Thread: NEW Green Tea Challenge

Because Barb told us to! LOL! Seriously, Green Tea has many benefits, two of which are thermogenic (helping weight loss) and cancer-fighting. It has been proven to kill certain types of cancer cells. Also has a lot of antioxidants. Plus, it tastes good!

Thanks for the info on Stash. I was wondering what it was! And I just finished my 3rd 16-oz cup. Use two bags per cup. That's a whole lotta tea bags. And Sharon, I have switched to mostly Stevia with one drop of Splenda. I do think that has helped me in the cravings department. I am drinking more today because I plan on finishing up Char's (or was it Betty's?) Pulled Pork BBQ tonight. That stuff seems to add a half pound to me every time I eat it! That recipe is to die for!

Thanx for the Praline info! I can't say that I would have guessed correctly - candy? That wasn't even on my guess list

Outofcontrol........First of all, welcome to LCE!!!!!! If you are a newbie to Low Carbing, you've picked the BEST online support forum in the world!!! Everyone here is more than willing to help you get your LC lifestyle going.

Green Tea has been shown to help augment weight loss programs. Here's a link to the original thread that I started a while back. Feel free to read all about it there and then come and join us here if you want to jump on board the Green Tea Train!!!

Original Green Tea Thread

And as Alida said before, there are MANY great health benefits with green tea besides the weight loss benefits. It is chock full of antioxidants, which will help the body to prevent cancer. It has also been touted by Dr. Nicholas Perricone (The Perricone Promise) on Oprah to help slow down or even reverse the effects of aging.

So, hop on board, we're always glad to have another Tea drinker along for the ride!!!!!

Finishing 3rd mug...will prolly do one more(decaf, of course) before bedtime

on my second mug today...will finish this one and one more...I am still trying to figure out how to keep it around all day...our office is SOOOO cold now that after half an hour in there...you can't feel your fingers anymore...and Friday I am down there all day with no reprieve and no one to talk to!

outofcontrol: welcome to LCE and the Green Tea board. I recently posted a link to a Lifescript article. I thought you may want to read it (and others that may have missed it) so here it is:

http://content.lifescript.com/comm/N...s/12-02-04.htm

Check it out....the benefits are amazing! Millions of beautiful, youthful looking Asian women over many centuries can't be wrong!

Got in my four cups before noon...but I made a mistake. It wasn't decaf. I paid for it by feeling shaky, grouchy and sick to my stomach all day. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought this stuff. I saw the green package and my brain thought "decaf". I really need to be more careful.

Oh Melissa - that's just awful. I have done that same thing myself. I bet you won't make that mistake again!

I've been sticking with the green tea thing pretty well. For me its been easier to drink it in the huge mugs. I forget during the course of the day, so have to make up for it in the evenings, just goes down quicker, plus I'm not constantly running to the kitchen to get more.

Today I had a raspberry quince tea. It was really good. But I don't think it was decaf either. Ugh. That may be why I'm still up now. I noticed that when the boss bought green tea for the office he got regular. Oh well, there's still plenty of decaf and I just bought a 60 bag package. It was the thought that counts.

Sharron:

Where did you find the info about peppermint? I'm all about things that help me from taking meds (especially since they keep pulling them from the market), and make me feel better.

Tina, here's a link to our Herb Talk Thread. It kinda went by the wayside, so I'll bump it for you and give you a link here. Herb Talk Thread If anyone wants to discuss herbal remedies feel free to add to the discussion there. I'm sure Sharron wouldn't mind getting that thread started again. I sure as heck wouldn't mind!!!

I either got in 4 or 5 cups yesterday, I don't know, I lost count.

BTW, peppermint helps aid in digestion.