Coffee a yes or a no?

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  • beachylove
    beachylove Posts: 137 Member
    I drink coffee every day, I keep what I add to it to a minimum that is where it can hurt you. At home I make a giant mug and add a couple tablespoons of creamer.
    Today as I do every Friday I hit up Starbucks and get a Venti Iced Coffee with Non-Fat milk. Best 40 calories of my day. :bigsmile:

    I have had no issue losing weight at all and even if it slowed it down there is no way I am cutting out coffee, it makes me happy to have my cup of java so I will keep doing it as long as I live
  • bwats33
    bwats33 Posts: 25 Member
    I can only speak from personal experience, but I drink 2-3 cups of coffee per day during the week (not on weekends). I've been averaging almost 2 lbs a week in weight loss, so coffee hasn't has much of an impact for me. I do drink it black though....if you candy up your coffee, that could make a huge calorie difference.
  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
    Let's see what the experts say:

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/coffee/

    Did you go to Harvard? That seems to be your favorite source. :tongue:
    Drinking up to six cups a day of coffee is not associated with increased risk of death from any cause, or death from cancer or cardiovascular disease.

    Now... how much caffeine is in one cup, and does he mean a standard 8 oz cup, or this?

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    Excuse me! But I ordered the LARGE cappuccino.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Let's see what the experts say:

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/coffee/

    Did you go to Harvard? That seems to be your favorite source. :tongue:

    I did not, but you are correct. It is my favorite source.

    I read an interview with Walter Willet on diets and conflicting study results and changing recommendations back in the 80's and it was the first thing that really got me thinking about nutrition and it's affect on heatlh, etc.
  • rose313
    rose313 Posts: 1,146 Member
    YES for coffee! I drink a medium iced coffee with skim milk and no sugar almost every day. I also sometimes add a 10 calorie flavor shot. I am lucky, I don't like anything too sweet, and I hate cream, so my coffee is less than 50 cals! I also love Chai Latte Keurig cups which are I believe 60 calories. I don't need milk or anything for those!
  • rak173
    rak173 Posts: 105 Member
    For me: Yes! I drink a 12 oz coffee from Peet's with a splash of cream and a bit of sweetner each weekday morning. Sometimes I splurge and have a nonfat latte on the weekend. I use to drink all the fancier sugary drinks more often, but quickly learned they are dangerous! My morning coffee has become a treat to me in some ways. If I want more later in the day, I usually drink a hot tea instead with no cream and no sugar.
  • TriShamelessly
    TriShamelessly Posts: 905 Member
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    I can honestly say YES I am addicted to coffee. But it has not hurt my weight loss.

    This!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Not about coffee and weight, but more evidence that it's coffee may be good for you.

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140424190516.htm
    Summary:
    Increasing coffee consumption by on average one and half cups per day over a four-year period reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 11 percent, research shows. Coffee and tea consumption has been associated with a lower type 2 diabetes risk but little is known about how changes in coffee and tea consumption influence subsequent type 2 diabetes risk, until now.
  • jennk5309
    jennk5309 Posts: 206 Member
    Nope. I feel better with it, and it helps prevent colon cancer. I've known people who lived to be 100+ (worked in a nursing home, had a few patients in their 100's and one who was 105 when she died) and still drank their coffee every single morning until they took their last breath.
  • Isakizza
    Isakizza Posts: 754 Member
    Did someone say COFFEE?!?! :love:

    I know there is a lot of info that's either against or for drinking coffee. For me personally it has helped me get to where I am in my weight loss. I drink about 2-3 cups (12-16oz cups) per day, only use half and half or almond milk and equal.
    Not only a pick me up but also served as my sweet treat.

    Now if you can excuse me.... gonna go make myself another cup :tongue:


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  • bciloveme2014
    bciloveme2014 Posts: 213 Member
    I am a coffee drinker, and I had lost weight. I don't think coffee is the problem, the problem is when I add creamer, sugar etc.
    Decaffenated coffee has zero calories, and regular coffee has 4 calories per cup.
  • markja
    markja Posts: 270 Member
    Coffee is a yes, a big YES! But there are rules:

    1. No weak coffee!

    2. Don't make it too strong. (It's not too strong unless you can float a horse shoe on it.

    3. It should be good and hot or, iced. Nothing in the middle will work.

    4. Don't buy cheap coffee, it is so acidic that it will upset your stomach.
  • markja
    markja Posts: 270 Member
    I'm a coffee junkie and I'm losing weight with no problem whatsoever. My family, actually my whole island (Puerto Rico) is obsessed with coffee and we're just as sick as any other people that don't drink coffee LMAO

    When I started my healthy lifestyle I tried to cut coffee, and I did...a little. I went from 5-6 cups a day to 2-3 but I absolutely, positively will not give it up. I look forward to it every day and it's the one "food" that truly makes me happy. I know it sounds weird but whatevs.

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    ^^^THIS! Dont mean to be posting hog but...
  • vick441
    vick441 Posts: 42 Member
    I am a coffee drinker, and I had lost weight. I don't think coffee is the problem, the problem is when I add creamer, sugar etc.
    Decaffenated coffee has zero calories, and regular coffee has 4 calories per cup.

    ^^^ That
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    ..........yes, or I won't get out of bed :grumble:
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    I think it's good for the health of those around me if I drink it because without my having it, their lives are in danger if they speak to me too early in the day.:happy:
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    coffees a yes for me, think you'll agree it hasnt harmed my weight loss
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Coffee is a yes if you like it and a no if you don't. Unless you keep drinking it even after you get the jitters, I don't think there is any harm.
  • MaeMaeSashay
    MaeMaeSashay Posts: 7 Member
    Yes, in moderation. 1 cup a day during the week and tea on the weekends.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    I couldn't give up my coffee. I drink 1-3 cups of coffee a day. It hasn't hurt my weight loss and more importantly I don't hurt other people because I get and log my coffee every morning.:flowerforyou:
  • Technolero
    Technolero Posts: 90
    Coffee is a yes, a big YES! But there are rules:

    1. No weak coffee!

    2. Don't make it too strong. (It's not too strong unless you can float a horse shoe on it.

    3. It should be good and hot or, iced. Nothing in the middle will work.

    4. Don't buy cheap coffee, it is so acidic that it will upset your stomach.

    Good rules to live by. Seems to be a lot of research out there showing that coffee is good for you in many ways (in moderation).
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    Real human, just add coffee.
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  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    The only things I can think of is that it might screw with your appetite and a lot of the time there's stuff added to up the calories. Pretty much the same spiel as alcohol.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    Have to say yes for coffee, take anything but that :drinker:

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