Does coffee hinder weight loss?

mynameisuntz

Also - that personal trainer has a strong misunderstanding of cortisol. Elevations in cortisol are not always bad - the duration + intensity of its elevation along with frequency of duration is what matters. Even if coffee elevates it, that does NOT immediately imply that it has any significant effect on weight gain/loss.

Similarly watching a scary movie every night for a year won't hinder weight loss despite cortisol levels increasing.

gnat45

Coffee suppresses my appetite a little.

BobbyDaniel

I usually drink 16-24 ounces of coffee most mornings, and some times more through out the day, all black...and I still manage to lose 66 pounds.

ilsie99

YES absolutely!!!







(if it's accompanied by a donut)

tscavetti

Caffeine causes blood sugar spikes which increase appetite. Caffeine affects cravings for food because it raises the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol raises heart rate, blood pressure and tells your body to increase its energy stores. This results in the body craving sweets. So if you’re wondering why you snacked on cookies in the afternoon, it could have something to do with that coffee you drank with breakfast.

This is 100% true for me. Whenever I go back on caffeine, my sleep quality declines and I also crave sugar and gain weight. If you are thin on caffeine, it has nothing to do with the caffeine. Although some benefits have been documented, none of them have been shown to translate to actual weight loss in long term study, because they are too short lived to make a lasting impact. There have been many studies, however, associating high caffeine intake with weight gain.

Unfortunately, many of the benefits associated with caffeine, such as increased endurance in a work out, or appetite suppression, are only valid for people who are NOT acclimated to caffeine. If you do not regularly use caffeine, and you decide to dose yourself for a race, you will see increased endurance. But if you are using it every day, those benefits fade away. Your brain starts making more adenosine receptors, and you adjust. Caffeine becomes necessary to keep the receptors in your brain “normal”, and you can’t get through the day without it because of the overload of adenosine that has developed inside your brain to combat the constant chemical bombardment. That’s why people are so adamant and afraid to give it up once they are addicted.

And here is the kicker! In addition to increasing cravings for sweets, raised cortisol levels have been linked to increased storage of abdominal fat, a lower immune system and higher blood pressure among other things. Caffeine has also been linked to increased insulin resistence, the scary precursor to diabetes, not to mention the lesser side effects of jitteriness, anxiety, heart palpitations and fragmented thinking.

lemurcat12

Why are you responding to a 6 year old thread? Just curious why this happens.

JeromeBarry1

It's a necro thread!

JeromeBarry1

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Why are you responding to a 6 year old thread? Just curious why this happens.

People search a topic, find a thread, and reply. Checking the OP date is not a common skill.

lemurcat12

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Why are you responding to a 6 year old thread? Just curious why this happens.

People search a topic, find a thread, and reply. Checking the OP date is not a common skill.

But there have to have been a ton of caffeine or coffee threads since then, and if you want to make a point about coffee why look for a question and answer it without checking when it was posted?

I understand better the ones where the OP has a question, since if I had a question I'd search for a thread (although I'd also check how recently it was posted in). Here, OP did not have a question, so why the search? Is this really the first coffee thread to come up? I'd love to know.