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Originally posted by upncomer
I guess I am the exception to the rule - I have been drinking coffee since I was 5 (black - no cream or sugar). Mom thought it was ok and we never drank any pop (soda for everyone else ). So, I have grown up on coffee - always regular, never decaf. I can drink a pot of coffee at night and go right to bed - maybe wake up for a pit stop in the middle of the night, but nothing else.

When I started this WOE, I never cut down on my coffee - I still drink a POT in the morning and a POT in the evening. I also will drink 100 oz. of water in between. For some stupid reason, I usually always have a cup of something hot (coffee or tea) as well as a cup of something cold (usually water). I am what you call a two fisted drinker!

So, guys, don't beat me up - I am losing fine and feel great. I have given up smoking, drinking, and carbs - coffee is all I have left!

We must have been separated at birth -- you just described me to a T!

I didn't start at 5, but I did start drinking coffee at about 11 or 12 years old. For years I was at a two pot per day coffee addict. I could also drink coffee right up to going to bed and sleep fine. Since quiting smoking my coffee consumption seemed to decline to 4-6 per day. However, I have cut back on my coffee while on induction to 1 large coffee in the morning because too much seemed to make me constipated. Actually, I'm still constipated, so perhaps it wasn't the coffee afterall!