I often think dietary restrictions and recommendations are a bunch of bs. When someone comes out suddenly and says caffeine is bad for you, after people have been drinking it for a thousand years, i just shine them on. I drink coffee every day and have for forty years. I only drink one cup in the morning, but it's a ritual with me, like the Japanese tea ceremony. I have a beautiful drip Chemex pot, nice filters, great coffees in many different roasts, a grinder and I measure the water and coffee before I drip it over the freshly ground coffee. I drink it like I'm praying and appreciate every little sip.
But if you have a coffee habit and will drink any coffee any time, you might want to examine that. Eating and drinking should be conscious and purposeful. Everything that goes into my body is evaluated for its ability to benefit my body, but that doesn't mean I don't eat junk food once in a while. I am just very aware of my body, its musculature, its fat and flab, its strength, its ability to keep up with my mind's racing desires. Its the thing that makes me happiest in the world. I am forever grateful that I was allowed to have RYGB surgery and to lose weight like I did. I didn't even know how much fun it would be to make regular trips to the Y for exercise and swimming, head out on solo canoe trips around big lakes and hike mile-high mountains.
That's just me, though. We all have our reasons for losing weight and they're not all the same. When a member here has a success, an improvement in health, a significant weight loss, I get all warm and fuzzy for them, but they don't know it. I'm truly proud of them, especially if they started out twice my size. Obesity is obesity, no matter your number. I love to hear your success stories, especially the people who were so imperiled before.
Take every dietary no-no or yes-yes with a huge grain of salt. Of course people on Keto are going to tell you it's the best thing, and people who follow WW will say it's the best, and people like me will say weight loss with exercise is the best. You have to figure out what's best for you. And drinking a whole pot of coffee every day might just be your thing, no problem. The Internet has practically ruined the truth about everything, including what's good and bad to eat.
