I have heard different opinions regarding coffee. Does it actually slow or prevent weight loss?

It has not stalled me at all. I only drink one cup in the morning though.

I am a college student and drink a lot of coffee. The Adkins site says that it causes sugar cravings, but I am not one that is prone to sweet tooth problems. I also have the endulge products for any weak moments.

I also drink 1 or 2 6oz. cups in the morning.... there is 0.7 grams of carbs in black coffee, so if you drink a lot of it you have to count those carbs, especially if you add cream and Splenda.... Cream is 0.8 per T. and

I think Splenda is a gram for each packet...( not 100% sure on this)

I did not realize there was actually carbs in coffee. I am so glad I found this site because just reading these threads have helped tremendously all ready. Thanks for the info.

I have continued to drink coffe, I just couldn't give it up

I don't know if it affected my loss, but since I am extremely happy with my results so far, I don't plan on giving it up to find out! I do stick to only one cup a day, with a tablespoon of cream and no sweetner.

Good luck Cicero!!

According to the most recent data from the USDA, coffee does NOT have carbs.

Check out this thread for more information.

JFF

ATkins was referring to the CAFFEINE in the coffee

Excellent news thank you. I was pretty concerned about that.

Hi

Yeah, if coffee doesn't have any calories, I don't see how it can have any carbs...

Sweetener packs usually add .5 g, and cream or milk add more.

I lost all of my weight while having one caffed coffee and one decaffed coffee during the first six weeks or so. Then I gave up trying to not drink caffeine. I was even having Starbucks Lattes for a while and maintaining my weight.

However, I am trying to get back to 20g carbs to lose a few more pounds, and for the volume of coffee I drink, sometimes it takes up 50% of my carb intake in a day (cream & sweetener).

Careful!!
M

I have forced myself to switch to black coffee. I want to save my carbs for food. One of my favorite treats is to sprinkle splenda over cream cheese and put it in a low carb wrap.

Here's some more info about coffee:

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=61930

When I was following Atkins, I tested this and found that I still lost at the same rate wether drinking coffee or not.