Anyways so in comes weight watchers and of course I had to change the way I drank my coffee. In the beginning I worked on just reducing the amount of cream and sugar. It was baby steps. I stopped having 3 a day and went to 2. Then over time I cut out the sugar and started using splenda. Then over time I stopped using cream and went to a fat free creamer. This like all of my healthy additions did not happen over night. And now I come to realize that this may be how everything has been effective.
When you start a diet the urge is to purge and go full blast calorie slashing and drop pounds quick. But when you are changing your life style permanently you cannot do it. It will not become a habit if you force it all at once. So by looking at the way I consume my coffee is kind of a mirror image of this. Eventually I went to a fat free non dairy creamer made by Coffee Mate and 2 packets of Truvia. That my friends took 9 months! But after all this time it is habit for me and when I even take a sip of bf's coffee with normal cream and sugar it tastes gross to me.
Last week I decided that there were more ingredients that I could not pronounce in that creamer, and that if I wanted to continue with my clean eating plan that I needed to find a coffee alternative. In comes So Delicious!
Since going dairy free for March I have felt much better. My stomach bloating has gone completely away and I feel better. So now I must add dairy free to the gluten free diet I already follow. It is ok because I have found some great things and this creamer is one of them! It has no fat, and at only 10 calories a tablespoon it is a deal!
So now my coffee consists of this coconut milk creamer, some cinnamon, and 2 packets of truvia.
mmmmmmmmmmmm How do you drink your coffee?
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I use to drink lots of flat whites and lattes … now I've learnt to have it black with some cinnamon.
A lot of my coffee trips started to be out of habit like sitting down and chatting so it was more social … I've fixed that too now by when chatting I drink tea ..and move on to black coffee at other times
There's a local coffee place in Pittsburgh called Coffee Tree Roasters, and I ALWAYS get the large skinny caffe caramel with sugar-free syrup. Soooooooo yummy--it's pretty much the only sweet I eat. haha
The way I drink my coffee is totally different now too and I was just thinking about it my last grocery store trip. I used to put in half a cup of whole milk and half a cup (yes you read that right) of sugar. Now I use lactate free Silk french vanilla creamer, about 1Tsp and I can't believe I used to drink such a sugar filled drink. Ewww. I've been dairy free for a week or two now and I can definitely tell a difference in a good way. I'm still on 2 cups of coffee a day but it's better than the 5 I used to have. Small steps right?! You are an inspiration, keep up the great work.
since i only drink 1 cup a day, i let my creamer be my splurge of the day. 40 calories of mocha creamer goodness!
I don't drink a ton of coffee but when I do it has coconut creamer, maybe some hemp milk (if I make a latte) and a smidge of maple syrup if the coffee is really strong.
But I'll always be a tea girl at heart.
I drink my coffee with Splenda or Truvia (sometimes sugar free Torani) and fat free 1/2 & 1/2. I am going to look for that coconut milk creamer. Thank you for the review. :D
This is one of the hardest things for me! When I started my weight journey back in 2008 I gave up Half & Half in my coffee. Of course I never measured, but there was no black coffee!
I ended up going to Fat Free Half & Half 20 calories for 2 TBSP. Pretty good deal, but now if I could only measure.....
i used to always add one equal packet and a couple tablespoons of 2% milk to my coffee. i decided that i don't want to use artificial sweeteners anymore, so now i use just about a tbsp of skim milk! i made the shift slowly too. now any sweetener is too sweet for m!
5-7 Splendas and 1/5 of a cup of nonfat milk.
A daily treat, very delicious.
I'm not a coffee drinker but I do love my cappunico from cassy. It is my bad habit. I really needed to read this today because I'm struggling on how to quit drink my capps. I now have a plan on how to do this. Thank you so much. Have a great wkend
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