I.cant.skip.my.coffee.
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I lost 66lbs drinking about 4 coffees a day! I just have a splash of whole milk in my coffee. I like it to actually taste of coffee! I'm now losing weight after baby no.3 and I'm still drinking coffee! With 3 young kids I sometimes don't think I'd make it through the day sans caffeine!0
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I have coffee every day, 2-3 cups of it. I put sugar free french vanilla creamer in mine. I'm sure it's not the healthiest stuff in the world, but it's how I like it. I see no reason to cut it out. I've had success losing weight while feeding my caffeine addiction.0
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Dr Oz recommends 1T of coconut oil and 1t of grass fed organic butter. I make a cup of coffee and pour the coffee and coconut oil and butter with a packet of stevia in the blender. Blend for 30 seconds til frothy. It tastes good and is great for the brain.
Dr. Oz alert! This is a guy who was called in front of Congress a while back for being less than honest about diet supplements.
Did he explain why adding all this extra fat is great for your brain? I tend not to take him or his claims seriously.0 -
The Splenda To Go is liquid and adds zero carbs and no paper packets to throw away. And it's tastes great.
A great cup of coffee is something I will never give up.0 -
Hi everyone. Okay so.. I'm trying to lose 25 pounds and I am addicted to coffee. Before I started being healthy, I had my regular cup of coffee with 3 cream and 4 sugar. Now I just drink coffee with 2 Splenda. Anything wrong with that? By the way, if I stop drinking coffee I will feel crappy for the rest of the day. Is coffee okay while being healthy? And if not.. What should I do?
Enjoy your coffee. If you start adding in excess calories in your coffee and it causes you hunger, or causes you to consume too many calories, then re-evaluate what you are adding into your coffee.
Splenda is fine and Coffee is fine(r). Drink up.0 -
Since being on MFP, I've started drinking coffee. Mind you, I drink it with milk and sugar but I still have 1-2 cups a day.
Dropping the cream was good. If you like the splenda, keep enjoying your coffee.0 -
Coffee is a calorie-free beverage so if weight loss is your concern there's no reason to not drink it. Granted, all of the crap people sometimes put in coffee is not calorie free, but that crap is disgusting anyway. Buy and brew good black coffee, keep the crap out of it, and enjoy your daily drug. God knows I do.0
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Don't mess with my coffee I take it very seriously. Already on pot #2 of the day.. and hasn't messed with my weight loss. Now because I drink lots and lots of coffee I did get better coffee and went to drinking it black.0
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cut down on the coffee, and go for espresso.
Umm...put your hands together...do both.
Espresso IN coffee...yes....
Nothing wrong with coffee. Just be sure to hydrate the rest of the day.0 -
Do not change to coconut oil or worry about the small amount of trans fat or the dairy or the lab rats or any other non issue. :laugh:
But we have to worry about the lab rats, where would we be without them?!
Seriously tho, rats aside, use of artificial sweeteners such as in diet soda have been directly linked to larger waistlines, and are known to have some serious neurotoxic effects. I'm all for finding ways to lower calories, but at what cost? Maybe in small amouns it's not an issue, but with as much coffee as I drink I wouldn't risk it.
Meh, to each their own.0 -
Dr Oz recommends 1T of coconut oil and 1t of grass fed organic butter. I make a cup of coffee and pour the coffee and coconut oil and butter with a packet of stevia in the blender. Blend for 30 seconds til frothy. It tastes good and is great for the brain.
I do this every morning but not because Dr. Oz says so
That 250 calorie coffee gets me through the first 4-5 hours of waking. I've never been a breakfast person, but my coffee, ever since I was 12, has been a daily.
ETA: I use 1 T each of butter and coconut oil, 5 drops of EzSweets & 1.5 oz of half & half.
If that's wrong, I don't want to be right :laugh:
I'm not concerned with the whole 'sugar substitutes = death'0 -
Coffee with sugar free french vanilla and 2 Truvia = mmmmm sooo good.0
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Coffee doesn't have calories -- only what you put into it. I usually have at least 2 cups a day with 1% or skim milk and 2 splenda. I did go back to having sugar at home -- it's one of these "sugar in the raw" products, but limit myself to two spoonfuls, which is only 30 calories. I don't even count it. It's when you are heavy on the half and half, lots of sugar, etc., or you have a drink from a coffee shop -- all those something cinos. The iced ones are unbelievably high calorie. When I order coffee at a coffee shop, it's usually with skim and 2 splenda.
