Goodbye Coffee Creamer

BuffyKicksButt
BuffyKicksButt Posts: 95
edited October 5 in Food and Nutrition
So I have realized I am spending around 300 cals a day on coffee creamer - crazy!!! I am going to start tomorrow to wean myself down this week to eventually no coffee by next week. Really the caffeine is not good for me anyway.

Any tips or success stores are welcome. Or if anyone wants to do it with me feel free to friend me :)
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  • HannahPastoor
    HannahPastoor Posts: 303
    I just went cold turkey...Now I just put a little sugar in it...
  • killerqueen17
    killerqueen17 Posts: 536 Member
    I used to use lots of creamer too, but instead of cutting it out entirely, now I just use 2% milk... a coffee with 2% milk and 1-2 sugars is 75 calories at MOST.

    I love coffee, so I make room for this in my daily calories. :)
  • katieslief83
    katieslief83 Posts: 2 Member
    I should follow your lead! I'm spending around 150 to 200 calories on coffee creamer..... I love my coffee! I have completely quit pop in the last 3 weeks though, so I figure If I just do the coffee I am doing SO much better!!!!
  • BranMuffin21
    BranMuffin21 Posts: 157 Member
    Just don't drink the coffee creamer...It takes a while to get used to black coffee, or just add skim milk. Gives the colour and a bit of taste w/o the calories.
  • Sweet_Potato
    Sweet_Potato Posts: 1,119 Member
    Don't give up coffee-- just drink it black. I don't know why people ruin perfectly good coffee with cream and sugar anyway. :)
  • lrd2010
    lrd2010 Posts: 161 Member
    I could never give up my coffee! Just switch to low fat milk!

    No penance required, just a little switcheroo!
  • Hourglass25
    Hourglass25 Posts: 340 Member
    I drink my coffee black with no sugar, It wasn't always like this but I go used to it.. Black coffee is not bad for you, it is only when you add all this sugar and creamers.
  • LisaWeir74
    LisaWeir74 Posts: 88 Member
    I have just learned to love my coffee with no creamer.....I got sugar free flavored syrup at World Foods. It is yummy & I don't miss the creamer at all.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    I have my coffee with 2% milk. I do latte and cappuccino (I have a machine) and the lower fat milk actually 'froths' better than cream. :-)
  • Sherie13
    Sherie13 Posts: 250 Member
    I switched to vanilla Almond milk and put two tablespoons in. The vanilla almond milk makes it sweet and a little nutty. I cut back to one tablespoon and its still great. Now, I will do one tablespoon of soy milk or one single serving Mini-Moo. 10 calories and yummy with splenda. A few extra calories if I use sugar in the raw.
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,900 Member
    I started using a combo of while milk and coffee mate sugar free low fat hazelnut (it is only 15 cals per tbs) then adding stuff like pumpkin spice, and a little splenda or stevia to make a pumpkin spice late`.

    Good luck!
  • cweiler4
    cweiler4 Posts: 374 Member
    Use flavored coffee, like vanilla creme or hazelnut and drink it black. There are so many varieities out there, if you like the creamer for the flavor.

    Good luck! :)
  • echeindl
    echeindl Posts: 320 Member
    I don't know what type of creamer you are using but I haven't found them to have that many calories..? About 35 per tablespoon. I know I love coffee creamer so I couldn't give it up, now I just put 2 tablespoons in my coffee
  • BarbiNay
    BarbiNay Posts: 65 Member
    It's a choice. I decided that I had other places I wanted my fat grams and cals to go. So I ditched it too. Do not really miss it for the most part. I had always been able to drink it black but preferred the added taste.
  • regions02
    regions02 Posts: 154 Member
    I had to give it up cold turkey - now drink it black! Good luck!
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I use coffee creamer mixed with vanilla soy milk to lower the calories. I can usually go for about 50 calories a cup. It is worth it to me.
  • Quiing
    Quiing Posts: 261 Member
    Try a flavored Stevia!
  • Ianhazemom
    Ianhazemom Posts: 47 Member
    Have you tried the sugar free kind?
  • gumigal82
    gumigal82 Posts: 350
    So I have realized I am spending around 300 cals a day on coffee creamer - crazy!!! I am going to start tomorrow to wean myself down this week to eventually no coffee by next week. Really the caffeine is not good for me anyway.

