Coffee junkies? :)

I am a coffee lover as well....who used to splurge on flavored creamers. I went through the same thing when starting my lifestyle change (I still refuse to call it a diet). Now, I buy flavored coffees (Target has some excellent choices), and add vanilla coconut milk (only 2 TBSP per my 20 oz cup) and a bit of stevia. So good, and sometimes I can find a chocolate flavored coffee, so it covers my sweet tooth too!

I love coffee, but that's no secret. I usually have 1-3 a day...4 on a bad day.

I grind beans daily for my coffee and drink it black. Grinding can give you more control over the flavor.

I love coffee!!! I recently (jan 1) gave up having splenda in my coffee because I've been wanting to cut out as much artificial things in my diet as I can....but I still have cream. Yes cream, not milk! Its so much more enjoyable to me with real cream. I have maybe 2 cups a day....sometimes a 3rd in the afternoon but I'll have decaf then.

I CANNOT drink those flavored creamers because I get seriously addicted, its sooo bad.

This is me I get so addicted to the flavored = tons of calories! The flavored stuff is artificial also. I have even cut back on myflavored coffee. Now I am, for the most part doing just half&half. Although, I may have just one here and there with Davinci or Torani flavored syrup. It has splenda in it but I do this on occasion and never a full serving. It's hard. Doing just half&half is sort of killing me but, this may change depending if I find some other way that is more natural. I don't do black. I have tried almond milk and coconut milk-not quite my taste. Although, I do love them on their own.

ive been drinking pumpkin spice dunkin donuts coffee just plain. i love my coffee too!

*splenda

As long as it has caffeine in it I'll drink it! I've recently gone to macchiatos because they are cheaper as I'm lacking in money. I'm also not fussy about sugar/sweetener either. It all depends on how I feel at the time. I do tend to go for sugar when I'm out and sweetener when I get home. Not sure why :ohwell:

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee. Love me some coffee. Coffee, Protein Shakes. Try Click Protein. I am drinking the Vanilla Latte right now. It's awesome! Gave up a lot but won't give up coffee or dark chocolate. Just drink/eat it in moderation.

By the way ... does anyone know why there is sugar in Lattes made with skimmed milk? Skimmed milk officially has zero sugar, coffee has zero sugar, and I'm pretty sure they don't add sugar to the drink when they make it ....

How do you figure skim milk has ZERO sugar? It's fat free, not sugar free. One cup has 12 g. sugar, which is why on the low-carb diets you are supposed to use full-fat milk for cream instead.

I LOVE my coffee! I've cut WAY down, I was drinking 100 calories a cup and having 5-6 cups a day!!! :noway: Like you, I can't do black, so I use organic unprocessed sugar and almond milk and it's yummy! Now I'm down to about 75 calories a cup and one cup a day if that :happy:

I love the Skinny Lattes from Starbucks and the Northern lights Lattes at Caribou coffee! I could drink them daily but try not to!

If you're looking for a stronger caffeine buzz with a hot drink, look no further then Yerba mate. It has like 8x more caffeine then coffee ever will, and it's a tea. So it won't kill you.

I personally just don't drink it from a gourd like the traditional method. I do however, recommend this one at a fairly good price for a high qauility organic tea-
http://www.davidstea.com/organic-green-mate?&TF=A3D8A15D878C&DEID=

And yes, you can sugar/cream it like a coffee and it tastes FANTASTIC. My roommate would add lemon to hers, and give it a whole new flavor twist on it. A lovely diverse little tea to appeal to your need for sweet, or zesty.

I was cramming at least 16 oz on finals week with this **** to keep me going.

I can't do any artificial sweeteners, they give me the worst migraines I've ever had and I wish I could like black coffee but I can't bring myself to drink it without a half cup of sugar in there. I can't really say I'm a coffee junkie but I am a Starbucks junkie (I know there is a difference ;-)) Anyways what I've been doing is using their Via Packets (The Blonde ones) and adding 2 tablespoons 1% milk and one tablespoon of Hershey chocolate syrup. I've cut down my mocha calorie intake from 220 (tall non fat no whip) to about 75 calories and if I ever thought about how much money I'm saving I'm sure I'd be proud. I'm sure it doesn't help you but maybe someone else out there will like it. :-)

I love my coffee too, and my boyfriend got me a Keurig for Christmas!!! I normally drink mine with 1Tbsp. of half and half, and have one cup a day. But when I'm craving something more coffee-shop I make this:

"You need either white peppermint bark or about 5 white chocolate chips and half of a small candy cane crushed up some. Simply break the candy up, distribute evenly around bottom of mug, and add one restaurant single serve cup of half and half (1 tbsp.) Pour coffee over mixture and stir well until the candy is melted!" (Just one of the many fun recipes on my blog!)

This is about 75 calories and really smashes the occasional craving. Much much better than the too-sweet Starbucks version, and about a fifth of the calories!

I work for Nespresso coffee and we have a bunch of recipes online:

http://www.nespresso.com/ultimate-coffee-creations/INT/en/search/all.html (scroll down and click all recipes)

Just note that where it gives a list of ingredients as such as "2 capsules of xyz" this means 2 shots of espresso.

i use nespresso. 2 capsules of whatever im having that day. milk up to the max line of my aerocino and 1.5 sugars.

love it.