Coffee creamer

Yes, I would say use milk and if you need, just a small amount of sugar. But, I wouldn't use artifical sweetener. That stuff is very bad for your health. I guess it has some nasty stuff in it?

Im going to cut back on the creamer and start tomorrow with plain black coffee and some sort of sweetner. I drink about 2 cups a day sometimes 3 WITH creamer. If i stop the creamer, will this help with weightloss? Because honestly my workout routine is fine, i workout 5-6 days a week & burn anywhere from 600-800 cals. I also eat fairly healthy. I really think its the creamer doing it....any opinons/suggestions?

I suggest you count ALL of your calories daily for a week and see what you're really eating. Just because you eat healthy doesn't mean you're not overeating. Yes, creamer has a lot of calories and could be contributing but so could many other things. Log everything you eat and all of your activity in MFP and see what your deficit is each day. That's the best way to see where you might be off.

You'd have to pry the coffee creamer from my cold, dead hands before I'd give it up.

That being said, if you're like my sister and you take your creamer with a splash of coffee and you are using high calorie flavored creamers AND having several cups a day, then you may be onto something.

I'd start with tracking how many calories a day you're actually putting away using the creamer. Maybe just cutting back is the answer.

Two tablespoons of half and half is only 40 calories. That's not a lot.

It's only hindering your weight loss if it's the ONLY thing putting you into a calorie surplus everyday. I love my flavored creamers and I make them fit in my calories everyday. If it's not something you mind giving up, then by all means look for a healthier option, but don't give up something you enjoy to save a few calories.

I have two cups of coffee every morning with creamer and I have lost 21lbs. I think you can still enough your cream and loss the weight.

I was concerned that my most favorite creamer in the world (Coffee Mate French Vanilla) has partially hydrogenated oils (trans fat) even thought the label said 0 grams of trans fat. But the label is per serving. I know I put more than 1 tablespoon per cup, and I drink 2 cups. Anyway, I switched to Vanilla Almond milk with no trans or saturated fat, and a serving is a cup, so I know I'm not using that much. It took me a while to get used to it, but now I love it. But I didn't switch b/c of calories, I switched because of the ingredients. If I go to someone's house and they have the real deal, I savor it. I just don't want to drink it every day.

I have a cup of coffee in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon but limit the creamer to one tbsp. only in each. Only 30-40 calories each and it gives me that extra little bit of flavour in my coffee. Two tbsps. a day is not going to hinder anyone's weight loss efforts. Having been drinking my coffee black for many years, this makes a nice change.

Unless you are using an insane amount of creamer, no.

i drink coffee almost every morning. In my 24 oz cup, i have the following: 16 oz of coffee (<10 calories) & use 8 oz of unsweetened vanilla almond milk (30 calories) & a tablespoon of white chocolate macadamia nut creamer (35 calories) so my whole big cup is less than 75 calories.

Dang! That sounds delicious! Do you have to reheat your coffee after the milk? I just bought Almond milk for the first time, so I'm going to try this tomorrow!