Coffee! :(

At one point I was drinking up to 3 Vente Peppermint White Mochas a day with 6 extra shots. At 1,000 calories each, I don't question why I gained weight during that time. Instead of 6 drink 5 for the next 2 weeks, then 4 then 3, etc. Or start limiting the amount of sugar and creamers you put in or find better alternatives to the sugar/creamer you do use. Coffee has good properties but it is also a appetite stimulant, causes dehydration which effects kidney process and metabolism. The hard thing for me was replacing it with an alternative that was pleasing. I hate drinking bland water and don't want to drink pop/soda. I'm still trying to find a good alternative. One is fruits/vegtables as a source of water. If I do drink coffee now it is black no cream no sugar but I eat something healthy and sweet with it. Like a kiwi bitter and tart all at the same time.

I love coffee with flavored creamer, too. I use the fat-free Vanilla............and try to use only one tbsp per cup, which is 35 calories. Sometimes I put a little more, but if I don't have a BIG mug, just one tbsp is enough for me.

If you're a real sugary coffee drinker, I would just gradually cut it back. I'll never drink my coffee black, so can understand your dilemma............log it, and make it work with your day's goal!

Good luck!

I own a coffe house this was one of my biggest issues. You just need to stop cold turkey. Thats the only way I was able to do it. I was miserable for 2 weeks, then i adapted. I have a soy milk latte as a treat everyonce and awhile. no sugar though! Sugar and processed flavoured cream are really unhealthy....silent killers.

Yep. I fought it for a while but finally something had to give. I went from 4 - 6 cups to3 cups to 2 cups and now I am down to one cup and LOTS of tea.

My one cup of coffee happens when I wake up. I've stopped using the oily, artificial creamers and stuck with 2tbs of my faithful half and half which equals 3 g of fat. I went from super sweet coffee to 2 packets of "In The Raw" pure cane sugar which equals 10 g of sugar. I fit it in my morning and that is that! I haven't had an issue yet as long as I drink tea through out the day, but if I am dying for a cup of coffee I would have one but stick to my portions. I haven't had those cravings yet, though! Best of luck! I know how hard it is!

I use the sugar free powdered coffee mate and splenda... only about 20-30 calories per cup

I am a coffee addict and love creamy coffee. I now have a (starbucks) Grande Coffee Light Frappacino which is 110 calories ( I walk 90-120 mins a day just so I can have this!) and then I drink mainly Tea with Semi Skimmed milk at home. Occasionally I do have a Kenco Cafe Latte Sachet coffee which is quite nice and about 70 cals per sachet.

I was the same way years ago. The key is measuring! I "spend" 118 calories per day on 3 20-oz cups of coffee. I use flavored beans (0 cals) and 1 TBSP Sugar Free flavored creamer (there are several out there) plus 2 TBSP FF half & half as well as some 0 calorie sweetener in each cup. I top it with a little squirt of FF Reddi Whip as well. Best 118 calories of my day and I will probably never change a thing! My coffee drinks are a critical part of my day and they haven't really hurt me so far!

If I get starbux I always get nonfat milk, cuts alot of calories....at home 16oz coffee plus 4tsp sugar and one tbs of vanilla creamer only 95 cals and taste great (I cant stand artifical sweeteners!) soI generally have that and some oatmeal etc for breakfast, I just make sure I measure it and log it

I can soooo relate. For awhile I didn't drink any coffee at all so that I wouldn't have the cream and sugar. Now I drink a couple cups a day -- black, and I have acquired a taste for it. The other day I had some spare calories to use so I put some French vanilla creamer in my coffee, and I didn't even enjoy it! I also replaced a couple cups of coffee with green tea. Good luck!

Hydratation wise, everytime you drink a coffee you should add a cup of water to your daily water-intake. That way you balance things out and keep your body from holding it back. Also, there's many products that offer similar taste and less calories than creamers and sugar. On my part, I know that what I love is drinking a hot beverage, which is why I drank so many coffees a day, so I switched to tea and herbal tea, got used to a bit less sugar or sugar alternatives. I still drink 1 coffee to 2 coffee a day, add them to my meals to count the calories.

Regarding my water-intake, since we should all drink at least half our weight in ounces, in my case it means 90 ounces of water a day, nearly 3L...adding more than that drives me a bit nuts which increased my motivation to cut down coffee a little.

The main idea is to figure out...why you love coffee so much, and turn to alternatives when it's possible. Nobody says to cut it out completely, often it's what we put in it that brings us more problems. For example, my mother only drinks coffee and no glass of water or anything else during the day, it's safe to say that she drinks between 10 and 15 coffee a day. Before, she was putting in it 2 tea spoons of sugar, sometimes 3 depending how it is prepared, and 2oz of 3.25 whole milk. Calorie-wise, we're talking of at least 58 calories per cup so at least 580 calories a day including over half a cup of sugar!

I managed to get her to slowly go down to a teaspoon of sugar and switching 3.25% milk to 2% which means...around 1/4 cup of sugar per day and around 490 calories per day. She still needs to cut down on the number but it's a little better?

Hope it helps

I feel your pain. The one thing I can not give up is my coffee. At one point I'm pretty sure I no long had red blood, but was functioning on coffee alone. AHH! While I generally like the flavor of coffee and can drink it black, I like to put in skim milk and truvia now. Sweetens it up and no fat from the skim milk!! Also, I like to have coffee on my way to work now only (I work 1-9 so its a good boost after lunch).

If you're stuck on flavored coffee, try the sugar free versions! And try to only have coffee before 12, this way it will limit how much you're actually going to drink. Good luck!

I started replacing coffee with hot green or oolong tea. It took me a little while to get used to it but I absolutely love drinking tea now.

Love coffee!!! I limit myself to 1 large mug with sugar-free hazelnut coffeemate, truzia & a sprinkle of cinnamon (supresses appetite!) Super good!!!

Just lower the amount of creamer you use and use splenda instead of sugar.I only use splenda in my hot teas,and 1-2 tlbs of Bailey's caramel creamer in my coffee.,,