Don't worry.

Caffeine increases basal metabolic rate and is a mild diuretic (although not enough to offset the liquid in the coffee). Thus, just like smokers, coffee drinkers often gain weight after quitting. Don't worry about the scale, worry about the mirror :)

There's a show, you may have heard of it, called Supersize vs Superskinny. It's where one overweight/obese and a underweight person swap diets.

I've watched a ton of episodes and there are a few of the underweight people who said they drink coffee/tea/ energy drinks at-least 4 times a day. The drinks often numbed their hunger, similar happens with people who smoke alot of cigarettes. When they swapped diets ( stopped having any of those drinks), their appetites increased.So it could be a possibility that, drinking coffee numbed your appetite to some extent, and now that you're off the coffee, your appetite has grown a bit.

But i'm sure it will normalise! Just remember to eat a bit slow, and listen to your body's signals, telling you that you've had enough.

I get bad reactions from caffeine too! I would get super anxious and can even shake from a coffee :/

What was your reason for giving up "coffee," specifically, and not giving up "caffeine"? I ask this because decaffinated coffee still has a small amount of caffeine. Chocolate has caffeine. If you're still drinking 3-5 cups of coffee per day, albeit decaf, you're still potentially consuming a fair amount of caffeine. Were you trying to give up caffeine completely or just cut back? Numbers can be found here: http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database

I gave up caffeine--not coffee--in stages after I finally had to admit to myself that even a latte in the very early morning was affecting my sleep in subtle ways. I switched to decaf first, then switched completely to herb tea. Then I ceased my consumption of chocolate (sob). I didn't gain weight after eliminating caffeine, perhaps because I did it gradually, but I definitely felt hungrier for a little while (my latte served as a midmorning "snack" of sorts). I'd say it took about six weeks for my hunger levels to return to where they were with caffeine.

I wouldn't overestimate the effect that caffeine was previously having on your metabolism if I were you. The half life of a dose of caffeine in the body is about four hours, and estimates I've read of the increase say it would be a change of about 50 calories in that four hours (this link is a crappy source but it's consistent with more authoritative stuff: http://voices.yahoo.com/can-coffee-safely-raise-metabolism-weight-loss-10890739.html, I'll see if I can find a better one). That's not enough of a metabolism change to explain ten pounds in six weeks, particularly if you have not completely eliminated your caffeine intake because you are still drinking decaf. Parenthetically, I think it's about as hard to change one's metabolism as it is to build muscle--that is, it's really hard. Caffeine is highly prized in the endurance sports world for a boost before a hard workout or a competition, but the effects are not regarded as long-lasting. I do still miss that cup of coffee immediately before a six a.m. spinning class. Sigh. I have more sympathy for addicts now, talking about this makes me miss it.

More likely, your previous caffeinated coffee intake served as an appetite suppressant, and the ten pounds arrived when you stopped routinely suppressing your appetite.

May 11, 2013

I quit coffee and decaf coffee eleven months ago and gained about 15 pounds. My blood pressure is high but I have been under a lot of stress.

My face looks less puffy and I look about 10 to 15 years younger. I look twenty five years younger when I juice with organic beets/kale and carrots etc.

I sleep better, make much less cognitive mistakes, see the world completely differently, am much more spiritual (enjoy the small things and the moment), and my short temper has eradicated greatly.

These are just some of the benefits. Now, I just have to lose the weight. I was eating a lot of coconut oil which I stopped which may have (or may not have) contributed to the weight.

I am not doing any cardio exercise at the moment but plan to.

Yes, I have definitely struggled with my weight since I dropped coffee - but ditching coffee also coincided with no more heavy cream and sugarless sweeteners, such as xylitol, luo han and even saccharin (yeech, I know). I can't tolerate any of those, nor did I want to do fake-o sweeteners anyway, but unfortunately the coffee + cream + coconut oil without sugar was fantastic for suppressing appetite and keeping me full for hours, ketogenically. I really don't feel happy unless I indulge my sweet tooth a little here and there, but now that means just table sugar, and I really need to be LC to VLC to lose weight.

Even though they say that you shouldn't drink your calories, I've always found there was something very satisfying about a cup of coffee with cream (especially with added fat). The only substitute I've found so far, even though it does goof with me intolerance-wise, is cocoa processed with alkali which I find somewhat tolerable (the alkali reduces phenols which I'm sensitive to) and I've also been doing sort-of-ok with homemade hazelnut milk (hazelnuts soaked with ascorbic acid, then cooked in a pressure cooker and blanched - I assume this, as is the case with beans, reduces phytates and phenols. So far so good). So, while it ain't helping me directly with ketosis, a cup of cocoa with hazelnut milk and a small amount of sugar really helps with cravings and tastes pretty damn good. Having something like this can help with that bottomless-pit feeling from not satisfying cravings here and there. I have to really factor it into my diet carb-wise though; to control appetite the main thing now is keeping carbs low and not letting something like this throw that off. No idea if this helps, but if I didn't have anything chocolate or coffee-like sometimes I'd go insane.

I switched to decafe coffee about 6 months ago. Nothing else changed in my diet but I have gained about 10 pounds and it's awful. I cut the caffeine because I had an episode with my heart and the doctor told me to. Now he's harping on me for the weight gain. When I told him I thought it was because I switched to decafe, he did say that it could be what caused it and suggested I try to have one or possibly 2 cups of regular coffee then decafe after that. I'm going to try it and see if it helps. I do know that switching to decafe has definitely affected my energy level. I never used to want to nap but now I find everytime I sit down, it's all I can do to keep my eyes open.

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I gave up coffee and most caffeine because I feel like it makes me sick and it drives me nuts all days. I noticed that I've gone from about 98lbs to 101. So I'd say I'm in the same boat as you!