coffee

jamacianredhair
jamacianredhair Posts: 230 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm pretty good about weighing and measuring everything I eat or drink. Well I was until I fell off the wagon, but that's another story...

Anyway, I have never weighed or measured my coffee until this morning. What I always thought was around 50 calories is actually over 100! Most days I have at least 2 cups...

Creamer is killing my coffee vibes right now. Does anyone use a low calorie creamer that tastes good? Currently I use International Delight sugar free hazelnut. (I just free pour it until I get a nice color.) ahhh this sucks...
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  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
    Have you tried using less creamer? I personally use milk in my coffee and have since reduced that. Or you can just fit it into your daily calories.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Black coffee has zero calories. If you can get the individual tubs of creamer, try an office supply store, the hazelnut has 30 calories in an individual 11 ml tub.
  • jamacianredhair
    jamacianredhair Posts: 230 Member
    I used to drink it black. I may switch back, or try milk. I got used to flavors but there is flavored coffee I could try.
  • jamacianredhair
    jamacianredhair Posts: 230 Member
    Yea I had thought that maybe the individual cups would help with my heavy hand lol
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    jamacianredhair wrote: »
    I'm pretty good about weighing and measuring everything I eat or drink. Well I was until I fell off the wagon, but that's another story...

    Anyway, I have never weighed or measured my coffee until this morning. What I always thought was around 50 calories is actually over 100! Most days I have at least 2 cups...

    Creamer is killing my coffee vibes right now. Does anyone use a low calorie creamer that tastes good? Currently I use International Delight sugar free hazelnut. (I just free pour it until I get a nice color.) ahhh this sucks...

    First off, try reducing to only 1 cup a day. That way you can have that 1 cup exactly how you like it without it costing you an insane amount of calories by having 2 0r 3 of them in a day. I used to be triple-triple kinda gal, 3 cups a day. Reduced it to two, then to 1, and then *very gradually* started cutting back on what I put in that one, too.

    Today my morning coffee has stevia in it and a splash of light cream and it tastes good! :)
  • OliveGirl128
    OliveGirl128 Posts: 801 Member
    A high quality coffee doesn't need a bunch of add-ins, and even though it costs more, you'll save money from not having to buy flavored creamers and such so it pretty much evens out.

    I went from dumping gobs of calories into my store brand generic coffee grinds, to grinding my own beans of a high quality (Haitian) coffee and the only thing I add to it is a bit of splenda.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    International Delights is a non-dairy "cream" with flavor added...kind of like a substitute version of a latte or cafe au lait with syrup flavor...
  • fritch_gets_fit26
    fritch_gets_fit26 Posts: 40 Member
    I used to use sugar and cream in my coffee, and it is startling to see how many calories there are. I just started using less and less...I would get the pre-measured cups (like what they have at restaurants and gas station coffee bars) and that was all the creamer I could have...now I drink it black with only 1 packet of splenda...it is much lower in calories (I think about 15 calories)...which is great because I tend to drink about a pot and a half a day.
  • YvetteK2015
    YvetteK2015 Posts: 654 Member
    jamacianredhair wrote: »
    I used to drink it black. I may switch back, or try milk. I got used to flavors but there is flavored coffee I could try.

    I never used to be able to drink my coffee black, ever. But I bought my own coffee syrups, sugar free. One day I just decided to try black coffee with a sugar free syrup. I was actually surprised just how good it was. So now I can drink it both ways. On days I'm not hungry, I add milk. On days I'm a bit more hungry, I drink it black with syrup.
  • ijsantos2005
    ijsantos2005 Posts: 306 Member
    I use half & half. 40 cals for 2 tablespoons
  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    I've been slowly cutting down what I put in, I used to have three creams three sugars, now im down to one cream one sugar! I'd like to eventually drink it black, but who knows if I will ever get there.
  • lauracups
    lauracups Posts: 533 Member
    I over loaded my coffee with cream and sugar and just decided one day to switch to black never went back. I love all the different notes and flavors naturally between sumatra and Italian dark roast and Fall Blend green mountain, etc. I equate it to the enjoyment between Pinot and Shiraz. Give it a go:)
  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
    robm1brown wrote: »
    Speaking as a Brit (or maybe just an ignoramus) what is creamer?

    For some reason Americans got into having cream (or half-and-half) in their coffee instead of milk. You can get little tubs that are a couple of tablespoons of cream, and restaurants tend to use thiose. There's also the abomination that is powdered creamer. It actually gets called "coffee whitener" because its often non-dairy. I call it "coffee paint."

    (I grew up putting milk in my coffee and that's what I prefer).
  • Loug1983
    Loug1983 Posts: 89 Member
    savithny wrote: »
    robm1brown wrote: »
    Speaking as a Brit (or maybe just an ignoramus) what is creamer?

