How do you drink your coffee?

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  • Bella1hud
    Bella1hud Posts: 530 Member
    I have 1-2 coffees daily with Coffeemate. Addresses my sweet tooth and is like a treat.
  • tquaider
    tquaider Posts: 3
    I do 2 cups a day, with 1 tsp of sugar and 1/4 cup of 1% milk. I also have a cup of hot tea with the same sugar and milk later in the day or at night in front of the tv. I figure it's satisfying and fewer calories than many other options. I'd use skim milk if any one else in the house used it- it goes sour before I can finish it!
  • MalibuBeth
    MalibuBeth Posts: 87 Member
    1 cup in the morning with 2 spoons of stevia, and fat free half'n'half OR if i feel like splurging with the calories i'll use a flavored creamer. On weekends i'll have 2 cups.
  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
    Black when I make it myself, but at Dunks I get a splash of skim milk with a turbo shot!
  • cowgirlslikeus86
    cowgirlslikeus86 Posts: 597 Member
    I make mine with a french press. Typicaly I have about 16-32 oz. a day and I drink mine with 1 Tbl, Half and Half per 16 oz. Sometimes in the morning I put 2 TBL. Nestle coco mix in for 70 calories extra. I usually drink decaf or 1/2 decaf and 1/2 caffinated.

    I use to always have mochas but I realized I was making them out to be about 250 calories a piece. Doesn't work too well when your trying to loose weight. Coffee doesn't keep you from loosing weight it's just "Empty Calories" as they say, although, I sometimes only have coffee for breakfast. It help save my calories for lunch/dinner and I do stay full till 1-2pm.
  • mrscruikshank
    mrscruikshank Posts: 26 Member
    I have been struggling with this as well. I am an all day coffee drinker. Which if I could drink it black I would be okay with! But I like mine with flavored creamer and I don't like the sugar free varieties. I have cut myself down to between 2 & 4 cups a day with just 1 or 2 tsp of creamer but I get cranky in the afternoons when I really want another cup or two. Or three. The calories and sugar are killing me though! It really takes up alot of my daily total which is very frustrating. We have a Keurig at work which is where all of my coffee is drank during the week. I need to find a flavored coffee that I can learn to drink w/o the creamer added to it!
  • tjakubec
    tjakubec Posts: 2
    I have either a 16 oz or a 24 oz cup each morning, and use splenda (2 for small cup, 3 for large) and international delights hazelnut creamer (2 for small, 3 for large)... I can't drink coffee black, and I am grouchy and miserable without it! So it's worth the calories to me! It also tends to fill me up a bit so I'm not craving a huge breakfast. I'll usually have some fruit or non-fat yogurt mid-morning, and I'm good until lunch.
  • Jovialation
    Jovialation Posts: 7,632 Member
    I brew it with cinnamon. Make me less likely to want sugar in it
  • sharonp719
    sharonp719 Posts: 2
    I drink 4-5 cups a day all day long at work. With 3 Mini-Moos and 1/2 a pack of equal. I used to drink it black with Stevia and I liked it too. I'm just not in the habit of doing that anymore because it's so easy at work.
  • suzzann666
    suzzann666 Posts: 334 Member
    throughout the day i usually polish off a whole pot. i drink it with just a splash of skim milk to lighten it a bit.
  • spencerp2122
    spencerp2122 Posts: 13
    Folgers Breakfast Blen
    with sugar free hazelnut torani syrup!
  • AureliaCotta
    AureliaCotta Posts: 99 Member
    With Coffee-Mate (or the generic equivalent) flavored creamers: I measure what I use and incorporate it into my meal plan.

    I also only drink 1-2 cups a day. Maybe 3 on a weekend.
  • jenrod1118
    jenrod1118 Posts: 150 Member
    I drink about 1-2 cups black but add in a scoop of greens. The greens is a supplement i found that you can add into any beverage and it's your daily 8+ servings of veggies & fruits. Let me know if you want more info on the ones i use.
  • stephensmith0929
    stephensmith0929 Posts: 160
    Ummmmmmmmmmmm.......Oraly????
  • happydimples39
    happydimples39 Posts: 4
    1 Cup a day with 2 Splenders and 1 tbs half-n-half creamer. It's about 56 calories.
  • jspage73
    jspage73 Posts: 15 Member
    As I have been told I drink "foo foo" coffee because my coffee looks like light chocolate milk. I for years have drank lots of coffee (decaf) with 4 splenda and lots of creamer 2-4 little creamers depending on the strength of the coffee. While watching Dr. Oz the other day I learned that splenda was 600 times sweeter than sugar (I believe because I can't do sugar in coffee at all) and it resets your taste buds to want things so sweet. I think this is true because I can't get enough sweet things on high splenda days (lots of coffee and diet soda). I have also learned that if I drink my coffee the way I really like it and drink 2-4 cups...I don't eat until dinner which is not good in the long run really.
    I have started to "wean" myself from so much artificial sweetner and cream. I am doing half splenda and half stevia (natural sweeter) and half creamer. It is a little bitter tasting in the end, but I am getting used to it. I plan to go to all stevia (only 2) and less creamer still. Then keep going until slowly it is black or only 1 stevia and 1 creamer packet.
    Good luck everyone!!
  • Bean615
    Bean615 Posts: 132 Member
    i drink it black. i used to use sweetener and milk but now i cant stand it. i love black coffee! i have 2 cups in the morning maybe 1 in the afternoon and 1 cup after dinner! i love my nighttime coffee.
  • theoneandonlybrookie
    theoneandonlybrookie Posts: 341 Member
    Ummmmmmmmmmmm.......Oraly????

