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  • alipie420
    alipie420 Posts: 39 Member
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    melissagsaunders wrote: »
    I used to use a flavored non-dairy creamer, but worried about the hydrogenated oils/artificial ingredients. Now I use a teaspoon of local/raw/unfiltered honey and 2 tablespoons of organic whole milk. It took a while to get used to the difference, but now I prefer it. If I taste the creamer now, it tastes really bad/fake/artificial. I feel like I can justify the honey because of all of it's health benefits vs. a teaspoon of white sugar...

    Honey!! Haha im getting alot of good ideas here. My sister-in-law and her husband always have raw honey because he's a beekeeper! Haha i will be asking for some...
  • DeviatedNorm
    DeviatedNorm Posts: 422 Member
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    Consider trying decaf on mornings like this. Decaf coffee still has quite a bit of caffeine (10-15mg vs regular which has ~80mg). However, because of the reduced caffeine content the coffee isn't so bitter. I find just the sugar in a bit of cream is enough to sweeten things and make for quite the 30-40 calorie treat.
  • candoitkaren
    candoitkaren Posts: 16 Member
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    I am a total coffee freak. About five years ago I calculated the calories I was putting into my coffee and they equaled a decent meal. I started to decrease my creamer then went to just sugar then....BLACK! YUCK!!!!! I struggled for around two weeks and now I can not stand anything in it! Weird I know. I long for the taste of strong black coffee AND espresso :) You can do anything you put your mind to
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 4,993 Member
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    alipie420 wrote: »
    melissagsaunders wrote: »
    I used to use a flavored non-dairy creamer, but worried about the hydrogenated oils/artificial ingredients. Now I use a teaspoon of local/raw/unfiltered honey and 2 tablespoons of organic whole milk. It took a while to get used to the difference, but now I prefer it. If I taste the creamer now, it tastes really bad/fake/artificial. I feel like I can justify the honey because of all of it's health benefits vs. a teaspoon of white sugar...

    Honey!! Haha im getting alot of good ideas here. My sister-in-law and her husband always have raw honey because he's a beekeeper! Haha i will be asking for some...

    You're so lucky. My boss puts honey in his coffee. I don't care for it because I love my coffee just the way I make it. But I always put local honey in my tea during allergy season and it seems to help. It could be a placebo effect, but it makes me feel better.
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
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    candoitkaren wrote: »
    I am a total coffee freak. About five years ago I calculated the calories I was putting into my coffee and they equaled a decent meal. I started to decrease my creamer then went to just sugar then....BLACK! YUCK!!!!! I struggled for around two weeks and now I can not stand anything in it! Weird I know. I long for the taste of strong black coffee AND espresso :) You can do anything you put your mind to

    Once I went black I never went back! UNTIL i had to drink half-caff while pregnant and that crap NEEDED fixins. So Im slowly working my way back to black. Usually my 2nd cup and 3rd cup are black tho.
    A good quality coffee is great as is- when you get icky or weak coffee is when black aint so good. :)
  • silvilunazul
    silvilunazul Posts: 59 Member
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    Splenda (sucralose). No after-taste and it's probably one of the most widely researched sweeteners. You can find it in packets and mini tablets. I use one mini tablet plus 1/3 unsweetened soy milk in my coffee every morning. Further cups of coffee go without milk though!
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
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    candoitkaren wrote: »
    I am a total coffee freak. About five years ago I calculated the calories I was putting into my coffee and they equaled a decent meal. I started to decrease my creamer then went to just sugar then....BLACK! YUCK!!!!! I struggled for around two weeks and now I can not stand anything in it! Weird I know. I long for the taste of strong black coffee AND espresso :) You can do anything you put your mind to

