Help my coffee addiction!

Good coffee is a treat to me, it's the one thing I don't want to give up completely. I find by using use low fat milk and liquid stevia drops I can sweeten my coffee up a bit and enjoy it just as much as I always have.

If you go folger or maxwell house regular roast and only 1 table spoon of coffee per 2 cups you will find it is the only way to drink it black most people make it to stronge or a strong roast. And that is why many need the creamers and sugars. :drinker:

I use 1% milk, splenda and cinnamon. The only calories is in however much milk you use.

I would suggest gradually weaning yourself from creamer down to milk. If you use half and half now. Start by using 1 1/2 tablespoons creamer and 1 1/2 tablespoons milk. Then continually increase the milk until you change to all milk. If you like flavoured creamer then switch to flavoured coffee and do the same thing with the milk/cream.

I want to still be able to drink coffee however, I need other alternatives as black coffee does NOT work for me, and the only "fat free" creamer is french vanilla, which I don't like. Help!

If you don't like fat free creamers, and can't drink coffee without creamers, your choice is simple.

1. Waste good food calories on coffee with creamer.
2. Stop drinking coffee.

Your call.

It was a road to Damascus moment for me when I finally realised that I can't have what I want and still be healthy.

What I did when I was needing to lose weight was to just suck it up and stop consuming crap that was bad for me. These days I drink unsweetened tea.

Perhaps you'll come to a different conclusion about where your priorities lie. Your body. Your decision.

Make the decision, own it.

I am trying to cut back, a little at a time, on how much creamer i use in my coffee. I can not drink it black. If it doesn't taste good i don't waste my calories. I have found that i do like the chi latte too. Hey it's a great thing that you are trying to find a solution so you can keep enjoying your coffee.

I shop where I can grind the coffee beans fresh. I prefer flavored Cinnamon Hazelnut, 1/3 cup of 1% milk or original Silk Almond Milk and 1 tsp. sugar is a perfect taste to me. The little extra milk I find more filling than creamer and it's a lot fewer calories. Almond Milk is like 20 cals, and regular is already sweet. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Also a French Press brings out more coffee flavor and the better the flavor the less I crave other foods.

black coffee is only 2 calories but try a flavored...otherwise tell yourself that's all u get if u want coffee is black. the craving will pass.

Changing from liquid to powdered creamer will save you calories (not sure about the sugar ratio). I slowly weaned myself down to just a spoonful of powdered creamer in my coffee as long as it is the coffee I make at home. I think it helped to make the change very gradually so that I adjusted to the taste over time and not all at once.

If you go folger or maxwell house regular roast and only 1 table spoon of coffee per 2 cups you will find it is the only way to drink it black most people make it to stronge or a strong roast. And that is why many need the creamers and sugars. :drinker:

No offense to the responder here, who was clearly trying to be helpful, but if you're used to dark-roasted, fresh, whole-bean coffee that's been ground within seconds of the water hitting it, you will gag at anything that comes out of a can from the grocer. So don't waste your money on that if you are.

I'd follow the advice of the many posters here who suggest trying weaning down from your full-fat creamer. Get a pint of whole milk and start by mixing it with your creamer, gradually lessening the creamer over several days. Then move on to 2%, then 1% -- as far as you can go without feeling like you've moved onto something you can't stomach. Unsweetened almond milk is quite delicious in coffee, but has fairly low fat, so you might do better to get used to lower fat cow's milk before you go there. I've never tried coconut milk in coffee, but I have a can of the lite variety in the cupboard and may try that tomorrow morning!

I must say that I also agree with the poster who said she just sucks it up when it comes to coffee -- she's gotta have it and it's worth the calories! That's me ... :-)