Caffeine
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Hi there,
I am not sure about the weight loss thing but it is not good for your circulation, and taking in lots of caffeine can help clog up the fat cells, causing cellulite.
I recently stopped drinking caffeinated coffee, which nearly killed me for about 10 days - I had awful migrainey type headaches, but they soon passed, and in the meantime had switched to a decaff coffee, but I still wasn't happy because I was still taking in 2 sweetners with every cup of decaff coffee I was drinking, which I think were making me feel awful too. So, decided to go back to decaff tea (which was 3 weeks ago), which I drink with fat free milk, and NO sugar or sweetners (can't stand sweet tea), and I feel better for it. My period pains have improved since doing all this, so it goes to show that caffeine is no good at TTOFTM !
Anna
I am not sure about the weight loss thing but it is not good for your circulation, and taking in lots of caffeine can help clog up the fat cells, causing cellulite.
I recently stopped drinking caffeinated coffee, which nearly killed me for about 10 days - I had awful migrainey type headaches, but they soon passed, and in the meantime had switched to a decaff coffee, but I still wasn't happy because I was still taking in 2 sweetners with every cup of decaff coffee I was drinking, which I think were making me feel awful too. So, decided to go back to decaff tea (which was 3 weeks ago), which I drink with fat free milk, and NO sugar or sweetners (can't stand sweet tea), and I feel better for it. My period pains have improved since doing all this, so it goes to show that caffeine is no good at TTOFTM !
Anna
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trevor
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I believe caffeine would help burn calories as it speeds up your metabolism.
The "extra" calories comes from cream and sugar or whatever you have with it.
Trevor :-jumpy
The "extra" calories comes from cream and sugar or whatever you have with it.
Trevor
:-jumpyPoisonally, I wouldn't care if coffee caused cellulite -- I'd still drink it! Some things are worth a little puckered flesh.
Coffee is one of those pleasures of life that I refuse to give up. It's the thought of coffee that drags me out of bed on those cold winter mornings to workout. I like tea, but it just doesn't carry of "weight" of a full-bodied cup of Java -- tea tastes "thin" and waterish to me.
And I do admit it, coffee works as a mid-morning (9:30 a.m.) and pre-lunch (1:30 p.m.) food substitute for me -- a coffee and a Granny Smith leaves me feeling satiated until I eat my late lunch. I do, however, keep it down to 3 mugs of caffeinated coffee a day because I get lava stomach and a slight headache if I overdo it.
I can give up chocolate bars, icecream, deep-fried foods, cheese, fast foods restaurants, cakes, pies and cookies. But you'd have to yank my beloved coffee out of my dying hands to make me give it up!
Patricia
P.S. And I'm not alone! Even "Angels" drink coffee - like, like (insert sputtering here) Monica in "Touched By An Angel"!
Coffee is one of those pleasures of life that I refuse to give up. It's the thought of coffee that drags me out of bed on those cold winter mornings to workout. I like tea, but it just doesn't carry of "weight" of a full-bodied cup of Java -- tea tastes "thin" and waterish to me.
And I do admit it, coffee works as a mid-morning (9:30 a.m.) and pre-lunch (1:30 p.m.) food substitute for me -- a coffee and a Granny Smith leaves me feeling satiated until I eat my late lunch. I do, however, keep it down to 3 mugs of caffeinated coffee a day because I get lava stomach and a slight headache if I overdo it.
I can give up chocolate bars, icecream, deep-fried foods, cheese, fast foods restaurants, cakes, pies and cookies. But you'd have to yank my beloved coffee out of my dying hands to make me give it up!
Patricia
P.S. And I'm not alone! Even "Angels" drink coffee - like, like (insert sputtering here) Monica in "Touched By An Angel"!
getnfit@38
Cathlete
Trevor is correct..............
At least from all I've read on the subject. I've lost count at how many articles I've read in magazines like M&F Hers, Shape and Oxygen that discuss having a caffeinated drink within 30min of your workout to boost the calorie burn.
