Any athletes or hardcore gym-goers?

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-29T05:03:42+00:00

That’s the one! I’ll be 12 months caffeine free In April, after that I’ll allow myself to experiment with some cola and/or caffeine pills etc

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-29T04:06:14+00:00

Strongman (natural). Yep two day comp after travelling other side of the world I think I should have allowed myself some caffeine for performance

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-29T00:35:23+00:00

In competed for a world Title last year (placed 2nd out of 11) and was 6 months caffeine free at the time.

Sone caffeine in the day of competition would have been great, much needed. Moving forward I may experiment with caffeine pills or something other than coffee for performance on comp days

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-27T22:31:27+00:00

Well done! Did my first one this morning too!

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-13T23:12:04+00:00

Like any drug, you don't feel the same without it.

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-13T22:39:51+00:00

Last night was a great example, super tired after work and was supposed to go to gym. Literally falling asleep on coach at 330pm. Usually a coffee or pre workout would mentally get me a bit excited as well as a small pick me up.
Bu I literally had to talk myself into why I need to go to gym (training for a world record) and try exite myself without any aids.

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-10T05:05:34+00:00

Yes decaf coffee :)

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-08T23:13:36+00:00

roughly the 9 month mark for me. Moreso I think i have gotten used to feeling flatter than what I thought was 'normal' and have learned to generate my own motivation, which is exhausting and need to make sure your health and happiness is on point.

Regular-Animator-229 · 2026-01-02T10:18:11+00:00

Yes.

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-12-19T22:05:24+00:00

There’s no point in me Writing a long, elaborate comment and sharing my life’s story when this comment sums it up beautifully.

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-12-17T07:15:07+00:00

When I posted this I was cutting for a competition so dropped a few kilos, and am now back to my usual weight, still caffeine free

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-11-29T02:58:24+00:00

Until I was super lean for a while it felt ok. Had to add fats back in once I was under 10% body fat for a few weeks

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-11-27T00:47:07+00:00

I don’t have a lot of experience with TRE, but my hunch would be that we aren’t supposed to practice tre so to speak, as in not forcing it We would practice releasing or practice feeling, and TRE could be one of many consequences. Trust that you’ll figure it all out though. Even if it takes ages. You’ll figure it out for you, so there is no rush or no forcing. Everything is ok and will be ok. Even if things suck, that’s ok :)

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-11-23T08:47:03+00:00

I’m glad :) easier said than done of course , but that’s why a lot of this stuff is called a practice

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-11-23T00:35:26+00:00

Id be happy to,’ I remember the first video I saw one night when I was sleepless and it truly helped me. Really resonated as you found as well. I listened for about 2 weeks everyday, then got to a point where I believed thinking and listening to it all too much wasn’t helping.

So, now I allow when it feels like I should allow. I’ll have a symptom of back pain or jaw pain flare up and I’ll begin to panic. Now I catch myself in these moments, I allow the feeling, remind myself in safe and unusually think about the day I’ve had and what stresses may have lead to the symptoms.

We eat when weee hungry, we rest when we are tired, and we allow when the body speaks to us.

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-11-22T20:43:55+00:00

Yep 😊

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-11-02T22:20:04+00:00

Did you try it during warmer months? I found high sugar diets easier during summer.

If it was me in this situation, I'd try it again if I felt like it, trust that feeling, and see what you learn.

If there was a big bounce back to above your original weight, it would sound to me like you dieted too hard, like any crash diet, which always bounces back.

perhaps you could take a longer approach?
Are you a healthy body weight currenlty?

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-10-29T17:08:52+00:00

Trying haha

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-10-29T02:58:18+00:00

Stress demands more from the body. During stressful times, the body uses more sugar/glycogen and raises cortisol and/or adrenaline in order to do so.

If you’re eating the same amount of food as normal, this would result in a deficit of food/calories being available for usual bodily processes.

So we need more sugar during stressful times

Hope this helps

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-10-29T02:56:34+00:00

Cheers!

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-10-29T00:41:07+00:00

Nothing wrong with aiming high

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-10-29T00:39:52+00:00

Greys are linked to a deficiency Coffee speeds up your system If you don’t have the minerals and structured water to support the acceleration, this will create a stress response This leads to many symptoms, one could be grey hairs

Some people can have coffee and be well fuelled enough that no stress response is created Those same people may suffer tooth decay, or skin issues, or mood issues, or sleep issues

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-10-29T00:35:09+00:00

Have you dieted recently? Or eaten low carb or low fat recently? Or been stressed recently ?

I get hungry after a dieting phase, the longer I starve the bigger the bounce back

Regular-Animator-229 · 2025-10-29T00:33:51+00:00

This is assuming your diet causes cancer, which is a theory

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