Coffee Creamer!

I refuse to give up creamer as well, I just tweaked by switching to an all-natural creamer made from cream, milk, sugar and flavor (made by Darigold which might not be available everywhere, but it is in the PNW). It doesn't necessarily save calories over coffeemate, but it's not make with partially hydrogenated soybean oil so that makes me happy. It tastes great and I feel a little better that its a smidge healthier. I drink 2 cups with 2 tablespoons in each cup, no guilt or regrets. I will give up creamer when it's pried from my cold dead hands. lol.

I LOVE flavored creamers, but I have to use 5-6 (30-40 calories each) to get my coffee the way I like it! So, I've found that if I buy flavored coffee and just use 2-3 regular creamer (like half and half or Coffeemate regular, both around 10 calories each) and some Splenda, I actually like it better! It's a calorie saver too!

try a dash of cinnamon with your black coffee

Vanilla almond milk. It's pretty awesome in my coffee. I had switched from cream, to whole milk, down to 1% to skim and then black, no sugar. The almond milk gives me a bit of sweetness and flavour while cutting the bitterness of the coffee. It's less than 10 calories for an ounce.

Back when I was drinking coffee, I would only put 3 tbsps in my cup. I also would use splenda instead of actual sugar to counter-balance it.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Why wreck your coffee experience when you can easily make reductions elsewhere.

cus some of us use a quarter cup of creamer :laugh:

OP i also love my creamer and refuse to get a lesser quality one.
what i've found helps is choosing good quality coffee. I been able to find a few brands of coffee that dont taste bitter and are smooth enough that i don't even need creamer so when i do use creamer (the prescribed amount) it's an additional bonus

I use So Delicious vanilla coconut milk creamer. It is only 20 calories for 2 tablespoons and it is delicious and creamy.

Hey everyone!

Ok so coffee creamer is my weakness!!!! I hate the sugar free kind and basically each day I am drinking 175 calories of coffee and creamer alone! The creamer I buy is 35 calories per tablespoon. Any suggestions on good substitutes that taste good??

I had the same problem! It was the first big 'thing' I had to tackle when the food diary really brought it all home to me how many calories per day I was drinking. My favorite also has 35 cals per tablespoon.

I tried drinking it black, couldn't do it. I tried using less, couldn't stand it. I tried the sugar free kind, not happening.

What I did was cut the coffee in my cup by half and then I add two tablespoons of my beloved creamer. That way I am getting about the same proportion of coffee to creamer for 70 calories and it tastes the way I like it.

I still drink too many of these per day (I'd rather eat those calories, honestly) but overall, I cut my coffee consumption by about 75% (I had to eliminate the bottled mocha frappucinos to 'occasional treat' status since I drank several of them every day ON TOP of the coffee, for about 1200 total liquid calories per day and ~15 cups of coffee or equivalent per day :blushing: ) This is the only thing that has worked for me. I had about 10 miserable days of caffeine withdrawal, but once that lifted, everything is fine again and I still get my coffee/creamer fix. Happy side effect of less caffeine has been fewer muscle twitches, no more heart palpitations, and sounder sleep!

I am a large tervis tumbler (24oz) of coffee a day drinker. Before it would be 6 sugars, 6 creams. Not that I've changed my lifestyle I use 4 stevia and 3tbsp of regular half and half. After looking at all the powdered, refridgerated and non-refridgerated creamers and having used some of them, and self-determining that they were all pretty much bad for you (some of the ingredients yuk!) I switched to the half and half. I get the creamy coffee I want and it's 60 calories. That to me is worth it. I personally did not like the taste of soy or almond "milk."