Coffee Drinkers

Heyyleigh

I was the same in the beginning blowing tons of calories on it. My soultion was switching to powder. It worked. I learned to like it better than the creamer

lisanxd

I'm a tea person for the most part, but we got a Keurig this weekend so I felt like I should try it. I only like coffee if it has a lot of flavoring :-) Yesterday I put some blue diamond unsweetened vanilla almond milk with truvia and it was actually really good.

langsyne

I would be willing to give up just about anything except coffee. I don't use sugar, and use just enough milk to take the bitter edge off. I've gotten to the point where I don't even like the taste if there's sugar in it.

ademiter

I LOVE coffee too and seem to have an obsession with creamers! I just don't skimp on it. It starts my day off right with that great cup of coffee and I SURE make an awesome cup every morning!! Those calories are worth it to me. I use straight up sugar and cafe mocha creamer (and lots of it)!

marlabelle

I too used to be a flavored creamer girl but have weaned myself off it over the years and now exclusively use unsweetened vanilla almond milk and truvia. It took a little time to acclimate my taste buds to the the change but I def prefer almond milk over soy in coffee.

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Sadiyyah70

I'm a big coffee drinker too:drinker: All day right up to bed time, with lots of flavored creamer and Splenda in each cup.

I now use 1 Tb Torani Sugar Free flavored Coffee Syrup (0 cal/0g prot/0.5g carb/0fat/0g sugar/2.5mg sodium) and Stevia or Cinnamon/Vanilla extract and Stevia. Sometimes if I REALLY want the creamy color, I'll add almond milk or lactaid fat free milk, but for me the flavor trumps color. I started drinking hot green tea with a whole sliced lemon and Stevia first thing in the am and a "side effect" I didn't expect has been that I've cut back to have half cup reg coffee with half decaf for my first cup, then decaf or decaf tea the rest of the day.

At night I do get wicked cravings for sweets, so I have a cup of decaf with stevia and no more than a teaspoon of sugar free flavored non dairy creamer which seems to be working for me because the flavor and texture are satisfying.

MrsG31

We use flavored creamer, but only a splash, and Splenda in our house. The one I used today is a liquid by Coffee Mate - Cafe Mocha and it is 35 cal per 1 TBSP.

But we love to try new flavors and different things, and seeing how people many use almond milk...I may have to try that!

iWILLbeFit062012

I used to be just like you. Loved my coffee every morning with french vanilla creamer. In my attempts to give up the creamer, I tried vanilla almond milk and hated it. Then tried milk and truvia sweetener. Again, no go. After about a month of experimenting I said screw it and went back to the french vanilla creamer, but it was way too sweet. Now, I only use milk, no sweetener, and love being able to savor the flavor of my coffee rather than the sugary vanilla flavor. Occasionally, I have flavored creamer but prefer it with milk only.

If you are unable to find an alternative, keep drinking your coffee the way you like it and make it fit your daily goals.

Good luck to you!

melbot24

You must try Sweet Leaf Stevia Drops in Vanilla!
They come in all sorts of flavors, cinnamon, chocolate, lemon.

It's about 10 bucks a bottle, which is a bit expensive but a little goes a long way.
Just a couple of drops in your black coffee and voila! You won't miss your creamer - I PROMISE.

You can find it on Amazon or your local Whole Foods.

I used to be obsessed with flavored creamer and this was the only thing that could keep me from missing it.
Even milk and sweeteners just couldn't do it.

Now I drink iced Toddy coffee so I don't feel like a need creamer anymore.
(That's another tip, too...)

http://www.amazon.com/SweetLeaf-Liquid-Sweetener-2-Ounce-Bottles/dp/B001E5E3MQ

jumpthemoon

We use Land O Lakes Fat Free Half & Half and it's really pretty good! I can't do black coffee so I understand where you're coming from! Good luck!

Spindigo1

I use almond milk!

Timshel_

I ahve posted on this MANY times myself. It was really flippin tought to kick CoffeeMate, but I swtiched to black flavored coffee and haven't looked back. Like you, I relaized I was wasting a meals worth of calories every moring just on processed sugary flavor and it just didn't make sense.

Good luck!

I tried all the other creamers and while the SO coconut milk ones are OKAY, they ain't the same. I just figured I would cut it completely and save the calories for a bigger lunch or dinner.

kyodi

I refer to cream and sugar as...

Coffee Ruiner #1

Coffee Ruiner #2

Black as grump cat's soul is the way to go!!! +1 for "don't put #$%& in my coffee!!!" LOL!

