Coffee

I use coffemate skinny as well. Also, I have found the Dunkin Donuts Strawberry shortcake coffee, I drink that black, I LOVE the smell and flavor and don't need anything in it! But every other coffee I drink with flavored creamer. I've also cut back to 1 cup a day from about 3-4.

Maybe try going from sugar to something like Agave nectar and weaning yourself from there? I found that it is really sweet so I could cut it down pretty easily.

I also used to have at least 10 cups a day, now I have 1-2 in the morning and just generally water for the rest of the day.

i can't drink instant coffee so usually drink black tea with a slice of lemon and 1 sweetner... if i do have coffee it has to be 'proper' made in the caffetier and i have half a spoon of brown sugar
if i have tea with milk.. i have no sweetner... strange

Mmm, I love my coffee as well. I feel ya!

I use those Splenda Coffee flavors (vanilla or hazelnut) and they're about 10 calories each. They add sweetness and flavour to your cuppa joe.

Also, the light coffee mates are great, or about 1/3 cup of 1% milk does the trick for me (in addition to the Splenda)....and you get your calcium fix!

Heyya!!
Like so many other things we all love and know we have to get rid of/quit, you have to commit to yourself that you just FLAT OUT can't do it anymore. Right? Right.
I lived in Italy for two years, and after my first black coffee, I just knew I would always have to have sugar...TONS of sugar!! 6 years later, I was still adding sugar to my 2-3 coffees a day. Amazingly enough, just 2 weeks ago, I sat down and seriously thought about it. Recently, my fitness goals have changed and I've really wanted to cut out the sweets. I was having 2-3 coffees a day, sometimes more depending on if I was out and about or not, and decided the zucchero (Italian for sugar) had to go! I've slowly put less and less in my cups, and am now (only 2 weeks later) having a coffee with only milk. It's not so bad.
Having coffee with just milk, is NOT bad for you. Skim or 1% fat will not kill, but have you ever tried Soy? Soy has a natural sweeter taste than plain old milk, and actually is nicer to your tummy. Just remember that Equal, Splenda and other artificial sweeteners aren't a healthy alternative. Those go straight to your tummy!!
Ween yourself off...don't give in!!! ps. GOOD LUCK!

I can not go a day with out my coffe I love it! and I too use flavored cream but I also use splenda !

BLACK COFFEE---- No sugar no cream! = 0 calories

I too need my cup of coffee in the AM and make it at home. If work is dragging in the afternoon I may get a another cup, mostly for some time away from the desk.
I worked in 24/7 offices for years and the coffee they had was consistantly nasty and it boiled down to bad ingredients and bad brewing. I would suggest that if you want to cut back go out and find a local or regional coffee roaster and try their freshly roasted coffee in various levels of roast so you can taste the difference and find one that has a flavor profile that you like and you don't need to add sugar or milk to it. As a treat get a flavored coffee from the same roaster.

Get whole bean and grind them at home, store the beans in a dark air tight containter NOT in the freezer. If your water is not optimal consider using filtered water from a jug and clean the coffeemaker.

It may sound expensive but the quality of your coffee will go up, as will satisfaction and overall cost should drop because your not stopping to get an expensive coffee drink (both in $$ and calories) to get your fix.