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« on: September 02, 2011, 11:48:10 AM » |
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I am starting this tomorrow, and I have been already drinking quite a lot of water. I do have a question about other beverages, are we allowed anything like black coffee or iced tea?
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 03:23:23 PM » |
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I think everybody drinks tea, some of us drink a little coffee. Hard part for some is having them without the sugar. After a while you get use to it thou.
I drink about 2 hot green teas a day and a cup of coffee in the morning.
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2011, 12:22:12 AM » |
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I have a cup of decaff coffee once a day, and Red bush or Earl Grey sometimes too...... ( all without sugar)
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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2011, 09:33:11 PM » |
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You can also get green coffee beans too!
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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2011, 10:25:35 AM » |
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Thank you so much, I did not realize that there is such a thing as green coffee. I am trying to cut back, I am now drinking it black not cream. So far so good!  |
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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2011, 01:47:02 AM » |
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I have never drank tea or coffee. I was wondering about alcohol though?
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« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2011, 04:48:42 AM » |
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Alcohol should only be an occasional treat...... there's a bit of debate over what is the best choice of alcohol for the paleo lifestyle. In my opinion the right order is spirits----->wine------>beer.
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« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2011, 09:52:24 AM » |
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Ah thank you. Thats ok then, I don't drink a lot anyway, but I always drink spirits. They were the ones with less points when I tried weightwatchers last year.
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« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2012, 01:23:55 PM » |
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what about using honey as a suplement for sugar. i have question about oats as well and wheat germ and protein shakes. i just started this cavman diet and have pretty much only been drinking water and snackin' on fruits and was wonderin what my options were as far as tea goes. im from alabama sweet tea's hard to give up  |
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2012, 09:05:00 AM » |
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I'm new to the diet, but have lost 9lbs. in 5 days! Does anyone know if I can drink the occasional diet soda?
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2012, 02:17:43 AM » |
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Alex for stage one i guess a soda now and then is OK, but really by stage 2 they need to be gone.....diet sodas may not contain sugar but they have artificial sweetners, and other nasty gubbins , so best avoided :/
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« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2012, 09:21:46 AM » |
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4 days and I lost 6 pounds now!!!!
And I feel incredible.
So, some beers doesn't hurts?
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2012, 10:01:13 AM » |
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4 days and I lost 6 pounds now!!!!
And I feel incredible.
So, some beers doesn't hurts?
Moderation, I love beer but I keep it down to no more than a six pack a month. I guess there's the light beers, even a low carb beers now. Problem is my weakness is good dark heavy beers. If it's light beer or none at all, I'll drink none at all. I'm at the weight I want now thou. When I was working hard to lose weight I drank almost no beers, maybe one a month. |
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« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2012, 10:03:35 AM » |
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Honey is still sugar, if your trying to lose weight drop all sugar. Oats and wheat are grains, Paleos don't eat grains. Protein shakes are processed foods, Paleos avoid processed foods as much as possible. what about using honey as a suplement for sugar. i have question about oats as well and wheat germ and protein shakes. i just started this cavman diet and have pretty much only been drinking water and snackin' on fruits and was wonderin what my options were as far as tea goes. im from alabama sweet tea's hard to give up |
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2012, 09:19:56 PM » |
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So no sweet tea but green tea is good? I dont need to worry about coffee or alcohol.
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« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2012, 09:54:14 PM » |
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Any tea is OK is good for you, some studies point to more benefits from green tea. Sugar is the killer.
Try a little fresh lemon juice in your tea till you adjust.
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« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2012, 04:35:14 PM » |
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Yahoo on the wine! Good for the heart too, red that is. White wine gives me an instant headache and terrible heartburn. Interesting to think about it though. Red wines retains the skin of the grape. It is unnatural then to drink skinless white wine, yes? Beer, probably the best because you get full so quickly, at least I do. Two and I'm bloated and very annoyed.
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« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2012, 09:25:00 AM » |
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To ween off of soda - we will take 100% fruit juices and/or coconut water and mix it with seltzer water. It sounds funny - but it really works, trust me. We used to go through tons of Mountain Dew and Pepsi a week. They say if you are trying to lose weight, go easy on the fruit juice - however, this is a great transition from soda to water. We'd have the occasional "fake soda" in Phase 1 at night during dinner. It is extremely refreshing and you prefer that than soda. In fact, I tried to drink Pepsi with dinner the other day and it was unsuccessful. I didn't like it. yay! My favorite would be Pineapple, a little bit of cranberry and seltzer or just orange juice and seltzer. I highly recommend it if you are a soda addict |
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