Giving up Coffee? OMG

Ok, so I love coffee. I used to hate it, then I became a shift-worker, and the evitable formed.

Now, I should mention that I generally find coffee bitter and my archilles heel is the sugar I put in it... my usual coffee at Timmy's for example is 2 milk 2 sugar.

Since meeting with the nutritionist, I have set a goal to either eliminate coffee from my diet -or- eliminate the sugar that I put in it...and since coffee and the sugar are married in my mind, I can't see a way out...

Eeek! Has anyone else tried to give up coffee? Or has anyone used Stevia instead of sugar and found that an adequate substitute?

Curiously yours,

Why not switch to decaf first? Depending on how much coffee you drink you may find that easier. It's the caffiene that you need to cut. I tried Stevia not a fan. I tend to use Splenda if needed. Actually I drink my coffee black.You can try switching every second one to decaf to avoid the caffiene withdrawal

I drink the decaf now. I don't like the bitter of the stevia, but will try splenda.
You are so animated in your typing, you must be a hoot in person. lol

Before my surgery I used to have double-doubles from anywhere that sold coffee... since surgery I only drink tall skinny lattes from starbucks (think there is only 1 in Sudbury.. in Indigo store?) I was told by NUT that this is the better choice (for me) since I'm getting calcium from the milk and the kick from expresso 

Grin,

Hi my name is Myke and I have a coffee problem...

I learned to drink decaf coffee and am known at my local Starbucks as "decaf tall nonfat latte" or "iced decaf tall nonfat latte" in the summer...

The lattes give you the added nutrition of the skim milk, a little extra calcium and protein...if it's a particularly bitter shot, I may add Splenda.

I an a diehard coffee drinker. I love tIms and my keurig. It was surprisingly easy to switch to decaf

I switched from sugar to splenda 4 years ago when I was diagnosed with diabetes.  Normally I had 2-3 large cups each day.

This year, in preparation for wls, I cut back to one cup per day, well, most of the time.  The surgery is in November, so last week I switched to one cup of tea in the morning in place of my coffee for less than 1/2 the caffeine. I also find I don't quite drink to the last drop, like I do with coffee.

This week I managed to skip the tea, so I'm drinking water only.  No caffeine withdrawals at all!  If I had noticed any symptoms when I switched to tea, I probably would have added an intermediary step of using half decaf coffee, or something like that.

My big problem with coffee isn't the sweetening, it's the cream.  I hate it with milk, so I preferred to switch right to tea, which I like with 1% milk (and no sweetener).

Good luck with the changes!

Sharon

Toni, I've never been a coffee drinker but I drink 3-4 strong cups of tea each day & I always used powdered creamer & sugar in it. I switched to decaf tea with no difference in flavour & used Splenda instead of sugar. I've cut way back on my creamer & am trying to give it up as well, but haven't yet.  Try switching to decaf coffee & Splenda & that should help you a bit.

Deb

I tried to quit coffee half a dozen times before WLS, and was finally able to give it up Jan 1 of this year (had surgery in April).  I first gradually switched to decaf, as caffeine withdrawal can be very nasty; killer headaches and some major irritability.  So I started increasing the amount of decaf that I put in the coffee maker at home, and cutting back on the caf at work over a period of about a month.  Now I have a decaf coffee maybe once a week, and it's usually a NF latte or cafe au lait.  And I always use Splenda; no aftertaste, and it's very much like sugar.  BTW, Loblaws now has a generic version (sucralose) that's cheaper than Splenda and is exactly the same.

Good luck kicking the coffee addiction!  It's worth it for WLS.

Hi...I'm a black coffee drinker...from a way back...after WLS I tried the decaf route...just don't like the taste....now...I'm trying to limit myself to 2 before lunch...but I find I'm waking up with a caffine headache!!  yuck!!  So I'm trying to figure out whats next....hope the Dr's don't tell me stop completely!! that would be hard...cause I really like my coffee....Patti K.