Coffee and dieting

StephL0711

i would never cut out my coffee!!! i consider it my morning treat, and for some reason i find it helps me stay fuller. i have mine with fat free half and half and two teaspoons of sugar, its the only time i use sugar, the rest of the day its all healthy food so why not allow myself my one delicious cup of coffee in the morning, mmm.

MPSEmilysMama

Nope. I didn't. Thought about it though. I have an exceptionally active special needs daughter and a 2 year old boy (nuff said there!) I did cut back to one cup in the morning with the french vanilla creamer. More than that and I actually feel like crap mid afternoon. NO coffee and I just can't get going. I love my coffee and it's my guilty pleasure, and I would drink 1 pot (12 cup) a day. I did cut back on diet Coke also. I was drinking 2-4 32oz drinks a DAY.. now I hardly see one or two a week.

KC4800

I haven't had a soda in forever. I still drink a lot of coffee daily. Coke loses. Folgers wins. Probably both owned by the same conglomerate anyway...

igora_soma

I tried to cut it out, but... it's just so good! I agree with above posters that trying to change the 2% milk to either nonfat or even switch to something like almond milk. You could use stevia or agave as a sweetener too. I have tried my best to just have almond milk with my coffee instead of sugar. It definitely makes a difference.

bzmommy34

I have one cup of coffee per day - my morning fuel I call it. 10 oz coffee, 2 tbsp creamer (Coffee Mate Natural Bliss line, any flavor and no, it's not the fat free stuff) and 1 tbsp Splenda. I've managed to work my way down from 2 tbsp Splenda and hope to have that "sweet" taste fazed out in the next few months. It's not that I have any negative opinions on Splenda, it's just that I'm trying to eat more clean so that was on my list of give ups.

monicatmlnsn

I have always heard it is good to cut out caffeine on a diet. i cannot remember the reasoning. I still drink coffee, though. I try to drink iced teas and water rather than diet soda. However, my choice of sodas is diet.

Jupitter

I agree... I have one cup per day with the Splenda/Brown Sugar mix. I have recently switched to Organo Gold Organic coffee. The coffee contains Ganoderma which is a powerful antioxidant which actually helps to correct imbalances in your body that cause you to gain and retain weight. Anyways also dont forget that the caffeine in coffee speeds your metabolism...

10KEyes

No way would I cut the coffee out.

I drink about 32 oz of coffee each morning with Half - n - Half or heavy cream, and Stevia extract.

Coffee has a large amount of antioxidants in it as well. Antioxidants are not exclusive to Tea.

Another great way to serve coffee is Bulletproof coffee. Good stuff.

alharbour

Cut out coffee?!? :noway:

I would literally fear for the safety of those around me if I quit drinking coffee!

:laugh: Me too!

sldwells

I dont see anything wrong with drinking coffee, just count it as part of your daily calories! I just use creamer and its an automatic in my daily calories! Its at the very top of the "most used" list!! lol

leahalissa

Drink it black. It's better, anyway

kennie2

black coffee actually speeds up your metabolism, i usually have 1/2 big cup a day
however it dehydrates you so make sure you also drink a cup of water extra for every cup of coffee

rwindover

There was a time when I couldn't have coffee without sugar, now I can't stand the sugar...too sweet for me. I was forced to cut out sugar when backpacking it wasn't always available.

Work gradually to cut out sugar - from 4 to 3 to 2 and so on. You will be surprised in a months time how much you like it!

All the best!

WhittRak

I don't cut them out. Diet soda and coffee are great for losing weight. In my opinion their benefits far out-weight their setbacks.

While diet soda does lack calories, it is not good or losing weight.

SherieCarter

Woah, man. There's no way I could ever give up my coffee. I allow myself one cup a day, and I use the Great Value French Vanilla creamer. Sure, it's probably bad for me. But I am allowing myself ONE cheat a day. Some people allow themselves a piece of chocolate a day? I allow myself my yummy creamer. I'm still steadily losing the weight because all I drink for the rest of the day is water, and I like it that way.

CalJur

i drink 2-3 cans of diet pepsi a week. it used to be 1-2 a day. coffee, however, is here to stay. period. calorie content is low and you can control what you add to it. moreover, you can always take it black.

carolyns19

When I started eating much cleaner, I found I "needed" it less b/c I wasn't as sleepy or sluggish. I replaced my morning coffee with chai tea (black tea bags) steeped in almond milk. Like other people have mentioned, I've "stepped down" my sugar intake. I used to use 60 cal almond milk with maple syrup as sweetener, then just the 60 cal almond milk, and now I do 50/50 60 cal almond milk with 40 cal almond milk. Generally, my goal is to cut out the added sugar all together. This step down process has been gradual over 3 months...(stopped drinking coffee about 1/2 month in)...

amielizabeth1

I can't quit! I drink 1 cup a day on weekdays and 2 on weekends, with nonfat milk (warmed up and whipped with an aerolatte), add a tablespoon of raw honey. Wonderful! If I need it a bit sweeter, I add some stevia. I can also sometimes drink coffee with unsweetened almond milk if I'm really worrying about calories. Good luck whatever you decide!

sweeticedt

I have been drinking coffee since I was 8! What I needed was something hot to continue drinking in place of coffee. I chose caffeine free teas. And I take B12 around the time I need my cup of joe. I also, took Fastin an over the counter weight loss pill that contains caffeine and broke it in half. Now I don't even take that! BUT it did take me 2 weeks.