    It's not weird. I have long observed that taste and appetite are mostly conditioned and "trainable". I can switch my taste to like or dislike bacon or pork fat anytime! hehe. That's one of the big keys in my wt loss effort.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
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    I too am a coffee fiend - I can drink it black, decaf, regular, sweet, flavoured - anyway that is on offer. My preference is with 1 tbsp of 5% cream (10 cals) and a packet (or tablet) of Splenda. I LOVE the large cappuchino from McDonalds made with skim milk and sugar free vanilla syrup, but that clocks in at around 120 cals, and I am not really a fan of drinking my calories - I can spend those on something I value more than the coffee.
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
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    I never met a coffee I didn't like.
  • RoseTheWarrior
    RoseTheWarrior Posts: 2,035 Member
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    Having sugar and cream in your coffee isn't going to ruin you or your progress. I've lost 60 lbs and I have one black coffee in the morning and one with 2 pkgs of sugar and 2 tbsps of cream in the afternoon. It's my after lunch "dessert". I love it and I don't think I can give it up. And why would I when I'm making great progress? No food is evil or bad. It's all about moderation.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    I have trained myself that I can drink both -- black or with cream, sugar. The latter is a bit for enjoyment in addition to the caffeine fix. A tsp of sugar is 16 cal, 1 tsp of power creamer is 10. Coffee is 2 per cup. This is a drink that's low in calories but gives you the most mileage. Next is (certain) energy drink. Use them wisely.

    not all coffee is 2 calories per cup some are a little more but not much.
  • lesleyloo7879
    lesleyloo7879 Posts: 439 Member
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    I use a flavored creamer in mine .....I just don't add any EXTRA sugar
  • rhtexasgal
    rhtexasgal Posts: 572 Member
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    Monk fruit sweetener tastes the best to me in coffee and has no aftertaste. You can find it in most grocery stores (except Kroger for some reason) in the sugar-baking aisle. It is in an orange box from the "In the Raw" brand. Skinnygirl also sometimes has it in a liquid that you can carry around with you too. I carry both the packets and the liquid in my purse. Now I can buy also unsweetened bottles of tea and give it a few squirts of the monkfruit and have my "sweet tea" without all those sugars.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
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    I am of a fan of the Califia Farms Almond Milk Coffee Creamers (Whole Foods)--about 15 calories per tablespoon (15 mL).
  • JanPalmer500
    JanPalmer500 Posts: 9 Member
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    A top Sirtfood is coffee, which is great news if you like caffeine. Keep out the sugar and the milk though.
  • richard_no1
    richard_no1 Posts: 2 Member
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    Black, black, black! No sugar either. I trained myself off sugar and milk/cream in coffee when studying madly all night for my university finals - spoon of instant in a cup and hot water from the tap kept me going. 40 years on I'm still a black no sugar man; double-shot espresso being my drink of choice - what a buzz! So I would recommend ditching sugar and cream completely, you'll soon get used to it and come to love the full-on coffee experience without the calories!
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    edited March 2016
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    If I'm drinking iced coffee, I use whole milk, no sweetener. If I'm drinking hot coffee, I prefer heavy cream, and again, no sweetener. I feel like there is enough natural sweetness in the dairy that you don't need anything additional. Of course, quality makes a difference, and I get my dairy straight from the farm, and it's amazing, and a million times better than the stuff at the grocery store.

    This is from today, you can actually see some of the milk fat floating on the surface:
  • DearestWinter
    DearestWinter Posts: 595 Member
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    I drink my coffee black but I do have tea with milk (2%) and sugar. I just log the calories and move along.
  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
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    I appreciate caffeine, can't stand the taste of plain coffee (especially in my office). I usually drink the Skinny Cow Mocha, and if it tastes really sweet that day, I'll cut it with a little coffee. It's got a good chunk of calories, and a bunch of ingredients, but I consider it a necessary part of not killing my coworkers.
  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
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    The header for this thread was coffee coffee coffee. Today I have only had coffee coffee. Time for another coffee so I can participate in this coffee coffee coffee thread :-)

    Black - of course

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