I still eat dairy so I do mine with a touch of heavy cream. Like 1-2 teaspoons tops.

But sometimes I use coconut milk. When I open the can, I take what I don't use and freeze it in ice cube trays then plop one out into my coffee. Perfect amount and it cools my coffee to the perfect temp

I never thought of coco powder! That would probably be really good. So would cinnamon.

I drink decaf, I am one of those people who can't have caffeine. I drink it with almond milk and/or regular milk, which sweetens it a little.

My wife and I are/were big coffee drinkers. It was not unusual for us to burn through a full 12 cup pot of coffee daily, plus a few cups at the local coffee shop as well. Recently I have stopped drinking coffee and pretty much only drink green tea and water.

Nothing wrong with coffee and our weight loss.

I make a morning mocha everyday. 16oz of coffee, 1oz heavy cream, 5 drops liquid stevia, 1/2C frozen wild blurberries, 2scoops of Designer Whey (the one sweetened with stevia).

I don't get any kind of jolt from the caffeine, and could just as easily do this with decaf, if I so desired, but I happen to think that not only is coffee not bad for weight loss, it might actually be helpful (there is research to show this).

I am currently drinking almost a gallon of liquid a day to try to overcome the effects of coming off of a diuretic. I had to come off of it because my BP went too low. So besides the 2C of morning coffee, I drink 2 (12oz) mugs of green tea, 2 (12 oz) mugs of herbal tea and 3 liters of water. I generally add a splash of coconut milk (Trader Joes canned light) and a couple drops of the stevia to my teas.

It is working well for me, so I will likely keep it up.

Give up my coffee??? NO WAY! I have cut down and don't usually drink any after noon. I switch to decaf tea if I need a warm beverage in the afternoon.

I drink between 4 to 6 large coffee before lunch every day. I use 35% cream, and erythritol for sweetener.

My blood pressure at the doc 2 months ago was 120/75 which is better than fine.

I will stab you with my spear before I give up my coffee and I absolutely do not believe real coffee is bad for us.

This is good to see. I'm assuming it's 4-6 large CUPS of coffee. I drink a lot of coffee and I have no issues with it. I can drink a pot of coffee and go to sleep afterward. Energy drinks give me the jitters, coffee does not. I also don't believe coffee is bad for us.

I had no issues losing weight while drinking coffee all this time. I recently read a study done on the effects on cortisol and it said if you are "conditioned" to drinking coffee then morning coffee has no effect on cortisol levels. Afternoon coffee will spike cortisol and evening coffee had no effects on cortisol (the level continued to fall through the evening).

Sometimes having a hot cup of coffee when I get home from work is just so relaxing.

We drink coffee, and like you, feel that de-caffing it is like de-clawing a cat....

I only drink one cup in the morning - caffeine irritates the prostate (I'm old, what can I say?). I drink it black.

My wife resisted giving up her half-and-half for a long time, but then suddenly switched to Trader Joe's LITE coconut milk, and has bee very satisfied with the creaminess it provides. She often adds ground cinnamon, and sometimes some cocoa powder.

Coffee is good. It is, after all, just beans soaked in water... I'm keeping it. I put half and half or cream in it, and splenda. I'm keeping the splenda, too.

I drink 2 cups in the morning... pretty much every morning... and occasionally if it's VERY cold outside I will have 1 or 2 cups in the afternoon. Always with heavy cream, no sweetener. :drinker: