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coffee instead of soda?

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  • shannie018
    shannie018 Posts: 57 Member
    AspenDan wrote: »
    I've lost 85lbs, and quitting soda cold turkey was HUGE!! I never ate a lot, but I drank 300-800 calories a day in soda..I switched to MIO, which is a 0 calorie sweetened water additive, but then as winter came to Colorado, I switched to coffee with splenda..still basically 0 calories, but warm and very addicting! I loooove coffee now and am very happy to be done with soda's =)


    Congratulations! That is awesome! I am trying to give up soda. I haven't had one since February 1st. I'm not seeing much weight loss yet, but hoping it's because my body is trying to adjust from not having anymore soda.
  • elaineamj
    elaineamj Posts: 347 Member
    To reduce the calorie counts, you could try switching to coffee, and then gradually reduce the amount of cream/sugar you put into it. Many years ago, I had to drink my coffee with 3 packets of sugar in it. As far as I was concerned, coffee was meant to be super sweet. Then I decided to try to cut cals where I could and gradually reduced it. First down to 2 packets a cup, then 1 packet a cup, and then eventually I started drinking it completely black. The handful of times a year I get an iced coffee from a donut shop or something it is rather amazing to have all that sugar....but by and large, I enjoy my coffee black and have no temptation to add sugar/cream. I'd sooner save the sugar for a pastry/cake! Plus, black coffee tastes pretty good! It's been a nice bonus in my new MFP life.

    I have a coffee 1x a week or so (free at my work). I have found for me, coffee makes me jittery/hungrier/more likely to snack unnecessarily. But then, I've never allowed myself to get hooked on caffeine and actually don't like the mild jitters I get from caffeine. I drink coffee occasionally because I enjoy the taste.

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