Things Fyll showed me: late coffee wasn't the whole story

I had a theory: coffee after 2pm was why I slept badly.

So I cut it. Some nights improved. Many didn't. I was still staring at the ceiling at midnight, annoyed at myself for " failing at something this simple."

When I started logging meals and how the day felt — not just caffeine — a pattern showed up:

Bad sleep nights often followed days I skipped lunch, not just days I had a 3pm latte.

The coffee wasn't innocent. But it was getting blamed for a stack: no real food until 2, a huge late lunch, then caffeine to survive the slump, then dinner too late because I was "making up" for the weird day.

None of that is a diagnosis. It's just my log — and it was more useful than another rule about cutoff times.

What I changed (small)

• A protein anchor before noon, even ugly — yogurt, eggs, last night's chicken, doesn't matter
• Coffee moved earlier when I could; not a religion when I couldn't
• One line in the log: "skipped lunch?" — yes/no, brutal and helpful

What I'm not claiming

This won't be everyone's pattern. Some people are genuinely caffeine-sensitive. This is a field note from one person building the thing — why we ask about meals and context together, not just "bad habits."

If your log keeps pointing at late coffee alone, trust that. If it keeps pointing at empty mornings, maybe you're like me.

That's the job: let the week talk back, instead of starting over with a new theory every Sunday.