Coffee, Coffee, Coffee

When I'm teaching, I easily swill 40 oz in the morning. The caffeine isn't enough to keep me awake, so I tend to drink coffee while grading in the evenings as well (up to 8 additional cups). When I had to quit the coffee (because of a pregnancy), I replaced it with hot water, sometimes with a piece of raw ginger and a slice of lemon in it.

Periodically, too, I've tried to wean myself from coffee just for the heck of it, and was most successful when I switched to instant decaf (because, really, what's the point if it's both icky and not caffeinated?)

Here's a strange question, and maybe not helpful to the poster, but I'm curious! It seems like a LOT of people are trying to break their coffee habits. Is there a particular reason why? Obviously, you can get addicted to the caffeine, but I've been reading a lot of articles lately saying about how there are several health benefits to drinking it. Not to mention, it does rev your metabolism up to lose weight.

I usually drink 2-6 cups of coffee a day, regular. I prefer regular because I know decaf goes through a lot of processing to be decafinated and I don't like the idea of that. I'm not addicted, I can go several days without any coffee and not get a headache. It doesn't really make me gittery either. I go to the bed at my regular time, with or without coffee.

That being said, why quit drinking it? I'm curious!

Shannon

Here's a strange question, and maybe not helpful to the poster, but I'm curious! It seems like a LOT of people are trying to break their coffee habits. Is there a particular reason why? Obviously, you can get addicted to the caffeine, but I've been reading a lot of articles lately saying about how there are several health benefits to drinking it. Not to mention, it does rev your metabolism up to lose weight.

I usually drink 2-6 cups of coffee a day, regular. I prefer regular because I know decaf goes through a lot of processing to be decafinated and I don't like the idea of that. I'm not addicted, I can go several days without any coffee and not get a headache. It doesn't really make me gittery either. I go to the bed at my regular time, with or without coffee.

That being said, why quit drinking it? I'm curious!

Shannon

Here's a strange question, and maybe not helpful to the poster, but I'm curious! It seems like a LOT of people are trying to break their coffee habits. Is there a particular reason why? Obviously, you can get addicted to the caffeine, but I've been reading a lot of articles lately saying about how there are several health benefits to drinking it. Not to mention, it does rev your metabolism up to lose weight.

I usually drink 2-6 cups of coffee a day, regular. I prefer regular because I know decaf goes through a lot of processing to be decafinated and I don't like the idea of that. I'm not addicted, I can go several days without any coffee and not get a headache. It doesn't really make me gittery either. I go to the bed at my regular time, with or without coffee.

That being said, why quit drinking it? I'm curious!

Shannon

I worked for Starbucks for over 10 years and started drinking more coffee AFTER I left. Go figure. Anyway, my doctor has been on me for some time to cut back due to the impact of caffeine on a few, to put it nicely, female issues. I finally decided to do it after the first of the year.

Here is a lilnk to one of the issues that is specific to women: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-cysts/AN00889

Actually, it has been shown that cold water is absorbed by the stomach at a faster rate, and drinking cold water also forces your body to burn a few extra calories in order to heat it up to body temperature. A doctor recently did a diet based completely on cold water and body temperature...pretty interesting!








I was just goin to say the same thing but you beat me to it. Who wants to drink warm water anyways.
Adding lemon to your water is good or Snapple diet peach is amazing I drink it all day.
This whole thing went as a quote what the hell oh well
Alisha

I noticed this too when I got my keurig right before Christmas. I'm not sure how much I was drinking before but now I drink one cup in the morning and one in the afternoon. I enjoy coffee and as long as it is consumed in moderation I think it is ok. I hate hot tea so that's not really an option for me.

Did you register your Keurig, on their website, you can get 4 boxes of coffee, free shipping, for the price of two and you can use that coupon more than once!

Whoa, 16 cups is a LOT of caffeine. I agree with others that weaning yourself down to a reasonable number is a good goal....even if you do 2/3 caffeine for awhile, then 1/2, then 1/3, that'll help. I don't think you need to get completely off of coffee - just have it in moderation. 1-2 cups in the morning, for example.

I don't drink coffee every day - just at work. On weekends I rarely have coffee, unless I hit starbucks for a treat. On weekdays, I have one cup. I suppose it could be decaf and I woudlnt notice, but I just use what they have. I *used* to put 4 sugars and a ton of half and half in. Until I realized my coffee was like 200 calories! I slowly weaned myself off the sugars and now I just add 1 splenda or 1 regular sugar. And, about 2 ounces of skim milk + 1 tbsp half & half for creaminess.

It's great that you're thinking about this because as you probably know caffeine is seriously messing our bodies up.
I went cold turkey. I promised myself that I could have a cup of tea or coffee at the end of the day if I wanted one and I just never felt it was worth it. Of course on day 3, I was headachy and wooly headed for the day( I managed to get through my working day though) but on day 4 felt much better and never looked back. The challenge for me once I had made my decision was what to replace it with as I didn't want to carry on with tea due to caffeine and tanning in it. I tried every thing you could think of except soda's as I have never really liked those.
Now I drink hot water with a slice of fresh lemon, or hot water with chopped fresh ginger, plain water or Hot green tea. I love them all.
If I want a tall non fat latte occasionally I have one.

I did! I didn't know about being able to use the coupon more than once. Thanks for the info, free coffee is always awesome!