Does caffeine make it hard to loose wheight, any suggestions

There's a article here about coffee and diet
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/03/coffeediet/
It might be helpful

I drink 4 or 5 16oz mugs of coffee daily and have lost from 225 to 162.5. (my goal is 157.) I think sugar in coffee is a sin and put a tbsp of half and half in each mug I drink. My coffee is 15-25 calories per mug, depending on if my husband picked fat free half and half. The caffeine isn't keeping you from losing, unless it keeps you from sleeping. (This has never been a problem for me and i am a 40 + year coffee drinker.) Adding a lot of milk and sugar keeps you from having those calories for other, more filling food, but if you can fit it in your diet the way you like it, them drink it.

for me, coffee is has 2 benefits: 1) I find it filling and I use it as a low-cal snack, and 2) the caffeine boost is great, and for me replaces the sugar rush from the sweet snacks that I used to go overboard on. I used to use lots of heavy cream, then switched to half and half, then to whole milk, now I use 2 TBSPs of 2%. I buy the good stuff, so no sweetener needed cause it's not bitter. For a "fancier" drink, I put a few drops of vanilla extract with a few drops of liquid sweetener. Often I snacked out of tiredness not hunger, drinking coffee instead gives me that boost, and doesn't add too many unnecessary calories.

No, caffeine does not hurt weight loss. Possibly a bit helpful, even, but I wouldn't overdo it, and if you mess up your sleep that will be counterproductive (poor sleep at least makes sticking to a calorie restriction more challenging for many).

I love coffee (black), and aside from the caffeine it was an aid in weight loss as if I wanted to eat something I could grab coffee instead (could also drink coffee happily when others were having a snack or dessert if I didn't wish to partake in the more caloric option).

Obviously high calorie coffee can be an issue if you go over your calorie goal (you need to fit it in or cut back if you cannot), but that has nothing to do with caffeine.

I assume triple triple means you're having at least 3 tbsps of cream and 3 tsps of sugar in each cup (and almost certainly more, it could easily be twice that) - it's not the caffeine but the cream and sugar that is your problem. That is a ton of extra calories, especially if you're not logging them precisely (knowing exactly how much cream and sugar is going into each cup each time.)

Caffeine, if anything, is attributed to a slight increase in metabolism. It's not significant or worth worrying about but it's definitely not going to slow your weight loss.

Cream and sugar in your coffee is fine if you like it but you have to log it and include it in your daily total if you want to track calories properly and lose weight predictably. 3 coffees a day packed with that much cream and sugar could easily be adding an extra 500 calories a day to your intake and that's a ton - for me, that would be like 1/3 of my total maintenance calories on a sedentary day and I would have to skip a meal to account for it. If you're larger/more active it might not be quite that big a hit but it is still substantial.

zyxst wrote: »

*dots Necro Thread Resurrection off MFP BINGO car*

Oh, man. Almost 9 years, whoever revived it is a magician!

I hate falling for these.

Lol, I definitely did not notice that. Holy kitten, that's an old one!

I have 1-2 cups of coffee in the afternoon, it tends to curb my hunger/munchies.

I wonder what happened to her.

Lol I usually never look at the date....

Ok so can i ask a question here, what is creamer? In the UK we have milk (whole fat, semi skimmed or skimmed) and cream, very few people have cream in coffee though. Most people put milk in or have it black. I keep seeing people talk about creamer but I'm never sure exactly what it is!

caradack1985 wrote: »

Ok so can i ask a question here, what is creamer? In the UK we have milk (whole fat, semi skimmed or skimmed) and cream, very few people have cream in coffee though. Most people put milk in or have it black. I keep seeing people talk about creamer but I'm never sure exactly what it is!

In the U.S. it's a powdered form of soy protein which turns coffee a lighter shade. It needs no refrigeration so a lot of people use it.

MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »

I think sugar in coffee is a sin and put a tbsp of half and half in each mug I drink.

SINNER!

The best Thing to use in Coffee is full fat Bainne 100ml and 64 cals. is maith liom bainne mmmmmmm