coffee, coffee, coffee

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  • dianaiku
    dianaiku Posts: 96 Member
    edited November 2015
    I drink hot coffee with a teaspoon of sugar on Sundays at church. Every day, I drink hot tea sweetened with 1 tbsp of raw organic honey and 1/2 squeezed lemon. I log the honey and sugar.
  • GillianSmith2
    GillianSmith2 Posts: 387 Member
    I've just read on another post that coffee can actually give you negative calories.... that's a massive thumbs up for us coffee lovers :smiley:
  • GillianSmith2
    GillianSmith2 Posts: 387 Member
    GillianSmith2 wrote: »
    I've just read on another post that coffee can actually give you negative calories.... that's a massive thumbs up for us coffee lovers :smiley:

    here is the link. not sure how accurate it is....http://www.foodiejunky.com/8-negative-calorie-foods-what-should-you-be-eating/
  • DisneyDude85
    DisneyDude85 Posts: 428 Member
    I log the delicious creamer I add to it :) Pumpkin Spice goodness!
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    GillianSmith2 wrote: »
    GillianSmith2 wrote: »
    I've just read on another post that coffee can actually give you negative calories.... that's a massive thumbs up for us coffee lovers :smiley:

    here is the link. not sure how accurate it is....http://www.foodiejunky.com/8-negative-calorie-foods-what-should-you-be-eating/

    Unfortunately, the idea of a "negative calorie" has very little to support it. Drink coffee if you enjoy it, but don't count on it eliminating any of the calories that you are eating.
  • Omar_Apocrypha
    Omar_Apocrypha Posts: 794 Member
    edited November 2015
    I drink around .5 L every day of turkish coffe without sugar, just in case I keeping 46 calories to be in safe and some days I can't be in safe cause the exams and the stress these days , and I feel the coffe making me feeling hungry I don't know why ????
  • GillianSmith2
    GillianSmith2 Posts: 387 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    GillianSmith2 wrote: »
    GillianSmith2 wrote: »
    I've just read on another post that coffee can actually give you negative calories.... that's a massive thumbs up for us coffee lovers :smiley:

    here is the link. not sure how accurate it is....http://www.foodiejunky.com/8-negative-calorie-foods-what-should-you-be-eating/

    Unfortunately, the idea of a "negative calorie" has very little to support it. Drink coffee if you enjoy it, but don't count on it eliminating any of the calories that you are eating.

    No, I wouldn't like to use it as a buffer to calories but it would be nice if it where true :wink:
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    I log it. I log my spices too.
  • bmele0
    bmele0 Posts: 282 Member
    I log the 2% or whole milk I put in the coffee since I use splenda. The 5 calories in a cup is negligent to me, never had any issues staying on track because I didn't log 5-10 calories. I know the little things add up, so I track other things that I wouldn't normally eat. Today I tried a small bite of someone's beet garlic yogurt salad and I logged that even though it couldn't have been more than 10 cals.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    Powdered splenda has calories (4 per teaspoon). If you're using it in any quantity to sweeten anything more than coffee, it can add up. If you're not, it's not a big deal.

    I was using a fair bit of it, so I switched to a liquid form of sucralose to save those calories.
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    I don't log tea or coffee or other similar items (near 0 calories). I don't eat/drink nearly enough for it to have any significant impact. That little amount (even every day) pales in comparison to the gross estimates I use for daily energy expenditure.

    If my weight loss wasn't tracking near perfectly to my plan then I might sing a different tune.
  • bmele0
    bmele0 Posts: 282 Member
    Oh, I only use it in coffee. If I baked with it or something, I'd add it.
  • cheesychiplet
    cheesychiplet Posts: 27 Member
    hmmm, i don't log my coffee or the milk i use in it as it's minimal and I have lost weight despite of it. I do sometimes drink coffee and miss lunch which i know isn't good but it does allow me a slightly more fulfilling dinner! I will sometimes eat a piece of fruit late afternoon if I feel rubbish for lack of food aswell
  • tomatosoup3
    tomatosoup3 Posts: 126 Member
    haha i definitely use it to replace food! (but only to replace food i would have eaten out of boredom, not hunger.)
    i love a good hot cup of coffee!
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    edited November 2015
    I don't log any calories for the actual coffee, but I log whatever I put in it.
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    one americano every morning with whole milk, sometimes with cinnamon, cinnamon and cumin, or pumpkin spice mix. I only log the milk.
  • amberlyda1
    amberlyda1 Posts: 154 Member
    I still haven't cut my fancy calorie packed creamers..so yeah I just plunck down an extra 160 calories for the day...uggghhhh its on my list to start drinking my coffee black but I just dnt like it and I need my caffeine; but I also need to fit in pants with buttons. 1st world problems. The struggle is real :)
  • Kimegatron
    Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
    ebouchie wrote: »
    I drink two cups (large cups) black with no sugar per day. I do occasionally have another in mid afternoon if I need energy boost and can't go for walk. I Have never logged it except to count towards my water tracking. I have lost 54 lbs.

