I am searching for information regarding the effects of caffeine and found this website for the first time. It is the best one of this type I´ve found till now.

For the last 3 weeks I´ve been trying to decrease my caffeine consumption, after having heard from a friend it interferes with weight loss. The fact is that, though I´m not overweight (I´m 170cm = 5'7' & 62 Kg =138 Lb. ?) I am trying to get rid off some fat pockets by working out more regularly. That seemed to be starting to work without cutting my caffeine consumption, which by the end of last year reached about 5 cups a day. But I noticed some stretch marks appearing in the lower back, and little muscle gain. I haven´t been very successful on cutting on regular coffee, so I´m almost fully replacing it with green tea (which in the end also contains caffeine) and decaff, drinking only one or two cups of coffee per day now, preferably in the afternoons. I still get some headaches when not getting coffee in the morning, but it´s gotten much better; sometimes I just feel the need of drinking something hot.

My questions are: can caffeine hinder weight loss and muscle gain? Does the fact that caffeine increases the production of cortisol increase the likehood that people develop stretch marks when losing weight?

My weight loss hasn´t been radical, at least not during the last few months, it could have also been that I did not notice the strecht marks last time I lost a few pounds. I try to eat healthy, do intervals for cardio.

Thanks! Roberto

PS. Please excuse any spelling errors, I´m no native speaker...

I am searching for information regarding the effects of caffeine and found this website for the first time.

For the last 3 weeks I´ve been trying to decrease my caffeine consumption, after having heard from a friend that it interferes with weight loss. The fact is that, though I´m not overweight (I´m 170cm = 5'7' and 62 Kg = 138 Lb. ?) I am trying to get rid of some fat pockets by working out more regularly. That seemed to be working without cutting my caffeine consumption, which by the end of last year reached about 5 cups a day. But I noticed some stretch marks appearing in the lower back, and little muscle gain. I haven´t been very successful on cutting on regular coffee, so I´m almost fully replacing it with green tea (which in the end also contains caffeine) and decaf coffee, drinking only one or two cups of coffee per day now preferably in the afternoons. I still get some headaches when not getting coffee in the morning, but it´s gotten much better; sometimes I just feel the need of drinking something hot.

My questions are:

• Can caffeine hinder weight loss and muscle gain?
• Does the fact that caffeine increases the production of cortisol increase the likehood that people develop stretch marks when losing weight?

My weight loss hasn´t been radical, at least not during the last few months, it could have also been that I did not notice the strecht marks last time I lost a few pounds. I try to eat healthy, do intervals for cardio.