Coffee Creamer

adreal
adreal Posts: 229 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Well here goes the age old question...I love my coffee and have just weaned myself to only using creamer. I was drinking it very light with lots of sugar. Now I am just very light. But I realize there is a lot of wasted calories there that I don't log. Does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives? I am not sure I want to try the butter coffee. It sounds like a lot of work :)
Thanks Y'all
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,224 Member
    edited January 2016
    I just have 2% milk. The whole butter thing sounds revolting, to me.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    adreal wrote: »
    Well here goes the age old question...I love my coffee and have just weaned myself to only using creamer. I was drinking it very light with lots of sugar. Now I am just very light. But I realize there is a lot of wasted calories there that I don't log. Does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives? I am not sure I want to try the butter coffee. It sounds like a lot of work :)
    Thanks Y'all

    Log them? You can still drink creamer if it fits into your calorie goal.

    I switched to drinking coffee without creamer and just sweetener.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i use the same vanilla caramel coffee creamer i always have.

    some things are non negotiable.
  • Kyrenora
    Kyrenora Posts: 133 Member
    I put about 1/4 cup of light cream (not half&half) in my coffee every morning. That will never change. I just make sure to log it and move on with the rest of my day.
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    I use 2 tablespoons of half and half every time I have a cup of coffee, which is about four times a day. It's well worth the calories to me. Plus it adds a bit of calcium and protein to my diet. I've also used Fairlife, the ultra filtered milk made by Coke. It only has 150 calories per cup (less than 10 calories per tablespoon).
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,055 Member
    coffee 2 cals
    splenda 0 cals
    non-dairy creamer 10 cals

    total calorie load for one coffee 12 cals.

    Log it.
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,055 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I just have 2% milk. The whole butter thing sounds revolting, to me.

    And over the pond they put [urp] cream in their [urp] [swallow] tea. [gag]
    Just no accounting for cultural tastes. ;)
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    I like Coffee mate flavored powdered creamers. 5 grams are 30 calories.

    I don't like to use it on flavored coffee though.
  • JScottBldrs
    JScottBldrs Posts: 44 Member
    You ca have anything you want as long as it fits into you calorie goal. Some things are no worth the calories Creamer is not one of them. Must have my coffee with creamer to function in the morning
  • jgwriternyc
    jgwriternyc Posts: 22 Member
    JScottBldrs wrote: »
    You ca have anything you want as long as it fits into you calorie goal. Some things are no worth the calories Creamer is not one of them. Must have my coffee with creamer to function in the morning

    I agree with JScott, my coffee creamer is non negotiable, but I do log it in.... I have 4 tbsp of sugar free creamer when I first get up, then at work I have 4 tbsp of half & half. The rest of the day I'm on water.
  • blushingmama
    blushingmama Posts: 111 Member
    I'm pretty loyal to my half & half. Coffee is serious business for me. However, I've read that if you put a can of coconut milk in the fridge the cream will rise to the top and that cream makes a wonderful coffee companion and lower in calories and fat
  • space_case
    space_case Posts: 89 Member
    I've weaned myself to 1 tbsp of (plain) half and half a day in my morning coffee. I'm not a huge coffee person though. I fill my thermos before work and it keeps it hot all day and I usually just sip on that one cup throughout the day. It's like 20 cals so even if I didn't log it, I don't consider it to be something that would make or break my day.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    Just use almond or cashew milk (25cal per CUP). Cashew milk is wonderful and creamy in coffee and I add truvia and sugar free caramel/vanilla/pumpkin/hazlenut/toffee/etc coffee syrup (<5 cal). So you get a drink that tastes way better than starbucks for <20 calories :)
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    Now I only add coconut oil and heavy whipping cream since they fit my macro since 2014.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Milk has protein, magnesium, potassium, calcium, etc.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    I use 1 tbsp of 5% cream in my coffee and one sweetener - calories range from 5-11 depending on who you listen to, so not a lot of calories at all. But if you are counting fat, that may change things.
  • Lovee_Dove7
    Lovee_Dove7 Posts: 742 Member
    Stevia and half n half is what I use. I don't see anything wrong with that.
  • ekahnicole
    ekahnicole Posts: 216 Member
    I use a teaspoon of sugar and a tablespoon of creamer, so one cup is between 30-60 calories. Used to use Stevia or Splenda instead of sugar but stopped doing that about 6 months ago.
  • johnnylakis
    johnnylakis Posts: 812 Member
    A little milk (skim if I have it, other wise whole milk) and one teaspoon of sugar every morning. I still lost weight
  • chelsy0587
    chelsy0587 Posts: 441 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    i use the same vanilla caramel coffee creamer i always have.

    some things are non negotiable.


