I'm confused about coffee

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  • psych101
    psych101 Posts: 1,842 Member
    Coffee saved my life after I had a baby lol
  • tabicatinthehat
    tabicatinthehat Posts: 329 Member
    Not quitting coffee! Not even gonna drink it black. It's one of the things I allow myself.

    It is addictive, though, because of the caffeine. Decaf should be illegal though. WHY!?
  • tabicatinthehat
    tabicatinthehat Posts: 329 Member
    Mmm coffee.

    Black coffee blended with some coconut oil, butter, and a few tablespoons of Heavy Whipping Cream.
    Weight loss fuel. :D

    No.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    Mmm coffee.

    Black coffee blended with some coconut oil, butter, and a few tablespoons of Heavy Whipping Cream.
    Weight loss fuel. :D

    No.

    Weight loss fuel? Only when I'm constipated. It's MAGIC, I tell ya. :laugh:

    Other than that, not a weight loss "potion."
  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member
    If the worst thing I do is consume too much coffee I'm perfectly fine with that.

    I drink lots of coffee
    I love the taste
    It helps me not hurt the stupid people I work with

    YEP. I work overnight, and sometimes that good cup of coffee is the only thing that gets me through my shift without murdering anyone.
    As long as I keep it under 2 cups (large mugs), I don't notice any untoward effects. I just put a little half and half, and agave or hot cocoa mix in it, for under 100 cals total per cup.
  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member

    For me personally, I have one 8 oz serving of coffee a day with soy milk during the week. I rarely drink coffee on the weekends.


    I found your post really helpful. Do you use water and soy in your coffee or is that 8oz soy milk? I was concerned about the amount of soy i was drinking as I was drinking 1-2 cups of 10oz of lite soy milk and 2 teaspoons of coffee per 10oz.... (did that make sense? hehe) anyway, I think it was upping my calorie count, and I was concerned about all that soy! I don't like my coffee any other way.....

    I apologize if this comes across as rude, and I admit I haven't had any coffee yet. Am I reading this right? If so, you were having 1-2 SIPS (2 teaspoons is one sip) of coffee per day, and think you had symptoms from cutting that out. Sorry, but that would be psychosomatic.

    No no... That's how I make my cup of coffee - 1 to 2 teaspoons of coffee in the cup. Add ten oz of heated soy milk. Drink the WHOLE CUP ;-) hehe

    I guess you were using instant coffee? I never could stand the stuff...
  • x0PIEtRINA
    x0PIEtRINA Posts: 6
    I would drink coffee 2-3 times a day everyday...I haven't had coffee for about a month straight because I decided to whiten my teeth because they were yellow from coffee.. yuck!! They are much more whiter now and my breath doesn't stink anymore...but I've been reading some of the posts and some people have mentioned not having bad breath when drinking it black! I ought to try that..but through a straw :-)

    btw I read in an article a while back that coffee is going to be extinct by 2080 due to global warming.

    probably why starbucks is all go green now and etc...they don't want to be out of business by then!
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  • MoosyGoosy
    MoosyGoosy Posts: 44
    BLACK COFFEE.

    I don't know why people seem to not like coffee breath :P
  • daddylawbucks
    daddylawbucks Posts: 18 Member
    Try the Ancient Grains Almond Granola from Costco. It has no cafeene, but it will solve the constipation issue. Tastes good too.
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  • Diva_79
    Diva_79 Posts: 66

    For me personally, I have one 8 oz serving of coffee a day with soy milk during the week. I rarely drink coffee on the weekends.


    I found your post really helpful. Do you use water and soy in your coffee or is that 8oz soy milk? I was concerned about the amount of soy i was drinking as I was drinking 1-2 cups of 10oz of lite soy milk and 2 teaspoons of coffee per 10oz.... (did that make sense? hehe) anyway, I think it was upping my calorie count, and I was concerned about all that soy! I don't like my coffee any other way.....

    I apologize if this comes across as rude, and I admit I haven't had any coffee yet. Am I reading this right? If so, you were having 1-2 SIPS (2 teaspoons is one sip) of coffee per day, and think you had symptoms from cutting that out. Sorry, but that would be psychosomatic.

    Yeah I had to go and read that again too...You are only drinking 2 tsp of coffee (in other words, 10 mL or 1/3 oz) of coffee? Um, that's nothing. Like literally, nothing. Could you even taste the coffee? Anyway, that's definitely not anywhere close to enough to be addicted to.
    Unless I too, am inadequately caffeinated and reading that wrong.




    Yeah you read that wrong I'm not a psycho haha
    I use 1 to 2 teaspoons of instant coffee in a mug of lite soy milk then I drink the entire contents of the mug :tongue:
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  • JONZ64
    JONZ64 Posts: 1,280 Member
    I don't drink Alcohol at all, gave it up 23 years ago. I don't drink Soda's or rarely do, I really don't have any "vices" BUT my Wife told me "You should give up coffee, you drink too much of it and you're too addicted to it", to which I replied "But then you'd all be dead:bigsmile: " Coffee is the one thing I will not mess with, it is my thing and I have it however I feel like having it that day. Sometimes Black, sometimes with cream & sugar, sometimes all foo foo'd up but it's MINE!!!!
  • LAT1963
    LAT1963 Posts: 1,375 Member
    If you are addicted to caffeine then quitting it will give you a migraine starting 1-3 days after you quit. The migraine will be gone in a day or two, or if you take another hit of caffeine. So yes, it is addictive. Caffeine withdrawal is the most common cause of headaches for people who are hospitalized; doctors forget to write orders to give them a caffeine fix as part of their hospital diet. It is also an ingredient in many over-the-counter "headache"-advertised pain-relievers.

    Caffeine works by occupying sites of neurotransmitters that signal sleep (among others). If you take it within 8-12 hours of bedtime it *will* interfere with your sleep pattern. It may or may not make you feel more wakeful; but it will prevent you from sleeping. If you've ever been tired and "trying to sleep" but can't, you may have been suffering from residual caffeine you consumed earlier in the day.

    Coffee and tea also contain tannins--acidic yet bitter compounds plants produce to deter insects (apparently with only marginal effect, but anyway). Tannins can irritate your stomach lining. They are, after all, what people used to use to "tan" hides into leather. Adding fat (actual cream, or non-skim milk) to your coffee or tea binds up the active sites on the tannins with the fat molecules, rendering them less irritating to the stomach.

    Like anything else, use coffee and tea in moderation.

    Pro-tip: baking soda removes tannin stains from cups and teeth. Try it!
  • Aemely
    Aemely Posts: 694 Member
    Coffee is linked to happiness. Yes, it's addictive. Yes, you shouldn't drink too much. No, I'm not going to give it up. :laugh: :drinker:

    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/coffee-drinking-linked-to-less-depression-in-women/

    For me, I can drink coffee and not feel bad at all, but Diet Coke makes me feel like I'm about to have a heart attack. Very weird. I stay away from the caffeinated sodas ~ my body doesn't like them for some reason.
  • Keepcalmanddontblink
    Keepcalmanddontblink Posts: 718 Member
    the truth is that it's delicious and keeps me from being stabby in the morning.
    This.
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    Brolympus wrote: »
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    brilliant !
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