No Sugar & No Caffeine Archive

Learning to Be Content in All Circumstances

I’m on day 9 of my no sugar and no caffeine experiment and I’m starting to miss coffee. My body isn’t craving caffeine anymore and I actually feel less tired in the afternoons but I miss it. I found myself thinking about pumpkin lattes and how I could make one when I can drink coffee
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Week 1 Review

This first week of no sugar and no caffeine my goal was to read my Bible whenever I felt cravings so that I would learn to lean on Jesus rather than food. This turned out to be more difficult than I thought. For one I often can’t tell whether I’m actually hungry and should eat or
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Freedom from Moralism

Jesus' love is so surprising. When I see myself as "bad" I can be confident that Jesus loves me, no what matter what I've done. He came to this world to rescue us from our sins by dying in our place on the cross. When I see myself as "good" I discover that anything good
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Detox Symptoms are Subsiding

Today is day 3 of no caffeine and no sugar and it was a great day! The first two days, in addition to the headache, I had really sore leg muscles. The aching feeling was similar to the flu and it made it difficult to sleep at night. When I woke up this morning it
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His Grace is Sufficient for Me

An hour ago I was experiencing one of the worst headaches I’ve ever had. I felt nauseous and weak and my body was trembling. All of this because I didn’t have any caffeine today. I was even more dependent on caffeine that I realized, even though I drank at most two cups of coffee each
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28 Days of No Sugar & No Caffeine

The 28 day experiment for September will be no sugar and no caffeine. I’m currently addicted to both and I realize that anything I’m addicted to limits my freedom in Christ. When I’m low on energy, bored, or need a break from work I crave something sweet – usually chocolate. Rather than turning to Jesus
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