Oh God someone help me....

It's probably the sugar not the coffee. wean yourself off it.. take 1 less teaspoon for the next week.. then reduce it again the following week and so on.. My grandmother did this to me with sugar when I was a teen.. I haven't used sugar since... sugar is evil.

I get it. I like my coffee sweet or not at all. So maybe you can try to make a normal cup of coffee, then add one packet of nestle hot chocolate to it. No cream or whip. It has 80 calories. I am NOT saying this is a healthy food. But it might help you to the road to getting off 700 calories from treat coffees. And it will give you some caffeine to keep those headaches from coming (and maybe save some money???).

My addiction of choice was Diet Coke. Withdrawing from the sugar and caffeine can be brutal but I found that starting the morning with fruit helped kill the sugar cravings and gradually reducing the amount you drink will help with the headaches.

It adds up fast I had no idea how many calories I was drinking in my coffee I was using six times the serving size of 35 calories and then 3 tsp of sugar at 15 calories each so that was 255 calories for one cup and I was just popping in a Kurig a few times a day not even thinking about how much calories I was drinking. Most fatting Christmas Gift I ever got! Like I said now I just drink one cup of Iced coffee and dont have to guess. I dont think I could ever drink black coffee!

Have you tried maybe using something like unsweetened almond milk or just less creamer? Splenda or Stevia?

Oh, honey... I feel that. Trust me. I used to get a 32-ounce fountain Pepsi every morning at work and then usually had a 20-ounce in the afternoon.

I started cutting back to 20 ounces, then 10. Then I switched to Pepsi One. Then I switched to Diet Lipton Green Tea w/ Citrus. Then I switched to Crystal Light and drank a bit of tea if I needed caffeine.

The headaches are from quitting cold turkey. Try to scale it back bit by bit like I did. Each of those steps took me a couple of weeks or so.

Now that I haven't had regular Pepsi (or even Diet) in a long time, I can't stand it. It's sooooo sugary and sticky and leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. Plus, since I have insulin resistance, it ramps up my hunger and cravings and I spend the next day or so completely miserable. I actually crave WATER now. I never thought I'd say that.

I know it is hard to break a habit but just stop and be strong minded. Discipline is the key to success. That is my suggestion.

Tapering off will help. I agree with the person who said one cup of coffee the way you like it the rest black. The caffeine will keep you from getting a migraine, and you will lose those extra pounds of sugar and milk.

In case you're getting a complex about how you get to all those calories OP, don't feel bad. I could do it easily too. (Luckily Starbucks is so expensive that it's treat territory only.) 2 soy mochas would take me to 660 calories, and that's without whipped cream. Even the soy lattes, no mocha, would take me to the same calorie amount, it would just take three of them. Considering that they fill me up for hours, I could fall into that trap myself of little food, lots of beverage.

I used to drink a "coffee candy bar" every morning....maybe not quite as bad cause I made my own but I just poured sugar and creamer in until it "looked right".

When I went on mfp and started measuring I started to realize how much that must have been. I started off putting like3 tbsp of creamer and 2 tsp of sugar, I have cut it down to 1 tbsp (in a large cup, so it's more like a cup and a half of coffee) and I still do real sugar most of the time, but Stevia is pretty good too. I think they have Stevia at DD....if not, maybe Splenda. Ask them to make your drink light or skinny. I would imagine DD probably has different options, wonder if the Nut info is on the website? I just drink the cup and a half each day and allow myself the creamer and sugar once a day. I think though this kinda keeps me hooked on the sugar when alot of the other regular eating I do during the day is good, but getting that creamer/sugar fix keeps me craving sugar. Half and half isn't bad, and is less calories than regular creamer, or you could ask them to make it with skim. I need a little bit of richness in there though. Hoping to curb this habit gradually as well and not have to have the cream and sugar. I don't mind a little bit of caffeine addiction as long as I don't start going over 1-2 cups a day. As a Mom it's kinda what keeps me going when I have stuff that HAS to be done and the energy just isn't in me.

Try cutting it slowly. If you have ten cups a day for example then make 5 of those decaf, the other 5 regular......or have ten one day, nine the next and so on. I love coffee too, have at least 6 cups a day. I used to have lattes but now I have regular with a dash of semi skimmed milk. For your sugar you could switch to sweetener and slowly reduce your intake or simply go cold turkey like I did. Taste rubbish for the first few days but then you get used to it.. Try flavoured coffees too.

Try half reg/decaf use splenda ff milk instead of creamer until you get to a point you dont get the withdraw migrains. Good luck