I screwed up - but I learned a valuable lesson
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tlwshaw
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Now that summer is here, I don't drink much coffee. So, over the past several days, I have been making iced coffee drinks in the morning to replace my normal coffee. Problem is, I drink regular coffee black, but the iced drinks have sugar and milk (I like the real stuff, not low cal or artificial). That might not sound bad, but in looking back, I have been adding them to my regular calorie intake, not taking anything out to keep my calories down. Now, I have gone over my weight range. Not much and not extended period of time to make it real weight gain, but enough to make me stop and think. So, now I will replace my coffee with water, and only have an occasional iced coffee, but make sure it fits into my allotted calories.
Live and learn. I am just glad I now have to tools to make corrections before things get out of hand.
Live and learn. I am just glad I now have to tools to make corrections before things get out of hand.
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Knowledge is power is my mantra5
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Great you learned that. It's the small things that make a difference.0
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Those little things can really sneak up on you!!! I was tempted to get an iced coffee the other day - I too like hot coffee to be black but iced coffee to be sweet w/ cream and sugar. And flavoring syrup. After thinking it over, I decided against it. I didn't really miss it.
I would like to try and train my taste buds to like black iced coffee, but man, that's hard. Not as easy as learning to like hot black coffee!5 -
I am on day two with our regular coffee. I about a month ago I was on 2-3 20oz Mountain Dew and a coffee every so often. I hated water with the exception of brushing my teeth bathing or going for a swim. One day I decided to make myself drink one 12oz water a day and as the days went I began to drink a little more and cut down on the soda. I got down to drinking 1 12oz can a day and I noticed that the Mountain Dew is to sweet. I began to want more water then I did the soda. I started to get the headaches because a of the caffeine withdrawal and because I legitimately didn't want the pop I replaced it with one black coffee a day cold or hot. Yesterday I went with out coffee and that is because I didn't think about it( natural occurrence). To top it off I actually woke up not feeling tired after a 7 hour sleep. My point is that water has taken my suger want a way from me. I can't live with out my water. I drank the Mountain Dew like this for years and I see a big difference in my moods sleep and my weight.7
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I understand lessons learned well.
However, is there anyway to work the iced coffee into your calorie goals?0 -
I hardly ever drink soda anymore - used to be ALL I wanted on a hot day!0
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Experience is the best teacher!
I drink coffee with Stevia every morning (it adds to the life expectancy of the peeps around me!) and either water or un-sweet tea (try ordering that in the south and see the looks you get). Can't stand sodas or diet sodas because they taste so sweet it makes my teeth hurt!6 -
Live & learn. No biggie! The important thing is you realized your mistake & didn't ignore it.1
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When I REALLY want it I'll do iced coffee with skim milk and sweet 'n low. I know artificial sweeteners aren't for everybody (and some say they shouldn't be for anybody...) but it hits the spot on a hot day.1
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I'm the same way. Black for hot coffee, milk/sweetener for iced. I started using torani sugar free syrups and almond/coconut milk for my iced coffee and I have a nice big glass for under 50 cal.1
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I start every day with 32-ounces of iced coffee (half-caf). It's just black coffee with ice in it, and sometimes a little soy milk.
Why not just make yours without the sugar or milk?0 -
Have you tried your iced coffee black? I actually really enjoy my iced coffee black now, perfect for summer.2
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I understand lessons learned well.
However, is there anyway to work the iced coffee into your calorie goals?
I agree. I drink my coffee with 2 tsp sugar and 2 tablespoons half and half. Each cup is 70 calories and I work in 2 cups everyday. For me it is worth giving up 140 calories somewhere else.0 -
A lot of my prior weight gain was from tea, So I understand completely. I now drink mine with one teaspoon of sugar and two tablespoons of milk if I feel like it and I limit it to two-three times a day so it only adds up to an extra hundred at most so I just pass on snacks now to make up.0
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Run a couple extra miles, or whatever your exercise of choice is, to fit in your iced coffees4
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Christine_72 wrote: »Run a couple extra miles, or whatever your exercise of choice is, to fit in your iced coffees
This.
I can drink a Pepsi/Coke or wine with lunch on weekends because I have more time to do more running/walking.
I do enough exercise every day to fit in a chocolate milk before bed, as well as some form of dessert.
The rest of the time, I eat what I most feel like that day, and all within my calorie limit.
Glad you (OP) made the realisation before things got too out of hand. Good job.1 -
Managing my iced coffee habit was one of the first things I tackled when I decided to take the weight off last year. I love sweet iced coffee (in contrast to my usual unsweetened black java), and I either work it in, or talk myself out of it. If I manage to get up early and run off a couple of hundred calories before work, I'll pick one up on the way in and have a smaller breakfast. So basically this means I'm down to one a week1
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It's funny how little things can make a difference. If I want something like iced coffee with sweetener and some form of milk, I just delete some other calories from my day or put in extra time at the gym. It really all depends on what you want ... we don't have to give up everything as long as we adjust for it. On the other hand, if it's a habit you want to break, that's another story and go for it!0
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I use sweetener, and not much milk, in mine. keeps calories down.0
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Weird. I drink my hot coffee with half & half or whole milk, but my iced coffee I take black with Splenda.0
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