Alternatives to coffee creamer?

I work overnights so I rely a lot on coffee to keep me awake. I don't like bitter coffee so I do enjoy some creamer and sugar (I use stevia for sweetener) but I'd really like to cut down on the calories I use for the creamer. Do you guys have any good ideas for a replacement?

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paperpudding

So you agree with previous poster that " basically your body does not recognise it as a sat fat and does not store it as such"

I don't.

Gallowmere1984

paperpudding wrote: »

So you agree with previous poster that " basically your body does not recognise it as a sat fat and does not store it as such"

I don't.

You didn't say store; you said metabolize. It is in fact, handled quite differently, and I can't find anything on storage specifically.

Now, that being said, even if the MCTs specifically are not stored, the energy surplus that they could create would cause other things to be stored instead of being used, so yeah, they would still make you fat if overconsumed, no matter what.

richfieldgirl

I have taken a different route. I really like my coffee with half and half and think it's worth the calories/fat. So I have just 1 cup each morning and sit in the moment enjoying every sip. When it's gone, I'm on to water. This is quality over quantity in my book.

Vailara

Personally, I think that full-fat milk is superior to skimmed. It's higher in calories, but you use less.

Kristi26

I did the step down method when quitting excess creamer. I now use a different, too high calorie recipe of my own that uses coconut milk, honey, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. My main purpose for switching wasn't the calories so much as needing to cut out all dairy (I am quite intolerant to it) and wanting to cut my refined sugar intake to next to nothing (yes, I plan to continue this for life as I feel terrible on excess refined sugar).

Unsweetened almond milk is super low calorie and would work.

jadedone

Alatariel75 wrote: »

I drink it with milk.

i drink it with milk, preferably whole, but 2% works. Skim milk doesn't have the sweetness that the milk fat adds, so it doesn't taste as good! The way I see it, 2 tablespoons of creamer is like 40 calories. 1/2 cup of whole milk is about the same!

H_Ock12

Chocolate Almond milk is tasty in coffee. I've recently discovered whey protein mixed into my coffee gives it a texture similar to adding cream.