How can you cut down on caffine?

Question

How bad is it for you if you want to loose weight?

I'm worried about the tiredness and HEADACHES!

Answer 1

I had to cut down on caffeine some years ago when I was overdosing on Starbucks and got an irregular hearbeat on a few occasions. This was scary enough for me to immediately cut down to one coffee per day at the most, and not a large one at that. You have to really exercise your will power to withdraw from coffee.

Answer 2

I had to cut down on caffeine for health reasons. Try using 50/50 coffee or buying decaf and reg and mixing them. I started out with 4 scoops reg and 1 scoop decaf for the first week. Then 3 and 2 etc. I'm okay with 50/50, but can't give up anymore caffeine than that! At least it cuts it in half. As for weight loss, caffeine doesn't contain any calories, but does make you retain fluids. I drink a lot of water, so this isn't a problem for me. I also would think it depends on your caffeine consumption. If it's a couple cups a day then you should be fine. 2 pots a day like me, you might want to drink a lot of water. Hope this helps

Answer 3

Try going half-caff. That's what my mother did when she wanted to cut back. They now sell half-caff coffee mix, so when she wanted to cut down, she did "quarter-caff" and mixed half of the half-caff with the decaf. Soon you'll be all the way to decaf and you'll hardly notice!

Caffeine is an appetite suppressant, so it actually won't be that detrimental to a dieter, but it's a nasty drug that you don't want to be dependent on.

Answer 4

If you still love your starbucks try going Half Caff and work your way down to Decaf,also watch tea and soda levels.

Answer 5

maybe you just have to face the headaches. But try not to do it in summer because you could faint with fatigue.