Starbucks Anonymous D;

Hi,

If you're really trying to kick the habit, I would first start by cutting out the glorifying of the drinks. Maybe remove it from your profile and then switch to normal coffee at home. It took about a month for me to adjust to drinking black coffee and appreciating the taste without all the sugar, flavor, and junk added. If you don't mind eating artificial food, there's a lot of sugar free creamers with flavors.

I have a total habit. The free coffee at work tastes like complete trash. I mean it's HORRIBLE, bitter, just nasty. So nearly every day starts out with a venti pike and a ham and cheddar sandwich. It's a six dollar a day habit. Could be worse, I mean I steer way clear of all the 'foofy' drinks with all the extra crap except on the very rare 3:30 'I need a pick me up from work' break with a co-worker and then I stick to a tall only.

I am a Dunkins Addict, Starbucks is too expensive for my little wallet and I'm a Boston girl lol I would probably be public executed for a Starbucks addition! LOL

But I was recently in Florida where they didn't have DUnkins so I had to drink Starbucks I asked about their low calorie drinks and they have tons of sugar free syrups which add a nice flavor to black coffee & their green tea is also fantastic unsweetened. The green tea is zero calories and the sugar free vanilla or caramel coffee is only 5. I even splurged and had a black coffee with pumpkin syrup which was really sweet and only 40 calories. The girl also said that their skinny lattes only have 120 calories in a small or medium or whatever their sizes are lol I forget exactly what size it was. But there's not reason you can't continue to drink there you just need to cut back on the cream and sugar. Maybe try milk and splenda and work your way to black Or learn how make stuff at home so you can use healthier ingredients.

You're right about Nonfat milk watering things down, but I also hate soy, and generally don't like any kind of milk in my coffee because I feel it takes away from the coffee taste! Try it with just some sugar free syrup! The lack of milk means it doesn't get waterd down and the flavor helps balance the bitterness of the coffee

I drink coffee every day. I'm hoping to get a K Cup Machine for XMAS so I don't have to pay for a coffee every day, it hurts my wallet more then anything else.

I'm a barista at Starbucks and it has been a little difficult to kick the habit completely, but I've found really good alternatives. I'm addicted to espresso, so what I found works for me is I usually get quad shot because there is less calories in espresso than milk/syrup. Also, I only get sugar-free syrups, non-fat and I haven't had whip in over 2 months. It sounds like hell, but since I'm there almost every day, it's not that bad once you get use to it.

I love Starbucks.

I miss Dunkin Donuts. I would get just plain coffee with nonfat milk there. No sugar, no syrups. But Starbucks I hardly ever just order coffee. I love that they offer soy milk, too. I don't like whip cream on my drinks, so, I always avoid that, too.

I love a nonfat caramel macchiato. Or a soy toffee nut latte. Yum. And I also get one of their seasonal drinks at LEAST once that season. I had a caramel brulee latte a few weeks ago. I was shocked to see how high calories it was though, even with nonfat milk.

I'm addicted too. One thing I've done is over time, I've reduced the number of pumps of syrup (because I don't like the sugar-free ones). For example - a grande flavored latte is normally 4 pumps of syrup (a peppermint mocha is a whopping 8 pumps). I'm down to 2 pumps for a grande, and just 1 for a tall. (I used to drink peppermint mocha).

Another tip is to order a smaller size - enjoy the taste, with less calories and smaller price.

If I get a tall or cappucino, with 1 pump, it's around 110 calories (less for the cappuccino), and most of that is from milk (I do order non-fat though - don't like the other options). If I wasn't getting the milk in my coffee, I'd be drinking a glass of it at a meal anyway, so I choose to have my milk in a latte.

my caffine addiction makes heroin addicts look like well adjusted memebers of society.

This made me laugh out loud!

nope, lol I love me some Starbucks.. I just work it into my calorie intake..

Not going to lie, I look forward to the day when I have enough money to make that my goal,

For the time being, I buy my own coffee creamer to bring to work. This is very important because I will have at least 2 ups a day. I don't know if I am addicted, because I can also drink non-caffinated tea instead and be just fine.

From what I've found, coffee and tea are both very good for a healthy metabolism. I use those drinks to keep me full while I wait for lunch.

I use to NEVER drink coffee and then I met my husband!! He is a HUGE Dunkin D fan, we lived up in NY and he had it 3-4 times a day. All the ladies knew us there lol. But sadly they don't have DD here in Germany and the coffee here on the economy is SOO strong that I haven't gotten quite use to it yet!!

But I loved Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha with an extra shot!