Caffeine: What does it do to you?

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  • Pandasarecool
    Pandasarecool Posts: 508 Member
    Makes me have to pee, I mean A LOT!:embarassed: (lol) Also, makes me talk like crazy and get all hyper! :bigsmile:
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    As I understand it, caffeine can give you a boost and is said to boost your metabolism. However, too much increases cortisol levels which leads to fat storage amongst other things.</IHaveNoDieteticQualifications>
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Makes me have to pee, I mean A LOT!:embarassed: (lol) Also, makes me talk like crazy and get all hyper! :bigsmile:

    Haha, I noticed that! Er, not you, me! If I drink green tea, my urine is really clear and I need to go maybe 1 hour after drinking it, even if I've not been drinking much. In other words, it has a diuretic effect.
  • Pandasarecool
    Pandasarecool Posts: 508 Member
    Makes me have to pee, I mean A LOT!:embarassed: (lol) Also, makes me talk like crazy and get all hyper! :bigsmile:

    Haha, I noticed that! Er, not you, me! If I drink green tea, my urine is really clear and I need to go maybe 1 hour after drinking it, even if I've not been drinking much. In other words, it has a diuretic effect.

    LOL! Its the same with Green tea with me too!
  • Pandasarecool
    Pandasarecool Posts: 508 Member
    As I understand it, caffeine can give you a boost and is said to boost your metabolism. However, too much increases cortisol levels which leads to fat storage amongst other things.</IHaveNoDieteticQualifications>

    Do you think that 2-3 cups of coffee a day is too much? I drink it almost black with just a tablespoon of light vanilla silk, and sometimes Splenda.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    As I understand it, caffeine can give you a boost and is said to boost your metabolism. However, too much increases cortisol levels which leads to fat storage amongst other things.</IHaveNoDieteticQualifications>

    Do you think that 2-3 cups of coffee a day is too much? I drink it almost black with just a tablespoon of light vanilla silk, and sometimes Splenda.

    No idea. If it's proper coffee, then it could be. If it's instant, then perhaps not really a problem. You'll have to see what happens if you drop it to 1 cup a day.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    [please delete double post] It lagged quite a bit just now!
  • awadm
    awadm Posts: 252
    Totally suppresses my appetite...probably because it always gives me stomach aches
  • lilmisfit
    lilmisfit Posts: 860 Member
    I am very stimulant sensitive, so I don't eat/drink anything with caffeine in it. It makes me super hyper -- like bouncing off the walls talking a mile a minute, "OMG, did you just do an 8-ball?" type of hyper. It also renders me unable to sleep for days on end.
  • CyeRyn
    CyeRyn Posts: 389 Member
    I drink 4 cups of coffee a day to wake up. All it does is wake me up and make me pee. Lol. If I drink an energy drink it makes me shaky especially if i had the 4cups of coffee in the morning. I try and avoid doing that but I love the taste of AMP cherry or lemonade so sometimes I cave just for the flavor.
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    wakes me up in the morning, helps me sleep at night, and keeps me happy during the day.
  • Flame073
    Flame073 Posts: 62
    Wakes me up in the morning and boosts my afternoon ... I wuv you coffee !!
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    It gives me a mild energy boost and suppresses appetite, for me
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    Usually it gives me a headache, sometimes an actual migraine. I can't drink more than half a cup of coffee, or Diet Coke. I only use caffeine when I'm hungover. Aleve and caffeine. It works! :wink:
  • shannajojo
    shannajojo Posts: 192 Member
    It supresses my appetite and calms me down. I can drink 6 oz of coffee and be fine.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    It keeps me vertical.
  • clowdusc
    clowdusc Posts: 32
    i usually sip on tea if I'm running out of calories to eat, or just in the morning in general. It's soothing, and there's no guilt associated with it, and no thought process that has to take place before I drink it. It just kinda winds me down really.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    It makes me happy to be alive.
  • kjotter
    kjotter Posts: 1
    :happy: :happy: quiets appetite, cures headache, lifts mood. But I use decafe coffee, yes I know it's not totally without caffiene.
  • AnnaPixie
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
    I drink tea in the mornings to wake up :noway:

    If I drink more than 2 cups of coffee my heart races and I get irritable and feel a bit nauseous.:sick:

    I can't drink it in any form after 6pm or I won't sleep :cry:
  • JenKillough
    JenKillough Posts: 474 Member
    It can be a slight mood enhancer. I like that part about it. Too much is just really uncomfortable though and makes me wanna jump out of my skin. As for appetite... not sure, but some days I do feel like it affects my blood sugar level and I need to eat right after so I don't get all the hypoglycemia symptoms. Wondering if I'm hypoglycemic... I think I am.
  • Presleyforpresident
    Presleyforpresident Posts: 172
    if i drink 1 cup it doesn't do anything to me.
    if i drink 2 cups it suppresses my appetite a bit
    and if i drink 3 cups (one after the other) i can basically function all day without food and be fine, i'd just get a killer headache towards the end of the day.
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    Caffeine ... makes me happy :):).
    But seriously, I lose my appetite (a bit) after drinking coffee or having caffeine pills. I drink coffee once or twice a week, but I always eat breakfast before drinking coffee.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    It doesn't kill or increase my appetite, but it keeps me from killing people. :devil:
  • LilacDaffodil
    LilacDaffodil Posts: 148 Member
    It brings me joy and prevents me from killing my co-workers or punching my loved ones in the face.

    ^^^^ hahahaha this
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    It changes me from a zombie into a human.
  • tacticalhippie
    tacticalhippie Posts: 596 Member
    ummm it makes me poo....
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    Nothing. I am impervious to caffeine.
  • george29223
    george29223 Posts: 556 Member
    according to my sworn affidavit it causes me to leap from bushes naked
  • GaidenJade
    GaidenJade Posts: 171
    It brings me joy and prevents me from killing my co-workers or punching my loved ones in the face.

    :laugh: here here! :drinker: :drinker:

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