Coffee?!

I've been meaning to inquire about MFP'ers coffee types. I put just a touch of sugar in mine, to take the acidic edge off, but am looking for a coffee that's mild & possibly slightly sweet that wouldn't need sugar or sweetener.

Whether or not coffee is good for a diet, I have no personal experience. I just can't quit.

What the heck is a french press?

French presses are those small pitchers that brew coffee almost like tea.

I have 2 cups in the morning with half and half. This addiction easily puts on 230 calories to my breakfast meal! I don't like that at all since I haven't yet settled into a daily exercise routine. Those calories add up fast! I do believe it is the half and half... however for me skim milk or rice milk (which I use for cereal) just doesn't cut it. I will probably cut back to one cup a day, but until then...

Coffee is an appetite suppressant - I have found it helps me eat less
How many calories will just depend on what you add to it.. there aren't any calories in a shot of espresso, but add full cream milk and you're looking at over 100 calories. Add skim milk and maybe slightly less than 100. These days coffees get all sorts of things added, caramel/chocolate/cream etc can add more and more calories. Some coffees are now over 300 calories!

How much milk are you adding to get that many calories??

Like prior poster said it's the caramel, chocolate, whipped cream, syrup, etc. Some of the larger Starbucks drinks have upwards of 500 calories. And a lot of the frozen coffee drinks are even worse.

I love Starbucks, but I stick to double tall skim lattes (100 cals) or occasionally splurge on a sugar free syrup. I think most of them taste very artificial though. And a french press is my favorite way to brew it at home.

Coffee is an appetite suppressant - I have found it helps me eat less
How many calories will just depend on what you add to it.. there aren't any calories in a shot of espresso, but add full cream milk and you're looking at over 100 calories. Add skim milk and maybe slightly less than 100. These days coffees get all sorts of things added, caramel/chocolate/cream etc can add more and more calories. Some coffees are now over 300 calories!

How much milk are you adding to get that many calories??

There are 83 calories per cup of skim milk, 146 per cup of whole milk. So they're adding a lot or drinking ten cups of coffee with two tablespoons skim milk per cup to get to 100.

That said...anything other than regular coffee or straight espresso at a Caribou or Starbucks is lethal. A small hot chocolate at Caribou, skim no whip, is 270 calories (the "lite" version is 170).

That said...anything other than regular coffee or straight espresso at a Caribou or Starbucks is lethal. A small hot chocolate at Caribou, skim no whip, is 270 calories (the "lite" version is 170).

That's not true at all. Like I said in my prior post, you can get a tall skim latte for 100 cals. And many of the tall size "skinny" beverages at Starbucks are still an affordable indulgence, from a calorie perspective, at about 150 cals or less. All of their nutrition information is available on line, so the key is to do your homework first if you aren't sure what you are orderding.

i agree with rainbowbow. if i don't have my morning coffee i get a headache. i have a keurig. flavored coffee is already a little sweet. (green mountain wild blueberry is 2 calories.) doesn't need much sweetener. i'm fine with the calories, whether it's 5 or 50. can't function without my morning coffee. plus i heard jillian michaels say that caffeine helps jumpstart your metabolism.

I would never give up my coffee ever. But for the point of weight loss it's not a big deal...unless you load it down with tons of sugar and cream and up the calories a lot...or buy those fancy coffees with tons of calories. I usually stick to plain black coffee because that doesn't bother me. If you like cream/sugar, don't use cream but instead milk, almond, soy, whatever and for sugar I guess a low cal substitute if you want. I prefer to stick to real food so I don't like those chemically altered crap. Something like stevia would work good, that's supposed to be natural or something.

I drink around 2 cups a day. Always Splenda. And I alternate between skim milk and sugar free Coffeemate. I love my Keurig machine. So glad I have one at home and one at work.

As far as weight loss, as long as you aren't regularly drink the sugar bombs that certain places serve, I think you are good.

I also use a French press. I love it. I've finally gotten where I can make it consistently good and it's so much richer than a regular coffee maker. Lately I've been using 8 o'clock hazelnut and I grind it fresh every morning. Just takes seconds and it's so worth it to me. I add about 1 Tbsp of half & half to an 8 oz cup.

Coffee? Is that really even a question that's allowed? Shouldn't that be against the TOS or something?

Gotta have my coffee...

I have two in the morning (usually instant with a bit of skim milk) then switch to decaf instant.

I find hot drinks help bulk out snacks, make me feel more satisfied and often work instead of dessert after dinner.

No, too much caffeine, and I don't like being addicted to some drug.
I am on green tea and like that better. Weaning off is a process.