I'm thinking of giving up coffee. Thoughts?
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Drink it black or drink plain ice tea.0
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Brandzilla wrote: »I pile on the cream and sugar. I've tried cutting down on the cream and sugar but dammit I love it! I've cut down to one cup a day. For the past 4 days other than my one cup of coffee I've only had water and I've been eating cleaner. I had headaches (withdrawals? Sugar addiction?) for the first 3 days. I'm thinking of giving up coffee. Anyone done this? Thoughts on this? Am I crazy? I feel crazy for even thinking of giving up my love coffee.
You're advocating giving up coffee and 'eating clean', me and you are now mortal enemies.
Seriously, just ditch the extras and learn to enjoy black coffee - it really is quite a good thing to have when you're used to it.
And yes, you are crazy for even considering giving up coffee. What kind of person gives up coffee?!0 -
The headaches are from caffine withdrawal. If you can bear with them for a few days they will go away.0
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If you love the coffee, and my first thought on reading your title, was "NO!!!!! Not the coffee!!!", then why give it up? One comment was just to make it fit your calories for the day. That says it all right there.
I have a huge mug of coffee each morning (12 oz), brewed at home, and have learned to love it with a single packet of Splenda and a single TEASPOON of half and half, just for a teensy bit of mellowness, but not to hide the awesome flavor that is coffee. Just walking through the coffee aisle or driving by a coffee kiosk gets me salivating, I love the stuff that much!
Maybe if you changed your coffee to something that is a mild brew, and a good quality bean, you would not find the need to load your coffee with a lot of other stuff in order to enjoy it? I used to "have to" use flavored creamer to enjoy my coffee, but over the years I developed a love of the coffee itself. I can drink it black, but prefer just a teensy bit of sweetness to it, hence the Splenda. Although, a teaspoon of sugar is just 15 calories, but that's not a heaping teaspoon, that's a leveled off teaspoon.
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Don't give up what you love, burn it off if you think it's preventing weight loss. I drink mine black, but sometimes like it sweet, depends on my mood.0
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Measure your cream and sugar, and each week cut the amount you use; do it gradually until you don't use it anymore.
Without coffee, you cannot have properly filtered water.0 -
Brandzilla wrote: »I pile on the cream and sugar. I've tried cutting down on the cream and sugar but dammit I love it! I've cut down to one cup a day. For the past 4 days other than my one cup of coffee I've only had water and I've been eating cleaner. I had headaches (withdrawals? Sugar addiction?) for the first 3 days. I'm thinking of giving up coffee. Anyone done this? Thoughts on this? Am I crazy? I feel crazy for even thinking of giving up my love coffee.
In the end I gave up basically all forms of Carbs and stuck with the coffee with heavy on coconut oil and whipping cream since it is basically carb free drink for the start of the day.0 -
If you want to get rid of coffee, find a tea that you like. A black tea will probably appeal more to your taste than a green tea. Tazo has a good line of teas and their Awake (Black) and Earl Grey are pretty good.0
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I forced myself to drink it black when I first started. And that's fine, but it's not necessarily what I want in the morning. Then I went black with 4g of sugar, then 4g of sugar and two tbsp of half & half. (Or one tbsp of heavy cream, if I have it on hand.)
In any case, I enjoy any variation of the above more than the fancy coffee I get once-in-a-blue-moon from the coffee shop. Eventually the single servings of cream/sugar feel a lot more authentic and complex than when stuffed full of cream/sugar/milk/etc.0 -
I can't give up coffee....But I switched to 1% milk, I use 1/2 cup and warm it before I add my coffee to it. I have 2 of those a day and count the calories and macros!0
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That's just sad. Get good coffee beans and drink it black.0
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I gave up coffee because I felt like c**p if I didn't have my usual 8-10 cups daily (and I drank it black). I was obviously addicted to the caffeine. I stopped drinking it, but used caffeine pills to gradually cut down. Eventually I started drinking it again but only one cup in the morning and I don't have withdrawal symptoms if I skip that.
I did have to start drinking it with a small splash of 1/2 and 1/2 to cut the acidity. I can still taste the coffee, but the lower acidity is easier on the stomach.0 -
You're nuts! Coffee's amazing. Those are my thoughts.0
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's still coffee. I just happen not to like it without cream and sugar.peachyfuzzle wrote: »Coffee that isn't black =/= coffee. Learn to like it black, and you'll be set.
1 cup a day with 4tbsp of half and half and 2tsp of sugar - 114 calories that I will always make room for in my daily budget.
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tat2cookie wrote: »Coffee is the elixir of the gods that keeps me from committing various degrees of violence in the morning. The only way one should take is it backity black black.
racist.
just kidding- I drink it black too.
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and also- coffee shall be drunk- because the idea of going to prison for life doesn't appeal to me.
For the same aformentioned reasons @tat2cookie has stated.
^^ what they said.
But seriously, I see no reason to give up coffee. As everyone said, either (1) drink it all-dressed and adjust your overall caloric intake accordingly, or (2) try to having it black. In terms of caffeine content, if that’s a concern you can always try half-caf (i.e. americanos) or decaf drip coffee.
