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Coffee makes you fat? what?

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  • UK34
    UK34 Posts: 23
    Maybe the 6 doughnuts with every cup may be the culprit?

    :laugh:

    I lost weight no problem and kept to my 4 cups of coffee and 6 cups of tea every day. With Semi Skimmed milk (and I like it milky), no sugar.
    I add in about 150 cals per day for it.

    Nothing that should keep you awake like coffee, keeps me awake so they can keep that theory. :tongue:
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    I drink coffee every morning...and I put a packet of hot cocoa powder, half and half, and flavored creamer. I'm losing :)
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    Sure, if you're drinking full fat lattes with cream on top, but not a basic cup of coffee!

    I have a splash of full fat milk in my coffee, so it's about 25 calories, and I drink 4 a day usually. I lost 66lbs, so I'm fairly sure coffee doesn't make you fat!
  • JeanCricket
    JeanCricket Posts: 177 Member
    As long as you don't add caloric creamers and sugar, the coffee should be fine :-). Gotta have that cup of coffee in the morning ;-)
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Enjoying my third cup of black coffee while I'm reading this.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I'm screwed if it does... I'm absolutely a "pots a day" kind of person rather than a "cups" of day kind of person.
  • RWTBR
    RWTBR Posts: 140 Member
    Nothing besides excess calories can make someone gain fat. It doesn't matter what it is (cortisol levels, medications, etc). I put 12 packets of sugar in my cup of 16 oz coffee twice daily (130 calories each time, so 260 calories total in coffee for the day) and I am a fit, thin ultramarathoner.

    Would you like some coffee with that sugar? :bigsmile:

    LOL yes! I am a sugar fiend! Thank God I count my calories and work out, or else I would be a total diabetic by now.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
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  • NeverCatchYourBreath
    NeverCatchYourBreath Posts: 197 Member
    One of the studies the writer of that article used as a reference was a study of only 10 men. That's hardly solid scientific proof... I lost interest after that one...
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