Has anyone successfully given up coffee?

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  • samlankford
    samlankford Posts: 334
    why would anyone want to give up coffee??!! it has been proven time and time again that it is good to have 1-2 cups a day if you don't crap it up with a bunch of sweetners (fake ones included!!) and a bunch of cream...
  • Mamasota
    Mamasota Posts: 144
    I've got it down to 1 cup in the morning. I used to have 3-4. I don't know that I want to give up the last cup. Unfortunately, I'm not as fond of tea.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    Yeah, for like a month, after I was getting bad reactions to caffeine (pounding heartbeat waking me up in the middle of the night, or keeping me awake)

    Also successfully weaned myself back onto it. YESSSS.

    The habit is more addicting than the caffeine. Start with switching to half decaf, then decaf, then maybe herbal tea?
  • lovinmyselfagain
    lovinmyselfagain Posts: 307 Member
    I was going to, but I just drastically reduced my creamer intake instead. Coffee has health benefits, just drink it in moderation. I have 2 cups every morning. I also drink green tea in the afternoon, which also has great health benefits and only a fraction of the caffeine.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    You can have my coffee when you pry it from my dead shaking hand :drinker:


    Seriously I've cut down from practically chain-drinking coffee to three cups a day max. It's water the rest of the day except maybe a diet coke or two with a meal if I'm choosing not to have a glass of some adult beverage that compliments my meal.
  • sewerchick93
    sewerchick93 Posts: 1,438 Member
    I gave it up 3 years ago, I used to drink it all day at work (at least 6 cups/day) I was drinking so much, it was irritating my stomach and making me sick. I started by just cutting back a little at a time. At first, it was no coffee after lunch, then eventually it was only 2 cups in the morning and one with lunch, then I switched to green tea, which still has some caffeine but not as much and I only drink 2 cups of that in the morning and one cup of green tea at lunch and the rest of the day is water.
  • dperich1968
    dperich1968 Posts: 235 Member
    LOVE my morning coffee and there are many benefits to drinking coffee. Antioxidants and potassium are just a couple. Besides, there are worse things I could be consuming than coffee - Sugar, Simple Carbohydrates, Highly processed foods, etc etc etc.

    Keeping my coffee :drinker:

    :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:
  • ABrideToBE
    ABrideToBE Posts: 94 Member
    Coffee is not bad for you. It's natural! Enjoy and drink it... in moderation, of course.

    I did one time try to give up coffee... I had a big headache throughout the day. Never again.
  • dawnshot
    dawnshot Posts: 137 Member
    I drank more tea than coffee, up to 10 big cups per day. I went on a juice detox, green smoothies etc for 7 days about 2 months ago, and I can honestly say I don't want to drink tea or coffee again!
    I drink water and maybe a juice (freshly juiced) My juicer is one of the most used pieces of kitchen equipment I have.
    I feel much better and have a lot more energy
  • tami101
    tami101 Posts: 617 Member
    I wouldn't even want to try, I love it too much! However, I have cut down from around six cups a day to two! =)
  • KittieLea
    KittieLea Posts: 1,156 Member
    For the safety of those around me, I should not give up coffee :drinker:

    Okay, yes, I actually did try in January for 2 weeks straight. I just wanted to see how I felt without it. I felt depressed more than anything. I just didn't feel like myself, I felt lame. So I gave that up and started drinking again. Each morning I enjoy 2-3 cups of black coffee, no sugar or anything in it.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
    I *might* be able to exist without coffee, but I'll stab anyone in the eye with a fork who tries to take away my tea.

    But I probably couldn't live without coffee either.

    Not interested in trying. I have almost no vices left - I'm keeping the caffeine habit.
  • jeepgirl001
    jeepgirl001 Posts: 54
    Quit drinking coffee 5 years ago. I was having some health issues (cysts) at the time and the doctor said I was taking in too much caffeine. I substituted with Ovaltine in the mornings and herbal tea later in the day. I get the chocolate malt Ovaltine and it is like having a hot chocolate but it is packed with vitamins. A year after giving up coffee when I had my checkup my Doctor was surprised that I had no cysts. As of today I haven't had any more cysts and I feel great:)
  • bokodasu
    bokodasu Posts: 629 Member
    I gave it up when I was pregnant with my first; with my second I limited to one cup a day, but then had to give it up while I was nursing because she got all barfy if I didn't. (Aren't babies great?) Now I still drink one cup a day, but I make my coffee *strong* - I realized I use as much grounds for my cup as my in-laws do for their entire pot of coffee, although they are "drink slightly brown-tinted water all day" people so their coffee is exceptionally weak.

    Really, there's nothing bad about coffee unless you have a few rare health issues. But if you don't want to drink it for whatever reason, you'll feel fine after a few days to a week - caffeine is something we habituate to really quickly, so 99% of why you "need" coffee in the morning is because you're crashing from yesterday's, not because it gives you "more" energy.
  • ChrissyMaez
    ChrissyMaez Posts: 117 Member
    Luckily for me, I grew up in a home of non-coffee/tea drinkers. I acquired a taste (or sorta) for coffee after trying a White Mocha Latte from Starbucks and then for tea after trying a sweet tea from McCalisters. We have a Keurig in my office which is nice and, although I've tried several different coffees (Starbucks included), I really only care for the hazelnut. That being said, I usually drink 1 cup each morning (occasionally 2) M-F only. I am the only member of my family who drinks coffee and tea but I don't mind since I drink in moderation. I had to give it up earlier this year while giving Atkins a shot (I have to use 8 splendas-which equalled too many carbs)....it wasn't hard but I did miss it.
  • lelliebugh
    lelliebugh Posts: 340 Member
    I drink about 2 cups a day between 7and 9. I use 2 tablespoons of hazelnut creamer and I enjoy this. Other than that I have given up caffeine though and I am glad I did.
  • Marc713
    Marc713 Posts: 328 Member
    *GASP*

    Blasphemy!


