Advice for low-fat creamer

Kinya4571

So here I am back to my fitness pal. I’m Kinya, 45. I also have Secondary Lymphedema, possible Lipedema etc. So I started logging my calories and by the time I ate my breakfast and had coffee Im left with 11 grams of fat. Are there any coffee creamers where I can use 2tbs of creamer in my coffee with lower fat?

csplatt

I use half and half, which has 3.5 grams fat per serving. At 3 tbsp per mug, that’s only about 6 percent of the daily recommended fat. It’s a higher percentage of daily recommended saturated fat (maybe 30).

cmriverside

Lowfat milk works.

ddsb1111

You need to get comfortable with doing your own research, it’s going to affect all your food and drink choices going forward. I promise you, this will help you with your options moving forward, since taste and product availability is subjective.

sollyn23l2

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10940887/advice-for-low-fat-creamer

Look into fat free creamer. International delight and coffeemate both offer fat free versions of their creamer. As others have said, get used to looking at labels in the store. Check your own options. Google things your interested in checking. As you get to know what's at your local store, it becomes much easier. You'll get to know certain things... like anything with cheese or cream sauce or cheese itself is going to likely be a complete fat bomb. Leaner meats vs fatty I er meats, etc.

tulips_and_tea

What coffee creamer are you using now? Can you find a similar alternative? If possible, buy a couple different ones in small sizes so that you can taste and test them.

As mentioned, taste is subjective, so you will need to experiment a bit.

AnnPT77

It's OK to go over your fat goal. If you adore the creamer, and can fit it in to your calorie goal, you can expect to lose weight, even if you go over your fat goal every single day. It's eating the right number of calories that directly determines whether we lose body fat or not.

From a health standpoint, from a nutrition standpoint, it's still OK to go over your fat goal, even if you do it every single day. It would be better if not all your fat intake is saturated fat. MFP totals that up, too. Saturated fat is in a variety of foods, but especially meat and dairy.

MFP has zero goals for the other main fat categories, polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats. That doesn't mean you should eat none. MFP has zero in the goal because official nutrition sources say those fats are healthy, but the experts don't have a specific guideline for how much of them we should eat. But it's good to have some of our fat intake be those types. MFP totals those up, too. These, too, are in a lot of foods, but especially nuts, seeds, oily fish, avocados.

So: For best health and nutrition, it's OK to exceed your MFP fats goal, but better if it's distributed between those three types of fats. I don't know what type of fat is in your creamer. It's on the label. There are commercial flavored creamers with little/no saturated fat, but more of the poly- or monounsaturated fats.

What is a bad idea is to eat so much fat that we either exceed our calorie goal, or don't get enough protein while sticking to our calorie goal. Protein is important for health and nutrition, plus many people find it filling so it can help make lower calorie eating easier. It's also OK to exceed the MFP protein goal, as long as we don't get too little fat. That's because both protein and fat contain "essential nutrients", things our bodies can't manufacture on their own, so we need to eat some.

So, for best health and nutrition: OK to exceed fats goal, not OK to be consistently under fat goal lots of the time. OK to exceed protein goal, not OK to be consistently under protein goal lots of the time.

Weight loss will happen at the right calorie level.

How to get the right calories if over protein goal and over protein goal? Eat lower carbs to balance out calories. Carbs don't contain "essential nutrients" in the way fats and protein do. I'm not saying anyone has to eat a low carb diet in order to lose weight. I'm saying carbs are the macronutrient category that is more flexible in how much we need, so we can use that to balance calories. Well, carbs and alcohol, for those who drink alcohol.

Creamer? I use hot skim milk in my coffee. Tastes good to me, and has a good lot of protein. If I use a frother on the milk to whip it up, it gets a luxurious velvety texture. If I wanted it flavored, I'd add a few drops of some extract - like extracts used for baking - which have negligible calories. But that's just me.