    The caffeine hits your bloodstream much more quickly if you take it as an enema. But so messy!

    I drink my many cups per day with fakey creamer and splenda. It will mos def kill me one day but it's the one - ok one of the few - bad habits I can't seem to break!
  • ladyplaz
    ladyplaz Posts: 111 Member
    Ok, I admit it. I love my coffee. I limit myself to 2 or 3 cups a day. I drink it with a tsp. Of just plain old sugar in it. I cannot handle the artificial sweetners and stevia messes with some medications (check with your pharmacist) so, just plain old black and slightly sweet for me.
  • rickpick99
    rickpick99 Posts: 16
    I use Splenda and coffee-mate, can't live with out it so I just figure in the calories. It's just the way it is, I can't live with out it!!
    I call it milk shake coffee!
  • QueenMother14
    QueenMother14 Posts: 438 Member
    sf vanilla skinny latte
  • renku
    renku Posts: 182 Member
    I have one sugar cube (15 cal.) and 15ml of cream (18 cal.) I'd rather drink 33 additional calories than use sweetener and coffee whitener. But I am a little suspicious of the health cost vs. benefits from sugar replacements.
  • yesthistime
    yesthistime Posts: 2,051 Member
    I have two 8 oz. cups of coffee back to back in the morning. Each cup has 4 tbsp. of dry creamer and 3 Splendas. I figure the two cups together come out to about 90 cals. (45 cals. each). Worth it!
  • Blodnie
    Blodnie Posts: 66
    I have one really big cup a day.. occassionally a 2nd in the afternoon if I need the boost. I use light cream and honey; I gave up using artificial sweeteners after being harassed by my foodie friend, and then doing some serious research on it. It's really not good for humans. It's not water soluable so it gets stored in your fat cells, and it's definitely toxic as the levels get higher. Food for thought...
  • IHeartNewMe
    IHeartNewMe Posts: 150 Member
    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?

    I am going to read this thread when I have more time, as I am on break right now. But I am so with you on this. I struggle with this too. I always say I like a little coffee with my cream. If it can't be creamy and sweet, what the point.? (Okay true coffee lovers, out there, stop snickering. Hubby always laughs at me too!)

    Anyway, my sweet hubby makes my coffee every morning. He makes it with almond milk, unsweetened and a cap or two of DaVinci Sugar-Free Hazelnut syrup (there are also other flavors) and about 1-2 tsp. of Stevia in the Raw. He steams the Almond Silk (nuke for about 40 sec.) and uses a frother to froth it. Then mix in coffee. It's not that bad, not as rich as the creamer is, but it is good. Some mornings I'll break down and put my powdered Sugar Free Hazelnut Coffee Mate in it, but it does add on the carbs, fat and calories when I do.

    I'm right with you on this! I hope some of this helps!
  • hailyfoytik
    hailyfoytik Posts: 2
    I've found that just a tablespoon of half and half is perfect. Multiple studies (including a recent one from the Journal of Nutrition) are coming to the conclusion that artificial sweeteners actually increase your risk of type II diabetes because it inhibits iodine uptake into your thyroid.

    besides... real cream is delish
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,730 Member
    I mix it up but yesterday I just tried double espresso, tbsp of half and half and a tsp of honey. Most enjoyable 75 calories ever.

    Considering I never drink away my calories, I have no problem drinking coffee every day!

    I thought I was weird with honey in my coffee!!!!

    I generally drink 1-2 cups in the morning with local honey. Use to drink it black but when I quit smoking I couldn't stand it that way! used Sweet creamers, but didn't like the calories! Ran out one day and decided to try local honey (for allergies) mixed in with it. Took a day to get use to it, but now wouldn't drink it any other way.
  • iKristine
    iKristine Posts: 288 Member
    2 coffee cups daily. No sugar, coconut creamer 1TB.

    I use to drink several 24oz creamers with a little coffee splashed in.
  • angied80
    angied80 Posts: 713 Member
    Depends on the day.. usually one or two with fat free french vanilla creamer... in the summertime I like to let it cool a bit and pour in a cup of ice with a tad extra creamer.. Yummm Yummmm!!!
  • mcg6242
    mcg6242 Posts: 84
    1- 16oz cup in the morning normally, w/ 1sweet-n-low and fat free French vanilla creamer. I love my coffee and would never give it up! I think my family, co-workers and preschoolers would hate me if I did!
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