I like a big black coffee in the morning. It tides me over until lunch and generally makes me a much more pleasant human being. But that’s the ritual, not the caffeine, which doesn’t seem to do much for me. I stopped drinking coffee for a long while and there was no change in my mood/energy/etc.0 -
I only have one cup maybe 1-2 times a week. I never used to drink it but there's a machine at work and sometimes I need the energy. One splenda and one of those small creamer cups. I never overdo it though because it makes me edgy. I would eventually like to get to just black coffee.0
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I won't give up coffee, ever, I love the taste and smell of it too much and I am particular of the types I drink. I don't use sugar though. Might I suggest Stevia? I use it in the occasional cappuccino that I have and I can't tell the difference. Also, I at times will use a half teaspoon of raw sugar. I find I use less of that than the refined type.
Stevia is great. I used to use it back when I started drinking tea 2 months ago and kind of weaned myself off of it recently. I suggest using almond or cashew milk as a sub for what you normally use.0 -
GIVING UP COFFEE????!!!
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I cut coffee and instead drink tea now. Honestly, I'd recommend it. It's nice being able to wake up and function under your own energy and not require an outside source. It makes exercising in the morning easier (no caffeine headaches to worry about). And now if I'm really tired and do want a cup of coffee, that coffee REALLY wakes me up. Before, it had little to no effect.0
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I cut down on my coffee for the same reason. I still have one cup a day with sugar and cream, I just fit it in (I also cut back on the sugar quite a bit and avoid dark roasts in general). The rest of the day I drink green tea, which strangely enough I prefer black.0
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I've been a Barista for 3 Years and have heard A LOT about coffee. A couple things you should know: Drink good coffee. I mean Organic fresh roasted freshly ground coffee. My dentist drinks it everyday without fail. The only coffee that is bad for your teeth ( and the rest of you is cheap ( Folders) coffee. Develop a taste for good stuff. also. Black is best. no more than 16oz cup a day. after that it dehydrates you. I LOVE putting pure vermont maple syrup in mine. try that for a sweetener that isn't bad for you. and you can always use a little Organic heavy cream (a little goes a long way) or coconut cream (which is actually good for ya!)0
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I used to drink my milk and sugar with a little coffee. It was the only way to drink the absolutely vile stuff we used to have here at work. I still have nightmares about that "coffee".
I ended up cutting out the dairy completely to save my sanity and while I was at it a few calories. You never knew each day if there was cream, milk, both, neither, or who it belonged to in the work fridge. Decided to just start drinking it without dairy, and I haven't looked back.
Now I just use a packet of splenda or a splash of a SF syrup. Can't quite do straight black, though that's how I drink my tea.0 -
This^^jennifershoo wrote: »peachyfuzzle wrote: »Coffee that isn't black =/= coffee. Learn to like it black, and you'll be set.
Ah This^
It's a sacrilege to waste a good coffee with cream and sugar!
And This^^tat2cookie wrote: »Coffee is the elixir of the gods that keeps me from committing various degrees of violence in the morning. The only way one should take is it backity black black.
And This^^Coffee is good for you. The government says so and we know what that's all about. New dietary guidelines from health.gov.
http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015-scientific-report/10-chapter-5/d5-5.asp
Also there are studies showing it improves workout performance - http://www.runnersworld.com/nutrition-for-runners/eight-reasons-to-sip-on-coffee and may help reduce the risk of melanoma - http://www.runnersworld.com/health/drinking-coffee-may-reduce-melanoma-risk
@PaulaKro - why is drinking (black) coffee not eating 'clean'?
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Black is best. no more than 16oz cup a day. after that it dehydrates you.
I seem to recall reading that the dehydration thing is a myth. Sure, caffeine dehydrates you a little bit, but the water that you used to brew the coffee basically rehydrates you.
Aha, here we go: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084154 -> "No Evidence of Dehydration with Moderate Daily Coffee Intake". The subjects in the study consumed 27 oz of coffee daily, so the 16 oz cut-off seems to be somewhat arbitrary.
To OP: I don't see why you'd have to cut out coffee if you enjoy drinking it. Just make room for it in your calorie budget.
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I used to drink in excess of 10 cups of black coffee a day....although I love coffee, I felt terrible and my sleep pattern was horrendous. I've now cut down to 2 cups a day (3 at the very most) and I sleep loads better.
If it's purely the calorie content you are concerned about, make it fit....pointless drinking it black if you don't like it that way. If you like cream n sugar, have cream n sugar, just make it fit into your plan 0 -
Not sure exactly how much sugar and cream you put in your coffee but say you take 3X3, Start by eliminating one sugar one week then 1 cram the next until you are down to 1x1 or even better none.0
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I have a low blood pressure, and I love how coffee can wake me up, not to mention the taste. My type of coffee was the latte or the cappuccino (and I think this is coffee, too - yes, it's different, but I think it IS coffee, I'm not covering the taste, I combine it).
Your headache can be a result of a change in blood pressure as well. Low, or relatively low bloodpressure can cause a headache; if yor body gets used to it, it will go away, or you may try different staregies to raise it, like replacing the morning coffee with some excercise.
I have been diagnosed recently with insulin resistance, which meant I should give up sugar and all type of sweeteners, milk and caffein. I gave up sugar & co. a year ago, fortunately (for the sake of less calories per cup); now I drink a rather watery decaffeinated coffee with a minimal amount of milk. I miss the caffeine, though I got used to the new taste; for me it's also the one treat I gave place in my diet.
Perhaps one day I'll give it up altogether; but coffee has also health benefits, and I'm not sure that a small amout of it should be out of everybody's life.0 -
Assuming by the fact you call it cream and not milk I'm guessing you are American, do you not get low fat cream/milk over there? We have 1% & 2% fat milk in England with doesn't bump coffee up that much...0
Perhaps I'll try some good coffee black and see if I can hang with it.
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