I am so darn in love with coffee, and now the new book Biggers Loser trainer Jillian Michaels has written, "Master Your Metabolism" suggests that you stop. No way Jose! I'll do a lot for weight loss—give up my favorite cereals, cut way down on bread, stop eating pasta except once a month and get rid of diet soda—but there's no way I'll give up coffee. I will, however, limit it to 2-3 cups a day. Satisfied?
Soda on the other hand is easier. I find that I still crave it at times, but when I finally get one, it doesn't taste good, which makes the weird cravings seem a bit diabolical (what is the secret ingredient?). I've never been a fan of sugar sodas because I don't really like sweets that much. On the other hand, I've been known to have up to 4 diet colas a day! I alternated loyalty between Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke—the whole Diet Dr. Pepper thing never caught on with me like it has with others I know and Diet 7-Up is a joke. It's barely even soda! But the ingredients in the diet colas have finally forced me to give it up (not to mention whatever it is that makes me crave it when I don't even like the flavor). I can no longer truck with the fake sugars, fake flavoring and other insidious miscellany.
Bye-bye soda!
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Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI am right there with you on giving up coffee. It will never happen for me, and to be honest I don't think anyone wants to see me off of coffee. I know my family could not handle it at all. There are many studies being conducted now on all the benefits of coffee, so I just wrote a article to share them. Here a link to my article, http://www.examiner.com/x-7310-Milwaukee-Alternative-Medicine-Examiner~y2009m4d30-8-benefits-to-coffee-for-your-health.
I hope this makes you feel better that you are not alone when it comes to coffee.
Have a great weekend!
Trish