    Mine is hazelnut.... I have considered trying the flavored coffee and just using milk... but its been working so far just logging it and allowing myself that morning bliss...

    without my Coffee and creamer I'd probably have quit trying by now.
  • the_quadfather
    the_quadfather Posts: 49 Member
    Back in college, I was still drinking cream and sugar in my coffee. One of my finals, I had to pull an all-nighter for. Problem is, I was out of cream and sugar. What to do?!?!?!?!?

    I forced down an entire pot (yeah, I know, not healthy, but whatever... this was YEARS ago and the only time I ever did it) of black coffee over the course of that night. I think I ate like 8 doughnuts or something from Krispy Kreme too.

    Needless to say, I crashed after my final for the rest of the day.

    But, after downing 12 cups of black, plain coffee, I found that I had actually acquired a taste for it, and prefer it over cream and sugar to this very day. Sure, I get the occasional mocha or whatever, but my daily go-to is plain ol' black coffee now.

    So, my official recommendation is to go make an entire pot of black coffee immediately, and force it down! *kidding!*
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    I don't use very much (even before I tracked my intake). Usually I just use a splash of 2%, or a measured serving of flavored creamer. Only accounts for 25-75 calories a day, depending on how much I use. So, I don't see it as a particular area of my intake needing adjustment. Just measure (or weigh, if it's powder) what you use.
  • adreal
    adreal Posts: 229 Member
    I have lost 70 pounds and not logged my creamer but I am close to the goal and things are slowing down and I realize how many calories I am really putting in my coffee and just wondering if that is helping the slow down. Who knows. But I won't give up my coffee :) with cream :)
  • jenmsu83
    jenmsu83 Posts: 185 Member
    I usually use half and half or light cream and splenda in my coffee. I won't give it up! It has not hindered my weight loss whatsoever, and I enjoy it. So I see no reason to stop! :)
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I add a quarter cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk and a tablespoon of hazelnut creamer. 47 calories per.
  • LUHAN27
    LUHAN27 Posts: 211 Member
    What's butter coffee? Sounds interesting. :o
    I use about 2~5 tablespoons of coffeemate in my coffee, but when I don't have any I use 1/3 cup of lactaid milk. The lactaid milk(1/3 cup) is about 43 calories.
  • dalhectar
    dalhectar Posts: 52 Member
    Log it, it's worth it. Other sacrifices can be made. But I need my 3 tablespoons of coffeemate per 16 oz of coffee. I can set a clock to it.
  • TheLittleRedHairedGirl
    TheLittleRedHairedGirl Posts: 154 Member
    edited January 2016
    When I started logging everything I almost fell outta my chair when I saw how many calories/fat/carbs were in it. My fav. coffee is a large iced mocha with cream and 3 splenda from dunkin donuts. So I switched to a large iced coffee with cream and 5 splenda... still too much. Now I'm happy with milk and splenda but it was a process. Not to mention the fact that I drink about 3 a day, so at 50 calories a pop I'm drinking an extra 150 calories I could put somewhere else, but my coffee is too important to me.

    When I make a cup from my keurig, I use non-dairy powdered creamer and splenda. I haven't found a flavored one I like yet.

    This is what I do, I hope it helps.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    WHISKEY.
  • spoonyspork
    spoonyspork Posts: 238 Member
    3 oz cashew milk, drop of vanilla extract, .5oz creamer of choice (for a little extra fat and a tiny drop of sweet) to 12 oz coffee.

    If I'm wanting more protein or just wanting cow milk for whatever reason I'll sub cashew milk for 2 oz of either full or 2% milk (both are WAY creamier than cashew milk so less is needed).

    Less than 100 cal cup o' joe, still nice and light and slightly sweet, but the full flavor of the coffee comes through.

    Butter is actually pretty good in coffee - I have done it far before the current fad *puts on hipster hat* when I've had no other milk products to put in it. It doesn't need all the hullabaloo with the blender and whatnot. Just don't use salted butter. Butter is just the next step beyond cream, so why wouldn't it taste good? Enough to really taste it is quite a lot more calories than most creamers though!

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