LilMissRua

I have a 20 ounce travel mug that is my "morning coffee cup." In it, I add 2 ounces of real half and half (there's no substitute for the flavor IMHO), and a combination of artificial sweeteners. I have one each morning, so I think the 80 calories are well worth it. For a normal size mug, 10-12 oz, I would use one ounce.

I have an allergy to cane sugar, so I *must* avoid it, hence the sweeteners. Stevia is good but it's better if you add a few grains of "pink packet" (brand name Sweet-n-Low) or "blue packet" (brand name Equal). Don't know how yellow packet would work but I assume it would taste good, just since it's made from cane sugar I can't use it. And if you don't mind a few extra calories, agave is awesome.

pinalety

I use stevia...and drink my coffee black. It took me a good while to get to this point.
I decreased the cream and I didn't like skim milk....and the I stopped splenda and started using Stevia 2 packets,..and then eventually dropped to one packet for a LARGE coffee mug (16 oz). Now, my taste buds are adjusted, but I can't drink the coffee as strong as I used to. I suppose that's okay too. I also, switched to tea as of late and now occassionally drink coffee.
So, it was a bunch of little progressive steps to get away from the coffee with cream.

Reenimal

A little Soy Creamer, I like Whole Foods or Trader Joe's brands way better than Silk because it's thicker so takes way less to lighten the coffee up, and a little raw sugar and then I sweeten the rest up with the new Monkfruit natural sweetener (Splenda brand or the awesome little squeeze bottle of concentrated, they have it at Walmart, its super portable). I find that this blend cuts sugar calories way down without a weird aftertaste or chemicals!

cortezpj

Hey guys--
I absolutely love coffee and have NO intentions of quitting. But, I am one who loves creamer in their coffee, and flavored at that. However, it is such a kick in the pants by how many calories I WASTE on creamer alone. I need advice. What do you put in your coffee to replace it? I've tried just sugar and BLECK.

I might've missed it, but how much coffee do you drink every day? And how many days a week?

I only drink coffee at work during the week and only in the mornings. I drink it black and do so 90% of the time. The other 10% I use half & half or 2%milk if available. This usually happens if I'm out for dinner and someone else at the table orders coffee. I stopped using powderded creamer around10 years ago after I saw the left over residue the powdered creamer was leaving in the lid of my travel mug (gross, I know...plus I clearly wasn't doing a thorough job of cleaning my mug).

If it's your one splurge during the day, I say go for it. But if it's really concerning you, start weining yourself off the stuff slowly and see if you can make the adjustment.

taso42

Yuck.

Coffee is the drink of the gods!! That and diet coke, my two vices. Could happily live without cake, chocolate, ice cream, chips, crisps but do not take my latte and diet coke (how would I drink my vodka without diet coke? :-O) lol

Exactly. Why corrupt it with cream, sugar, and worse yet, flavored syrups? Tired of cream and sugar junkies blaming coffee for their problems.

katekross

Thank you everyone for the help!! I'm sooooo jealous of not having a Whole Foods by my house

mk834

One thing I refuse to give up is my morning coffee with half-and-half. I usually drink 2–3 cups, each with a tablespoon of half-and-half. It's really not that many extra calories, and I'd rather drink it and burn it off than not have any at all! Coffee just isn't the same without the cream.

LeLe628

The trick that I stole from Hungry Girl, is to use flavored coffee & fat free or sugar free unflavored creamer, I know it's not the same but this is the best way that i've found to cut back on the calories for creamer.

danimalkeys

The only compromise I've made on my coffee is switching to Truvia for sweetener. About 1/4tsp. I use half and half and use about 2TBS of that. I had weaned myself down from a heaping teaspoon of sugar to a scant 1/2 tsp, and then to the Truvia. I don't have more than 2 cups in the morning, usually only 1.

CorvusCorax77

if you can't drink your coffee black, you must not really love the gift from God that is coffee.

You taint the purity of god's gift with sugars and creamers and other such creations of the debil.

REPENT, SINNER!!!!

Turn away from your evil ways! When you come to love the purity of the gift of God's that is Coffee, you will no longer lust for sweeteners and you shall rejoice in the wonder that is pure coffea arabica!

CorvusCorax77

i just want y'all to know I had to leave this forum to go get coffee.

AllAboutThatTreble

i just want y'all to know I had to leave this forum to go get coffee.

Ha! I did the same exact thing! I saw the thread and went to get a cup of coffee before I responded.

When I started to drink coffee, I had to put a ton of cream and sugar. But as I got more familiar with coffee and learning about the different kinds - black is the way to go! You know what they say (heh). I find that skipping the store brands and buying whole beans from a local shop and grinding right before I make my coffee gives me the best taste.

But it does take some getting used to. I slowly cut down the amount of cream and sugar I put in until I added nothing.