caffeine as a stimulant and appetite suppressant

[MomOnBike]

All I know for sure is that if drinking tea makes a girl lose weight, I'd be skinny as a pencil. I'm not. I'm pretty sure tea is not a weight loss aid for me.

[RoadRaven]

Not sure about how much of an effect caffiene will have in a weight loss programme... but I can verify it has a marked impact on my metabolism in terms of alertness and endurance and ability to help me through/past pain barriers.

I don't drink it often, and about 10 days before an important time trial (specific discipline road race) I will not ingest caffiene at all. And then have caffiene about an hour before my start time... def notice a difference in my attitude, my focus and how wired I am for the event...

Maybe the relationship between coffee and weight loss is that for some people, they only drink coffee (and so lose weight) and for others a coffee is linked with sitting down and eating (and therefore gaining/maintaining weight)???