tea drinkers?

sevin2

hot or iced, no sugar or sweetener, just plain ole black tea... I used to start and end my day with a tea, but since two kids and less sleep, I drink it alllll day long now. Not sure i can give up the caffeine and go all water, all the time. Anyone else kick the caffeine?

kristenleewarren

i love tea but i am australian i drink it in the morning with a wee bit of milk. its my only form of caffeine

veggieshark

I don't feel a need to kick caffeine except it makes me shake sometimes. There's decaf tea! But cleansing with water for a while good be very good.

SpiritRockBernie

You might not have as big a problem as you think you do. Try drinking water for a whole week and see if you get the headaches and other withdrawal symptoms that coffee drinkers get. I think because of the smaller caffeine content in tea as well as other substances in tea like theanine, it won't affect you as much.

Dani_Davies23

I drink two cups of plain black tea in the mornings.
From then on it's about a billion differnt versions of decaf tea.
It's like drinking juice minus the calories.
Oh, and you get the warm and fuzzy feeling from a good cuppa.

Girlygirl12712

Couldn't give up tea there cud be worse things in the world to be addicted to :-P

Tawshan

i drink 4 glasses of my lovely lovely turkish tea everyday. can't help it. with 2 sugars also oops...

Kari0510

I just kicked caffeine about 6 months ago. It was the best decision I ever made. I was addicted to coffee. Drank it in the morning and right before bed. I noticed I was always tired so I started drinking a Monster about every other day. Then I noticed I just could not get up in the morning so I started drinking 5 hr Energies as well. Still I was struggle with bursts of energy and long crashes that most times left me useless so I decided to kick caffeine. I thought maybe I wasn't getting very good rest at night because of the caffeine. Once I quit I felt like a new a person!! I actually had more energy during the day than I did when I was sucking down all those caffeinated drinks. I can wake up in the morning, go strong all day long and can go to bed at a decent time now. I would highly recommend kicking caffeine to anyone! I have a lot of friends that just can't comprehend how I had more energy and are too afraid to kick their caffeine, but I swear by it! Try it out. FYI, I do drink decaf now and then so I still get my coffee fix when I want it. )

JesterMFP

Nope, I drink a couple of cups a day, and coffee. Don't feel the need at this time to cut out caffeine.

Cowboyzfan82288

I drink decaffeinated tea when I'm at home.

fihealth

Cheers to the awesomeness that is tea! Some studies suggest that green and black teas may have up to 10 times as much antioxidants as fruit and veg. The flavonoids (type of antioxidant) unique to tea have a detoxifying effect that helps reduce damage from free radicals, which can lead to heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

Steep tea for 3 or more mins, or even leave the bag in to maximize antioxidant concentration.

And it's essentially calorie-less.

Now someone write a haiku ode to tea... :P

demorelli

There's nothing wrong with drinking tea. It has tons on antioxidents and is great for your overall wellbeing. You just have to be careful how much sugar and cream you add. 1-2% milk is a great replacement for people who use half&half or heavy cream and is actually what was traditionally used for tea time (yes, they always said they were adding "cream" to their tea, but it was really just milk). Also, caffeine in reasonable amounts isn't bad for you and helps your body to burn calories. If you're worried about your caffeine intake though, I would suggest looking into rooibos (African red bush). It's caffeine free and won't turn bitter if you oversteep it.

sevin2

I always leave the tea bag in, and I'm a big fan of the flavenoids/antioxidants and virtual zero calories in tea also... and I don't use any milk/cream or sugar, so maybe it's not as a bad a habit as I thought... I gave up *diet* pop about a year ago to ditch all the aspartme, and I think that's when I started drinking more tea all day. I haven't jumped on the green tea bandwagon yet, maybe I should try it out for some variety, and drink some water, of course!

fihealth

There are a ton of differently flavoured green teas, all still zero cal. Toasted rice green tea is pretty epic, lemongrass...jasmine...and if you like sweet taste without the calories, pomegranate or other fruit flavoured green teas are lovely.

myyear13

I have always loved tea! Next to a bath, it's the best way to relax. I've just returned how from a life-changing trio to India. While there, I wad fortunate enough to spend four luxurious days in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India. I realized while enjoying high tea, that Americans over steep their tea. Since being home, I now use the old-fashioned metal strainer with loose tea leaves and just pour the hot water over it. I also bought a beautiful tea cup and saucer to indulge my senses. It has been a beautiful little ritual that I have been starting my day with now

Enjoy your tea!

sozisfitnow

The three days Ive been on here Ive cut down on gallons of tea whilst drinking more water! Have a vague headache which is
withdrawal symtoms ha ha . Still having couple of cups that very little for me:happy:

kathykatkitty

Always iced and half Earl Grey and half Peach with no sweetener of any kind. The peach makes it taste yummy. I go through a pitcher of it daily during the summer. Other wise I am a strick coffee drinker.

CGreen177

I'm your steroetypical Scottish tea drinker - wave the tea bag over the cup and save for later. More like drinking hot water really, Been drinking it weak and black for a while, along with waaay too much coffee, but switched to Red Bush a couple of years ago (which tastes like tea but is caffeine free, and also has loads of antioxidants). I still need my strong black coffee in the morning to get me going - but that's all the caffeine I get now. And then shedloads of tea during the day!

nicolamoonbrains

I think drinking tea is a great addition to anyones diet but especially those trying to loose weight! My favorite tea to drink for weight loss is green tea but also pu erh tea which is a type of black tea. I just love it and have always lost more weight whilst drinking green tea daily then when I have not. I love it most after I have eaten a meal and feel full as it helps with that horrible full feeling! I NEVER sweeten my teas with sugar or sweeteners. I use organic honey as its more natural and I actually prefer the taste!