I teach at a unversity and watch my students carrying around these $4.00 concoctions and envy them both their pocket money and the ability to consume that many calories in a beverage yet stay thin.0 -
8 oz of coffee contains less than 1 calorie...so actually I would think coffee is a very good option to drink when you are trying to lose weight. The added cream and sugar are what make people gain weight- I used to have up to 3 cups per day with creamer, and I was using way more than I thought. Now I have 1 cup with 2 tbsp of creamer per day, and log it. But, if you're drinking it black or just with a sweetener like Splenda, it should not make you gain weight.0
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No. There is nothing "wrong" with coffee and splenda. It fits easily into calorie goals and the Splenda is fine unless you are eating half you body weight in it.0
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Thanks guys! I will not give up my coffee!!!
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Nothing wrong with coffee (assuming it does not mess up your sleep). Nothing wrong with splenda (especially if it helps you adhere to your intake targets).0
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NO way am I giving up coffee. I take mine with fat free half and half and a sweet n low. It is the last fake sugar I use (used to have a bad aspartame addiction) and I aint giving it up. no sir.0
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Do not change to coconut oil or worry about the small amount of trans fat or the dairy or the lab rats or any other non issue. :laugh:
But we have to worry about the lab rats, where would we be without them?!
Seriously tho, rats aside, use of artificial sweeteners such as in diet soda have been directly linked to larger waistlines, and are known to have some serious neurotoxic effects. I'm all for finding ways to lower calories, but at what cost? Maybe in small amouns it's not an issue, but with as much coffee as I drink I wouldn't risk it.
Meh, to each their own.
Please could you show where sucralose (splenda), or any artificial sweetener for that matter has been linked to be a cause for expanding waistlines. What serious neurotoxic effects (other than or people with PKU, which is not actually due to a neurotoxic effect anyway) would they be?0 -
I'm caffeine free and loving it!0
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I have cut back on my creamer and sugar... Maybe a Tbsp or two of creamer (logged in) and Truvia only if I want it sweeter. Otherwise, creamers are sweet enough...0
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Coffee is just water filtered through coffee grounds. Drink all the coffee you like. I use full fat creamer but if you want to use Splenda, fine.0
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Do not change to coconut oil or worry about the small amount of trans fat or the dairy or the lab rats or any other non issue. :laugh:
But we have to worry about the lab rats, where would we be without them?!
Seriously tho, rats aside, use of artificial sweeteners such as in diet soda have been directly linked to larger waistlines, and are known to have some serious neurotoxic effects. I'm all for finding ways to lower calories, but at what cost? Maybe in small amouns it's not an issue, but with as much coffee as I drink I wouldn't risk it.
Meh, to each their own.
Please could you show where sucralose (splenda), or any artificial sweetener for that matter has been linked to be a cause for expanding waistlines. What serious neurotoxic effects (other than or people with PKU, which is not actually due to a neurotoxic effect anyway) would they be?
Certainly. Now, I know how this works, people have their opinions and are unlikely to change them. You can probably find a study that says almost anything, but a quick google search yields several articles, even specifically related to Splenda that references some studies...
http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/health-risks-sucralose
From what I can tell, people have nothing to gain from releasing studies that show harmful effects of artificial foods. It just depends on who you want to believe, but I can see where some studies are biased or flawed that claim these foods to be "safe" (such as those presented to the FDA for approval) and they tend to be funded by the food companies themselves, like in the case of Aspartame.
I am not saying one way is right or wrong, just that everyone should do their own research and form their own opinions.
Here's just one link about Aspartame being related to increased obesity, but again a quick google search and you will find dozens more... the reasoning as I have come to understand it, the "neurotoxic" effect is that it deteriorates the part of your brain that controls appetite.
http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_confession_at_diabetic_conference.htm0 -
I have cut back on my creamer and sugar... Maybe a Tbsp or two of creamer (logged in) and Truvia only if I want it sweeter. Otherwise, creamers are sweet enough...
