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Coffee Calories?

AspenDan
Posts: 703 Member
Looking at the calories for various 10oz black coffees, and I see everything from 0c alto to 12 cals...what do you think??
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I don't log coffee itself personally, just whatever I put in to it. I only have a couple cups a day at most.0
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I err on the 12 side0
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That's not a very big difference. Most coffee I've seen are 5 or less. I don't worry too much about it unless you're drinking 10 cups a day or something.0
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Looking at the calories for various 10oz black coffees, and I see everything from 0c alto to 12 cals...what do you think??
I log THAT I had coffee, but never how much of the actual joe. I log the sugar and creamer I put into it METICULOUSLY. Most coffee doesn't have calories (it's really just flavored hot water after all), or has so few that if you're having 1-4 cups a day it doesn't matter as long as everything else is well logged and accounted for.0 -
Disclaimer: The coffee I get is an espresso blend that specifically says 0 calories on the bag, so you may prefer to log the number on your bag.0
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I log my k cups as 5 calories. Between creamer and sugar I add about another 40-50 calories.0
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I don't log black coffee. I assure you in the grand scheme of things, 12 cals won't make a difference.0
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FitGirl0123 wrote: »I don't log black coffee. I assure you in the grand scheme of things, 12 cals won't make a difference.HappyCampr1 wrote: »Coffee brewed from grounds is an official Usda entry. You have lots of choices for sizes.
Hmmm, this is helpful, thank you.0 -
i log my coffee and most of it is 2 calories a cup...but watch it when you drink flavored coffee's they can have more. Some even 10 calories a cup
I have some Aribic Hazelnut and French Vanilla ( so just coffee no creamers etc ) and they are 7 calories a cup
consider that i drink a lot of coffee about 14 cups a day that would be 98 calories daily in coffee.
So yes look it up normal coffee is 2 and make a standard log that you can copy to each day ( i have 14 cups so 28 calories a day) and the special ones i log when i really have them. Like in the evening i like to make a Nice Latte or cappuccino Those i log seperately.
If you want to get as accurate as possible...make and use only your own brought in entries. Bit of a hassle to start with. But ones done you know you always have the right entry's.
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ariana_eatsandlifts wrote: »I don't log coffee itself personally, just whatever I put in to it. I only have a couple cups a day at most.
Yep, this is me. I don't count the coffee, just the half & half.
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Before I wouldn't log my coffee until a scanned my TJ espresso and it was 15 cal. So now I log coffee and additions.0
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I don't log the coffees as such but I log the 250ml of milk that I add to them under snacks and those cals. It's not 100% accurate but gives a good guesstimate.0
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I log mine it is 15cal for 36oz, then I log the 75cal for all the whole milk I put in it.0
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This would be right up there, with how many calories do I log for swallowing the toothpaste.0
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »This would be right up there, with how many calories do I log for swallowing the toothpaste.
Pfft maybe for you...but between 0 calories for my daily coffee and 60 calories for my daily coffee could mean whether or not I eat an Oreo! That's a big deal!
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The coffee itself is so minimal, it doesn't matter unless you are drinking gallons of it. Just log the sugar and creamer you add to it and move on.0
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »This would be right up there, with how many calories do I log for swallowing the toothpaste.
Pfft maybe for you...but between 0 calories for my daily coffee and 60 calories for my daily coffee could mean whether or not I eat an Oreo! That's a big deal!
This is why they have stairs......because Oreos!0 -
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »This would be right up there, with how many calories do I log for swallowing the toothpaste.
Pfft maybe for you...but between 0 calories for my daily coffee and 60 calories for my daily coffee could mean whether or not I eat an Oreo! That's a big deal!
Hm.... I literally have a goal of only 1600 calories per day, log everything I eat and drink, and have cookies every day. And I don't exercise at all. You can have an Oreo, and your coffee.0 -
Wait are you telling me that black coffee still has calories?0
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The coffee I drink is 10 calories for 16oz, or so it claims. When I have some it's 8oz so I log that 5 calories. What kills me is the 140 calories of creamer it takes to make it drinkable! So now I just drink tea w/liquid stevia most of the time and treat coffee as a splurge.0
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The coffee I drink is 10 calories for 16oz, or so it claims. When I have some it's 8oz so I log that 5 calories. What kills me is the 140 calories of creamer it takes to make it drinkable! So now I just drink tea w/liquid stevia most of the time and treat coffee as a splurge.
Get better coffee? Really not that expensive for decent stuff assuming you only drink a cup or two at home a day. But, finding that my coffee actually has calories is kinda depressing I always treated it as a free food. But, i guess in safe amounts that coffee really couldn't make or break me.0 -
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Calliope610 wrote: »
Right? So just worry about whatever you put in it. If you drink it black, no worries at all.0 -
The coffee I drink is 10 calories for 16oz, or so it claims. When I have some it's 8oz so I log that 5 calories. What kills me is the 140 calories of creamer it takes to make it drinkable! So now I just drink tea w/liquid stevia most of the time and treat coffee as a splurge.
Get better coffee? Really not that expensive for decent stuff assuming you only drink a cup or two at home a day. But, finding that my coffee actually has calories is kinda depressing I always treated it as a free food. But, i guess in safe amounts that coffee really couldn't make or break me.
It isn't the coffee brand. It's the fact that I don't care for black coffee regardless of brand.0
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