How do you drink your coffee?

lina1131
lina1131 Posts: 2,246 Member
edited November 7 in Health and Weight Loss
And how many cups a day do you have? I am struggling with this. I like my coffee with 2 splenda & powdered creamer (40 calories for the cup of coffee). I think it's fine to have a cup in the morning like this (I did before when I lost 50 pounds and it never slowed my weight loss). However, I am wanting like 2 or 3 cups a day. :indifferent: I just can't drink my coffee black.

It really kills my sweet tooth to have it and it's only 40 calories. Am I going to hell for having more than one cup? :sad: :sad: :sad:

Okay so, how do you drink your coffee and how many cups do you have a day?
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  • dls06
    dls06 Posts: 6,774 Member
    1 maybe 2, with 1 sugar and 1 oz low fat milk. :drinker:
  • pocurran
    pocurran Posts: 6
    I like mine black but my taste for that didn't come over night. I used to put creamer in it and then I got lazy to add the creamer so I would drink it black. After drinking so many cups this way I now love it black and would never go back.
  • jacquelyn_erika
    jacquelyn_erika Posts: 524 Member
    I drink it black. Love it that way!
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    Coffee, 1 a day first thing in the morning, skimmed milk and 2 sweeteners.

    Tea? about 10-12 cups a day, with skimmed milk and sweeteners. It's how i get my daily fluid intake.
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
    i use french vanilla k-cups in our keurig machine...i add 2-3 teaspoons of splenda and sugar free french vanilla creamer from coffee mate or international delights - whichever is on sale....

    i was having 2 in the am on my way to work but have cut back to 1 and sometimes at night for my after dinner snack i have another - at 32cals i can't beat the sweet treat....
  • amber_bamber09
    amber_bamber09 Posts: 35 Member
    I have the same problem as you. I am not the happiest person without my coffee (: haha.
    I have cut back from 4...i repeat 4 sugars and a ton of creamer. to just 2 sugars and enough creamer so i can taste it. I tried to go one step further and do 1 or 1 and 1/2 sugars...I can't so I am going to get splenda with fiber (saw a commercial yesterday) and try to cut down how many cups i have. I drink far too much coffee. usually 4 cups a day if im working. :/
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
    At home, I add sugar-free Torani syrups -- vanilla, English toffee, etc., but at work, I drink it black. LOVE it at home, drink it at work.:wink: No added calories either place.
    Kaye
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
    black...I'm a not "sweetener" kinda of person and I don't like cream
  • Speedtrap
    Speedtrap Posts: 216
    I only drink espresso, I have it with one packet of splenda or black.
  • Minnie_Moo
    Minnie_Moo Posts: 239 Member
    I used to drink my coffee with light cream and sugar and couldn't stand black coffee but about 4 1/2 years ago I decided to try drinking it black with no sugar or sweetener...........and believe it or not - now I can't drink it any way but black :ohwell:
    I tried recently to drink it with cream and/or sweetner in it and couldn't :noway:
  • gtwin
    gtwin Posts: 290 Member
    About 4 tbsp of powder creamer...no sugar or sweetner.
  • cateyes09
    cateyes09 Posts: 18
    1 sweet n low and some 1% milk, but I used to use french vanilla creamer and at about 3-4 cups of coffee a day w. 2-3 TBS. of that I was looking at over 200 calories and xtra fat :(
  • tiffanymagic
    tiffanymagic Posts: 3
    I've acquired the taste for black coffee ... if helps keep calories down!:flowerforyou:
  • rlysrh
    rlysrh Posts: 244
    I started drinking mine black about a year ago just because I didn't want to drink my calories and at first I was just making do and wishing I could have milk in it again but now I like it black. If I drink it with milk now it just tastes odd.

