1 Cup of Coffee

lcarr1020
lcarr1020 Posts: 62 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello,

If I am trying to lose weight and only drink one cup of coffee with cream and sweetener, will that be bad for my diet?

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  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Hello,

    If I am trying to lose weight and only drink one cup of coffee with cream and sweetener, will that be bad for my diet?

    Nope log the cream and sweetener. I drink about 2 pots of coffee a day.
  • Grenon
    Grenon Posts: 228 Member
    Not at all, coffee I find is important for me when it comes to weight loss. Just make sure the sugar and cream are within your goal limits and you are fine. I usually drink my coffee black or with a little bit of a cream so the best thing you could do it keep cutting the amount of additives to it, say half cream half sugar, then maybe eventually black if it is good coffee haha.
  • jdaley90
    jdaley90 Posts: 259 Member
    Nope, as long as it fits into your daily calorie allotment and you accurately log you'll be fine. I personally take my coffee brewed (2calories), with Truvia (0 calories), and 2tbsp of Coffeemate Sugar Free French Vanilla Creamer (30calories). Good luck!
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Hello,

    If I am trying to lose weight and only drink one cup of coffee with cream and sweetener, will that be bad for my diet?

    No, coffee is actually good for your body.

    Cream and sugar are fine. Just make sure you track the calories in each. Real sugar is easy to get high calories on, so be careful. I stick with Splenda (I don't care how bad it is for you)
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    If it fits into your calorie goals and you like it, it's good for your diet.

    If it doesn't fit into your calorie goals, it's bad for your diet. You can either reduce your cream and/or sweetener, drink it black, or go without.

    If it doesn't fit into your calorie goals but you remove something else so it can fit, it's good for your diet again.
  • jasonheyd
    jasonheyd Posts: 524 Member
    If it's a standard cup of coffee with cream & sugar, no worries. If it's an extra Large Dunkin' Donuts coffee, you might want to adjust the habit. ;-)

    Just be aware of how much cream & sugar you use, and log it. If you always make/have it the same way, create a recipe & log it from that so you don't have to log multiple foods every time.
  • idontcarroll
    idontcarroll Posts: 216 Member
    No, coffee makes you poop. Pooping is good, therefore coffee is good.
  • BamaBreezeNSaltAire
    BamaBreezeNSaltAire Posts: 966 Member
    JACKPOT!!!!! Insert good coffee gif!!!!!!
  • _MG_
    _MG_ Posts: 453 Member
    What they all said. Make sure you log it and all you put into it.
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    Nope. That's the one thing I absolutely will not give up. I HAVE to have my coffee with cream and real sugar in the morning. If I don't have that, I really will feel deprived. So I log it and if I have two, I log that too. And the rest of the day is the rest of the day.
  • lcarr1020
    lcarr1020 Posts: 62 Member
    No, coffee makes you poop. Pooping is good, therefore coffee is good.

    HA HA!! This is true!
  • lcarr1020
    lcarr1020 Posts: 62 Member
    Thanks for the feedback guys!
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    As long as you log the extra calories from the cream and sweetener you should be fine. I drink coffee with a splash of 1% milk. There is no way I would ever, ever give it up!
  • Rak0ribz
    Rak0ribz Posts: 177 Member
    Hello,

    If I am trying to lose weight and only drink one cup of coffee with cream and sweetener, will that be bad for my diet?

    No, coffee is actually good for your body.

    Cream and sugar are fine. Just make sure you track the calories in each. Real sugar is easy to get high calories on, so be careful. I stick with Splenda (I don't care how bad it is for you)

    I've been using Stevia extract. 8 bucks a bottle at Trader Joe's, and it's looking like that's going to last me all year. I don't know whether it's any better or worse for you than Splenda, but it's at least in a convenient form factor.
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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    No, coffee makes you poop. Pooping is good, therefore coffee is good.

    Amen!
  • My_Own_Worst_Enemy
    My_Own_Worst_Enemy Posts: 218 Member
    Hello,

    If I am trying to lose weight and only drink one cup of coffee with cream and sweetener, will that be bad for my diet?

    Does it fit in your calorie and/or macro goals?

    If yes, then no. If no, then yes.
  • Levinia2013
    Levinia2013 Posts: 30 Member
    Not at all.
  • chadstrain1
    chadstrain1 Posts: 6 Member
    Training myself to drink coffee black was definately helpful with counting calories... makes the math/goals easier to calculate.
  • My_Own_Worst_Enemy
    My_Own_Worst_Enemy Posts: 218 Member
    Hello,

    If I am trying to lose weight and only drink one cup of coffee with cream and sweetener, will that be bad for my diet?

    Does it fit in your calorie and/or macro goals?

    If yes, then no. If no, then yes.

    Hopefully this helps...

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  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,000 Member
    Hello,

    If I am trying to lose weight and only drink one cup of coffee with cream and sweetener, will that be bad for my diet?

    Only if it puts you in a caloric surplus...
  • bperkins88
    bperkins88 Posts: 357 Member
    i drink at least 24 ounces of coffee per day. At LEAST lol
  • kamyers1289
    kamyers1289 Posts: 129 Member
    If it's a standard cup of coffee with cream & sugar, no worries. If it's an extra Large Dunkin' Donuts coffee, you might want to adjust the habit. ;-)

    Just be aware of how much cream & sugar you use, and log it. If you always make/have it the same way, create a recipe & log it from that so you don't have to log multiple foods every time.

    This is very true. I only take my coffee with half and half, and was surprised that a DD large with cream is almost 100 calories! Like, hey, I don't really need a cup of cream!!!

    That's why I either make mine at home, or go to Starbucks where I can add my own milk, half and half, etc.
  • Mollypol
    Mollypol Posts: 8 Member
    I think the key is NOT cutting out things you enjoy, makes loosing weight so much harder! So long as you are within your set limits you will be fine. Good luck with your weight loss journey xx
  • JenSD6
    JenSD6 Posts: 454 Member
    I cut out the cream and just drink it with a dash of Splenda. It didn't take long to get used to not having any cream or milk in it, and it was a few extra calories that were easy to permanently eliminate from my diet.
  • keithemp
    keithemp Posts: 71
    I cut out the cream and just drink it with a dash of Splenda. It didn't take long to get used to not having any cream or milk in it, and it was a few extra calories that were easy to permanently eliminate from my diet.

    I did similar, but I took the sugar out and changed the cream to 2% milk (I go skim milk if I'm feeling especially healthy that day).
  • RicMan117
    RicMan117 Posts: 1
    Haha i was thinking the same thing. The average person should poo a good 4-6 times a day thats a lot of poo :-)

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