Hope this helps some!

Sepheara

I cut out all the soda in the house by buying other drinks
I cut out (starting like today) the dunkin doughnuts icced latte with flavor by picking up caffinated organic tea.
I usually have a diet soda with lunch, idk how that will go over, I'm not tired so I may just get some juice or more tea or something.

But coffee? I don't cut out coffee. I buy organic sugar and use just a little bit, and skim milk. Or sometimes I buy hazlenut coffee and drink it black. Regular coffee has quite a few health benefits, so as long as you watch what you put IN the coffee it'll be good.

I used to be one of those people that liked a little coffee with their cream and sugar, but I knew it was so bad drinking it that way, so I just slowly started reducing the cream and sugar untill I got used to the taste of it without. I can drink it black now without too much trouble

Good luck!

BigMech

I stopped drinking caffeinated coffee almost 5 years ago. Occasionally I will have a diet soda with caffeine in it, but I mostly try to avoid it. It was really hard for the first week or two, but I don't miss it now. Between getting rid of the caffeine and working out in the morning, I have more than enough energy to make it through the day.

I see my coworkers drag themselves into work at 9:00am with coffee in hand, after I have already been at the gym for 2 hours before work, and know that caffeine is an addictive drug, and doesn't really benefit you. I drink 3-4 cups of decafe, black, a day because I like the idea of a warm drink, and it supposedly has some health benefits.

Also if you tend to put cream and sugar in your coffee, it's a lot of extra calories. 2 sugars and half and half push a cup of coffee up to almost 100 calories! 3 or 4 of those a day adds up quick!

punkrosette

I drink more coffee now on my diet than I did before! I started with 2% milk and no sugar flavors but now I use Almond breeze milk and if I need flavor I use sugar free syrups. If I just need a taste of sweetness I use honey. It's actually quite addictive :drinker:

downinaggieland98

I would never give up coffee! I have a latte with honey every morning.

I have never been a fan of soda, so I never drink those, but from what I read, the artificial sweeteners in the diet ones are worse for you than the sugar. Of course, if you are drinking them all day it's a whole different story.

Bikini27

I'm a coffee lover and have tried to give it up a time or two.

My coworkers *begged* me to start drinking it again.

I make room for my coffee, as I do for my glass of wine or my Vodka and Diet Tonic and that piece of chocolate I need every so often through the week.

It's a life style change and it's up to you how you'd like to live the rest of your life.

Me, I'm learning to pick foods that fill me up and how to eat a balanced diet in conjunction with excercise. I've done the fads and they go away because they aren't sustainable for life.

At the end of the day, I wear my sunscreen and don't smoke, but Splenda and Diet Coke don't frighten me. Everything can be bad for you in insane amounts, so just be judicious and live your life

O, and I take my venti iced coffee at Starbucks with three splendas and non-fat milk.

blazergrad

Same here as what several others have already mentioned .... I still have my morning cup of coffee every day, but I did quit cold turkey on the Splenda just a couple of weeks ago. It was tough at first because I've been drinking sweetened coffee for years, but after about 3-4 days I started getting used to it.

I don't even remember the last time I had a soda.

elli0821

I use So Delicious - coconut milk French vanilla creamer... They have an original also. For sugar I use Stevia... It is an all natural sugar sub. I have also found that when using the creamer... (only 20 Cals) I really do not need stevia because the creamer has enough taste to make it taste good...

ChrissyMonster

I had to cut out coffee during pregnancy That sucked. Now with two boys ... I definitely needs mah coffeeeeeee.
I find it hard to cut the sugar completely out, so I just end up walking an extra half mile each day

em435

1. Buy quality coffee (not that instant stuff :noway: , the freshly ground beany deliciousness that you can brew in a few minutes )
2. Don't worry about using sweeteners, just cut down on the sugar (15calories for a teaspoonful of demerara sugar in my coffee is completely worth it for me!)

wantolossweight

I dp mpt wamt to stop drinking coffee but I really need to cut out the sugar (1 tsp per cup) don't thinks art. sweetners are good for most people. sugar in my coffee uses up calories I could use for healthy snacks

jen88ve

I switched from coffee to green tea - I don't regret it at all.

I have coffee once a week.... sometimes I miss my "treat" and don't really miss it at all.

This is what I did too! I love tea now! But if you don't like tea maybe take some sugar out of your coffee... I can't drink my coffee, tea or ice tea with sugar anymore, I think it's a taste you have to get use too!