Coffee

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  • ekking69
    ekking69 Posts: 44
    I will NOT give up my coffee for any diet. I'm using the vanilla creamer by whoever is on sale. :) As long as you don't overdo how much you use, you should be fine.

    I've used the low fat and sugar free varieties and find I use more of the low fat to compensate, so what's the point in that? And the sugar free kind give me headaches. I do love Stevia as a sweetener. It's the only one that DOESN'T give me a headache. So there's a natural sugar free substitute you could use to cut out the sugar calories.

    I've tried doing tea in the morning before, when I'm doing a really restrictive diet, but it just doesn't cut it for me. It's gotta be coffee.
  • GymBunnyDG
    GymBunnyDG Posts: 31
    I drink my coffee with Soya instead of milk, and sweetner or natural honey instead of sugar. Soya tastes great, low cal and high in vits and calcium, also has a good protein content also. Fab alternative to milk. I also use it in my oatmeal. You can even get light soya!
  • Missy0224
    Missy0224 Posts: 29
    I drink a lot of coffee. Nestle makes a liquid sugar free caramel machiatto creamer. 1 tablesoon is 15 cal 1 gram of fat and 2 carbs. I also add 1 sweet n low or truvia packet to it.
  • cowgirlup327
    cowgirlup327 Posts: 58 Member
    Try changing up the type of coffee you get - various sources/countries, flavors, etc. Some have their own natural sweetness (Sumatra is usually good for that). I add 1-2 tablespoons of half-and-half and no sugar. I used to use fat free half-and-half, but reading Michael Pollan's "Food Rules" changed that for me. I'd also suggest that if you want sugar, try the evaporated cane sugar or Sugar in the Raw rather than the processed white sugar or a fake sugar substitute. A small amount of the real deal is going to be better for you in the long run than eating lots of unnatural products (just my opinion). Honey is also an alternative to sugar as a sweetener for coffee and even better, raw honey naturally has antibacterial properties.
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    I drink my coffee STRONG and black! Creamer and sweetener is for sissies! :drinker:
  • jazzedorange
    jazzedorange Posts: 184 Member
    It all depends. I have a bunch of different creamers in my fridge. I can do the sugar free but my husband can't :smile: SO...
    I use a splash of sugar free creamer (What ever flavor I'm feeling for the day) and that's it... about 35 calories. Sometimes if I need it a little sweeter, I'll use a half of a packet of TRUVIA no calorie sugar. It is the best tasting out of all of the sugars substitues!
  • danfan1972
    danfan1972 Posts: 2 Member
    In summer, I make my own iced. I add a little sugar to the hot coffee, then cool it and keep in the fridge.
    Then pour over ice, then I add unsweetened almond milk or 2% milk. Almond milk is thicker than 2% so a nicer consistency in the iced coffee.
  • GnochhiGnomes
    GnochhiGnomes Posts: 348 Member
    I like my coffee like I like my presidents: Tall - Hot - Black.

    Although I can not speak to Barack's hotness: We can not deny that he is tall and black.

    :laugh: :drinker:

    Actually I think I would add a bit of milk to that coffee. :drinker:
  • macjenkins
    macjenkins Posts: 62 Member
    Coffee Mate has sugar free creamers. I LOVE the sugar free french vanilla and peppermint mocha.
  • allisonmrn
    allisonmrn Posts: 721 Member
    I have a Kuerig-so my morning coffee consists of 1 K-cup REVV and 1 K-cup of Kahlua flavor coffee mixed with 4 drops of liquid stevia extract. YUMMMMM
  • katiekrusher
    katiekrusher Posts: 143
    Black :drinker:
  • hlandry6
    hlandry6 Posts: 230
    I just add flavored coffee mate 1 TBS and i am good to go!
  • MtnKat
    MtnKat Posts: 714
    Splenda with a teaspoon of chocolate creamer.

