Sugar Detox

I drink coffee black with 1 sugar. You can swap creamer and use skim milk/ 1% milk. Or cut down on the amount of creamer you put in your coffee.

How much sugar does your creamer have?
Why not learn to drink coffee black?

(Oh, and in b4 the storm)

So first of all I'm going to hit you with a disclaimer since it's bound to happen in this thread at some point. Your weight loss will fundamentally come down to your ability to create an imbalance in energy coming in vs going out. So in short, if you can consume fewer calories compared to what you burn, you'll be fine with some added sugar in your diet.

But here's the catch: There's a lot of people who can't do that because foods that are high in added sugar TEND to also be low in nutrients, low in fiber, low in protein, high in palatability, and very low in satiety. So in short, while sugar isn't some "toxic" substance that sadly gets compared to cocaine (which is ridiculous), it's absolutely in your best interest to keep added sugars down if possible.

You can do this by monitoring the added sugars in your diet, OR you can do this instead by looking at the quality of your diet and trying to INCLUDE whole and nutrient dense foods as the majority of your diet. So for example if you make sure 80-90% of your food selections are minimally refined foods, then your added sugar intake will pretty much automatically reduce itself to reasonable levels. Satiety goes up, diet adherence will likely improve at least in the short term, and life is good.

I said a rambling mouthful there.

Back to your original question: You could learn to like black coffee. Or you could try this, which is my preference (for ME, that is):

Mix 1 scoop of whey with some milk of your choice, or half milk and half water. Shake it thoroughly. Use that as your creamer.

This way you're at least getting about 30-40g protein in while enjoying your coffee and it also tastes great.

SideSteel wrote: »

Mix 1 scoop of whey with some milk of your choice, or half milk and half water. Shake it thoroughly. Use that as your creamer.

Holy crap! I never thought to try using my protein poweder as coffee creamer! Downside... I already drink my protein powder with a cup of milk so I'll be like "pour a little in my coffee" *drink the rest* :laugh:

SideSteel wrote: »

Mix 1 scoop of whey with some milk of your choice, or half milk and half water. Shake it thoroughly. Use that as your creamer.

I'm sure you've answered this before, but what brand of whey do you use? Whenever I've tried this, it doesn't mix well. With cold coffee, it mixes fine, but not hot.

I do protein powder and butter in my coffee... but I run better on fat so thats me

TR0berts wrote: »

SideSteel wrote: »

Mix 1 scoop of whey with some milk of your choice, or half milk and half water. Shake it thoroughly. Use that as your creamer.

I'm sure you've answered this before, but what brand of whey do you use? Whenever I've tried this, it doesn't mix well. With cold coffee, it mixes fine, but not hot.

I use Trutein a lot, but lately I've added in Optimum Nutrition. I'll do about 1/4 Trutein and 3/4 ON for textural reasons. Trutein doesn't clump and is way smoother.