So it wouldn't cause weight gain, unless like has been said, you're adding sugar and cream.
Donna
At least from all I've read on the subject. I've lost count at how many articles I've read in magazines like M&F Hers, Shape and Oxygen that discuss having a caffeinated drink within 30min of your workout to boost the calorie burn.
So it wouldn't cause weight gain, unless like has been said, you're adding sugar and cream.
Donna
dmd
Cathlete
RE: Trevor is correct..............
Yep, something having to do with the release of fatty acids from fat cells into the bloodstream. HELP Maribeth!!!!!!!!!!Love a good strong shot of Espresso and a small piece of dark chocolate every morning. Have done this for years, even while I lost 65lbs. a few years ago! I say, a good strong cup of Java doesn't hurt from all that I have read.
dmd
Yep, something having to do with the release of fatty acids from fat cells into the bloodstream. HELP Maribeth!!!!!!!!!!Love a good strong shot of Espresso and a small piece of dark chocolate every morning. Have done this for years, even while I lost 65lbs. a few years ago! I say, a good strong cup of Java doesn't hurt from all that I have read.
dmd
RE: Trevor is correct..............
Well, it's more like two large mugs of coffee over the course of the day for me, but no cream or sugar, just a sprinkle of nonfat dry milk and artificial sweetner. What a relief not to have to give it up! Heck, I've quit so many bad habits already, I'm practically perfect (or so I try to convince my long-suffering hubby).
Shari
Well, it's more like two large mugs of coffee over the course of the day for me, but no cream or sugar, just a sprinkle of nonfat dry milk and artificial sweetner. What a relief not to have to give it up! Heck, I've quit so many bad habits already, I'm practically perfect (or so I try to convince my long-suffering hubby).
Shari
Hi Patricia,
I cut out the caffeinated coffee because I was drinking 8-10 cups a day (which is also 16-20 sweetners a day - yuk ! I never thought of it like that !). I wish I could stop at 3 cups a day but I can't, so I packed it in. I do feel better for it though, and I sleep better now
Anna
I cut out the caffeinated coffee because I was drinking 8-10 cups a day (which is also 16-20 sweetners a day - yuk ! I never thought of it like that !). I wish I could stop at 3 cups a day but I can't, so I packed it in. I do feel better for it though, and I sleep better now
Anna
DebbieH
Cathlete
Shari...
I have heard that up to 3 cups a day is fine! :7 That is for regular coffee too! I make ours
1/2 & 1/2 (regular & Decaf). We also use fat-free creamer. I am just like Patricia~they'd have to pry it out of my hands!
Your-Friend-In-Fitness, DebbieH http://www.plaudersmilies.de/wavey.gif If You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance...I Hope You DANCE!!!
I have heard that up to 3 cups a day is fine! :7 That is for regular coffee too! I make ours
1/2 & 1/2 (regular & Decaf). We also use fat-free creamer. I am just like Patricia~they'd have to pry it out of my hands!
Your-Friend-In-Fitness, DebbieH http://www.plaudersmilies.de/wavey.gif If You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance...I Hope You DANCE!!!
Hi back at ya, Anna!
Wow! You are STRONG! To give up 8-10 cups a day just like that! Zowie, no wonder you went through withdrawal when you cut out caffeine!
Ya, my cut-off time for coffee is around 2 p.m. or else I'd be up all night, braincells fried to the hilt.
Have a good sleep, Anna! According to my watch, it's approx. 8 p.m. London time. I go to bed at around 8:30 p.m. -- but then, I REALLY need my beauty sleep!
Patricia
Wow! You are STRONG! To give up 8-10 cups a day just like that! Zowie, no wonder you went through withdrawal when you cut out caffeine!
Ya, my cut-off time for coffee is around 2 p.m. or else I'd be up all night, braincells fried to the hilt.
Have a good sleep, Anna! According to my watch, it's approx. 8 p.m. London time. I go to bed at around 8:30 p.m. -- but then, I REALLY need my beauty sleep!
Patricia