Is Caffeine & Coffee OK for weight loss?

Yes but…

• Only if you drink a caffeinated cup of coffee within a hour before you workout so…
  • You can have more energy to workout harder and longer to burn more calories to lose weight faster and…
  • Caffeine helps your body use or burn mostly only fat for energy while you workout &…
  • As a Bonus: Caffeine increases your metabolism# and suppresses your appetite. See What is too much caffeine but also…
• Only if your coffee doesn't have a whole lot of extra added calories from creams & sugars and…
• Only if you drink about 1-to-2 cups of coffee per day so on the other hand…

No…

Its not okay to drink more than 1-to-2 cups of coffee because when trying to lose weight because in the long run…

Too much coffee and caffeine will only make you gain weight mainly by making you eat too much because…

• Caffeine increases the stress hormone cortisol and cortisol increase your cravings for sugary, salty & fatty foods that make you gain weight and…
• The sugars and creams you put in your coffee will cause your blood sugar levels to rapidly go up and then right back down making you hungry for more food and…
• The artificial sweeteners like Nutrasweet, Equal, & Sweet N Low that you use in your coffee will make you gain weight by also increasing your cravings (just like diet sodas do) and finally…
• Too much caffeine will also make your blood sugar levels go up and down quickly increasing hunger and also…

When you drink too much coffee…

• You're going to end up drinking too many calories that does nothing to satisfy your appetite and…
• When you're on a basic 1200-to-2000 calorie weight loss diet you don't want a large part of your diet made up of liquid coffee, soda and/or tea calories so basically…

If you want to lose weight while drinking coffee & caffeine…

• Drink no more than 1-to-2 cups of coffee per day and…
• Drink those 1-to-2 cups within 1 hour of working out to lose weight faster and…
• Limit the amount of sugar and creams you use or better yet…
• Use natural sweeteners like Sweetleaf, Sun Crystals, Stevia, Truvia or PureVia and…
• Avoid using the artificial sweeteners like Nutrasweet, Equal, Sweet N Low, Sweet Twin, Sugar Twin, Splenda, Sunett & Sweet One that make you gain weight but…

What is too much caffeine?

Well, that answer will vary from person-to-person but generally when it comes to burning fat faster…

• All you need is about 50-to-300mg of caffeine within an hour of working out to get the energy boosting & accelerated fat burning benefits and…
• More than 300-to-600mg of caffeine per day is too much because it may lead to side effects like nausea, headaches, trouble sleeping, nervousness, irritability or fast heartbeat but…

When you're trying to find out the right amount of caffeine for you…

• Start off with only 50mg, 1 cup of coffee, ½ can of red bull or ½ the serving size of your fat burner and…
• If that doesn't give you the energy boost you need then get more caffeine but…
• Once you get to a point where you need more than 300-to-600mg…
• You're going to have to bring your tolerance levels back down by not taking so much caffeine for next few days, weeks or months so you can continue to get an energy boost off the safer 50-to-300mg of caffeine because…

Your body gets used to caffeine very quickly &…

• Usually (depending on which study you look at) within 2-to-12 days of taking 50-to-300mg of caffeine daily the fat burning & energy boosting effects will wear off because…
• Your body has gotten used to or developed a tolerance to the 50-to-300mg of caffeine you're taking and…
• That's why your fat burners, cups of coffee and energy drinks stop giving you an energy boost because you use them too much without giving yourself a break from caffeine so again…
• Once you get to a point where you need more than 300-to-600mg…
• You're going to have to gradually stop using so much caffeine for a couple of days, weeks or months so you can reset or lower your tolerance to caffeine so that…
• You can go back to increasing your metabolism, burning more fat and getting a energy boost off the much safer 50-to-300mg per day.

Amount of caffeine in coffee, energy drinks & supplements

*Coffee & Teas

• Coffee brewed: 100mg
• Coffee dripped: 150mg
• Instant coffee: 50-to-100mg
• Starbucks Brewed Coffee: 180mg
• Starbucks Instant Coffee: 140mg
• Espresso 1 oz.: 40-to-75 mg
• Green Tea: 25-to-40mg
• Brewed Tea: 50-to-100mg
• Iced Tea: 10-to-30mg

*All amounts except espresso are based on 1 cup or 8 oz. serving sizes

Energy Drinks

• 5 hour energy 2 oz.: 138mg
• AMP sugar free 8 oz.: 74 mg
• Cocaine Energy Drink sugar free 8 oz.: 280mg
• Enviga 12 oz.: 100mg
• Full Throttle 16oz: 200mg
• Red Bull sugar free 8 oz.: 80mg
• Rockstar Zero Carb 16 oz.: 240mg
• Monster Zero Ultra 16 oz.: 135mg
• No Fear sugar free 8 oz.: 77 mg
• SoBe NO FEAR sugar free 8 oz.: 154mg
• VAULT Zero sugar free 8 oz.: 47 mg

*Supplements & Fat burners

• 4Ever Fit Caffeine: 200mg
• Cellucor C4 Extreme: 135mg
• Cellucor Super HD: 160mg
• JACK3D micro: 180mg
• Lipo 6x: 200mg
• Hydroxycut Hardcore: 270mg
• MusclePharm Shred Matrix: 150mg
• MuscleTech NeuroCore: 120mg
• Xenadrine XT: 270mg

*All amounts are based on serving sizes

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