I asked this question in another thread and was directed to this one. The info given makes sense, I guess, but my MRC center allows 1 caffeinated drink per day. I'm going with it. I have 1 cup of coffee every morning.

I dont think you should worry about 1 cup. I have 2 in the morning. Go for it. Just drink your water too! And interesting that your center allows one a day!

I definitely drink all my water. Yeah, my center said it was a pretty recent change to allow 1 per day. Now, I'm not supposed to have creamer or sugar in it (artificial sweetener okay; they recommend Splenda) but I do have 1.5 tsp of fat free creamer and I don't like Splenda so I use 1 packet of stevia which has a little bit of carbs in it. I tried to cut the creamer altogether but as I stared at my black cup of coffee, I thought to myself that I have cut every other thing I love out of my diet and while I can cut my creamer in half, I can't cut it out. I'd rather cut the coffee out altogether. (I did that with soda...they said I can have caffeine-free, diet and I'd rather not have any at all.) Anyway, I feel like I'm doing well on this plan and my center is okay with it but said that if I come to a point where I'm at a plateau and they can't figure anything else out on my food log, they will tell me to cut the creamer.

i drink a cup of Lite coffee in the am (1/2 the caffeine) Folgers or Maxwell House - i buy it in the small bags. one counselor said the lite was ok but another one said no coffee.. sometimes i'll take the left over coffee and mix w/ my Chocolate or vanilla protein shake. but i can't have more than 2 cups a day, makes me too jittery and want to eat to counteract that. alot of times i'll mix a tsp. of the cappucino or hot chocolate protein mix instead of creamer.. i like my coffee black though but if i'm craving choc., this makes a nice mocha drink.

@ 1bighog
definitely drink all my water. Yeah, my center said it was a pretty recent change to allow 1 per day. Now, I'm not supposed to have creamer or sugar in it (artificial sweetener okay; they recommend Splenda) but I do have 1.5 tsp of fat free creamer and I don't like Splenda so I use 1 packet of stevia which has a little bit of carbs in it. I tried to cut the creamer altogether but as I stared at my black cup of coffee, I thought to myself that I have cut every other thing I love out of my diet and while I can cut my creamer in half, I can't cut it out. I'd rather cut the coffee out altogether. (I did that with soda...they said I can have caffeine-free, diet and I'd rather not have any at all.) Anyway, I feel like I'm doing well on this plan and my center is okay with it but said that if I come to a point where I'm at a plateau and they can't figure anything else out on my food log, they will tell me to cut the creamer.

You just made my day concerning the creamer in the coffee...I have cutout all sodas, but my coffee (and I only have 1 cup in the mornings) was really gonna be a tough one especially black coffee (can't drink it black at all), but i am getting use to the sweetner. I will try the lite creamer and hope it works for me..

Michelle

I'm the same way. I have gone to decaf and I only need 1/2 - 1 packet of Splenda but I have to have cream. I have cut down to 1 Tbs for a cup. Maybe I could cut it down a bit more but I'd rather do without than drink it black. And as limited as this diet is, I see my coffee as a treat. I'll keep it up unless I plateau and don't see anything else wrong.