COFFEE LOVERS - Anyone given it up?

I LOVE coffee. Have an espresso machine and have had 1-2 lattes a day for years..... Just had to give it up because of food allergies. Ugh.... it's probably the thing I miss the most. I've replaced it with tea but when I see my husband have his morning cappuccino, I do feel some envy--ok a lot of envy. Hoping it will pass. Luckily, I get really sick from drinking it right now so I'm sticking with my program.

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. I gave up coffee during both of my pregnancies and I really missed it, all I could think about through those final few weeks was how much closer I was getting to a decent cup of espresso.

Oh and how it eased my mornings after the sleepless nights with new baby screaming to be fed/changed/hugged/jiggled/sung to, the list goes on and on...

I've pretty much given it up. I used to drink 3-4 per day, I now drink 1/2 cup a week. Since I've started eating alot healthier amd cleaner my tastebuds have changed amd I don't really like the taste (also gone off soft drink and juice - too sweet). I pretty much just drink water now, which is pretty strange considering I never used to drink it.

As a Starbucks supervisor, there is no way I'd ever give up coffee! :P

However, I only allow myself to have 2-3 cups per day (this is generally considered by medical professionals to be a "good" amount of caffeine), and I drink it with just a tad of Splenda and a squirt of Coffee-Mate sugar-free hazelnut creamer. Or I'll drink an Americano with the same. So I'm really not adding very many calories. One thing I have done is cut down on my lattes - I used to only drink lattes, but it just became too heavy on my stomach to drink 3 lattes a day. So I switched to water-based drinks (brewed coffee, Americanos, espresso).

If you're having a hard time cutting back the calories of your latte, I would recommend trying a misto or an Amerimisto. A misto is half brewed coffee, half steamed milk. So you're getting some of the creaminess of a latte (which can be so hard to give up!) but it only makes up half of your cup. An Americano is espresso shots diluted in a cup of hot water (tastes very similar to brewed coffee, a bit smoother), so an Amerimisto is half a cup of espresso shots and hot water, half a cup of steamed milk. This is my drink of choice when I want something a little richer. If you try one of these drinks, it might take some getting used to, but you'll have an easier time cutting back on your latte calories. Also, don't knock the sugar-free syrup options available! At Starbucks you can choose from vanilla, caramel, hazelnut, cinnamon dolce, and mocha

I gave up bread. I gave up cereals. I gave up sugar. I gave up desserts. There's no way I'm giving up coffee -- it's my one non-negotiable. But good luck to you, whatever you decide to do.

Give up my coffee? Have ya gone mad woman! NO...I would rather be fat the rest of my life than give up my coffee! ( and so would EVERYONE around me!)

When I was an infant my mom warmed my baby bottles by poring in coffee so I've literally been drinking coffee since I was an infant. There were times in my life, especially when I worked in a convienient store where I drank pots upon pots of coffee. I have slowly cut myself down to my travel mug on the way to work, which often doesn't get finished unless there's a traffic accident or some such, and two cups at work. I had been drinking coffee pillar-to-post at work but I'm trying to drink more water so that's what I cut down to. I love coffee, drink it black, and I'm not giving it up, but I'm making room in my bladder for water so only the 2-3 cups a day now.

Oh and if we're out for a nice dinner maybe a cup with dessert. But not decaf. Decaf is expensive to make but nobody wants to pay more for it so the cost is equalled out by using inferior coffee. That's why decaf doesn't taste as good. Get a more expensive decaf and you'll see it's just as good. But since while we're out, we get the normal decaf, it's crap.

I need it right now, the heat is playing havoc with my energy levels, but I look forward to cutting way down and/or switching to hot tea come Winter. I believe it's more hydrating. Nontheless, coffee is not bad for you.

The good thing with coffee is as long as you don't pour a ton of milk and sugar in there, it's not wicked bad for you. My coffee from dunkin donuts is about 15 calories for a medium, but then again I drink mine iced and black.

The bad thing with coffee is it dehydrates you, which makes you want to drink more water..

-shrugs- I try to go each day without coffee, but on the days I do need it (like today) I drink whatever is available to me! (I get it for free at work... so it's pretty sweet, except I put milk in it >< but my coffee today was only 30 calories!)

I cut out coffee for a while. And then I picked it up. I like to drink a few a week now. I think it's a problem if you need to drink it every day so you don't get headaches lol.

Heavens no! I use Coffeemate Natural Bliss and Splenda now instead of Half & Half and sugar, but I still have about 5 cups a day.

Heck, I think I have MORE Starbucks Iced Coffee now than I did before I started. A Venti with nonfat milk and 4 Splendas is only around 30 calories.