My morning coffee habit is already shrinking and I'm noticing it

2026-10-06 10:07

Honestly, hi, new here and only on day six, so please excuse the tiny question. For years I’ve had two big mugs of black coffee while I check email, and today I barely finished half of one.

I didn’t feel sick, just completely uninterested, which never happens. I’m trying not to panic or read meaning into every little shift, but it’s odd to lose a ritual I actually liked.

Did your morning drinks change much in the beginning, and did they come back around? I’m just hoping to know what’s normal-ish. Thanks for any gentle replies.

2026-10-11 00:46

late-night gamer here. my coffee thing went sideways too, but for me it was more the ritual than the caffeine—i’d sit down for queue and just want cold water instead.

i started tracking liquids in a notes app like a dork: coffee oz, water oz, soda-swap attempts. turns out i was way below my old coffee amount and way up on fizzy water + flavor drops.

one conrete tweak: smaller mug so dumping half doesn’t feel like a crime. is it that coffee tastes different now, or you just forget it’s sitting there?

those feel like different puzzles.

2026-10-14 12:38

Day 6 solidarity. My campus coffee is $1.25 and I used to refill that same mug twice while pretending to read syllabi. Now I make one, take four sips, and it goes cold next to my econ notes like a tiny disappointed roommate.

I’m not nauseous either, just zero pull. I started jotting it in my notes app: time, how much I actually drank, whether I wanted it or just wanted the email-checking ritual. Turns out I mostly miss the ritual.

Sharp question: is it the caffeine you miss, or the 20-minute sit-down? I’m thinking of swapping mug #2 for dining-hall eggs + yogurt since protein is cheap there, but I don’t wanna force it if my body’s just saying “less, thanks.”