^This. I put half and half in my coffee at 1tbsp per 8oz or so. Ummm creamy and delicious.0 -
Do not change to coconut oil or worry about the small amount of trans fat or the dairy or the lab rats or any other non issue. :laugh:
But we have to worry about the lab rats, where would we be without them?!
Seriously tho, rats aside, use of artificial sweeteners such as in diet soda have been directly linked to larger waistlines, and are known to have some serious neurotoxic effects. I'm all for finding ways to lower calories, but at what cost? Maybe in small amouns it's not an issue, but with as much coffee as I drink I wouldn't risk it.
Meh, to each their own.
Please could you show where sucralose (splenda), or any artificial sweetener for that matter has been linked to be a cause for expanding waistlines. What serious neurotoxic effects (other than or people with PKU, which is not actually due to a neurotoxic effect anyway) would they be?
Certainly. Now, I know how this works, people have their opinions and are unlikely to change them. You can probably find a study that says almost anything, but a quick google search yields several articles, even specifically related to Splenda that references some studies...
http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/health-risks-sucralose
From what I can tell, people have nothing to gain from releasing studies that show harmful effects of artificial foods. It just depends on who you want to believe, but I can see where some studies are biased or flawed that claim these foods to be "safe" (such as those presented to the FDA for approval) and they tend to be funded by the food companies themselves, like in the case of Aspartame.
I am not saying one way is right or wrong, just that everyone should do their own research and form their own opinions.
Here's just one link about Aspartame being related to increased obesity, but again a quick google search and you will find dozens more... the reasoning as I have come to understand it, the "neurotoxic" effect is that it deteriorates the part of your brain that controls appetite.
http://www.mpwhi.com/aspartame_confession_at_diabetic_conference.htm
The first link is an article - no sources and nothing to show it causes weight gain.
FDA is not the only 'food governing' agency
Related =/= causes. Responses on appetite are highly individual and less relevant when not ad lib eating. There are various studies to show both an increase and a decrease in caloric intake when ingested on ad lib eating.
Increase in appetite is not a severe neurotoxic effect.
That links in that second link do not show any causation and do not actually link to any peer reviewed studies. They link to other articles that also do not contain any links to peer reviewed studies.0 -
The first link is an article - no sources and nothing to show it causes weight gain.
FDA is not the only 'food governing' agency
Related =/= causes. Responses on appetite are highly individual and less relevant when not ad lib eating. There are various studies to show both an increase and a decrease in caloric intake when ingested on ad lib eating.
Increase in appetite is not a severe neurotoxic effect.
That links in that second link do not show any causation and do not actually link to any peer reviewed studies. They link to other articles that also do not contain any links to peer reviewed studies.
Exactly my point, you do not have interest in doing research to find any information that goes against your current beliefs, and that is perfectly fine. Not going to argue, or try to "convert" anyone to my way of thinking, just trying to share information here and get different points of view across.
That first article does mention a study though, and again those were just quick links selected from a google search. Studies are out there, and you can find them only if you want to, which clearly you do not.
Enjoy your Splenda.0 -
The first link is an article - no sources and nothing to show it causes weight gain.
FDA is not the only 'food governing' agency
Related =/= causes. Responses on appetite are highly individual and less relevant when not ad lib eating. There are various studies to show both an increase and a decrease in caloric intake when ingested on ad lib eating.
Increase in appetite is not a severe neurotoxic effect.
That links in that second link do not show any causation and do not actually link to any peer reviewed studies. They link to other articles that also do not contain any links to peer reviewed studies.
Exactly my point, you do not have interest in doing research to find any information that goes against your current beliefs, and that is perfectly fine. Not going to argue, or try to "convert" anyone to my way of thinking, just trying to share information here and get different points of view across.
That first article does mention a study though, and again those were just quick links selected from a google search. Studies are out there, and you can find them only if you want to, which clearly you do not.
Enjoy your Splenda.
You made the claim, you back it up.
Or, you can settle for crappy 'research' if you want by believing at face value people's blogs and articles.
You make a huge assumption there - that I have not done the research. I even took the time to click through to try to find research in your links...did you?
If studies are that easy to find, why don't you go and get them - then a proper discussion can be had about what is actually shown by them.0 -
So don't skip it.
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I drink two my two cups of coffee a day. No way I would ever give that up. :noway:0
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