New & Need Advice - Coffee

Just drink it black. You still get your warm drink and, while you might miss sweet for a few days, you will get used to the new regimen faster than you believe -- less than a week.

BeckZombie wrote: »

Switch to skim or almond milk and ask for a medium amount of milk for the large and a small amount for the mediums. That will cut calories down a bit for you. So will switching to a sugar free flavor shot. The sugar syrups have a lot of calories.

This is good! Start by making small changes. Change isn't going to occur overnight Try only going 2x a day vs. 3x too. You might want to try re-creating it at home/work too. It'll save you more $$!

My sweet tooth fixes are usually fixed with the dessert gum you find at the checkout center at target or the supermarket. That or I get what I want but only have half of it... so the order of a small is a good idea! Just add more coffee/esspresso to keep you going!

I use to not like tea, but I splurged on a good brand and used sweetener (e.g., honey and rock sugar) to make it sweet! This worked for me personally, but if I spent money on things that cost me more I was more inclined to use it!

::Hugs:: I started with 90 pounds to lose, and a two latte a day habit. 7 months in, and I'm down 57 pounds. Food logging and calorie counting helped me cut that to just one latte a day.

First step, for me, would be to look up the calories in what you have. Personally, I don't recommended going for splenda or substitute sugar syrups, but that's me. Just seeing the number of calories in that second latte motivated me to give that up. (Check the nutrition profile too. For me, for example, whole milk is worth the calories because of the protein. 2% milk has more sugar than whole milk, so for me is not an acceptable trade-off.)

For the sweet tooth, would a glass of half orange juice/half seltzer water satisfy you (and be fewer calories)?

I love orange juice, but I don't love its 150 calories/10 oz. An ounce or two of orange juice in a glass of seltzer water is only 15-30 calories and tastes almost as good.

Or eating some fruit? Blueberries and raspberries are pretty sweet, and apples can be not only sweet but filling.

I have a pretty significant sweet tooth, but generally manage to keep it happy. Snap peas, cherry tomatoes, and red bell peppers are all actually pretty sweet.

In my experience, liquid calories have been the easiest to give up because they provide so little satiety for the calorie cost.

I hope you find a solution that works for you.

I used to drink sweet tea like the world was ending. I went from a large, to a medium, to mixing some unsweet with sweet, to just unsweet. Make small changes, get a small, get just two per day, what ever you do keep logging them. You don't have to make drastic changes, just little by little. Best wishes to you!

The gradual road sounds reasonable and easy to stick with....but it never worked for me. My Achilles heel is soda. I can't control myself with it so I did cut it out completely. I've been "off" soda now since Jan 24 and last night at bowling was the first time I was tempted to cave...my bowling buddies started drinking soda...not just any sods but my favorite Dr. PEPPER. LOL. I knew if I had one it would only start the vicious cycle again.

I did start to drink my coffee black and my tea unsweetened because I did not want to drink precious calories unless it was something awesome like wine.

If the baby steps will work for you...go for it. I wish you well!

That is a lot. Not only a lot of calories but a lot of money. I really think you need to cut back. I gave myself a rule of 1 trip to starbucks a week. And you can make coffee yourself and cut down on the calories a lot. I used to make myself iced coffees. That way I can control how much milk I'm using and how much sugar. Then I slowly reduced the amount of sugar I put in. Now I only use half a teaspoon of sugar