    Any tips or success stores are welcome. Or if anyone wants to do it with me feel free to friend me :)

    I use almond milk:) I love my coffee-so good luck with the no coffee:)
  • thedeegan4
    thedeegan4 Posts: 422 Member
    Do you use the fat free kind? If not, try that. It's a lot less calories and tastes pretty good.
  • charlesalvear
    charlesalvear Posts: 78 Member
    I'm one of those people that likes a dash of coffee with my cream and sugar!

    My vice is Macadamia White Chocolate Mocha creamer. It's like heaven in a bottle!

    Currently, at my size and with my calorie allotment, I can still afford to have it daily with my coffee. I have been drinking Earl Grey tea on occassion to change up the pace, especially when I know I won't be able to work in an exercise. Funny thing is that I usually don't drink coffee on the weekends, just at work.

    And I echo Katiesleif83's remarks. I've pretty much gone cold turkey on soft drinks and my reward is keeping my coffee creamer!!

    I know I can buck it if I want to. Right now it's not putting me over on my daily cal goal but eventually I'll have to sacrifice it I'm sure.

    Good luck to you!

    Charles
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I just use skim milk and/or good vanilla protien mix.
  • muffintopminx
    muffintopminx Posts: 541 Member
    I was doing the same thing but instead of cutting it out I just switched my creamer to a low calorie alternative: "So Delicious, Coconut Creamer". It's only 20 calories per tablespoon! And I like it better than regular milk creamers. Coffee is SUPER important to me and I must have it and it MUST taste GOOD! There's nothing worse than crappy coffee.

    12oz Regular Brewed Coffee - 5 Calories
    2 tbsp Coconut Creamer - 40 Calories
    2 Splenda Packets - 0 Calories
    TOTAL - 45 per cup

    I like the regular flavor but it comes in French Vanilla and Hazelnut too (I think the flavors are a tad higher in calories tho). You can find it at Nature's Grocer, Whole Foods or Central Market.
  • julie204
    julie204 Posts: 130
    i need to stop having lattee and go back to black coffee so im with you x:smile:
  • Zee48
    Zee48 Posts: 789 Member
    I normally drink my coffee black but I do take a bottle of dry creamer and add pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon for a special treat - 10 calories per teaspoon & 1 teaspoon sugar or splenda. I also treat myself occasionally with a liquid - right now Gingerbread which adds 35calories to a cup of coffee. I only have one cup with the Gingerbread flavor, no sugar or splenda, and then not every day.

    I have found that I can trim back somewhere else to give myself a treat and therefore don't feel deprived. This isn't about being on a starvation diet but being on a total lifestyle change where we learn to make substitutions and allowances.

    My philosophy is:
    DIET = die
    LIFESTYLE Change = life

    I choose life
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Don't give up coffee-- just drink it black. I don't know why people ruin perfectly good coffee with cream and sugar anyway. :)
    Trust me, if I could make a cup of perfectly good coffee, I would drink it black! I seem to be incapable, so I need the cream.
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    I turned my daily coffee into my sunday morning treat - still drink it just the way I like it, but only once a week isn't a big deal!
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
    I just do one tablespoon for cup and drink about two cups. You stay at 76 calories.
  • LuciaLongIsland
    LuciaLongIsland Posts: 815 Member
    I used half and half for years. I was still using it foe awhile, then I went crazy and started using it for cereal. OMG! Now I use non fat milk. Pretty awful at first, but you get used to it. I threw the cereal out.

    There was so much fat in the creamer an cereal. Now I eat egg whites and eggs...LOL.

    No fun, but I want to lose.
  • LuciaLongIsland
    LuciaLongIsland Posts: 815 Member
    So I have realized I am spending around 300 cals a day on coffee creamer - crazy!!! I am going to start tomorrow to wean myself down this week to eventually no coffee by next week. Really the caffeine is not good for me anyway.

    Any tips or success stores are welcome. Or if anyone wants to do it with me feel free to friend me :)
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