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adwred · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject:

Yuck. Crappy coffee!

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Dustyboy · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

Alright darn it, what do you drink? I really think coffee is like cigars when I first started with the stogies I found that I could smoke the cheap ones or the expensive ones and not be able to tell the difference now my pallet is more refined. I just now started with foldgers. Red, do you know if there are AS in flavoured coffee beans? I have scoured the internet and can't find an answer.
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adwred · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

I drink an organic coffee called 'Kicking Horse' from British Columbia, here in Canada, but any good-quality (organic) coffee bean that you grind yourself is ideal.

No I don't think there are any sweeteners in flavoured coffee. Just chemical flavourings.
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Dustyboy · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject:

Chemicals hunh? That sounds bad, kinda like the diet coke I am in the process of kicking.
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adwred · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I don't recommend them.
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Dustyboy · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

O.k. pikachu, where are you? how are you doing without the Coke? Don't be afraid to admit you slipped just look at E.! He admits he's gonna slip before it happens. Well I think this is day five, yeah, yeah day five I did not have one Friday morning. I am still getting caffeine through coffee even though Red says its crap Cry

I will upgrade my coffee I think.
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Dustyboy · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject:

Well it is day six and I think I am alone, E. are you still here? (sigh) oh well. I feel great today, I feel like a new man. I just realized that I now have nothing sweet to eat, ever. It is to the point where eggs and even plain ol' water seems to have a sweet taste to them. There is one more day in the seven day challenge but I am not looking back. Cool

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Carnation · Top Carnivore Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 3586

That's great, Dusty! It's a big achievement to finally kick sweet tastes.

Dustyboy · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject:

Thanks Carnation, yeah I kicked the sugar free Jello, the whipping cream in a can and I guess I will stop drinking the flavored coffee beans as well, I am not really hooked on them anyway. I don't know maybe I will try and cut out coffee but it has benefits you know. I am still not sure about that one. I have only been drinking it since I quite the Coke so that I could still have some caffeine. Do you do o.k. without it? It helps me before I go to the gym I know. Roll Eyes

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Carnation · Top Carnivore Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 3586

First of all, I have to say I am so please to hear you've kicked the artificial sweeteners. I know some people use them and are satisfied, but I swear they scare the crap out of me, most of them were "discovered" when some scientist accidentally licked their fingers while working with chemicals designed for other uses.

Sorry, I've never been a coffee drinker. The stuff gives me a killer stomach ache, even decaf. I was, however, a huge iced tea drinker, like nonstop, all through the day, addict. I wanted to end my caffeine addiction, so tried decaf tea, which tasted like sock water, so ended up quitting altogether. I still miss it. But I find as long as my water is ice cold, I'll drink plenty of it. So, I always keep a few jars of it in the fridge.

I honestly think that if the coffee keeps you happy, then for now, you should stay with it. You've made a lot of big changes lately, given up a lot of comfort foods. Give yourself a little while, maybe a few months, of coffee drinking, and then if you want to give it up, have a go at it. Or not.

johndela1 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject:

Anyone read about the shangri la diet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shangri-La_Diet

The researcher behind this diet has concluded that artificial sweeteners raise our set point and cause us to want to eat more. He claims that eating something that has taste with no calories leaves a void of some sort that our body wants to fill.

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Dustyboy · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject:

Well here we are day seven, just me and E. as far as I can tell. I am dumping my left over diet coke. I bought some organic coffee beans and I ground them myself this morning and guess what? It taste just like Folgers! Hammer

Oh well it is fun grinding the beans anyway. I added a little bit of heavy cream to it, I eliminated dairy from my diet, except for butter, for a while for the fun of it I guess but I am putting it back little by little.
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adwred · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject:

You're kidding me! Are your taste buds broken???
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Dustyboy · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject:

Apparently. It sucks to be me.
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Erasmus · Hunter Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 142

Brain... gone.... adding 1 diet pepsi day and good the rest of the time, however many days it was...

-E

Erasmus · Hunter Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 142

Adding 1 good day and 1 pepsi day. Where'd ya go, Dusty?

pikachu · Virgin Viper Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 12

I'm back. I went on vacation with my mother in law and had standard american diet the whole time. Ick.

I have a hard time on zero carb, and feel deprived a lot. I love Diet Coke so much that it makes me feel even more deprived to not have that too. It makes me sad to think about giving it up.

I know that it's not good for me at all, but I can't seem to make myself stop. I keep telling myself at least it's not crack or gambling or some other addiction.

Sigh.

Carnation · Top Carnivore Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 3586

Pikachu, don't give up hope. I am really not a fan of artificial sweeteners, never have or will ingest them, and won't let my family either. However, if having your diet coke helps make the transition to zero carb easier, then have it. You can always cut it out later, once you've adjusted to your new WOE. Some people can go cold turkey, some people take baby steps, neither way is wrong. Smile

Dustyboy · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

I am around I just got a little sick for a couple of days (not diet Coke related I assure you) I am off the hard stuff and doing well. I have adapted to coffee quite well. Should I quit the coffee? Probably, but that is a challenge for another time you gotta eat and drink something and right now coffee is doing the job. Cool

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SandyDown · Top Cat Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 257

Hey, for the last couple of days, by complete chance went with a friend for a coffee first thing in the morning ( added 2T of cream) , then had another a couple of hours later (mid-morning) am talking decaf coffee second time... then had lunch and etc.... i didn't even remember i didn't have diet coke till this afternoon which is almost 2 days after, aint that weird... Ok seems I was going for the diet coke because of the caffeine, so because I had some caffeine in the first cup in the morning, I didn't crave the diet coke at all....what do you guys think? what is worse, drinking diet coke or caffeinated coffee first thing? I know its ideal to quit both, but what is the worst of two evils?

Avalon · Top Carnivore Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 3326

My guess would be the coke. It eats away at your teeth or so I've heard.

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adwred · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject:

OMG coffee, hands down. Depending on who you believe, coffee at least has some health benefits, but I haven't heard anyone singing the praises of diet coke.
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phoenix7 · Hunter Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 212

Personally I would say ditch the coke Grin

and try to get rid of the coffee by substituting with green tea. Just my 2 cents Cool

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Besides you live in the UK right, tea is everywhere Wink

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To be honest, I like having my coffee (especially in the morning) and some dark chocolate flavored with coffee Cool

during the day, so I understand completely Yup

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When I've had a good nights' rest, there is less craving for cafein, well duh Grin

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adwred · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

I personally wouldn't suggest replacing with tea, since tea is much higher in phenols and highly reactive, but that's just me. Wink

And we're talking about health here, too - not just appetite suppression. If you're going to give up coffee, then just give up coffee.
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