Morning Coffee??

Love my morning cup.  I only have 1 cup a day (who cares if that's a 16-20 oz cup) but I can't live without it.  Changes perspective on everything.  I've managed to wean myself from diet coke but I still need something diet and bubbly in the afternoon (sprite, rootbeer, orange). 

Sarah

I am a coffee junkie.  I drink 2-3 large cups in the morning, about 2/3 of a pot.  Then usually iced coffee or an espresso drink of some kind in the afternoon. sometimes 2. If for some reason I can't have my coffee I bust out the diet Mt. Dew.

I look at it this way...

At age 28 I was smoking 2 packs a day, living on junk food especially fast food, and I couldn't pass the Navy PRT (1.5 mile run in 16:00 minutes, I couldn't do it.)  I have no idea what my bodyfat was but I NEVER exercised and I weighed about 20 lb more than I do today. 

Now I'm 35, I don't touch fast food, try to have moderation with chips and sweets, exercise daily, a 1.5 mile run is too short to even bother with, tossed the smokes years ago, and stay at about 18% bodyfat.

NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE, CAN CONVINCE ME TO GIVE UP MY CAFFEINE. IT'S MY LAST BAD HABIT AND I'M KEEPING IT!

OMG those are SOOOO good!  They do bad bad things to my ulcers so I haven't bought any for a while...but since i live right around the block from the world's GREATEST coffee shop (Wilson's on Washington Ave in West Racine if anyone is ever here).  They sell both dark and milk chocolate varieties.  Time to go for a walk I think...mmmm...

Gwendal, WHY do you cut up the no-doz?  Why not just pop them?  (um, well, like some of us do...)

Count me in, one large coffee, black every morning. Sometimes that's the only thing in me when I work out. I didn't think I wsa addicted to coffee, but this past weekend changed my mind. ON sunday I went out early for a 3 hour ride and a 45 min run right after. Basically had a quick breakfast before I left, but no coffee. After I got home and showered, I noticed I had the worst splitting headache. Figured it was from the workout, since it was so hot out, and I probably got a little dehydrated. So after downing a bunch of fluids I stil had the headache. Finally I realized, I never had coffee that morning. As soon as I brewed a cup and had about a 1/4 of it, the headache was completely gone.

 Chris

Must have it! I drink at least 2 HUGE cups every morning. I guess I'm a high-maintenance coffee drinker.  I like to brew French roast really strong and then heat up about 5 ounces of skim milk in the microwave.  This is how I know if I'm really friends with someone: when they ask how I take my coffee- I know they're not on my real friend list if I say, "oh, I just take it black"- but if they really are a friend I first ask if they have skim milk, would they mind if I heat it.  I don't understand my aversion to milk fat in my coffee- I love the richest ice cream I can find, but anything heavier than skim milk in my coffee makes it taste like there's butter floating in it.

Debi

Hey, that's not a bad idea...mind if I steal it?

I used to do the same thing...these days I stick with straight vanilla or chocolate Designer Whey.  Which also goes well with coffee and ice

If you're weird then we both are.  I don't track actual mg but I've been known to walk into Wilson's and order "Double latte, with 1 shot of decaf since I had a cup already this afternoon"

I carry them in the little pocket of purse (which is the size of a wallet anyhow). 

Ithink we are sisters...

coffee is without a doubt an addictive drug. just like nicotine and alcohol, this one happens to be socially acceptable (and thank GOD for that!!)

i need it to wake up - not to perform athletically. on a race morning i would drink the same amount as i normally do just to prevent drowning in the swim!

Guilty here too.  I have to have at least one cup of coffee  day, or I get these really bad headaches by early afternoon if I miss it in the morning.

I try to limit it to one 12 oz cup each morning.  And no sugar or sugar like stuff in mine, I like mine straight up with a splash of cream (splash, not 1/2 cup full).

*sigh*  is it that bad to have one little indulgance every day?  I gave up my glass of wine a night, so this does not seem so bad.