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Post by scarreddaisy on Sept 13, 2003 9:25:50 GMT -5
I was talkign with my psych prof and he said that for the most part... our society is totally over caffenated and that it is one of the worst things for someone with OCD like tendencies because it hightens anxieties... I have cut it out of my diet for two weeks and my picking has decreased by 75%.... It like I have a lot more control over how I get and how intense my picking is.. I can stop more often when I become away of what I am doing... so i was just wondering on a whole... how much caffenine we pickers consume...
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Post by scarreddaisy on Sept 13, 2003 9:27:58 GMT -5
oh chocolate too... that's caffeneine... thats why kids are always so wirey at halloween... sugar and caffenine o.d!
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Post by obnoxa on Sept 13, 2003 11:38:17 GMT -5
Yes, caffine is bad, bad, bad. I'm not supposed to have any (it causes panic attacks) but I usually sneak a coffee and a pop or two into my day without even realizing it! I completely believe your picking has decreased.
For those who don't really know, decaf has no added caffine but there's still caffine in it, only 7up or Sprite are a sure bet for no caffine. I think it's Mountain Dew, one of the non-brown pops has 3 times the caffine as cola. All meds with codine, and all cough syrups with 'DM' .
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Post by christy on Sept 13, 2003 15:27:58 GMT -5
scarreddaisy, if you cut down your carbs and sugars too you may have 100% decrease! Caffeine, carbs, and sugars all give us sharp ups and downs, we get addicted to those ups and downs and crave them. I only drink coffee if I am going to work out because it makes me so jittery otherwise. Drinking more water and decaf tea will help to calm the urges and you'll lose likely lose weight too! It is hard, I am still trying to get there! Christy
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Post by Stef (Incubabe) on Sept 13, 2003 22:07:23 GMT -5
I usually have like...a soda a week. And thats only if we go out or Im feeling good and want something sweet. Otherwise its water or Capri Sun. ;D
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Post by ready2heal on Sept 14, 2003 0:09:29 GMT -5
hmm... actually i think my caffine intake is zero. i don't drink coffe or soda... oh wait! i'm wrong. those little granolla bars i eat have little pieces of chocolate in them. lol
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Post by Teresa =) on Sept 14, 2003 0:51:19 GMT -5
i usually drink milk with coffe for breakfast... i laso dirnk coca cola diet( jejej:P) not only cause it dosent have sugar lol also cause i love the flavor... anyway i dont eat chocolate cuase i ma alegic!!  !! i started to be alergic at 15..... pfff what a crab!! anyway is better for my skin....i think... see ya teresa |
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Post by firegirl on Sept 14, 2003 2:15:41 GMT -5
i don't like the way that coffee tastes- although i love the way it smells! i drink tea, tea, tea all day long-probably 5-6 cups of different flavours. it has less caffeine than coffee, i think.
once or twice a day i'll drink half of a soda, while at work.
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Post by Canuck on Sept 14, 2003 10:32:22 GMT -5
Oh, how I love a good tall, skim, no whipped cream mocha from Starbucks (or Caribou or just about anywhere else).
I the worst about drinking that stuff in the winter. It's cold out, it tastes good, it keeps me awake...I try to limit myself to one cup/day.
Right now, I'm not really having any caffenine in my diet, since I don't drink sodas. My picking has been quite good, so I will have to keep close tabs on how it is when I start back on the caffenine. Though, since I was picking before I was even drinking tea on a regular basis...
Who knows? Not me. Though, keeping the caffenine low can't do anything but help me out, whether its with picking or with my health in general.
Good topic, Daisy!
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Post by angelkiss on Sept 14, 2003 10:51:21 GMT -5
i don't consume any caffeine in my day as far as i am aware, anyway...i don't drink coffee or tea, i only drink water or juices, and i don't really eat chocolate normally...unless it's a special occasion or something...but if i do deviate and have something w/ caffeine in it, damn my skin really suffers! but i would say i'm a carb junkie, and i wonder how much of an effect that has on my picking.
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Post by pickles on Sept 14, 2003 18:58:42 GMT -5
I drink a lot of pop/soda every day. I drink diet soda all the time but I know it still has the caffefine in it. I also eat a lot of carbs! Maybe that's what my problem is!!! I've tried to cut down on carbs but it's so hard! I love bread! I just eat bread all day! I can cut back on my soda intake pretty easily if I want too. I think I will after reading all these posts.  |
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Post by Carree on Sept 15, 2003 15:28:14 GMT -5
I usually drink 1 cup of coffee in the morning, nice to catch up on office gossip and to make myself wake up a little!  I used to drink Pepsi like crazy and still love to have one once in awhile but I have really cut back. |
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!! i started to be alergic at 15..... pfff what a crab!! anyway is better for my skin....i think...