    For some reason Americans got into having cream (or half-and-half) in their coffee instead of milk. You can get little tubs that are a couple of tablespoons of cream, and restaurants tend to use thiose. There's also the abomination that is powdered creamer. It actually gets called "coffee whitener" because its often non-dairy. I call it "coffee paint."

    (I grew up putting milk in my coffee and that's what I prefer).

    Also a Brit, so 'creamer' is just cream? And half and half is half cream, half milk?

    To clarify, it is a thing to have cream in coffee here, though less common than milk, but we just call it cream.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    Let me clarify: Creamer is only the fake stuff. Powdered or liquid non-dairy.

    Cream is whole cream. Half-and-half is half cream, half milk.
  • Loug1983
    Loug1983 Posts: 89 Member
    Thanks, we have powdered milk here, and 'coffee mate' which might be like your creamer, I have never been tempted to try it!
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    edited August 2017
    Powdered milk, if it truly is just dried milk, is different. Creamer is almost always non-dairy.

    Yes, Coffee Mate is a creamer. You're not missing anything. :)
  • emcclure013
    emcclure013 Posts: 231 Member
    I feel you there! I used to "free pour" my creamer too until I realized just how much I was adding in... EEK. Now I keep my measuring spoons next to my coffee pot. 1T on good days, 2T on days I need a pick me up or something sweet. :) I'm not a huge fan of black coffee by itself.

    At my work they don't have liquid creamer, so I've been using a bit of Splenda and powdered creamer. Not quite as tasty, but it gets the job done, and it's quite a few calories lower than the liquid creamer.
  • ebyrne1996
    ebyrne1996 Posts: 5 Member
    I switched to whole milk from cream, and now I'm down to using 1%! Probably about 30 calories per cup now! And I buy high quality coffee
  • RenaPink11
    RenaPink11 Posts: 329 Member
    I switched to flavored coffee and just drink it black. I could down some creamer! LOL I have to not even buy it.
  • Bekahmardis
    Bekahmardis Posts: 602 Member
    I tried coffee with milk, then I tried coffee with creamer, and then with other flavorings and I just can't do it. It has to be black.
  • djslais
    djslais Posts: 9 Member
    yeah, the creamer is a killer. Get back to straight black coffee, like most things sweet, it'll take a bit of time to lose the craving.
  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
    Where I live, the plastic tubs of half and half also get called "creamers" - as in "I put two creamers in my coffee this morning." So half and half is not "creamer" but the little tubs sometimes are. Even though they're not cream OR creamer.

    ALthough they also sell non-dairy flavored coffee whitener as a liquid in little tubs, and that would be "coffee creamer." Its even the same brand as the powder.


    I hate powdered creamer, and half-and-half is not my favorite. And I know this is regional, because on visits to Canada we often get whole milk in the little plastic tubs rather than half-and-half.

  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    I like unsweetened soy milk in my coffee. It's mild flavor doesn't compete so much with the flavor of the coffee.

    If you only like your coffee heavily adulterated with a flavored creamer then maybe the problem is the coffee. Experiment to find a roast you like. Most American supermarket coffees are medium roast. I like a darker roast or a blend.

    Right now, my go to is a mix of New England Coffee Colombian Supremo and Peet's dark roast. I used to get BiLo's Southern Home "Fog Cutter." To me, both Starbucks and McDonald's burn their coffee. Back in my smoking/drinking days, I drank Medalia D'oro or Cafe Bustelo (both espressos) brewed as a regular coffee. That's hard core.
  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    If you have good coffee, you don't need creamer. I suggest investing in an espresso machine (or a Bialetti) and start enjoying stronger coffee with less calories. I am a fan of half and half though when I want a creamier coffee, 2tbsps is 40 cals.
  • Polo265
    Polo265 Posts: 287 Member
    I use a tablespoon of half & half. 20 calories.
  • Monklady123
    Monklady123 Posts: 512 Member
    edited August 2017
    Yeah, I can relate to the International Delights coffee creamer. And pumpkin spice season is coming soon! ack! lol

    That said...I have cut down on mine quite a bit. The first thing I did was actually measure what I was putting in my cup (usually I just pour until the color is right). Well that was an eye opener! :o Once I knew it was about three tablespoons (yes, really) then I cut it down to two. Drank it like that for a week or so and then cut down to one tablespoon of creamer and then some regular milk. This is how I'm drinking it now and it's good enough.

    The other interesting thing I discovered was that I can drink iced coffee unsweetened, but not hot coffee. Same with iced tea. So I've been having my second cup a bit later in the morning and putting it on ice, and that's worked well. The only caveat to that is that it's been 100+ degrees outside so psychologically iced coffee is a good idea even with the AC in the house. But once winter comes...well we will see. lol
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    Start by at least cutting down on the amount of creamer - 100 calories is at least 4 single-serve tubs worth of creamer. You can try adding a packet of splenda to make up for less creamer.

    Or maybe try tea (if you are adding that much flavored creamer, I'm guessing you don't actually like the taste of coffee - and less sugar/sweetener/creamer tends to go further in tea).
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