To Coffee or not to Coffee

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  • daxazo
    daxazo Posts: 37 Member
    Tablespoon of heavy whipping cream, and sometimes a teaspoon of coconut oil. High calories, low in carbs, and absolutely delicious :)
  • ByzantineBaby
    ByzantineBaby Posts: 1
    2oz Whole milk, a scoop of chocolate protein powder, and stevia in 16oz coffee....181 cals, 28g protein. :bigsmile:
    I have two a day.

    I do almost the same thing! I used to drink coffee with heavy whipping cream and sugar but eased into using chocolate whey protein powder so I get my caffeine and a protein boost! :)
  • kimleroy
    kimleroy Posts: 50 Member
    I actually love to mix hot cocoa mix into my coffee. It makes it taste like a mocha! You can get pretty low sugar cocoa mixes out there that keep the calories low. I got a gift set with five different flavors of cocoa mix for Christmas, but before that I used to buy the big tubs of it!
  • silversociety
    silversociety Posts: 222 Member
    I've been drinking black (no cream, no sugar) for so long I can't even remember what coffee with those things tastes like. Plain coffee's calories are negligible (i.e. ~2 calories)
  • just4nessa
    just4nessa Posts: 459 Member
    I love coffee and will not give it up but I try to limit myself to 3-4 cups a day with 1 tsp fat free half & half, 1 splenda, and 1/4 tsp sugar (to cut the aftertaste of the splenda). Considering I used to drink 5 to 6 cups a day with 2-3 tsp of sugar, this alternative works for me.
  • neniplatas
    neniplatas Posts: 25 Member
    Yes!!! I'm Cuban, so I have been drinking coffee since I was a toddler. Drip or American style coffee can be kind of watery to begin with so for me it's got to have cream and sugar. If I'm having a shot of espresso I don't need cream, however. I can still taste the difference between good coffee and bad coffee, believe me. I'd rather have one good cup with real ingredients than several lousy ones with fake creamer and artificial ingredients so it's worth the extra calories to me.
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    neniplatas Posts: 25 Member
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  • babydiego87
    babydiego87 Posts: 905 Member
    Black with no sugar. I genuinely prefer it that way. You can get 'light' creamers though if you absolutely cannot have it black. Skimmed milk also works just as well IMO.

    I have curbed my intake however, to one in the morning and one mid afternoon during the work day.
  • neniplatas
    neniplatas Posts: 25 Member
    If can even ask this question then you don't NEED coffee. :P


    Yes!!! LOL! So true! :laugh:
  • kellehbeans
    kellehbeans Posts: 838 Member
    Drink mine black most of the time. If I want a treat, I have a skinny latte. At Christmas, I had a sneaky cinammon latte from Costa. Now that is tasty!
  • davidbatchelor
    davidbatchelor Posts: 6
    Have you tried the Organo Gold coffee?
  • lamby284
    lamby284 Posts: 167 Member
    I usually drank one coffee a day with some sugar, but now I just drink it black. Still good!
  • tripodsmom
    tripodsmom Posts: 95 Member
    coffee, milk 2-4 cups a day, trying to get out of the milk habit currently
  • Runninglibrarian13
    Runninglibrarian13 Posts: 57 Member
    Black with splenda, usually...sometimes a creamer if I'm feeling like splurging... but always measured out so I know my eyes aren't playing tricks on me. ;) (Cause they do!)
  • JenSD6
    JenSD6 Posts: 454 Member
    I have 2-3 cups each morning, and it's a vice I'm not willing to give up. Work coffee is usually pretty grim and I usually can only stand to drink half a cup of it after having a nice cup from home in my travel mug in the car. We bought a Keurig for Christmas, and it's changed my life. hehe

    I went cold turkey off of milk (cream at work) in the fall, so now just add a little sweetener. Depending on where I am and what coffee, I'll either add just a little Splenda or a bit of flavoured sugar-free coffee syrup. My favourite coffee blends really require little more than a tiny bit of sweetener. I don't even want any dairy in my coffee now.
  • amefrag
    amefrag Posts: 3 Member
    you could try evaporated milk instead of half and half... creamy and sweet (even the low fat stuff) and better for the calories
  • haileysugarfits
    haileysugarfits Posts: 70 Member
    I may need to try that!
  • corneredbycorn
    corneredbycorn Posts: 267 Member
    100 calories

    I use an ounce of heavy whipping cream and Truvia.
  • JuniperT
    JuniperT Posts: 394 Member
    I noticed there are a couple people that like mocha's so I thought I'd share a link to a recipe for your own mocha or hot chocolate and you don't have to use the pumpkin spice if you don't want...

    http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2011/10/11/recipe-“pumpkin-spice”-hot-chocolate-or-mocha/
  • mbeuchert24
    mbeuchert24 Posts: 204 Member
    Black, no sugar. It tastes better that way.

    Yes, this!
  • rluedtke
    rluedtke Posts: 32
    With half & half. But I'm going to try to get it with just a touch of milk this year.

    I used to use sugar, then splenda. Cut out the splenda last year and can't STAND it sweet anymore.
  • iceey
    iceey Posts: 354 Member
    I have slowly reduced the sugar and cream I take in my Tim Horton's coffee. Used be double double, then I tried 2 cream, 1 sugar, now I take 1 cream, 1/2 a sugar. Each time I cut back, I don't especially like the coffee, but I find I do get used to it. Then if I accidentally get a double double, I find it too sweet! Next, I will cut back to 1/2 cream, 1/2 sugar.
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Over ice with skim milk and 2 tbsp vanilla creamer (sweet enough). At least one of those a day, most days two. 80 kcals of deliciousness that gets me from "don't talk to me" to "oh hai it's a new day how u doin?"
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I have struggled with this myself. I LOVE LOVE LOVE CoffeeMate creamer in my coffee! However, lookIng at the calories of it I HAD to switch. It would take up anywhere from 200 to 400 calories in a day, depending on how creamy I mixed it. I immediately switched to Soy and coconut creamers, which are decent alternatives to cut calories and still give flavor. That cut the calories in my morning routine in about half while still feeling like I was getting my fix.

    Now I just drink it black using flavor coffees. I tried the Stivia stuff and others, but I like the Hazelnut or Snickerdoodle flavors enough black I din't need anything more. Really frees up calories for the day so I can eat.
  • sonny368
    sonny368 Posts: 61
    Addicted to coffee no way...I add semiskimmed milk 2 cups per day otherwise i don't make it!! ahahah
  • gabe_irun4coffee
    gabe_irun4coffee Posts: 230 Member
    Did someone say coffee? I work nights so I take mine in an IV with 1 tbls non-dairy creamer and one Splenda about 10 calories.
  • MrsC160
    MrsC160 Posts: 85 Member
    good fresh ground beans - brewed using cold filtered water

    16 oz of coffee
    1 tbsp half & half
    1 pump of torani sugar free vanilla syrup
    1 packet of splenda
    a sprinkle of cinnamon

    about 25ish calories (i don't measure the cinnamon so it can vary)

    I will not give up my daily coffee :drinker:
  • mom2kpr
    mom2kpr Posts: 348 Member
    10 - 12 oz coffee w/2 oz warm 1% milk & 1/8 tsp peppermint extract. Delicious. I'm going to start experimenting with other extract flavors. I cannot drink plain black coffee - imo ewww. Tried training myself to do it, just couldn't.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    Three dessertspoonsful of double cream and no sugar please....mmmm....mmmm....140 calories...I only have one of these per day if it fits me macros...
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I drink it with a splash of milk.

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