    I think you've just gotta decide what will work best for you. Like if you really can't stand it any other way then you need to decide if its worth the calories or not. (:
  • Suziq2you
    Suziq2you Posts: 396 Member
    I usually have 2-4 cups a day with splenda and vanilla almond milk.
  • kathleen2001
    kathleen2001 Posts: 154
    Black!
  • CourteneyLove
    CourteneyLove Posts: 246 Member
    2 cups in the morning.. after breakfast.. a dash of milk and 4 zero calorie sweeteners :)
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    1 or none each day, keep some flavored fat free creamers on hand, usually I end up with closer to 70 or 80 cal though, so I stick to one cup
  • Spinelli2288
    Spinelli2288 Posts: 188 Member
    I am a habitual coffee drinker as well. I can kill two pots a day, caffeinated even, and it doesn't affect me. I used to have it with international delights french vanilla creamer (yum!), but with my diet I use liquid stevia vanilla creme. It took me a day to get used to it, I just had to cut back on how many grounds I used because I loathe black coffee, yet I love strong coffee. I found my balance and I love it. I also drink natural mint tea to help curb my sweet tooth, I also add a little liquid stevia(plain) to that as well. I hope you find something that works! Best of luck. :smile:
  • ksuther13
    ksuther13 Posts: 31
    I gave up coffee b/c I like to drown my coffee with creamer. It was too many calories and fat for one cup of coffee. I miss drinking it but I don't miss the cost of buying the creamer.
  • thepetiterunner
    thepetiterunner Posts: 1,238 Member
    I take mine iced with a splash of nonfat/whole milk mixed and sometimes with a tiny bit of Truvia. It was hard giving up the sugary coffee drinks early on, but really, once your body adjusts, it's much better. All the artificial sugars are so sweet they, in my opinion, make you crave it even more and make natural sugars found in fruits, etc, less satisfying. Just start cutting back a little at a time and you'll see and appreciate the difference. I can't stand drinking soda anymore because it's so sweet after I cut back on sugar and sugar alternative sweetners.
  • theginnyray
    theginnyray Posts: 208 Member
    About every three months I convince myself that I should give up creamer, so I try for a few days, and then I'm over it. I like creamer in my coffee, and that is just that. I drink a lot of flavored coffee too, and there are probably three cups a week that I go sans creamer.
    I drink one or two cups per day, maybe three if I'm feeling crazy on the weekend.
    I really don't like a lot of creamer in my coffee - and I prefer the Coffeemate liquid creamers to powder. So, I use half a tbs in my cup and that's perfect. I've tried the Splenda/Sugar/Milk thing, and I just don't care for it.
    I can handle the extra 25/35 calories of creamer (if I decide it's a three-cup day, I make sure that one of those is just plain coffee).
    I really love coffee, it makes me happy. My happiness is very important :-)
  • yankeedownsouth
    yankeedownsouth Posts: 717 Member
    I drink my morning (and sometimes evening) coffee with half and half and sugar in the raw. It's 83 calories but worth every single one!
  • messyinthekitchen
    messyinthekitchen Posts: 662 Member
    I drink my coffee exactly the same as you. I have two a day. I need them. It stops my cravings and it keeps me energized so it's worth it.
  • Stacyanne324
    Stacyanne324 Posts: 780 Member
    I hate my coffee sweet so I never take sugar. I prefer it without cream or milk too so at home I always drink it black. I always have one cup in the morning when I first get up. Some afternoons I have a second cup and some days i just stick to tea for the rest of the day.
  • Stacyanne324
    Stacyanne324 Posts: 780 Member
    I like mine black but my taste for that didn't come over night. I used to put creamer in it and then I got lazy to add the creamer so I would drink it black. After drinking so many cups this way I now love it black and would never go back.

    I think it probably is an aquired taste. When I first started drinking coffee it was at my husbands (then boyfriend) bachelor pad. He didn't have any milk in the fridge or creamer so I had no choice but start with only sugar. I always drank it with only one spoonful but when we got engaged I was trying to lose weight so I cut out the sugar from it. Now I can't stand the taste of it with any sugar. Yuck.
  • anna_lisa
    anna_lisa Posts: 486 Member
    All day everyday. a smidge of fat free milk and 1 splenda pack.
  • milo28
    milo28 Posts: 42
    Decaf w/ skim milk, usually 2 cups a day, one in the morning and one after supper.
  • ctalimenti
    ctalimenti Posts: 865 Member
    Fully caffeinated with 2.5 ounces of flavored creamer.
  • tig_ol_bitties
    tig_ol_bitties Posts: 561 Member
    I enjoy my coffee like I enjoy my men....I hate coffee.
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