How can you cut down on caffine?!
How can you cut down on caffine?
How bad is it for you if you want to loose weight?
Additional Details5 months ago
I'm worried about the tiredness and HEADACHES!
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5 months ago
I'm worried about the tiredness and HEADACHES!
I had to cut down on caffeine some years ago when I was overdosing on Starbucks and got an irregular hearbeat on a few occasions. This was scary enough for me to immediately cut down to one coffee per day at the most, and not a large one at that. You have to really exercise your will power to withdraw from coffee.
I had to cut down on caffeine for health reasons. Try using 50/50 coffee or buying decaf and reg and mixing them. I started out with 4 scoops reg and 1 scoop decaf for the first week. Then 3 and 2 etc. I'm okay with 50/50, but can't give up anymore caffeine than that! At least it cuts it in half. As for weight loss, caffeine doesn't contain any calories, but does make you retain fluids. I drink a lot of water, so this isn't a problem for me. I also would think it depends on your caffeine consumption. If it's a couple cups a day then you should be fine. 2 pots a day like me, you might want to drink a lot of water. Hope this helps
maybe you just have to face the headaches. But try not to do it in summer because you could faint with fatigue.
Try going half-caff. That's what my mother did when she wanted to cut back. They now sell half-caff coffee mix, so when she wanted to cut down, she did "quarter-caff" and mixed half of the half-caff with the decaf. Soon you'll be all the way to decaf and you'll hardly notice!
Caffeine is an appetite suppressant, so it actually won't be that detrimental to a dieter, but it's a nasty drug that you don't want to be dependent on.
If you still love your starbucks try going Half Caff and work your way down to Decaf,also watch tea and soda levels.
This was my New Years resolution for 2007! I have been drinking herbal tea and lots of water and if I get a real mad craving for caffiene I have a small piece of chocolate. So far so good, in fact, I had a cup of coffee just the other day to see what would happen and I couldnt finish it. I tipped most of it out cos I just didnt like the taste any more.