Coffee...my best friend and enemy

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  • Adc7225
    Adc7225 Posts: 1,318 Member
    edited August 2017
    Coffee was the one thing that was non-negotiable!!! I took the time to figure out the actual calories for my daily coffee and added that as my first recipe on MFP. With that said as time goes on you may find that you can or might need to edit your coffee (meaning adding less sugar ;) ) you might find that as time goes on your taste will change and you might lower some of the sugar, etc. So at this point just count the calories and be open to change at some point.

    Also, I am not a substitute person its brown sugar and non-dairy regular creamer.
  • bmeadows380
    bmeadows380 Posts: 2,981 Member
    I use stevia or monkfruit to sweeten my coffee and 1/2 cup of almond milk - I can't stand it black! If I'm splurging, I'll add 1 packet of sugar and use skim milk instead; the skim milk gets me some protein in as well, which is a win in my book lol
  • IsabeausRose
    IsabeausRose Posts: 129 Member
    I gave up sugar easily enough but I still use 1 tsp of creamer which is 10 calories per cup. I keep measuring spoons by my coffee pot and just make an allowance in my daily calories for the creamer. Black coffee is too acidic for my stomach and the creamer is the buffer.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    amayla0407 wrote: »
    So I have a coffee addiction. More like a overly sugared sweetened dessert-like coffee addiction. I don't drink it black.

    If I give it up. I will stop moving and talking. Lol. Plus, the headaches.

    But I can't lose weight drinking dessert every morning.

    Coffee lovers- what do you do? Do you give up the goods or alter or what?

    I love coffee...the actual coffee...really good quality coffee and I grind my own beans daily...doesn't need anything, I take it black...occasionally with a little 1/2 and 1/2...
  • jessykab74
    jessykab74 Posts: 167 Member
    I loved my coffee with a lot of cream as well. When I started measuring how much cream I put in......the calorie assumption validated why it was taking me so long to lose weight. Now I give myself one 8oz cup of coffee with 2 tbl of my favorite cream a day. I need one treat a day and dang it I want a good cup of coffee every morning. Then I switch to hot tea or water. At first it was a little hard but now I find myself sometimes not even finishing the one cup of coffee.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited August 2017
    Check out the Myprotein website, they have 0 calorie flavdrops with dozens of flavours. You could use these, plus a splash of milk if you want. I stopped adding milk, and just use the drops now for flavour/sweetness.

    My favourites are:

    chocolate peanut butter
    Maple
    Toffee
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    I only have half a cup, black, and out the door for 4am I go!
  • Cat3141
    Cat3141 Posts: 162 Member
    I add half a cup of unsweetened soy milk to my coffee (usually cold brew). The soy milk is about 40 calories, and I'd be drinking it anyway, so I might as well drink it with coffee. Sometimes I also add a small amount of chocolate syrup.
  • ZoneFive
    ZoneFive Posts: 570 Member
    edited August 2017
    Y'all are making me think that I might -- might -- be able to tone down the dessert-coffee (great term!) that I normally drink. I have my usual formula saved in my diary and log it daily (47 calories, 4 carbs), but mmmmmaybe I'll try getting closer to black.

    In the meantime, though, I think I'll have another cup.
  • Bann554
    Bann554 Posts: 44 Member
    I'm not a daily coffee drinker, but sometimes I gotta have it! I use Splenda most of the time. When I want sugar, I use one tsp. of Sugar in the Raw. I find that sweeter than white sugar. I like Califa''s non dairy creamer. I absolutely love half and half, but I'll go overboard and it really doesn't love me!
  • JaxxieKat
    JaxxieKat Posts: 427 Member
    Switch from table sugar to stevia. It takes a couple of times to get used to the flavor, but it's very sweet and 0 calories. Save your calories for creamer. You can switch to a non-dairy flavored creamer. Califia is my personal favorite.
  • junodog1
    junodog1 Posts: 4,792 Member
    ummmmm coffee.

    <3<3 Black. <3<3


    But once or twice a year I will have a cup after dinner with heavy whipping cream as an add-in. Heaven.
  • cjsacto
    cjsacto Posts: 1,421 Member
    edited August 2017
    I loved coffee, but could never get used to black coffee and I don't like the taste of artificial sweeteners. Then my dentist gave me a lecture about how acidic it is (I was having issues with sensitive teeth) and I gradually switched to chai tea, then green tea. Then I gradually got used to unsweetened tea to save calories. I figured I'd have coffee from time to time as a treat but now I can't have it - I can't handle the caffeine level any more. ☕

    It helped me quit sugar, though, and I sleep better and don't have dragon breath at work. I love my tea, and it still gives me a little caffeine in the am.
  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    I grab coffee in the morning and order it with one cream and one sugar, its 70 calories but I can always fit that into my day
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