Coffeeeeee!

I drink coffee everyday. Multiple cups. There are plenty of studies showing its benefits, as well as issues. I don't drink soda, sweetened juice, sweetened coffee, dairy products, or much alcohol, so I figure I'm good with my coffee habit.

I sometimes add a teeny bit of almond milk in coffee, but I usually drink it black.

At Starbucks, I will get a coffee with half inch of soy or a soy latte (rarely). I never add sweetener.

Don't know about the bloating. I'll drink a cup before earlier workouts and runs and see to be fine.

I live on at least 4 cups of coffee every morning.

But I drink it black. Coffee itself has very little in the way of calories, but if you add a bunch of stuff to it, the calories can pile up.

I'm also lucky in that caffeine doesn't really affect me, but for some people it can.

I work at Starbucks actually, so trying to balance healthy eating with your diet can be challenging. Plain coffee is best. Everything else is just calories from there. I like my Pike Place with one pump of Cinnamon Dolce syrup, but then I know the calories I'd have to make up for it later. They do have vanilla soy and coconut milk if you want to cut and have some kind of cream if not drinking it black. I usually drink my one cup of coffee at home, and then just drink water to hydrate myself at work so I'm not hoped up on coffee. Never heard about the bloating, though. I usually always eat oatmeal with my morning cup.

LOVE coffee. I drink about 3 cups in the am at home w/ 2% milk. Later in the day, I may buy another drip or iced and add half & half. I don't experience any negative side effects, it gives me energy for my workouts and to keep up with my kids.

I drink two cups every morning with fat free half and half and splenda. I could not drink it any other way. I haven't had any problem with bloating at all. I don't go to Starbucks because their coffee, for me, is too bitter. I occasionally go to Dunkin Donuts for a post workout iced coffee, but I drink it with whole milk and splenda. My coffee is my salvation many days, I am 51and I have a 4 year old daughter, I won't be giving it up any time soon!

I love coffee! I drink, on average, a cup a day. It's usually an eight ounce cup of Starbucks French Roast with a tablespoon of International Delight creamer (various flavors). An eight ounce cup is only about 40 calories. On occasion, I do take my coffee black and I really appreciate a good cup of black coffee, but I prefer milk or some other type of creamer in my coffee.

When I buy a coffee drink from a Starbucks store it's usually a treat. My favorite is a caramel macchiato. Every now and then I will order a coffee of the day and use half and half as my creamer and perhaps sprinkle in a little cocoa powder or cinnamon...great taste and a lot fewer calories than my CM! However, I have not had a coffee drink from a Starbucks store since I started my health/fitness journey.

Sometimes, I use my flavored creamers and/or flavored syrups (and a little whipped cream) to make homemade versions of my favorite coffee drinks. I find that my homemade versions have significantly fewer calories than the store/restaurant purchased versions and more importantly, I ensure that my homemade version fits within my calorie goal for the day. CICO.

P.S. This is simply what I do. I make no claims that this is healthy or good for you.

I love coffee. I don't drink it daily, but I drink it a few times a week. I drink home brewed starbucks, with unsweetened vanilla almond milk (about 20 calories worth) and stevia (My favorite no calorie sweetener.) When I got to starbucks I normally just get a tea and use my own stevia to sweeten.

I think coffee isn't bad in general, but overdoing it could be bad. I don't drink it often, but if I'm out with friends and they want to go for it, my suggestions are as follows.

Starbucks: I like the skinny cinnamon dulce iced latte or the skinny hazelnut iced latte. To make them a bit sweeter (since they're sugarfree) I'll have them switch out the skim milk with soy milk. This does make them a bit more calories, but I think the middle size (grande?) is less than 200 calories.

McDonalds: I like the sugarfree vanilla iced coffees. I think the largest one is 160 calories, and the 16oz one is 120 calories.

While everyone is right that black coffee saves you tons of calories... I just can't do it.
At home I usually use 2-3 tablespoons of original coffeemate creamer (40-60 cal).
At Starbucks I either get a skinny vanilla latte (grande, 120 cal);
or an iced coffee, sweetened with cream (meaning they put a few pumps of simple syrup in it and add cream) for 120 cal.

Hope that helps!

The way I drink my coffee depends on my mood. I currently take mine with a tablespoon of nondairy coffee creamer, a dash of cinnamon, and a tablespoon (sometimes less) of a combination of molasses and agave nectar syrup. All of this usually totals at around 100 calories or less! Summertime, I cut out the creamer completely and just pour it over ice.