Coffee Coffee Coffee

Can I just say I love coffee?

Coffee can either be absolutely wonderful when you’re losing weight, or a complete hindrance…it really depends on if you even like coffee or not.

Just ask yourself…Do I like my coffee with chocolate, milk, sugar, and foam?  Do I like whipped cream on top?  Can I not stand a cup of coffee with out sugar and/or milk?

Well, then maybe, you don’t like coffee…..what a thought!!!?!?

Coffee, real coffee, can be enjoyed by it’s self…not with tons of sugar.  It can be a dark roast, medium, or a decaf.  You can get it in little shots that are like a drug.

If you can’t enjoy it black, then you might not like coffee…just a thought.

Coffee becomes a hindrance to any weight loss goal when you add all of those things into the coffee.  Sugar and Milk obviously raise the calories in a cup of coffee, and if you rather have a Latte, might as well ask for the extra pound of fat as well.

That pound of fat will follow you around until you drop your Latte habit for good.

Here is the thing, one black cup of coffee is 2 calories, one grande caffe latte with non fat milk at Star*cough* is 168 calories.

See the diff?  If you add sugar and non fat milk to your black cup of coffee that makes that 25 to 50 calories per cup.

That is a HUGE difference!!!  You could have 6 cups of black coffee and you’ve only had 12 calories.

The huge myth about coffee is that having too much is bad for your body…I’d like to point out that too much of anything can be a bad thing, but here is some “Food for Thought”:

• Coffee contains antioxidants that help prevent cancer and heart disease.
• Studies indicate that regular coffee drinkers are up to 80% less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease.
• Drinking two cups daily could reduce the risk of colon cancer by 25% and halve the risk of gallstones.
• Emerging evidence suggests that coffee may help manage asthma, stop a headache, boost mood, and even prevent cavities.
• Decaf coffee has been found to provide the same stimulative effect as regular coffee, without the caffeine.

Glamour Mag also had something to say about coffee, something about how later in life your brain is better functioning if you had coffee on a regular basis…when I find that info I’ll post it.

Either way coffee is not as bad as some would like to pretend it is….(if you happen to worship a religion that dominates the city I live in, stop using that as your God-Damned excuse if that is a problem you have.)

If you LOOOOVE your coffee with calorie filled crap, I have a suggestion…Get a black cup of coffee and put cinnamon on top…only cinnamon…Why?

“Research has linked the copper-colored stuff with reduced blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels in people with type 2 diabetes, and a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that adding a little more than a teaspoon to rice pudding even helped tame blood sugar in people without diabetes. Dr. Kulze says cinnamon also contains polyphenols, antioxidants that create healthier arteries and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The spice’s energizing scent has also been found to help increase alertness.” -Women’s Health Mag

And it will make your coffee more tolerable for you.

I’ve just recently started putting cinnamon on top of my coffee for the above reasons…otherwise I appreciate a good black cup 50 million times a day.

Some other really good things to know about coffee is it’s actual caffeine content.  Medium roast has the most caffeine, the more a coffee bean gets roasted the less caffeine it has.  So if you are French roast lover, it actually has less caffeine than you probably thought.  Espresso, one shot of espresso, is about the same as about half a 6 ounce cup of coffee.  Basically, one small coffee, (exxcuuuuse me, venti), with a double shot of espresso is about the same as a 20 oz cup of coffee.

Tea is a really great alternative if you really don’t like the jitters some can get from coffee.  Within the next week I will share more on tea.

Until then,

Sincerely,

Poor Girl