Re: Giving up Caffeine..............

December 15, 2003

Max, we each have to do what we feel we need to, but I gotta tell you I'm

with Charlie....I am NOT giving up my caffeine either!

Bette

December 15, 2003

Try Diet Rite (Diet RC Cola) No caffeine, and tastes great! My favorite!

Lis

Giving up Caffeine..............

Oh the pain...........

I know this is going to suck, because I've given up caffeine before

and it made me sick for a day or two. Cold turkey isn't the way to

go I'm sure, but I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to go off

it slowly. And just when I found the diet drink of all diet drinks -

Diet Mountain Dew!!!

But then I got reading that caffeine farts around with your insulin

levels and makes it harder for the body to burn fat. So, here goes

caffeinated soda. Caffeine Free Diet Coke tastes a lot like it

sounds. But without the Coke part. I'm doomed - but water isn't so

bad is it? Yeah, it is that bad. If it weren't - there wouldn't be

so many other things to drink.

I'm ranting now. I have 1.4 lbs to go to get to a BMI that is

below " Morbidly Obese. " Whoever thought I'd be happy to get into the

category " Very Obese? " But I am. It's a milestone.

Max

340/288.4/184

December 15, 2003

Max,

I have lost close to a hundred lbs on WW and I never gave up caffeine. In

fact I have 3-4 cups of coffee a day plus iced and hot tea occasionaly.

Having said that if you do want to give it up there are many, many drinks

out there without caffeine. None of the Diet rite sodas have caffeine and

one of my favorites, A & W diet root beer is caffeine free. I also believe

that almost all of the " clear " diet sodas like Sprite and 7-up are CF.

There's koolade and crystal light and the list goes on and on. Now it is

important to drink your water everyday, I like water so that's never been a

big deal for me but I know getting the water in is a problem for many. I

have seen many posts in this group on how others deal with it so I'll defer

to them for that issue.

Charlie

Giving up Caffeine..............

Oh the pain...........

I know this is going to suck, because I've given up caffeine before

and it made me sick for a day or two. Cold turkey isn't the way to

go I'm sure, but I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to go off

it slowly. And just when I found the diet drink of all diet drinks -

Diet Mountain Dew!!!

But then I got reading that caffeine farts around with your insulin

levels and makes it harder for the body to burn fat. So, here goes

caffeinated soda. Caffeine Free Diet Coke tastes a lot like it

sounds. But without the Coke part. I'm doomed - but water isn't so

bad is it? Yeah, it is that bad. If it weren't - there wouldn't be

so many other things to drink.

I'm ranting now. I have 1.4 lbs to go to get to a BMI that is

below " Morbidly Obese. " Whoever thought I'd be happy to get into the

category " Very Obese? " But I am. It's a milestone.

Max

340/288.4/184

December 15, 2003

You could also do decaf coffee or tea. I'm not all that impressed with the

diet Rite soda myself but I know a lot of people like it. So far my favorite

caffeine free soda is diet Barq's Root beer. I have always been a root beer

lover and I tried diet Mug and A & W and they both have that funny chemical

taste to me. Barq's is the closest to regular in my opinion. I'm also hooked

on Diet Cherry and Diet Vanilla Coke but they both have caffeine I think.

It's funny because I have been a Pepsi drinker my whole life and they are

all Coke products. My husband say's I'm a trader and I've gone over to the

dark side ), but I just like Coke's diet soda's better. Although I still

prefer plain Pepsi and diet Pepsi to Coke Classic or diet Coke

Kris

_____

None of the Diet rite sodas have caffeine and

one of my favorites, A & W diet root beer is caffeine free. I also believe

that almost all of the " clear " diet sodas like Sprite and 7-up are CF.

There's koolade and crystal light and the list goes on and on. Now it is

important to drink your water everyday, I like water so that's never been a

big deal for me but I know getting the water in is a problem for many. I

have seen many posts in this group on how others deal with it so I'll defer

to them for that issue.

Charlie

December 15, 2003

Max-

I'm excited for your milestone! I hope you get there in the next

couple of weeks! I'll be cheering for you!

in OKC <><

238/223/215/165

> Oh the pain...........

