A Little Less Caffeination

I was not a coffee drinker. Not for the longest time. I remember trying Starbucks when I was about 18 and it was the new thing in town. I would occasionally get something sugary and frothy at 7-11 when I had early mornings in college. But just brewing a pot? That wasn't something I ever thought I'd do.

In late 2006, a friend brought me some quality ground coffee from a trip to Seattle. I didn't even own a pot. I wanted to be able to tell him that I tried it, so I went to Target and bought the smallest $12 4-cup coffee maker I could find. I didn't care for the coffee, but now I had a coffee pot...and when you give a mouse a cookie...

Fast-forward to now, 7 years later. I drink a lot of coffee. I take insulin to cover it some of the time because my continuous glucose monitor has proven to me time and again that an 8 oz cup gives me a 30-40 mg/dL bump in blood sugar. I'm better about accounting for it in my dosing in the morning than I am later in the day.

When I tell people I drink too much coffee, they always commiserate and tell me they do, too. Then I tell them I drink at least 6 cups a day and they go "whoa, okay, I don't drink that much."

I don't need it. I drink it because I like it...because I'm bored...because my blood sugar might be high and I'm sleepy...because my kids wear me out...because it's easier to brew a lot than a little...because it's there...because it's tastier than water. But I drink too much.

Between the Splenda, the sugarfree Coffee Mate, and the caffiene,
I usually need to count a cup of homebrew as about 10g of carb.