Coffee Creamer

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  • Kimegatron
    Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
    I use splenda for my coffee or unsweetened iced tea. I use around a TBSP of creamer, and it's like 35 calories. I have 2 cups a day, so I'm personally not too concerned about the 70 calories, for myself.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    My suggestion would be make sure you've got GOOD coffee, then try to cut back on how much creamer, etc you're using.

    My Starbucks coffee needs flavored creamer added to it so it'll taste decent. I stepped up a little to Einstein Bros. coffee and can get away with drinking it black now, though I'll still add a little milk if I want to cool it off right away.

    ~Lyssa
  • mmnv79
    mmnv79 Posts: 538 Member
    Coconut or almond milk or milk + honey?
  • mmnv79
    mmnv79 Posts: 538 Member
    Coffee Mate isn't too bad :)

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  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    I've also gone black, and I will never go back. Except for work coffee. That needs lots of half & half and sugar, pretty much until it tastes like coffee ice cream. Otherwise, black flavored coffees I like.
  • Chikika
    Chikika Posts: 28 Member
    Another thought, get good flavoured coffee for drinking black, much better than plain if you don't usually like that.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    Coconut milk is my lift saver. 45 calories for a whole entire cup!
  • karahm78
    karahm78 Posts: 505 Member
    Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla, 1TBS is 35 calories... With Splenda. 2 TSP of Benefiber for good measure. Best 100 calories all day lol!
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I normally drink my coffee black with a pinch of stevia, but when I'm feeling like having a treat, I'll pour a little So Delicious Original coconut coffee creamer in it. It's 10 calories per tablespoon, so it's pretty healthy as far as creamers go. If I'm out of that, I just use a splash of the flax milk that I use for drinking.
  • KiwiAlexP
    KiwiAlexP Posts: 186 Member
    As a non-American, can someone please tell me what coffee creamer is? I've only ever used milk in my coffee
  • metamorphosis321
    metamorphosis321 Posts: 11 Member
    I use one coffee-mate nondairy creamer tub & a packet of sugar. No more than 20 to 30 calories & I have about 3 cups a day.
  • stacys29
    stacys29 Posts: 8 Member
    KiwiAlexP wrote: »
    As a non-American, can someone please tell me what coffee creamer is? I've only ever used milk in my coffee

    Coffee creamer is a cream (thick milk) that goes into coffee to flavor it. It is really good but can kill your calorie intake if not very careful.

  • Bacchants
    Bacchants Posts: 92 Member
    stacys29 wrote: »
    KiwiAlexP wrote: »
    As a non-American, can someone please tell me what coffee creamer is? I've only ever used milk in my coffee

    Coffee creamer is a cream (thick milk) that goes into coffee to flavor it. It is really good but can kill your calorie intake if not very careful.

    Is it like condensed milk? It doesn't sound very appealing!

    I nth the suggestions to just use regular milk/soy milk instead. Or drink hot tea with milk!
  • Monklady123
    Monklady123 Posts: 512 Member
    edited August 2015
    Non_Stop wrote: »
    This is coffee. Cut your calories elsewhere.

    Yeah, that. lol. I use one of the International Delights creamers -- Sweet Cream is our choice at the moment, but I also like French Vanilla or Caramel Macchiato. And of course Pumpkin Spice Latte in the fall. And Peppermint Mocha in the winter! aaaahh.....

    Nope, not messing with my coffee. I've tried some of the alternatives, but I hate the taste of artificial sweetener in my coffee and fat-free anything (in coffee) is yucky. We drink skim milk here at home, but not in coffee. -- And no, there's no added sugar in skim milk, for whoever asked that.
  • cpoty11
    cpoty11 Posts: 8 Member
    If you are drinking a good coffee, you don't need much cream or sugar.

    I always use cream. More fat but less sugar. One serving is only 30 cal. You must be using too much for it to be throwing things off...
  • Bearbo27
    Bearbo27 Posts: 339 Member
    I use 2.5 Tbs of Coffeemate original liquid creamer and I'm not willing to negotiate that. Total calories for that amount of creamer is 50. I've lost weight consistently even with using the creamer.
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    mmnv79 wrote: »
    Coffee Mate isn't too bad :)


    Yep, I just use a tsp of Coffee Mate (it's pretty much the only coffee creamer we can get in UK). It may be a case of slowly reducing the amount you use to save some calories, but no need to eliminate it entirely.

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