>

> I know this is going to suck, because I've given up caffeine

before

> and it made me sick for a day or two. Cold turkey isn't the way

to

> go I'm sure, but I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to go

off

> it slowly. And just when I found the diet drink of all diet

drinks -

> Diet Mountain Dew!!!

>

> But then I got reading that caffeine farts around with your

insulin

> levels and makes it harder for the body to burn fat. So, here

goes

> caffeinated soda. Caffeine Free Diet Coke tastes a lot like it

> sounds. But without the Coke part. I'm doomed - but water isn't

so

> bad is it? Yeah, it is that bad. If it weren't - there wouldn't

be

> so many other things to drink.

>

> I'm ranting now. I have 1.4 lbs to go to get to a BMI that is

> below " Morbidly Obese. " Whoever thought I'd be happy to get into

the

> category " Very Obese? " But I am. It's a milestone.

>

> Max

> 340/288.4/184

December 15, 2003

passgasmax wrote:

>Oh the pain...........

>

>I know this is going to suck, because I've given up caffeine before

>and it made me sick for a day or two. Cold turkey isn't the way to

>go I'm sure, but I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to go off

>it slowly. And just when I found the diet drink of all diet drinks -

>Diet Mountain Dew!!!

>

>But then I got reading that caffeine farts around with your insulin

>levels and makes it harder for the body to burn fat. So, here goes

>caffeinated soda. Caffeine Free Diet Coke tastes a lot like it

>sounds. But without the Coke part. I'm doomed - but water isn't so

>bad is it? Yeah, it is that bad. If it weren't - there wouldn't be

>so many other things to drink.

>

Max - I used to be a regular diet soda drinker - now, I'm so used to

water, I can't even drink

the soda. I tried one at the end of October, and it was way too sweet.

Couldn't drink it. The

only things I drink these days is water, milk, juice, maybe a club soda

and an occasional glass

of wine. Water isn't that bad - they say it takes 21 days to develop a

habit - just force yourself

to do it (6 cups a day or more) for 21 days and then it will come more

naturally. It's a rare

day now that I don't get at least 6 cups in - more typically its' 9-12

and sometimes 13-18.

>

>I'm ranting now. I have 1.4 lbs to go to get to a BMI that is

>below " Morbidly Obese. " Whoever thought I'd be happy to get into the

>category " Very Obese? " But I am. It's a milestone.

>

I remember when I got from " obese " to " overweight " . A great feeling :-)

>

>Max

>340/288.4/184

>

December 16, 2003

Max,

I know what you mean. I had to give up Caffeine due to health issues. I felt

horrible for a while. I drink CFDC and it isn't so bad after a while. I also

drink crystal light lemonade.

Either way I have sympathy for you!

Gilta

Giving up Caffeine..............

Oh the pain...........

I know this is going to suck, because I've given up caffeine before

and it made me sick for a day or two. Cold turkey isn't the way to

go I'm sure, but I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to go off

it slowly. And just when I found the diet drink of all diet drinks -

Diet Mountain Dew!!!

But then I got reading that caffeine farts around with your insulin

levels and makes it harder for the body to burn fat. So, here goes

caffeinated soda. Caffeine Free Diet Coke tastes a lot like it

sounds. But without the Coke part. I'm doomed - but water isn't so

bad is it? Yeah, it is that bad. If it weren't - there wouldn't be

so many other things to drink.

I'm ranting now. I have 1.4 lbs to go to get to a BMI that is

below " Morbidly Obese. " Whoever thought I'd be happy to get into the

category " Very Obese? " But I am. It's a milestone.

Max

340/288.4/184

December 16, 2003

I love my coffee and tea, and I like the caffeine ones. I still have

2 coffees to start off my mornings. I will have 2 or 3 teas as well

throughout the day. I will say I do really like the caffeine-free

sodas though. I find they have a zippier kick to them, if I feel like

one. Of course I know all the evils of caffeine too, but I have never

really tried to give it up. I do know that I don't like the taste of

the decaf stuff. This is probably one of the reasons I have been slow

losing weight though. For anyone who seriously needs to reduce it or

have none at all, I can imagine the withdrawals, because if I don't

have mine I get headaches, not good I know, Ummm, am I addicted?? yes!