I also find that tea drinking works great for suppressing the appetite. I drink red bush (rooibos) tea after 7pm as it naturally has no caffeine in it. Its a wonderful tea to try if you are trying to cut back on caffeine as you can make it just like ordinary tea (with milk and sugar, although I make mine with honey and rice milk) and it tastes so much better then decaf IMO! It is also packed with lots of anti oxidants. So when its late and I might start feeling a little hungry when I know its not a good time for eating I'll just brew some red bush tea and drink that and the hunger subsides nicely! You can buy it in any supermarket I buy the TICK TOCK rooiboos organic tea but I think tetleys do a red bush product also.

bumblebums

Drinking hojicha as I am writing this, yumm!

MemphisKitten

I drink green tea a lot!! But I am American, so I like my coffee!

ahviendha

i love tea. it's a ritual for me in the mornings, and when i return from lunch. in this crazy world sometimes only a cup of tea can calm my nerves. peppermint at night, green & black during the day.

saltedcaramel86

I love tea! Always stick with traditional but quite like fruit/herbal in the summer. I drink about 2-3 cups a day, with a little full fat milk but rarely add sugar. Trying camomile tea in the evenings as well instead of wine! Don't drink much alcohol but it all helps.

Lyra89

Keep drinking tea

Momma1213

I love my tea hot. I drink several types but almost all are greens. My fave is Republic of Tea Kiwi and Pear. No sugar or honey and I leave the bag in for continued use. We are talking about 6-9 cups daily.
So, yeah. I love my tea!

wlkumpf

I like the 0 calorie green tea with citris but prefer the white tea with raspberry. I have to limit myself to 1 a day though.

I also love chai tea, black tea, earl grey, lemon lift and almost any tea besides plain green. I usually add some sweetener or sugar with a bit of milk to mine.

Can't stand water and trying to avoid too much diet pop I get headaches and stomacheaches from mio water and have to be careful how much aspartame I get.

Rdewolf

I love green tea with roasted rice - kind of nutty flavor which is so satisfying.

MyChocolateDiet

I used coffee when kicking caffeine, I was a tea drinker too and coffee as well. Here's how I did it using coffee. Put a measuring spoon inside the instant coffee jar. Journaled for a week to find my baseline caffeine intake. Leveled that off by getting an average and going with one teaspoon a day of instant coffee. Kept this up for 2 months then adjusted the adjustable teaspoon to 1/2 a teaspoon. Did that for two months. Then adjusted it down to 1/4 teaspoon, did that for 2 months. Then came the hard part. Tried going to zero got headaches. Increased back up to 1/4 teaspoon. Tried every other day, got headaches. Increased up to 1/4 teaspoon. Light bulb went on and made a 1/4 teaspoon cup of coffee but only drank half. No headache. Kept this up for 2 months. Then tried zero again, got headache. Then tried alternating days of half cup of 1/4 teaspoon coffee--aka. 1/8 teaspoon. Still got headaches. So went back up to 1/8 teaspoon. Next attempt changed my definition of a "day" from 24 hours to 36 hours. That's right I had coffee in the morning one day, coffee in the evening the following day, etc. Kind of wacky but that amount of coffee did not keep me up at night but was still necessary to avoid the withdrawal headache. Eventually I could alternate days. Finally one day I realized I'd forgotten two days in a row so I went for the whole week caffeine free and knew I was home free! By the second week I knew I had succeeded!

I have been caffeine free for two years now! It took me a full year to quit but it was waaaaay worth it. Good luck to you, it can be done!

I kept track of all this with a calendar on the fridge. I used decaf to supplement the coffee to make a full tasting cup of coffee. If I ever found myself in a lurch or away from home just used any very popular caffeine substitute like coke or iced tea or anything easy to look up the caffeine content of and logged it on my calendar.

NOTE: one thing I learned while obsessed with tea is that tea can be easily ridden of it's caffeine by steeping it shortly for like 30 seconds discarding the water (and caffeine) and then rebrewed the 2nd time for a tea with way less caffeine if any. To cite the site I learned this might be hard to remember but it's probably Teavana's website or their Blog site. If not it might have been one of the many caffeine oriented sites I visited during this quitting phase. Hope this helps you realize you can quit caffeine without quitting tea altogether if you love it that much.

kaylacyr123

I love tea! I drink about two cups of green tea a day- no sugar, cream or milk and not caffeinated. I also drink black coffee though
I like peppermint tea a lot to

keelz2010

I love Tea! I drink it all day long too. I've tried to be healthier by ditching my usual 2 sugars, and sometimes have a fruit/green tea instead. Have you tried red bush tea? It's nice with or without milk and has no caffeine.

amyfliesalot

And you want to kick it WHY? I couldn't do without it in the morning. I'm drinking Lipton's Green Tea with Honey (yummy!), and they have it in Decaf for later in the day. I tell myself that it's good for me, and at least I'm not racking up calories with the flavored creamers I would use in coffee...