holy c@#$

[ciaobella]

so i know i have a coffee addiction but i realized that i drink over 46oz a day,6 cups a day...... 4 cups in my coffee maker and then i usally buy about 2 smalls (12oz) through out the day..... in addition i have about 32oz of tea a day too....2 ice teas through out the day and 2 mugs before i go to bed...i make my own sun tea so it's not sweetend or from a package or anything...yuck...


but anyways that is like 9 Carbs right there....yikes

[cypressgirl]

Wow! That is a lot. You got a goal in mind for cutting back?

[Gala]

Ciao ciaobella,

if I can give my 2 cent, there's not a way to cut down when it's about bad habits.
cut out completely is the only way. I used to drink as much coffeee as you do and stopped from one day to another one. the first few days I suffered from a terrible headache and felt sleepy especially in the morning but after that, I am now caffeine free since december, energy came back, I don;t need the alarm clock to wake me up and do not feel tired all day long!

[sadie@136]

oops thats a bit too much...cut down please or u will hit a stall
gala is very right about eliminating it ..but if u cant do it right away do it gradually
what i do to keep my caffine intake in control is if i make one cup of tea..i take it in three breaks..
like every after 15 minutes i was a total caffine addict before but now i take small amounts and then the half cup i take i leave half of it in it..
HTh

[sunflowergrl]

If you kick that coffee habit, you will be so glad!! Not only is coffee expensive, you don't need it on this WOL!! I used to drink coffee all day long, and on my third or fourth day on Induction, I kicked the habit!! Its an artificial high, it doesn't really give you energy, it just seems like it does. That is a lot of carbs to waste on drinking! You could be eating yummy veggies!!!

[2big4mysize]

if you have to go to work kicking on a friday and by Monday you should be fine of coiurse your family will not like their wrecked weekend.

Are you decafing it? the tea decafed after your water is great cause tea has good for HDL chems in it that help cholesterol. Coffee has bad ones though

[ciaobella]

hey
thanks all for ur advice.....it's not the caffine i am worried about...since i only drink herbal tea and one-two cups of caffinated coffee...i am trying to ease my way off of caffine in general...it's the added carbs!!! i though that coffee had no carbs....but i was wrong...and 5 is a lot of carbs esp when u are trying to stay around 15-18 carbs a day..... i guess the only thing u can really dink a lot of and not have extra carbs sneak in is water......

[sadie@136]

even decaffinated coffe has 0.8carbs in one 8oz.cup
go figure

[sunflowergrl]

Do you use Fitday?

[ciaobella]

Originally Posted by sunflowergrl

Do you use Fitday?

oh i live by fitday...i didn't for one week and i didn't looose....so yes i use fitday all the time