bitter coffee?

olira6624

Amusedmonkey there is 20 calories in 1spoon, your idea is good but its not only about calories, its about sugar and coffee itself as my comfort and answer for everything, hunger,problem,hapiness literally everything this coffee is like my drug in every moment still on my mind. So what I am thinking is that my body and brain are trying different tricks to get what they want and need. The questin is how long it will takes for them to accept the fact that they not gonna get this and deal with it, and how can I trick them so what I did today? I eat half spoon of honey, bloody hell so sweet almost terrible and I must tell you peple still got taste of it in my mouth and cant even think of anything sweet. Will see then. Gd luck for all of you.

Sunna_W

I like the coffees from Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company (Michigan -- they ship). They have various roasts of many varieties from around the world. I usually get a few different kinds of whole beans, mostly espresso or city roasts, and mix them together to get my own custom blend. (I keep them sealed in a 2.5 gallon apothecary jar). I grind them as I use them and brew using a "12 cup" Bilaetti Moka pot (which is about 24 oz. if I fill it to the water line -- I fill it a bit higher to get about 30 oz.). The coffee has less caffeine, but lots of full bodied flavor, which I can adjust based on the amount of beans I brew. I drink it with half & half. I can get two big mugs of coffee and I put an ounce of half & half in each mug I drink (that's 88 calories for both). On the weekends I double the half & half and whip it with a hand blender and stick it in the microwave for about 30 seconds and then add the coffee on top of it. MUCH better than Starbucks and a fraction of the price! It's not at all bitter, because the hot water flows over the coffee beans so fast. I don't use sugar unless I am making Irish coffee...

snowflake954

olira6624 wrote: »

Amusedmonkey there is 20 calories in 1spoon, your idea is good but its not only about calories, its about sugar and coffee itself as my comfort and answer for everything, hunger,problem,hapiness literally everything this coffee is like my drug in every moment still on my mind. So what I am thinking is that my body and brain are trying different tricks to get what they want and need. The questin is how long it will takes for them to accept the fact that they not gonna get this and deal with it, and how can I trick them so what I did today? I eat half spoon of honey, bloody hell so sweet almost terrible and I must tell you peple still got taste of it in my mouth and cant even think of anything sweet. Will see then. Gd luck for all of you.

I agree, keep trying for a month--then evaluate. It's a good idea to keep the foods you really love so you can lose and then maintain your weight. Life is short. One needs to be happy too. Good luck.

amusedmonkey

olira6624 wrote: »

Amusedmonkey there is 20 calories in 1spoon, your idea is good but its not only about calories, its about sugar and coffee itself as my comfort and answer for everything, hunger,problem,hapiness literally everything this coffee is like my drug in every moment still on my mind. So what I am thinking is that my body and brain are trying different tricks to get what they want and need. The questin is how long it will takes for them to accept the fact that they not gonna get this and deal with it, and how can I trick them so what I did today? I eat half spoon of honey, bloody hell so sweet almost terrible and I must tell you peple still got taste of it in my mouth and cant even think of anything sweet. Will see then. Gd luck for all of you.

I understand. You are trying to break the emotional connection. It will be hard, but you can do it. To make it easier, you may need to look into alternative ways to comfort. Taking away your comfort source and not replacing it with something else you may face problems. What do you think would work? Have you tried walking? Meditation? Or even simply distracting yourself by doing something you love (playing games in my case).

Merlotmom16

Changing eating habits should not mean doing without all of life's little pleasures like a good cup of coffee! I'll take the 35 calories that my coffee mate sugar free french vanilla adds to my coffee. Also add a little splenda or truvia. Tea lovers might try chai latte with a little fake sweetener.

olira6624

Amusedmonkey yes it is about to break the emotional connection and happylosermom you are absolutely right we need this little plesure moments like coffee or piece of cake or whatever but the things is to know the limit. In my case there was no limit but I am working on it. I was using 2 kg sugar bag for week and just for coffee so its easy to imagine amount of coffee and sugar in my life. I wanna look for bigger picture in long term. Cut the sugar and exercise more this can be my new lifestyle but beeing on diet hmm nope its for me just short term solution. Whatever your goal good luck guys

snowflake954

Well then you're doing great if you used to go through 2 kg og sugar a week. You've cut back alot. It takes time to change habits and tastes. Keep going for a month. See if it gets easier.

olira6624

Thank you snowflake954