Does Coffee Halt Weight Loss?

Do you want to lose weight? Do you like drinking coffee? Do you sometimes think you’d get better results if you drank less of the good stuff?

Well maybe that’s the case.

If you normally drink it with milk and (or) sugar and cut back on either the milk or the sugar (or both) you’ll reduce your calorie intake naturally and you may see an effect on your weight.

If a lot of your coffees come from a coffee shop and are laden with creams and syrups reducing the number you buy will almost certainly help reduce your calorie intake.

Even with black coffee you may find you sleep a bit better if you cut back and as getting enough sleep is helpful when it comes to both weight loss and training intensity you might see a small benefit there.

But it’s not all clear cut.

Coffee can sometimes act as an appetite suppressant so cutting back may affect your appetite a bit at first, if you’re also adding in pre workouts to replace a pre gym black coffee you might even end up consuming slightly more calories.

If you’re using caffeine for energy in lieu of actual food you might want to look at how you’re fuelling your body rather than using coffee as a lifeline. It might be low calorie but it’s nutritional value is never going to rival that of real food.

Essentially, whilst there may be benefits they might well be minimal and if you like the taste of coffee and are drinking black coffee or coffee with milk and no sugar the benefits of cutting it out might just not be worth it.