Coffee !!! - Page 2 - ThinnerTimes

mistymee · 04-16-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Corrine

I was told at 4 weeks that I could have a cup of regular coffee. The NUT even suggested it to help with my early constipation issues.

I have just the one a day - 6-8oz and that's it. But like Deborah, I have extra water to balance it out.

Wow.. I never connected the lack of coffee as a possible reason for such a change in my 'system'... though I'm now *constantly* constipated, I used to have the exact opposite problem.. but I also used to drink at least four cups of coffee a day..

Too bad my pouch doesn't like coffee- not even decaf

chiquita · 04-18-2008, 01:32 PM

I am 14 weeks out, Coffe I didn't start to try until a month ago or so. The only thing is, best for me anyways, to drink decaf, I get the shakes otherwise.

I pull to Dutch Brothers and order a fat free, sugar free, half the sugar free syrup, decaf single shot large latte

, I call it a " Why Bother ", but it is satisfying lol. You should see the looks I get when I order it ha.

goingslimfast · 04-18-2008, 03:45 PM

I was your so-so coffee drinker before surgery, and now.....let's not say how much I consume. If I have any bone structure in the next 5 years I'll be doing good. lol

Lori in Cali · 04-22-2008, 06:31 PM

A study done at Duke University discovered that coffee causes blood sugar levels to spike in Type II Diabetics. Now, they didn't test non-Diabetics, so we don't know how it impacts other people. However, Dr. Atkins always said that you can't lose weight on his diet if you're drinking coffee. He didn't know why, he just knew it to be true. I'm not diabetic, but I do know that I don't lose weight when I drink coffee.

When your blood sugar level rises, it causes your body to release more insulin. More insulin means that your body is converting more of the food that you're eating to fat. And fat is what you're trying to lose.

Participants took capsules containing caffeine equal to about four cups of coffee on one day and then identical capsules that contained a placebo on another day. Everyone had the same nutrition drink for breakfast, but were free to eat whatever they liked for lunch and dinner.

The researchers found that when the participants consumed caffeine, their average daily sugar levels went up 8 per cent. Caffeine also exaggerated the rise in glucose after meals: increasing by 9 percent after breakfast, 15 percent after lunch and 26 per cent after dinner.

“We’re not sure what it is about caffeine that drives glucose levels up, but we have a couple of theories,” says Lane, who is the lead author of the study. “It could be that caffeine interferes with the process that moves glucose from the blood and into muscle and other cells in the body where it is used for fuel. It may also be that caffeine triggers the release of adrenaline – the ‘fight or flight” hormone that we know can also boost sugar levels.”

It's something to ask your physician about. Above and beyond that, keep it in mind as you go through your weight loss. You may simply lose more by not drinking coffee or other caffeinated beverages.

Duckie · 05-03-2008, 11:38 PM

Mom of 3, get some chocolate protein powder instead of the cocoa and make yourself a protein latte! That's what I do when I want a latte.

Claire-in-Texas · 05-04-2008, 05:34 AM

At three months out I had a yen for my morning coffee (one cup in the morning was all I ever drank). I started drinking half a cup at that time. I still do, but since then recognized that I can add a scoop of vanilla protein powder (instead of milk) to my half cup and make it a good thing!!! My surgeon, however, says NO coffee. I'm being bad

mistymee · 05-04-2008, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Lori in Cali

A study done at Duke University discovered that coffee causes blood sugar levels to spike in Type II Diabetics. Now, they didn't test non-Diabetics, so we don't know how it impacts other people. However, Dr. Atkins always said that you can't lose weight on his diet if you're drinking coffee. He didn't know why, he just knew it to be true. I'm not diabetic, but I do know that I don't lose weight when I drink coffee.

When your blood sugar level rises, it causes your body to release more insulin. More insulin means that your body is converting more of the food that you're eating to fat. And fat is what you're trying to lose.

Participants took capsules containing caffeine equal to about four cups of coffee on one day and then identical capsules that contained a placebo on another day. Everyone had the same nutrition drink for breakfast, but were free to eat whatever they liked for lunch and dinner.

The researchers found that when the participants consumed caffeine, their average daily sugar levels went up 8 per cent. Caffeine also exaggerated the rise in glucose after meals: increasing by 9 percent after breakfast, 15 percent after lunch and 26 per cent after dinner.

“We’re not sure what it is about caffeine that drives glucose levels up, but we have a couple of theories,” says Lane, who is the lead author of the study. “It could be that caffeine interferes with the process that moves glucose from the blood and into muscle and other cells in the body where it is used for fuel. It may also be that caffeine triggers the release of adrenaline – the ‘fight or flight” hormone that we know can also boost sugar levels.”

It's something to ask your physician about. Above and beyond that, keep it in mind as you go through your weight loss. You may simply lose more by not drinking coffee or other caffeinated beverages.

I am assuming this does not hold true for Decaf coffee? (I hope anyway)..

Does anyone know of any negative side effects of drinking the decaf stuff? I'm finding it WAY easier to get my fluid in by drinking iced coffee in the afternoons.

Momof3 · 05-26-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Duckie

Mom of 3, get some chocolate protein powder instead of the cocoa and make yourself a protein latte! That's what I do when I want a latte.

Thats what I did for my first protein supplement....can you say YUM-O?

Love, love, loved it!

Lori in Cali · 05-26-2008, 06:03 PM

to decaf. The researchers gave the test subjects the equivalent caffeine of four cups of coffee in the morning. Blood sugar spiked all day peaking at 36% after dinner.

Just watch your weight loss. If it stops, cut out the decaffeinated drinks and see if it makes a difference.