Category Archive: No Alcohol & Caffeine

Feb
21

Pull-Up receipts, Tai Chi, and yet another challenge

I’ll admit it. I’ve been in a “funk” lately. I’ve been going to bed early, slow to return phone calls, and eschewing nights out with friends for a good book and TiVo. I can see no real reason for being down, as I’m in the best shape of my life, I got a fantastic tax …

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Sep
12

Lou! Challenge – No Alcohol & Caffeine UPDATE

It’s been over two months since I ended the No Alcohol & Caffeine Challenge. Earlier this year, I drinking two Venti Starbucks coffees every day… which undoubtedly led to my poor sleeping habits and untimely chest pains. (and stained teeth, but that’s another story entirely.) After the self-imposed ban ended in NYC with a tasty …

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Jul
31

Lou! Challenge: No Alcohol or Caffeine for 45 days (June/July 2009)

yogurt and water

I remember vividly the morning that the idea for this Challenge took up residence in my head. It was Sunday, June 7th, 2009. To be quite honest, it wasn’t exactly ‘morning’… it was closer to 1:30 in the afternoon. Several of my old college fraternity buddies had come down from Louisville and New Jersey to …

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