Coffee Help

GetFitWithMel80
GetFitWithMel80 Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am a coffee addict! I currently use fat free french vanilla creamer and I use rather a lot to make it taste the way I want it. But I am noticing this is killing my sugar intake. I don't like the taste of the sugar free creamer.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    I don't track my sugar. Unless there's a medical reason to do so, don't track it. If you're eating at a deficit, going over your sugar isn't going to hurt your weight loss.
  • Littlestandrews
    Littlestandrews Posts: 96 Member
    Maybe it's just me but I don't really consider my sugar intake, I just watch calories. Using two TBSP of Sweet Cream in the morning only costs me 70 calories. And are most of your other daily sugars natural or added?
  • Lives2Travel
    Lives2Travel Posts: 682 Member
    I don't worry about my sugar intake and like you, I love my coffee! As long as I stay within my calorie goal, the amount of daily sugar doesn't seem to matter to my weight loss.
  • rabblerabble
    rabblerabble Posts: 471 Member
    I just drink my coffee black. Helps to use quality fresh ground beans. Yeah it would taste better with creamer/sugar/etc added, but that stuff is just empty calories that I don't need/want.
  • kkzmom11
    kkzmom11 Posts: 220 Member
    what about less creamer and add splenda until you get the taste you want?
  • PennyM140
    PennyM140 Posts: 423 Member
    I love my coffee too. And I'm experimenting with eating Paleo which means no dairy and no sugar. I didn't think I could drink my coffee black but I CAN and I still LOVE it.
  • stevekoo
    stevekoo Posts: 5 Member
    I drink my coffee black, as well. The calories from creamer & sugar is killing your diet. Just remember, ~3,500 calories=1lb
  • EricRazorbacks
    EricRazorbacks Posts: 42 Member
    This is a long shot, but maybe try less bitter coffee and/or brew it weaker. Then, maybe you can use less creamer and still get that flavor you like. Or, maybe it will just taste like creamy water.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    I don't worry about sugar but how does all that fit into your calorie budget? Those creamers add a lot of calories. I often look at food the same way I do money. I ask myself if the reward from eating that is worth the debt that it causes and what else could I have instead that wouldn't cost as much.
  • cmurphy252
    cmurphy252 Posts: 279 Member
    I don't track my sugar. Unless there's a medical reason to do so, don't track it. If you're eating at a deficit, going over your sugar isn't going to hurt your weight loss.

    This for me! I'm also a coffee addict and have no intentions of giving it up so I allow for the calories and dont track my sugar (deleted it from my macros).
  • TammyGKRN
    TammyGKRN Posts: 15
    If you can't do without your coffee try using it to make your morning protein shake. Use vanilla bean protein powder and almond milk. It is yummy!! If you just want coffee use stevia and almond milk. The coffee creamers are horrible for anyone trying to maintain healthy lifestyle! They just don't fit into them!!
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    I just use cream- it's sweet enough for me for coffee. You could try adding a 1/4 tsp vanilla extract to get the flavour you want. Cream has natural sugar so there will still be a number but at least its not processed sugar.
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    You could use Stevia or Agave to sweeten it if you want. Try to stay away from artificial sweeteners- all those carcinogens :|
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    instead of french vanilla creamer, try french vanilla coffee, and a teaspoon of sugar - that's only 4g. Plus a TB of half and half is only 30 cals. might work, definitely a better option than the flavored creamer ...
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    If you can't do without your coffee try using it to make your morning protein shake. Use vanilla bean protein powder and almond milk. It is yummy!! If you just want coffee use stevia and almond milk. The coffee creamers are horrible for anyone trying to maintain healthy lifestyle! They just don't fit into them!!

    If you try this- mixing most protein powders with hot stuff doesn't work :( Get's clumpy and gross. I've been meaning to try mixing the powder with the cold creamer/milk/whatever and then adding the hot coffee. Apparently it doesn't clump that way... but haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
  • ramsx1991
    ramsx1991 Posts: 142 Member
    I don't pay attention to my sugar intake whatsoever, I am pretty sure I have gone over every single day for months.

