How to Drink Coffee for Weight Loss
Well, is it?!
Earlier today, while recording the latest episode of The Millennial Weight Loss Podcast, I was reminded of a client of mine from a few years back..
She’d really taken my nutritional protocol to heart, and yet, she’d gone two weeks without losing any weight!
When this happens, my mind goes to a few different places so that I can help my clients to get the needle moving again:
1) Is the client drinking something throughout the day that can contribute to this plateau?
2) Is the client suffering from a hormonal deficiency that’s making weight loss difficult?
3) Is the client lying to me about what he/she is eating?
Being that this client was trustworthy, I knew Question 3 was not the answer.
The client had told me that she had recently had her bloods done, and that everything had checked out OK.
While this doesn’t always mean that she’d be in the clear, I didn’t want to go down the hormonal path unless the stall continued for a few more weeks…
This led me to ask her Question 1, and it turns out that it was her coffee that was doing her in!
How? Let me explain.
My client had been frequenting Starbucks…
She’d been having trouble sleeping (something that in and of itself that could have been contributing to this plateau, now that I think about it!), and she’d been picking up 2–3 Mocha Frappuccinos per day!
Why does this matter?
Let’s check out the nutritional information for a Tall (aka small) Mocha Frappuccino from Starbucks according to the popular nutrition tracking app, MyFitnessPal:
What’s 41 grams of sugar multiplied by three of these beverages per day?
123 grams of ADDED sugar, on the reg!!!
Even if she ate an incredibly low-carb diet, that is wayyy too much sugar to expect to lose weight…
In fact, it was amazing that she wasn’t GAINING during this time, and that she had just plateaued!
So, how did I tell her to take her coffee? And how should you?
For starters, order it black. Don’t reduce the amount of sugar, milk, or cream. Just black.
Avoid cream, since there’s a great amount of scientific debate about whether or not dairy is inflammatory. If there’s not definitive proof, I’d steer clear for the time being…
If you’d like to sweeten your coffee, I’d recommend either stevia leaf extract powder, or monk fruit.
Starbucks has a blend of both at every location, and both can easily be found in your grocery store.
Should you want to boost lipolysis (the process wherein your body is using its fat stores as its primary fuel source), you might want to consider adding MCT Oil into the coffee, as well.
Short for Medium Chain Triglycerides, MCT Oil is derived from coconuts, and is a high-fat oil that will boost your energy levels while keeping your fuller for longer.
Due to its high fat content, the Insulin-Resistance Cycle is not going to be stimulated upon ingestion, enabling your body to continue to feed off of your fat stores -Provided, of course, that you didn’t eat a high-carb meal or snack prior to ingesting the MCT Oil.
If you’d like to check out today’s episode of The Millennial Weight Loss Podcast, the video is now up on YouTube here:
Ep 10: How to Drink Coffee for Weight Loss
Have a great night! Chat with you soon :-)
Sincerely,
Pete Weintraub
pete@weightlossbypete.com
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