Coffee for Low-Carbers: What's the Story here?

Have you notice that a lot of very successful low-carbers consume huge heaping quantities of coffee?  Like -- almost all day long!

So what's you coffee story?

How much do you really drink?
What do you put in it?
How often do you drink it?

In the AM, I have six cups -- I mean, the pot says it's six cups -- of coffee.  I usually use it as a vehicle for some combination of Splenda, full or half-cream, Fox's sugar-free chocolate syrup, and/or evaporated full-fat milk.

When I get to work, I usually follow-up with another 6-cup pot of decaf. 

Now and then I switch over a few cups of tea -- but don't care for it that much.


What's interesting to me is, when I was a little girl my dad would drink a cup of coffee out of a coffee cup -- a real coffee cup, with a saucer.  And about six ounces WAS a cup.  We had a creamer, and a sugar bowl, and it was a relaxed but somewhat formal presentation.

Now we drink out of super-sized containers -- MUGS, or vente, grande, whatever .... and our concept of a serving of coffee is totally lost.


I never once saw my daddy put anything into his coffee but full cream or plain sugar. 

Hi, my name is Celeste and I am a coffee addict . . (first you have to admit the problem). 

Pre-WLS, I didn't drink as much, but now, yes, same as you I probably end up having a half a pot a day.

Usually two large cups first thing in the a.m. when I get to work, with splenda or truvia (2 packs) and sugarfree hazelnut creamer, oh and sprinkle of cinammon - yummy.  If I don't have the SF hazelnut creamer (or if it wasn't on sale - I know frugal) . . . I will use the SF syrups from the 99 cent store and half and half.

Then, if there is still some left in the pot after lunch (and my half-hour post eating wait), I will make a cup of "iced" coffee with the same ingredients - YUMMY. 

If there is still some left over at home when I get home, I MIGHT have another, but usually just the three large cups (which probably equates to 6 cups). 

If I don't have at least 2, I end up waking up in the middle of the night with a headache, so I "HAVE TO HAVE" the coffee or I will get a headache, and we really don't want that  - ahahahah.

I usually don't go anywhere else for my coffee - the cost upsets me, but if I have received a gift card to that lovely little place, I will spend it there - frugally, iced coffee with plenty of room for cream.

MMMM M.  Well, I will now go make me an iced coffee - the power of suggestion!

Hello,  i love my coffe.   I have at least 2 sometimes 3 cups of coffee,  however, my cup is probably 12 oz.  So technically probably 3- 4 cups (8 oz cups) I use coffee mate? might have to get some half and half,  and liquid stevia  (love it-- right now chocolate raspberry is my favorite flavor)   :o) Jeani

I am a coffee lover since childhood.  My habit was a pot a day but now its just a cup or two and most often decaf.  Generally black but I often make mocha with instant coffee and unsweetened cocoa powder, with or without unswetened almond milk.  Then there is my large expresso or an almond milk latte or cafe aulette.  I enjoy my coffee many differrent ways.  When I'm out its a soy latte or an americano or a double shot of espresso.  I can get it, sf chai tea soy latte with a double shot of espresso. 

I drink about 2 cups with lots of half and half, no sugar, no artificial sweeteners.  If I have it around I will squirt some whipped cream on top just for fun.

I don't like fru fru coffies.

I drink coffee all day everyday!  I will drink any way except black w/sweetner.  I start my day with a regular coffee (approximately 20 oz) w/creamer and sweetner.  There after I try to have just decaf and will drink it black or with creamer or with creamer and sweetner.  I have a keurig at home, at work and one to take if traveling.  

It is a real addiction for me.  The only reason I have decaf is because caffeine really bothers by fibristic cysts and it has shown  a real difference in my mamograms.

I can drink regular coffe up to bedtime and still not disturb my sleep. 

I have been a hard core coffee addict for some time. Prior to my surgery it was nothing for me to drink a few large iced coffees or iced lattes, a large frappacino or McDonald's frappe, a pot at home. I was always drinking it. I also suffered from anxiety attacks and panic attacks. After my surgery I had to quit cold turkey. I also noticed my anxiety was a lot better. After a few weeks my NUT told me I could have 2 cups of coffee a day so I did, measuring out 16 oz into my big mug and adding protein to it. And my anxiety got worse. I finally put 2 and 2 together and figured out that the caffiene was not helping my anxiety so I gave it up again and I haven't had to take a xanax since, about 6 months now. I don't think it's a coincidence. But I really miss it. I do drink decaf but as my daughter says what's the point? I have been considering trying a cup to see how I would react now but I'm afraid of having another panic attack. This is the longest I have gone without one.

I have a protein coffee in my huge travel mug every morning on my way to my store. I make a thick creamer style protein slurry with heavy cream, sf caramel torani syrup and 1 scoop anywhey unflavoured protein powder, mix it all in my blender ball cup and pour into my brewed coffee and stir. In the winter I use cinnamon dolce sf syrup too!!
This has 25g protein and it tastes like an indulgent latte!!

Nikki x

I LOVE coffee but rarely drink it.  Sometimes on the weekend I'll brew a cup of decaf.  My surgeon keeps telling me no caffiene.  I do indulge in a cup of Earl Grey every morning, then switch to either decaf tea or herbal tea for the rest of the day.  I have a difficult enough time going to sleep at night after a cup of caffiene tea at 6am, more would kill me.

I tried to love the protein decaf coffee but had to spit it out.  I just can't hang with any sort of sweetener in my coffee.  :(