    If you are worried, you can get flavored coffee and then just add regular cream, or milk? I think I have seen french vanilla flavored coffee beans.
  • Stage14
    Stage14 Posts: 1,046 Member
    I use a teaspoon of sugar, which allows me to use half as much flavored creamer. I don't worry about my sugar intake specifically and a little actual sugar sweetens it so that I can cut back the creamer and have less calories overall per cup.
  • buxfan
    buxfan Posts: 12 Member
    Coffee addict here - I like my coffee blonde and sweet!! I've found that 1.5 ounces of Premier Protien vanilla ready-to-drink is awesome in my coffee. It gives it the right color, the right sweetness and is only 18 calories with no fat and no sugars plus I get 3 grams of protein with it - WIN/WIN!
  • bsuew
    bsuew Posts: 628 Member
    Have you tried Torani naturally flavored sugar free vanilla? You did mention that you don't like the taste of sugar free stuff, I find I really like it. I'll use powdered creamer, but only a little. There are different flavors that are really good as well.
  • Corinne_Howland
    Corinne_Howland Posts: 158 Member
    I went black. There's no sense trying to just cut back. I went black for my daily coffee drinking. After dinner, I use my creamer. That's my dessert.
  • fougamou
    fougamou Posts: 200 Member
    I drink my coffee black, as well. The calories from creamer & sugar is killing your diet. Just remember, ~3,500 calories=1lb

    I doubt "killing" is right.

    I weaned myself down to one tbls -- 20-35 cals.
  • charycedm1
    charycedm1 Posts: 11 Member
    I drink a lot of tea and love the sugar. I now replace the sugar with stevia and am very pleased with no calories.
  • shayemimi
    shayemimi Posts: 203 Member
    unsweetened vanilla almond milk. 30 cal for one cup, I use a little less than a quarter cup in my huge mug, and a dash a splenda. Sometimes a little pumpkin spice mixed in. Yummers!
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    I am a coffee addict! I currently use fat free french vanilla creamer and I use rather a lot to make it taste the way I want it. But I am noticing this is killing my sugar intake. I don't like the taste of the sugar free creamer.
    Does anyone have any suggestions?

    Is it possible that you are addicted to the sugar and not the coffee ? When coffee creamer first came out ( decades ago ) I used a lot of it for quite a while and started drinking much more coffee ( about 15 cups a day ). When I quit the creamer I also drank less coffee and now years later drink four cups a day, black, no sugar or additional flavors...yay !
    I have not looked at coffee creamer for a very long time and would be concerned, especially if it had HFCS and other modified sugars. I am not into too much sugar ( and I don't care what anyone else says ) unless it's from fruit, because I get more bang for by calorie buck with other foods, which means I am not going to waste it just on sugar.
  • thesophierose
    thesophierose Posts: 754 Member
    get sugar free....?
  • carolstartingover
    carolstartingover Posts: 83 Member
    Unless I become diabetic, I won't worry about sugar intake. unless all my calories go to it.
  • N3RD0V571CK
    N3RD0V571CK Posts: 11 Member
    Use regular (or fat Free) coffee mate creamer and add vanilla syrup. Much cheaper on calories
  • jimshine
    jimshine Posts: 199 Member
    I too am a coffee addict. I cut back on how much sugar I use. I buy packets of raw sugar and use half in each mug of coffee. It takes that bitter after taste off. It takes a little getting used to, but it does work.
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
    I am a coffee addict! I currently use fat free french vanilla creamer and I use rather a lot to make it taste the way I want it. But I am noticing this is killing my sugar intake. I don't like the taste of the sugar free creamer.
    Does anyone have any suggestions?

    I have started using the powdered flavored creamer and have found I like the sugar free flavors offered there..however, I don't really pay attention to my sugars, just my calories and I have been losing steadily. I would say try some different combos until you find what works for you. If you end up sticking with what you have now, try limiting the amount of coffee you let yourself have every day. Best of luck!
  • HealthyWarrior
    HealthyWarrior Posts: 394 Member
    MMMM COFFEE!!!!! I take mine black with sweet n low. On occasion I may mix in a tablespoonful of international delight French vanilla 35 calories but most days I just take it black.

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