Coffee and Weight Loss

I drink a pot of black coffee every day :]

If I had to give up my morning latte to lose weight I wouldn't bother losing weight.

I drink coffee everyday. I don't however (usually) indulge in those yummy, high calorie, high sugar blended coffee drinks anymore.

I drink 2 cups of white coffee a day. I don't care if it slows down my weight loss I can't live without it :P

Two a day here as well. I add enough milk and sugar to bring each cup to 70 calories and haven't had any problem losing. Actually, a cup of coffee and some fruit salad for breakfast is enough to keep me feeling pleasantly full until late morning snack... which is when that second cup of the day comes in

Check my diary. Coffee almost every day, usually 2-3 cups. Improved my rate of melting off extra pounds when I traded the milk for grass fed Heavy Whipping Cream or Coconut Cream. For sweetener I traded up from boring old sugar to raw local honey as a first step. Then I conquered the carbs in honey by reducing the amount slowly over my journey. Now I routinely use nothing or Vanilla Liquid Stevia.

Try this improved gourmet coffee drink that burns fat, builds muscle and supplies lots of MCFAs (medium chain fatty acids, belly fat melters).

First, sorry I have no pics.

Second, I've finally invented the Perfectly Paleo Pumpkin Spice Coffee Drink. I cannot call it a latte because there isn't any cow milk. I cannot call it a breve because there isn't any half and half or even my beloved grass fed heavy whipping cream.

Third, here's the recipe:

1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Ginger
1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
French Market, CDM or Community Coffee & Chicory (all of these brands make "Coffee & Chicory", don't get 'pure' coffee by mistake, you'll be disappointed. They are each available online, at any grocery store in New Orleans or at your local Asian market. Look in the Vietnamese section.)

Combine in your coffee basket by putting the spices in first and then covering with 1 Tablespoon or more Coffee and Chicory for each 6 ounce "cup" of coffee in your drip coffee maker.

Per mug:

1 strong cup (or mug or vat) of above spiced New Orleans Style Coffee & Chicory

1/4 cup (or 2 Tablespoons) of Organic Canned Pumpkin (not pie mix, just pumpkin)

2-4 ounces (4-8 Tablespoons) of Coconut Cream (not coconut milk which has more water) If you add the pumpkin first and then the hot coffee, saving the coconut cream for last, you'll know the amount is right because of the color of your coffee will clue you in.

Allow coconut cream and pumpkin to come to room temperature while you wash last night's paleo dishes (oops), boil water and make a fresh pot of spicy coffee & chicory. Winter is coming soon so maybe split a few logs for your caveman fire later in December or January.

Pre-warm your favorite coffee mug with boiling water. Dump water into sink or throw at something dirty to save effort later. If throwing at dirty cavekid or grokling, avoid eyes. Add room temperature pumpkin to hot but empty mug. Add hot spiced coffee & chicory. Stir, whisk or blend with immersion (stick) blender. If your mug is not cavewoman or caveman sized, expect to feel less than groksome when you burn yourself with hot coffee. Add room temperature coconut cream by the Tablespoon or ounce so that you know how much you added and can dutifully track accurately on MFP later. Stir throughly without re-burning your fingers. Tell them they can have some paleo aloe later.

Do not add sweetener. Taste it already! You may find that it is just perfect the way it is. If you must sweeten after getting a grok-sized glug, use real food. Sweeten with liquid vanilla stevia (works like magic on me and my 6 year old), raw local honey but only a fraction of a teaspoon or else you'll drown out the subtle sweetness of the coconut cream and the pumpkin's fragrance.

Do not whine to me when you have pleased your primal palate so well that you can no longer read "Pumpkin Spice Latte" on all the coffee signs around town without harrumphing that you wouldn't bother after tasting the *REAL* food version. It's not my fault. I didn't hold a large club over your head and make you try it.

Have a great Fall and don't avoid your seasonal goodies like special espresso drinks, just transform them from mundane, chemical loaded cr*p to works of gastronomical art that also build muscle, burn excess fat and heal our brains and bodies.

I drink 2-3 cups of black coffee every day... and have done for the past 25 or so years. I see no reason to stop drinking coffee.

I'm not a fan of espresso, but usually drink instant or filter coffee... whatever's available. :drinker:

Coffee and mornings go together like JM and 30DS :laugh:

Rarely drink coffee after 11am, but that's just personal taste :happy:

I work nights and I find a big cup of coffee fills in the gaps when i feel "hungry". I drink insane amounts of water too, but the hot coffee fills me up better.

I drink a pot of black coffee every day :]

^^^ This. Unless I have exams to study for or a major deadline at work. Then it's two pots. :drinker:

I can't live without my morning 1-2 cups of black coffee. I've dwindled my sugary coffee drink intake to about once a week, though. now if I'm REALLY craving Starbucks, I usually just get black coffee with a syrup in it. it comes out to less than 100 calories.