One coffee and my headache is gone...Kallie

.....................................................................

In Serious-Weight-Watchers , " passgasmax "

<fungunga@h...> wrote:

> Oh the pain..........

> I know this is going to suck, because I've given up caffeine before

> and it made me sick for a day or two. Cold turkey isn't the way to

> go I'm sure, but I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to go

off

> it slowly. And just when I found the diet drink of all diet

drinks -

> Diet Mountain Dew!!!

>

> But then I got reading that caffeine farts around with your insulin

> levels and makes it harder for the body to burn fat. So, here goes

> caffeinated soda. Caffeine Free Diet Coke tastes a lot like it

> sounds. But without the Coke part. I'm doomed - but water isn't

so

> bad is it? Yeah, it is that bad. If it weren't - there wouldn't

be

> so many other things to drink.

>

> Max

> 340/288.4/184

December 16, 2003

You really don't notice much difference in the decaf coffee??

Probably can buy half and half with the beans that you grind yourself too??

I like the coffee in the morning and don't notice the side effects but could

probably benefit anyway with the lowe caffeine amouths. At night I light to

have some and then can't sleep at times.

Re: Giving up Caffeine..............

I had to go no caffeine too. I had really bad headaches. So, what I did

was buy a can of regular coffee and a can of decaff and mixed them together

to have 1/2 decaf and 1/2 regular. (I noticed at Walmart Supercenter the

other day that you ca now buy it mixed this way.) The next time I bought I

did 3/4 decaff and 1/4 regular and saved the rest of the regular for guests.

The next can was all decaff and I don't have headaches and can't tell the

difference now. I also did this with tea and the soft drinks didn't make a

big difference, I don't drink many of them anyway and I could drink the

caffeine free, I like the Diet Rite best.

December 18, 2003

Hey Max,

I was so addicted to Diet Coke and only gave it up once when I was

pregnant. Basically that is all I would ever drink. I almost never

had water or juice or milk. I knew I had a problem because of

that. I gave up caffiene for New Years this year and since I was so

addicted to it for so many years, it was really hard. I'm so glad I

gave it up and am pretty sure I will never go back to caffiene. I

would get terrible headaches if I didn't have my daily supply and I

was tired of being a slave to caffiene. It took me a long time to

get over the headaches and sluggishness. I took a lot of Advil (not

more than the suggested amount of course). Because it was so hard I

don't ever want to go through that again so no more caffiene for me.

When I first tried Caffiene Free Diet Coke, I hated it. It was just

a weak reminder of what I couldn't have. Now I drink about one can

a day. I drink water and juice and milk now, which I never did

before. I feel so much better and when I don't drink my water I can

tell I don't feel that great. I also buy Sugar Free Kool-Aid. I

sometimes drink Diet Rite since there are a few different flavors.

I wish you the best of luck and for me, it was so worth it.

Clarissa

211/196/113

> Oh the pain...........

>

> I know this is going to suck, because I've given up caffeine

before

> and it made me sick for a day or two. Cold turkey isn't the way

to

> go I'm sure, but I don't think that I'm disciplined enough to go

off

> it slowly. And just when I found the diet drink of all diet

drinks -

> Diet Mountain Dew!!!

>

> But then I got reading that caffeine farts around with your

insulin

> levels and makes it harder for the body to burn fat. So, here

goes

> caffeinated soda. Caffeine Free Diet Coke tastes a lot like it

> sounds. But without the Coke part. I'm doomed - but water isn't

so

> bad is it? Yeah, it is that bad. If it weren't - there wouldn't

be

> so many other things to drink.

>

> I'm ranting now. I have 1.4 lbs to go to get to a BMI that is

> below " Morbidly Obese. " Whoever thought I'd be happy to get into

the

> category " Very Obese? " But I am. It's a milestone.

>

> Max

> 340/288.4/184

December 20, 2003

> Max,

> I'm late in posting, been away from thea computer for

> a few days, but I continued to drink cffeinated drinks

> all the way to goal weight. It depends on the person.

