon. Then the next at my 4:00 meal. But it's begun to be a problem. Im getting pretty jittery at night and it's taking me a long time to fall asleep, which usually isn't a problem. And once im awake I overthink everything and get anxiety.... bad stuff.

I tried one coffee, but I want to do more. How did you fit it into your daily meals? Did you drink before your first meal? Do you drink just black coffee if you did that? How can I arrange my coffee so that by 2/3 I don't have any more?

What schedule worked for you? Dinner I have wine.... so just earlier in the day.

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[Noemi2017]

Hello Mom, i was drinking one small cup of coffee in the morning then after lunch 2 large cups. In the evening after dinner i had decaf coffee with almond milk otherwise i couldnt fall asleep in the night:)

[Mom25boys]

Hello Mom, i was drinking one small cup of coffee in the morning then after lunch 2 large cups. In the evening after dinner i had decaf coffee with almond milk otherwise i couldnt fall asleep in the night:)The coffee in the morning had anything in it or just black? Also two large cups didnt make you bounce off the walls? [emoji848] I had one and I'm feeling a little jumpy....

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[Noemi2017]

Mostly I had it just black (not very strong), but in the afternoon and evening with almond milk:)

[ksmom]

You can switch to decaf if it's making you jittery. While swaying I had 2-3 cups of coffee a day. Any more than that I and I felt sick. I always had it black, one in the morning, again in the afternoon and sometimes one in the evening as "dessert." It doesn't really matter when you have it, it's just if you're having coffee with lots of sugar or milk then it's best treated as a meal. Don't worry about having coffee on a schedule as that just feeds the control freak in a lot of us boy moms. Just do what works for you personally.

[Princess Mom]

I had when I wake up a cup w splash of cream and equal and then another for lunch and sometimes for snack before bed

[Mom25boys]

So I am assuming decaf before bed? This morning I had a black coffee and yuck. Lol. I never put sugar. I just like with a little bit of milk. Now that I know I can add black between meals I'll try that. I'll pick up decaf as well so the 3 or 4 :00 one doesnt jitter me up and make me anxious

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[Ladybird77]

So I am assuming decaf before bed? This morning I had a black coffee and yuck. Lol. I never put sugar. I just like with a little bit of milk. Now that I know I can add black between meals I'll try that. I'll pick up decaf as well so the 3 or 4 :00 one doesnt jitter me up and make me anxious

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Could you have stronger coffees earlier in the day? I could only fit two cups during the day - if I had coffee after 3pm I’d never fall asleep. I usually bought coffees from cafes. So I had 1.5 shots at about 10am (after 13 hr fast) and another 1.5 shots at around 1 or 2pm


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[Princess Mom]

You can do cream or milk in morning tiny amount with equal or any zero calorie sugar

[atomic sagebrush]

If you haven't drunk coffee before swaying you don't need to have more than 1 cup.

I would not have you drink coffee that late anyway. I'm well used to coffee and I don't have it after 3 pm. I would have 1 in the morning (and yes, most of us have it first thing as a kind of breakfast replacer, and that is ok and allowed as long as you' don't put sugar in it) Then if you can handle it, have one at lunch. No more after that.

[atomic sagebrush]

So I am assuming decaf before bed? This morning I had a black coffee and yuck. Lol. I never put sugar. I just like with a little bit of milk. Now that I know I can add black between meals I'll try that. I'll pick up decaf as well so the 3 or 4 :00 one doesnt jitter me up and make me anxious

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Milk is fine in coffee at any time.

Decaf actually has a small amount of caffeine and it is enough to disrupt sleep right before bed for some people. It would be likely ok for 3-4 pm but i'd not have it right before bed.

[Mom25boys]

If you haven't drunk coffee before swaying you don't need to have more than 1 cup.

I would not have you drink coffee that late anyway. I'm well used to coffee and I don't have it after 3 pm. I would have 1 in the morning (and yes, most of us have it first thing as a kind of breakfast replacer, and that is ok and allowed as long as you' don't put sugar in it) Then if you can handle it, have one at lunch. No more after that.Thanks. That is what I needed. I was never a coffee drinker. I feel better about this. Im drinking a cup in the morning when I can handle it and a good solid one at my first meal. For a non coffee drinker, it's a lot. I'm not drinking it any more after my first meal. It's really making me anxious and jittery at night.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Yes at any time if it's making you feel unhappy/unpleasant/sick/anxious etc then that's too much. We don't need to be miserable and feeling like poo to make this happen! :)

[Girlswaylondon]

I had one with milk and sweetener at 8am/12pm/3pm, I found it helped stopped me snacking too!