    You count coffee as part of your water tracking? I never thought to do that. I know water tracking is pretty pointless, really, but I like doing it :D I do go off the color of urine, but I'm weird and like to see how many cups of water it takes to get to hydrated pee colors LMAO

  • GillianSmith2
    GillianSmith2 Posts: 387 Member
    amberlyda1 wrote: »
    I still haven't cut my fancy calorie packed creamers..so yeah I just plunck down an extra 160 calories for the day...uggghhhh its on my list to start drinking my coffee black but I just dnt like it and I need my caffeine; but I also need to fit in pants with buttons. 1st world problems. The struggle is real :)

    I went off milk 17 years ago when i was pregnant with my eldest son and I've never drank it since. but I do tend to drink A LOT of coffee
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    I log the coffee (for the potassium), as well as any milk or half and half I put in it.
  • jfblanco1002
    jfblanco1002 Posts: 1 Member
    If I'm not mistaken, you can include coffee if you are tracking your intake of water. I'd had a fitness consultant tell me that it goes to your liquid intake.
  • GillianSmith2
    GillianSmith2 Posts: 387 Member
    jfblanco1002 wrote: »
    If I'm not mistaken, you can include coffee if you are tracking your intake of water. I'd had a fitness consultant tell me that it goes to your liquid intake.

    It would be interesting if anyone knows if this is correct.
  • snikkins
    snikkins Posts: 1,282 Member
    It is. Liquid is liquid.
  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
    I started logging the coffee because it looks weird in my diary to have "2 tbsp half and half" as a snack.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    I log it. Habit.
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    snikkins wrote: »
    It is. Liquid is liquid.

    Yes.

    This is not rocket science.

    Coffee is flavored water. If you don't count it, then logically you wouldn't count water that has been flavored with a slice of lemon or any of the other things that people use all the time.


  • caplanlc
    caplanlc Posts: 7 Member
    I log my coffee, because I feel like it helps me cut back on caffeine and I will drink less if I am logging it. I definitely log the milk or creamer because those calories add up.
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    I drink black coffee and coffee is 2 calories a cup
    I drink about 7 big mugs a day...that is 14 cups and so 28 calories
    Not much

    but when your deficit is only 150 calories than accuracy is a must. So i am as accurate as possible and log everything that has calories....

    Another factor is that i need to monitor my potassium intake, and coffee has a fair amount of potassium. I hit my requirement of 3000 mg a day on a regular base as long as i log all my veggies and spices and yes coffee too :)

    And that is how i lost my weight and try to find maintenance level atm.

    But everybody is different and with a bigger deficit yes i can imagine that you dont bother to log it.

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited November 2015
    GillianSmith2 wrote: »
    jfblanco1002 wrote: »
    If I'm not mistaken, you can include coffee if you are tracking your intake of water. I'd had a fitness consultant tell me that it goes to your liquid intake.

    It would be interesting if anyone knows if this is correct.

    It is correct. The diuretic effect of the caffeine is not enough to offset/negate the water you consume (since coffee is just flavored water). The same goes for soda, etc.

    Here's the abstract of one study in which they evaluated the diuretic effect of caffeinated drinks compared to water: europepmc.org/abstract/MED/12187618
  • GillianSmith2
    GillianSmith2 Posts: 387 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    GillianSmith2 wrote: »
    jfblanco1002 wrote: »
    If I'm not mistaken, you can include coffee if you are tracking your intake of water. I'd had a fitness consultant tell me that it goes to your liquid intake.

    It would be interesting if anyone knows if this is correct.

    It is correct. The diuretic effect of the caffeine is not enough to offset/negate the water you consume (since coffee is just flavored water). The same goes for soda, juices, milk, etc.

    great stuff :smiley: .. thats my water intake met every day
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