Coffee Drinkers

I was the same in the beginning blowing tons of calories on it. My soultion was switching to powder. It worked. I learned to like it better than the creamer

I would be willing to give up just about anything except coffee. I don't use sugar, and use just enough milk to take the bitter edge off. I've gotten to the point where I don't even like the taste if there's sugar in it.

I too used to be a flavored creamer girl but have weaned myself off it over the years and now exclusively use unsweetened vanilla almond milk and truvia. It took a little time to acclimate my taste buds to the the change but I def prefer almond milk over soy in coffee.

I'm a big coffee drinker too:drinker: All day right up to bed time, with lots of flavored creamer and Splenda in each cup.

I now use 1 Tb Torani Sugar Free flavored Coffee Syrup (0 cal/0g prot/0.5g carb/0fat/0g sugar/2.5mg sodium) and Stevia or Cinnamon/Vanilla extract and Stevia. Sometimes if I REALLY want the creamy color, I'll add almond milk or lactaid fat free milk, but for me the flavor trumps color. I started drinking hot green tea with a whole sliced lemon and Stevia first thing in the am and a "side effect" I didn't expect has been that I've cut back to have half cup reg coffee with half decaf for my first cup, then decaf or decaf tea the rest of the day.

At night I do get wicked cravings for sweets, so I have a cup of decaf with stevia and no more than a teaspoon of sugar free flavored non dairy creamer which seems to be working for me because the flavor and texture are satisfying.

I used to be just like you. Loved my coffee every morning with french vanilla creamer. In my attempts to give up the creamer, I tried vanilla almond milk and hated it. Then tried milk and truvia sweetener. Again, no go. After about a month of experimenting I said screw it and went back to the french vanilla creamer, but it was way too sweet. Now, I only use milk, no sweetener, and love being able to savor the flavor of my coffee rather than the sugary vanilla flavor. Occasionally, I have flavored creamer but prefer it with milk only.

If you are unable to find an alternative, keep drinking your coffee the way you like it and make it fit your daily goals.

Good luck to you!

We use Land O Lakes Fat Free Half & Half and it's really pretty good! I can't do black coffee so I understand where you're coming from! Good luck!

I ahve posted on this MANY times myself. It was really flippin tought to kick CoffeeMate, but I swtiched to black flavored coffee and haven't looked back. Like you, I relaized I was wasting a meals worth of calories every moring just on processed sugary flavor and it just didn't make sense.

Good luck!

I tried all the other creamers and while the SO coconut milk ones are OKAY, they ain't the same. I just figured I would cut it completely and save the calories for a bigger lunch or dinner.

I have a 20 ounce travel mug that is my "morning coffee cup." In it, I add 2 ounces of real half and half (there's no substitute for the flavor IMHO), and a combination of artificial sweeteners. I have one each morning, so I think the 80 calories are well worth it. For a normal size mug, 10-12 oz, I would use one ounce.

I have an allergy to cane sugar, so I *must* avoid it, hence the sweeteners. Stevia is good but it's better if you add a few grains of "pink packet" (brand name Sweet-n-Low) or "blue packet" (brand name Equal). Don't know how yellow packet would work but I assume it would taste good, just since it's made from cane sugar I can't use it. And if you don't mind a few extra calories, agave is awesome.

A little Soy Creamer, I like Whole Foods or Trader Joe's brands way better than Silk because it's thicker so takes way less to lighten the coffee up, and a little raw sugar and then I sweeten the rest up with the new Monkfruit natural sweetener (Splenda brand or the awesome little squeeze bottle of concentrated, they have it at Walmart, its super portable). I find that this blend cuts sugar calories way down without a weird aftertaste or chemicals!

Yuck.

Coffee is the drink of the gods!! That and diet coke, my two vices. Could happily live without cake, chocolate, ice cream, chips, crisps but do not take my latte and diet coke (how would I drink my vodka without diet coke? :-O) lol

Exactly. Why corrupt it with cream, sugar, and worse yet, flavored syrups? Tired of cream and sugar junkies blaming coffee for their problems.

One thing I refuse to give up is my morning coffee with half-and-half. I usually drink 2–3 cups, each with a tablespoon of half-and-half. It's really not that many extra calories, and I'd rather drink it and burn it off than not have any at all! Coffee just isn't the same without the cream.

The only compromise I've made on my coffee is switching to Truvia for sweetener. About 1/4tsp. I use half and half and use about 2TBS of that. I had weaned myself down from a heaping teaspoon of sugar to a scant 1/2 tsp, and then to the Truvia. I don't have more than 2 cups in the morning, usually only 1.

i just want y'all to know I had to leave this forum to go get coffee.