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beachwoman2006
beachwoman2006 Posts: 1,214 Member
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So, now that I'm tracking with MFP, I'm learning some things.

Did you know that 8oz of black coffee actually has 2 calories? All these years I thought that coffee had no calories. My coffee mug holds 16 oz of coffee so there's 4 calories.

Add the tablespoon of creamer that I use and there's another 30 calories. Add the 1 tablespoon of sugar and there's another 45 calories.

So my morning cup of coffee has 79 calories! I can't do black coffee but what I can do is cut back on the creamer and the sugar to save a few calories!

I think this is why it's good to try something new every now and then.

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  • misterhub
    misterhub Posts: 6,243 Member
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    I am happy with just 4 calories.
  • myallforjcbill
    myallforjcbill Posts: 5,552 Member
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    Me too. Best tasting 4 calories I get. 8oz cup? Who drinks 8oz cups?
  • goldenfrisbee
    goldenfrisbee Posts: 1,640 Member
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    myallforjcbill wrote: »
    Me too. Best tasting 4 calories I get. 8oz cup? Who drinks 8oz cups?

    Agreed, I do 16 at a time as black as I can make it
  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 7,996 Member
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    From the MFP Data base:
    Coffee Black Beverages 1 cup 0 calories
  • minimyzeme
    minimyzeme Posts: 2,708 Member
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    goldenfrisbee wrote: »
    Agreed, I do 16 at a time as black as I can make it

    Likewise. Love my morning coffee!

  • beachwoman2006
    beachwoman2006 Posts: 1,214 Member
    edited August 2016
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    Al, I got the info from the MFP database. Don't know why it came up as 2 for me and 0 for you.

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  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 7,996 Member
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    Try: Coffee Black
  • steve0mania
    steve0mania Posts: 2,966 Member
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    I remember an old GOAD member who was drinking a few hundred calories worth of coffee per day! You may recall that he was having trouble losing weight.

    When I started WW, I stopped putting milk/creamer into my coffee (though continued with Equal/Splenda). That was proof to me that you can get used to eating/drinking almost anything.
  • beachwoman2006
    beachwoman2006 Posts: 1,214 Member
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    I remember that person too -- he made me a BEAUTIFUL pen that I still use :)
    steve0mania wrote: »
    When I started WW, I stopped putting milk/creamer into my coffee (though continued with Equal/Splenda). That was proof to me that you can get used to eating/drinking almost anything.

    I've tried drinking coffee black -- if I have to drink it black, I'll stop drinking coffee LOL

  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 7,996 Member
    edited August 2016
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    Log as Black, add milk and sweetener, if you must.
    "Thau shalt not adulterate coffee and good whiskey."
    And..."Don't fruit the beer".
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXk8h1iHAw
  • podkey
    podkey Posts: 5,092 Member
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    Yeah I was surprised a few years ago to find out there were a couple of calories in black coffee.
    As they say "I didn't get fat consuming black coffee". Uh true.
  • podkey
    podkey Posts: 5,092 Member
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    Yeah and who knows maybe I might have upwards of 50 Kcal of black coffee by mornings end. Still shrugs shoulders at the thought and doesn't track it.

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