    :drinker:

    What she ^^ said! I don't drink much coffee, partly because the coffee at work is likely brewed from the floor sweep sawdust they use to soak up puke in elementary schools....but I do have a very nice espresso machine at home and when I have time I make a cappuccino in the morning, or brew the espresso and put it over ice with about 4oz of milk for an iced drink....it gets hot here in Texas, so hot coffee isn't always ideal.

    I have come to really enjoy hot tea over coffee unless it's high quality coffee/espresso. Coffee in general is rather acidic for my system and tea doesn't bother me.

    I have no plan to stop drinking coffee, but I'm not one that needs to have my morning coffee to get going either. I can take or leave coffee/tea in the morning honestly....but it does help on the days I don't get enough sleep, which is usually when I have some.
  • JLaurenWelch
    JLaurenWelch Posts: 1
    I gave up coffee about 8 months and started drinking a "flush" instead. I get it from My Fit Foods.

    4 oz unsweetened cranberry juice
    1 oz Liquid B12
    1/2 of a squeezed lemon
    1 TBS of Apple Cidar Vinegar

    It tastes horrible in the beginning, but once you get used to it, its not so bad. It seems to give me all the energy I need in the early mornings and is also suppose to help w/ abdominal bloating.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    I did not give up coffee, but I gave up putting milk in my coffee (and never used sugar in the first place). There is almost no calories in the coffee itself, and very little sodium, why give it up?
  • rbn_held
    rbn_held Posts: 689 Member
    I don't plan on giving up my coffee. I have just switched to fat free milk instead of using creamer.
  • azzkikin
    azzkikin Posts: 458 Member
    I was at 4 cups of 70% coffee and 30% french vanilla creamer. Now I'm completely green tea, and drink 4/5 cups of that a day. It was tough at first, but now its what I prefer.
  • BamaBreezeNSaltAire
    BamaBreezeNSaltAire Posts: 966 Member
    Why on earth would you quit such a glorious glorious habit!!!???

    :noway:

    Ok, really..........I have quit when I got pregnant...just went cold turkey. When I started losing weight, I switched to black tea and I was able to seriously cut back on my caffeine intake. I found the gradual cut back was easier to deal with than cutting it cold turkey.

    That said......I'm hooked again. And this thread makes me want a latte.
    :drinker:

    All of the above except the herbal tea part!
  • crazyellybean
    crazyellybean Posts: 999 Member
    I only drink coffee when it is colder outside now, and I have only 1 cup (well actually my cup is 2 actual cups of coffee) with 4 creamers and 4 splenda.. and I log that as my daily breakfast and then have a snack around 9-10am.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    No. It will NEVER happen.
  • Jen32285
    Jen32285 Posts: 281 Member
    I was able to for a few months. However I was having headaches everyday. So now I have 1 cup in the morning. It's a big cutback for me. There were days that I was drinking an entire pot of coffee.
  • lorierin22
    lorierin22 Posts: 432 Member
    I'm not judging you for wanting to quit. Some people have awful effects on their GI tract due to caffiene. My dad had to quit it all together because he would have pain, cramps, etc and his system just could not tolerate it. He drank caffiene free tea and Sprite and lots of water and did just fine. Caffiene doesn't have that affect on me...I don't guess, I never really paid attention to how I felt when I quit (due to pregnancy--twice...and just to see if I could do it when I was in college). I drink some coffee now, but it's just like half a cup a day...I hardly ever finish my morning cup, but it is comforting so I still get one most mornings. I will tell you I had the headaches and withdrawl symptoms ever time I quit caffiene, but they only lasted a few days to a few weeks and were not intolerable. The funny thing is that I had those same exact symptoms when I started drinking caffiene again after stopping for awhile--it is a powerful substance! Good luck to you in your journey!
  • Moofey2
    Moofey2 Posts: 327 Member
    I will not give up my coffee... EVER! * *Drags bag of coffee beans and coffee mug closer** "MY PRECIOUS!!"
  • VanessaGS
    VanessaGS Posts: 514 Member
    The caffeine alone eventually makes you crash. I drink Starbucks maybe once every two weeks. I used to drink coffee every morning. Since I cut back big time I started having more energy. I drink non caffeinated herbal tea now.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    I did. I was drinking 5-6+ cups a day, switched to tea until I was confident that my coffee/crack/addiction was broken and will not have a few mugs per week of decaf. I was in a bad habit of drinking coffee and not eating until mid-afternoon and then pigging out to make up for lost time. I love to have a hot drink in the morning, so I'll usually have a mug of earl grey. Now that seasonal coffees are coming out, I'll probably drink it more often and I looove my skinny peppermint mochas from SB but they're now a TREAT, not a food group. ;)
  • JfMarrs
    JfMarrs Posts: 110 Member
    I haven't had coffee for a year now, I gave it up on a day off from work and got a slight headache but otherwise I don't really miss it. I used to not eat breakfast on basically live on coffee all day until dinner time and then it was non-stop eating until I was stuffed. Don't miss that either.

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