Hacker News Reader

Nicely done PStamatiou. I went thru the same crunch a couple of years ago and dropped bread, dairy, coffee etc and it made a world of difference.

I actually had the folks at the gym and some friends casually tell me to eat more food as I had taken it a bit too far. What happened was mostly me trying to find that sweet spot where you can get benefits from the gym and not overdo it on either side (weight too low versus weight too high).

View on HN

"I went thru the same crunch a couple of years ago and dropped bread, dairy, coffee etc and it made a world of difference."

What's the compelling reason to drop coffee? Coffee is nothing but brown caffeine water and caffeine is a safe, cheap appetite suppressant.

I love coffee, but when I go on a cutting diet, it makes me feel much more anxious than normal.

Coffee can actually be an appetite suppressant. I don't think there's any reason to drop coffee for weight loss, but you'll probably want to reduce the added sugar and cream.

And there's the problem. Most people don't drink just coffee, but instead some bastardized triple caramel pump, white chocolate mocha espresso.

For the record I like my coffee black (mmm espresso) and maybe a little milk :)

Reply on news.ycombinator.com