    I just include it in my calories....I can't stand it any other way...I tried lol.
  • katiekrusher
    katiekrusher Posts: 143
    Creamer and sweetener is for sissies! :drinker:

    Cheers to that!
  • RMCoffey
    RMCoffey Posts: 27
    This is a great idea - Off to freeze some coffee :happy:
  • Kathy53925
    Kathy53925 Posts: 241 Member
    BIG (22 oz) mug, 18 oz of coffee and 3 TBLS of Coffeemate creamer. I have not used sugar in my coffee since I was 17. :)
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    I like my coffee the same way I like my women - bitter and murky.
  • nade0069
    nade0069 Posts: 109 Member
    i drink mine black
  • GnochhiGnomes
    GnochhiGnomes Posts: 348 Member
    Strange. I never knew people put cream or 'creamer' in their coffee. I guess its an American thing.
  • pichild
    pichild Posts: 72 Member
    1 mug coffee. 2 Tbsp fat free creamer, 1/2 pack truvia, 1/2 Tbsp sugar. 88 calories
  • maddiekidd
    maddiekidd Posts: 15
    I drink a Starbucks trenta iced coffee in the am with some cream and suger. Even with this its only about 60 - 80 calories. I actually got rid of my coffee maker at home. I was drinking 2 pots a day or so.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I'll be of no help -- I give into the coffee monster almost every morning -- 1/4 cup half and half, 2-3 teaspoons of sugar.

    I hate sugar substitutes in warm beverages (love them in cold) and I live for full fat dairy. :drinker:

    LOL this is my exact problem right here^^^^^^^^^ I do this every morning

    I tried hard to make substitutions, go black, or give it up all together. None really worked for me -- I really look forward to my morning coffee (I'm not usually hungry in the morning) made that way -- so I just have one cup (I was doing 2-3) made the "good" way and am at peace with myself. In the summer I do iced coffee with vanilla syrup (I make a big batch) so the sugar doesn't settle. I just plan for 140-160 calories most days to go to coffee.

    The biggest switch I made to compensate for my morning sugar rush was to 90% cocoa dark chocolate when I am having a candy craving so I don't totally go crazy over my sugar.
  • mrsgonzalez251
    mrsgonzalez251 Posts: 8
    thanks for the ideas you guys :)
  • Spartan518
    Spartan518 Posts: 10 Member
    The morning starts with a caffeine wake-up; I prefer General Foods cappuccino coolers as I would drive to work, w/ a cube or two of ice; am in Korea now and they make a couple of different types by Taster's Choice and Maxwell House, stronger than the US made version, but equally delicious!

    My wife is from Rhode Island and if you are even acquainted with NE, then you can't ignore Autocrat and Eclipse Coffee Syrup's, or the even more delicious "Coffee Cabinet"

    Finally, yes I love the fru-fru coffee as well; Caramel Machiato as well as a English Toffee Frappe done upside down (whip cream on the bottom of the cup) Haven't had that for more than a decade when I would get it from a little kiosk in Lace WA called 'Crazy Espresso', Lord I miss that ;-)
  • clrrrr
    clrrrr Posts: 261 Member
    black!! or a skim latte if I'm feeling fancy. but really just black.
  • HelenDootson
    HelenDootson Posts: 443 Member
    Black coffee all day
  • davidsgirl145
    davidsgirl145 Posts: 162 Member
    Hmm ... not going to be helpful here. Can't imagine drinking it with anything in it! One time I grabbed my wife's thermos by accident (as hers has sugar and cream) and thought I was going to gag! lol ...

    It's just not my thing ... I drink it black.

    Speaking of which ... that sounds good right about now for a post-lunch cup :)

    yeah, this happens to me all the time. I have to stop myself from spitting it back in my husbands cup! He loves the flavored coffee mate creamers. yuck!
  • davidsgirl145
    davidsgirl145 Posts: 162 Member
    black!! or a skim latte if I'm feeling fancy. but really just black.

    You're so cute! ''feeling fancy''! That was adorable! :smile:
  • zasae
    zasae Posts: 30
    Medium sized , black , no sugar :)
  • avt85
    avt85 Posts: 64
    black with 1 sachet of sweetener.

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