Goodbye Coffee Creamer
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There IS a coffee creamer you can use - it comes in flavors as well - it's called Zilch by Smart For Life - you have to order it online. I use it - 0 cal. 0 everything else only 5mg of sodium ALL NATURAL saved my life while I'm dieting because I cannot give up coffee and I don't like it plain - I hope this helps : )0
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I gave up creamer and started drinking it black about 3 weeks ago. I actually don't miss the creamer. It was hard at first but I am getting used to drinking it black now.0
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I don't know what type of creamer you are using but I haven't found them to have that many calories..? About 35 per tablespoon. I know I love coffee creamer so I couldn't give it up, now I just put 2 tablespoons in my coffee
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Two years ago I used to put 2 sugar packets in my coffee plus quite a bit of creamer. Last year I reduced it to one sugar and by December I quit adding sugar in altogether. Now I'm still working up to taking my coffee black, but I just add about half a tablespoon of creamer.0
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I don't know what type of creamer you are using but I haven't found them to have that many calories..? About 35 per tablespoon. I know I love coffee creamer so I couldn't give it up, now I just put 2 tablespoons in my coffee
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If she's having multiple cups of coffee per day, it can add up fast.0 -
I use Whey Vanilla protein powder!0
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3 tbsp. of sugar free vanilla creamer is 45 calories, only 15 calories per tbsp...I'm not giving up my coffee...0
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I limit my creamer to 1 TBSP per mug of coffee. My mug holds about 1.5 cups, so two mugs is about 3 cups of coffee, and just 2 TBSP of creamer. I used to use coffeemate sugar free vanilla creamer, but I decided I didn't want all of the hydrogenated oils and artificial chemicals, so I switched to a Darigold French Vanilla real dairy creamer. It has a little more calories, but calories don't tell the whole story. At any rate, most days I only have two mugs of coffee, so that is 60 calories of Darigold real dairy creamer. I also add Stevia to my coffee. I just make sure it fits in my daily limits, and its no problem.0
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Switching to decaf tea may help you.0
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I used to use 18% MF coffee cream and then switched to blend (half coffee cream, half 2%) and enjoy it. Its 10 cals per tbs so its reasonable unless you use 2-3 tbs and drink a pot a day. I have been gradually reducing it over time because I used to use 3 tablespoons, now I'm down to 1. Goes great in plain coffee or flavoured and won't break the caloric bank!0
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I cannot tolerate black coffee, so had to figure out a way to obtain a pleasant experience without the excessive fat, calories and sugar of the regular flavored creamers which I love! I switched to fat free half and half to give it creaminess.(40 cal for total of 2 servings) Next I found the Torani coffee syrups...they make sugar free(made with splenda). No cals, no fat, no sugar and only 25 mg of sodium per 2 TBSP serving. I have found the perfect solution to my coffee dilemma! I can now enjoy my 2 large cups of coffee in the morning and only use 40 calories, as opposed to 150 or more as before. I buy the Torani syrups at Gordmans.0
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Heavy cream for me too. I make it my breakfast mostly....... 4 tbsp heavy cream (200 cals) and 1 oz cheese (120 cals) and I'm good until lunch - fat is satisfying and nothing to be afraid of.
I like the idea of adding some pumpkin spice to it, I have tried cinnamon before and think I will try this too.0 -
I have two tablespoons with mine because I just don't want to give it up. 70 calories is not that much and I'm perfectly ok with using it.0
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I just drink one cup a day with about a tsp of creamer. So it's not bad enough that I have to give it up.0
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Learn to love coffee black...
My first cup of the day has 1tbsp heavy cream, the remaining coffee for the day is black.0 -
I cannot drink coffee black. To me it tastes plain awful and is just not worth it. What I've tried to do is find the minimum amount of creamer and sugar I can get away and still have it tasting great. I found 1 tsp of creamer and 1 packet of stevia does the trick for me.
You don't like coffee; you like dairy.
Oh yeah, she really loves dairy with a WHOLE TEASPOON in a CUP of coffee. :laugh:
Yes. She does.
On the upside, it's how most people make poor quality coffee bearable, either because they don't know good coffee, or don't care about coffee.0 -
Try this....Coffee - Truvia / Stevia and Unsweetened Almond Milk. 35 Calories and ZERO Sugar.0
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I was in the same boat as you, pouring probably 2 or 3 Tbsp into each mug, and sometimes 3 or 4 mugs a day! Now I have 1 mug a day, 2 at most, and each one has either 1 Tbsp of coffee creamer (not quite as tasty, but passable) or a 10-calorie sugar cube and about 2 Tbsp of half-and-half. Some days I skip the coffee altogether. This has slashed a good chunk of calories each day, for sure! You do adjust too, I bought a tall Starbucks Frappuccino a week ago and was amazed at how overly sweet it tasted to me now. I didn't really enjoy it. (Well...except the whipped cream, I can always go for that.)
Edit: It still feels so weird to be working on the same darn bottle of coffee creamer for about a month (or longer) instead of finishing it off in a week or so, the way I did before!0 -
Zilch coffee creamer is really bad. The taste is bitter and leaves an aftertaste, yuck!
Also they have not return policy so if you don't like it you just wasted $25 because they only let you purchase in 3 packs.0 -
I actually use a tablespoon and put in some half and half. A lot less sugar/carbs in half and half than milk and a little goes a long way!0
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