COFFEE DRINKERS ADVICE NEEDED!

Love reading all the solutions-- :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: three cheers to my fellow coffee addicts.

I used to use half and half, with 2t of sugar. Over time, I just cut back..... To 1t of sugar.....then no sugar, just cream....blah, blah, blah--

now, I drink it black, and love it.

Took a while to get there, but really appreciate not worrying about those extra calories.

I use a Premier Protein Shake (chocolate or vanilla) mixed in my coffee. I drink about 3 large cups of coffee every morning, so I split my shake into thirds. One shake is 30 grams of protein and 160 calories with very few carbs, so I substitute this for breakfast. You can add a little sugar free Torani syrup if you'd like it sweeter, but I'm trying to wean myself off of that.

What I add depends on the coffee.
At work and home, I drink black with nothing.
At Starbucks, I drink black with nothing.
At McDonalds I add 1 sugar
At Dunkin Donuts I add 1 sweatener
At restaurants I add different things or nothing depending on the taste.

On a side note, I am always amazed at people that add 12 sugars to coffee. Why not just buy a milkshake?

I'm a coffee drinker can't wake up with no a milk sugared coffee in the morning or even when I'm with a friend and having a nice and long conversation, I'm not worry at all about the few calories it can contains, just makes me laugh the calorie of 2 ts of sugar with all the exercise I do...plus I give myselg a right go as beginning of the day !! I love it !!!

I got, as a gift, this wonderful little foamer thing, it heats and foams on one setting and then just foams for cold beverages on the other setting,

I think it is a little pricy because not only does it foam from the rotating thingy at the bottom it does the heating thing and so it has an electric base, the actual foamer is stainless with handle,

anyway I put splenda in the foamer and my coffee cup, sometimes Torani or DaVinci syrups, like my coffee very sweet,

then I put one fourth to one half cup of almond milk, 40-45 calories, into the foamer,

I realized that just adding almond milk was not working, my coffee looked grey--yuk==

the foamer disguises the color of the coffee, thats all I see is the creamy foam, tastes the same to me,

coffee is a low calorie treat for me, but it must look like the ritual it is,

yum

I have a K-cup maker and drink flavored coffees when I want something sweet (Pumpkin, French Vanilla, Butterscotch, etc) My daily routine is to make 2 k-cups and add 7 mini moos. The coffee is 4 calories and the minimoos are about 10 calories each. I buy unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze milk for my cereal but have not yet tried the sweetened version in my coffee but that might be an option. It's 60 calories per CUP so peanuts when you measure out a couple of tablespoons. Have you tried Stevia? I haven't tried that yet but I'm not one for adding sugar to anything unless I'm baking.

Milk or cream. I like my coffee way, way too much. I guess that is part of living in the Pacific Northwest is having a cup of joe every where you go.

Most days I just use 2% milk, but on the weekends I like to have some half and half in my coffee. Cinnamon is also very good sprinkled on top. Cinnamon is an anti-inflammatory spice, so it can help you heal after a particularly hard workout, too.

The other nice thing about being in the PNW is the sheer variety and excellence of coffee shops and roasting companies. It seems like the whole craft brewery industry has shown the light so-to-speak, to the PNW coffee industry. (And no, I'm not talking about Starbucks....)

I don't add sugar to my coffee. A long time ago I got used to the taste of coffee without sugar because the tea & coffee club we had at work never kept sugar and I never remembered to bring my own.

I also like semi-skimmed milk in mine and have not really gone to any trouble to find a lower calorie alternative. For me that is 160 calories a day and for me there are easier targets for reducing my calorie intake than this. Just about the first thing I did when starting this diet was to halve the amount of breakfast cereal I ate which saved about 260 calories/day.

I use any name brand full fat regular sugar creamer. I use 1 TBS (35 calories) per 10 oz cup. I have 1-4 cups (mostly 1-2) a day so I waste 140 calories max. I find that it helps surpress appetite and quenches cravings for rich and creamy deserts.

Over time I managed to switch from creamer to milk, to skim milk, to black. I still put 1 splenda in it because I don't like the bitterness and am not ready for that yet, but I do get it down to zero calories (or whatever is in the coffee, 5 or whatever).

I gradually got rid of my cream and sugar as well and now drink it black, but when I first started out the nutritionist at the gym said if you only enjoy your coffee with cream and sugar that consider it your treat! Who wants to start their day with a bad cup of coffee :-)

Good luck-there seem to be many great suggestions here!!

I am addicted to coffee! I"m latin and it's part of our everyday all day routine. I did manage wheen myself a bit and lowered my coffee intake to two cups a day. I use half and half or FAT FREE creamer. I use 1 tsp of sugar. I used to be an avid DD's coffee drinker but found that a light and sweet medium coffee was almost 200 calories and tons of fat. So i switched to McD's coffee or i make my own. I will not stop drinking coffee. There is a myth that is doesn't let you lose weight or makes you gain belly fat, however i found just the opposite and i haven't had any issue w/ losing belly fat !!! so take that coffee haters !!!!!

"I like my coffee black, taters fried, football games on Monday night. Thats just who I am. A meat and potatoes man!"

No but really.....sometimes I want a flavor in my coffee. Since I normally drink the bold flavors (euro blend), I sometimes go for the hazelnut coffee, or chocolate. Since it is blended in with the coffee, you dont have to add anything. And it is still less calories, virtually none.

<http://www.livestrong.com/article/312775-calories-in-hazelnut-coffee/&gt;

I used to need coffee, i was an animal with out it. but i made it a point to SLOWLY ween myself of it. I went from 3- 4 cups a day down to 1-2, now i may have a cup in the morning during the week, but i really only have a cup on sundays if i have any at all. I work out as soon as i wake up so that definetly gets the juices flowing, and i really don't need the caffeeine. So i find that now when i do have a cup i REALLY enjoy it. The other thing is...I drink it black. and i have for years. I couldn't tell you the last time i put sugar or cream in my coffee. even espresso, i'll rub a little lemon rhine on the rim of the cup but thats it no sweetener.

Try it black, you might like it