Your views on coffee?

I do not believe that the coffee can make you hinder your weight. Although, it does depend on what you have in your coffee, everyday I used to have a french vanilla instead of a regular coffee, and the added calories really added up big time.
just be sure to limit yourself to what you have in it!

I live to drink coffee. Have 2-3 cups a day. I use real sugar, but only 1 tsp per cup (had to cut back slowly) and I even use half and half. I eat very healthy and plenty of food. I balance it out because its one of my vices and I refuse to give it up. Almost 20 lbs down in 90 days. So I say myth debunked.

Two cups in the morning and I count it as 2 - 8oz servings of fluid (aka water)

i recommend to be a bit careful with that since it's such a powerful diuretic and isn't very hydrating

Coffe is a diuretic as is any beverage with caffine. If you don't have more than a cup or two it shouldn't hinder weight loss unless you are not drinking your 64oz of water a day. You need to have proper amounts of fluids to flush your kidneys and liver, hydration is so important.

I love my coffee, couldnt live without it and drink it every morning with real sugar and creamer!! I just plan for and log the cals!! I also usually drink another cup or so of black leftover coffee when I get home to get me ready and movin to my workouts!!

I am losing and loving life, without coffee the second may not be true!

I switched to coffee in order to kick diet coke.

Friends kept telling me what crap chemical are in it.
I see how bad my mom's health is she drank constantly ever since I can remember.
(I got too many science friends)

My thinking, sure coffee has got caffeine, but it's a more natural product and I get to control what I add to it.

I find it suppresses my appetite where, diet coke increases it big time.

I think it actually helps.

recently I've been reading some articles that say that drinking coffee can hinder weight loss? Do you guys think this is true?

Do you have links? Or maybe can you tell us the reasoning behind it?

Personally I don't believe it. Coffee is basically caffeine flavored water. Unless the caffeine somehow hinders weight loss, I don't see it.

http://www.ivillage.com/does-coffee-habit-slow-weight-loss/4-n-142436

That's an article I came across when I first started at mfp about two weeks ago, and realized I was logging a whole lot of coffee! Not sure I buy it all but it was a pretty interesting read, particularly the section about adrenaline and insulin levels.

And I haven't curbed my coffee intake one bit. In the morning I have two cups of very strong brewed coffee with one tbsp Almond Joy flavored creamer each, about 35 cal per cup. After that I drink it black

love it! but i have to have decaf now.

I am an incredibly bad morning person without my coffee!

Every morning when i'm at work I skip down to Costa coffee... I found one a good 15-20 mins walk away so I can get a 30 minute round trip walk in on my way to purchase my morning joy... then if I have a good day of food planned I get the Skinny Cinnamon latte (124cals) and enjoy every single sip. If I have no food day planned (like today) I get the skinny cappuccino (58 cals) just in case I end up having to grab food on the go. It's such a good start to the day for me... almost like comfort food! Totally worth the calories and sugars!

Besides, most diet pills etc. have huge amounts of caffeine in them, it's the main ingredient! It stops hunger pangs and gives you absurd amounts of energy... which in theory sounds amazing, but then it also makes you irritable, jittery and have a racing heart and clammy skin so... it's often not worth it!

I drink half a pot of coffee with a splash of 2% every morning. Couldn't live without it (my family probably couldn't survive me without my morning coffee either). I make sure I get in my 8 cups of water in addition to the coffee and I've lost 16 lbs since April 5th. Doesn't seem to be hindering my weight loss.

Coffee is the lifeblood that fuels the dreams of champions. That is all.

I call it the Nectar of the Gods, but I agree I cannot live without coffee, nor would I want to!

Agreed.

I take mine with skim milk & sugar, unless I'm out, when I go for cream and sugar (or a double-double if I'm in Canada, eh).

My regular daily coffee is under 100 cal. for two cups, and I get some extra protein, calcium, etc., with the skim milk. I don't do artificial sweeteners, so it's always real sugar for me.

I don't drink coffee everyday but do have quite a few a week and always have sugar and milk in my coffee and it's usually a large or extra large from Timmies and hasn't hindered me in anyway.

I love coffee. My morning brew is black with a 1/2tsp of real, honest, genuine sugar. My "splurge" is a Double Tall Skinny Carmel Latte from the giant coffee chain. I drink roughly 3 cups a day during the week and almost none on the weekends.

But the SF syrup is full of junk, and I wouldn't recommend it.

Sugar free anything isn't great for you. Just my opinion there. I do eat/drink some things that are reduced sugar (e.g. Monster/Rockstar, protein bars).

I don't have my textbook with me, but I do recall reading that a small amount of caffeine helps your body burn fat faster.

It's a stimulant so sure it will help in moderation. I think arguments that it hinder weight loss refer to over-indulgence of caffiene. Too much will, as has been said, ward off your appetite which is not a good thing. Have to keep that metabolism going.

Coffee's benefits are threefold.

1) caffeine stimulates the release of catecholamines (I.e., epinephrine) which increases lipolysis (fat burning.)

2) coffee actually increases insulin sensitivity, thus decreasing the risk for type 2 diabetes.

3) coffee beans have an incredible range of antioxidants, similar to tea.

Coffee is great for weightloss and health, but it is similar to red wine. Moderation (no more than 1-2cups a day) is key.