> I'm with Charlie, I continue to drink them. It is

> just a personal decision. I drink water also, but I

> enjoy a good cold diet coke a couple of times a day!

>

> Lifetime since 1/3/03 (almost a year!!!)

I not only continued to drink them, but drink MORE coffee now than I

ever did before. (Probably the cause of my kidney stones.) It never

seemed to affect my weight loss.

I think it never hurts to try to see if something is causing you

problems, but it's also important to be honest with yourself in all

areas. Just an example from my husband. He decided that he'd read that

caffiene and diet sodas could slow down weight loss (which I don't think

is necessarily true for all people). So he says to me, " I haven't been

losing lately so I think I'm going to cut out diet Coke. "

Well I eat every meal but lunch with him and I know that he'd stopped

asking for no cheese on things when we go out, he eats VERY good at home

but if we do eat out he makes better choices, but not the best. The fact

is he'd let other areas of his nutrition slip and stopping drinking Diet

Coke wasn't going to help undo a chicken sandwich with cheese and french

fried onions and butter on it.

He tried it for awhile and it had no effect (duh). Finally he got honest

with himself when I pointed out that as we were discussing it he, he was

eating a burrito with cheese and if he'd just asked for no cheese that

would have been 3 less points right there.

He was frustrated and did what we all do at times, grasped onto

something he read. The truth is, if you read every " study " that comes

down the pike eventually you'll have to stop eating and drinking

altogether because for every one that says this, there's another that

disputes it saying THAT not far behind. Studies aren't perfect and one

study may be very important, or it may mean nothing. And even then, the

human body is different. For example it has been shown time and time

again (which proves a good study) that smoking is directly related to

increased lung cancer. Yet I bet we all know someone in our lives who

smoked for 45 years and finally died of natural causes at a ripe old

age. That doesn't mean that smoking doesn't cause cancer. That just

means that, for some reason, that person's body did not react to smoking

the way most people's bodies will.

The body is a curious thing. Now to finish my coffee.

December 20, 2003

Sounds like my sister. She doesn't lose any weight and says " I'm doing

all the right things.

Must be my metabolism " . Then you observe her in the restaurant or at a

family get-together

and she's doing many of the wrong things....

Mitch

Tory K wrote:

>Well I eat every meal but lunch with him and I know that he'd stopped

>asking for no cheese on things when we go out, he eats VERY good at home

>but if we do eat out he makes better choices, but not the best. The fact

>is he'd let other areas of his nutrition slip and stopping drinking Diet

>Coke wasn't going to help undo a chicken sandwich with cheese and french

>fried onions and butter on it.

>

>He tried it for awhile and it had no effect (duh). Finally he got honest

>with himself when I pointed out that as we were discussing it he, he was

>eating a burrito with cheese and if he'd just asked for no cheese that

>would have been 3 less points right there.

>

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All-Time High - 300

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Starting Weight - 281

Lost before Re-Joining WW - 25.2

Lost since Re-Joining WW - 71.0

Total Loss - 96.2

Current Weight - 184.8

Goal - 168

Pounds to Go - 16.8

December 20, 2003

I drink coffee off and on all day, but I also get my water in most

days. When I decided to embrace WW as a lifestyle change,

I decided to work it around caffeine, because I felt it was

unrealistic and unnecessary to give up caffeine.

I am a lifetime member who strayed for a bit, but caffeine

had nothing to do with that. I've since taken off the extra

pounds I put back on and have been slightly below

my goal weight for a few months now.

I admit I used to enjoy hopping on the scales and seeing a loss,

just as I enjoy seeing that I've maintained when I weigh now, but

I never expected it to happen over night ...and it doesn't.

No one food or beverage put the weight on us and omitting

one particular item won't take it off. It requires consistently & honestly

working the program until it becomes second nature

to us ...a lifestyle choice.

Happy Holidays Everybody!

Joy

I not only continued to drink them, but drink MORE coffee now than I

ever did before. (Probably the cause of my kidney stones.) It never seemed

to affect my weight loss.