LooseButtons님의 저널, 2021년 09월 15일

isn't the coffee mate less calories?  

get the 0 sugar coffee mate. it's a life saver!!! 

I use coconut milk and it tastes good  

Rick, yep, the Premier Protein "would be" more calories if drinking it all at one time... I'm only swapping a couple ounces for what would have been the Coffee-Mate though. Since it's Vanilla, the switch from Hazelnut isn't tooo extreme... Plus, My "plan" is to use just a dab of hazelnut anyway... Seems like about 80-calorie/day savings (I use about 4tbs/coffee) when mixed with the coffee-mate... Plus, by the end of a week, I'll have drank an entire container or more! Protein added... Fat removed! Win/Win! 

Anon, thanks, I'll try it again... I'd tried it before as the entire creamer, but didn't like it... Maybe since I'll be using "just a dab" this way it might be ok... The plan was to find something different anyway, because Coffee-Mate seems to be switching to a round container for the large size now.. LOTS of issues with it! Top doesn't screw on well, and the bagger popped it across the floor unexpectedly because of poor fit... Then the thing dropped twice while pouring... Bad bad bad! 

Black coffee, no sugar, no cream would be something different. It's certainly an acquired taste, but there's no turning back. 

My buys Heavy Cream for our coffee, she's on low carb not low cal but I do low cal we have a bunch of those Protien shakes and I thought about using them as a creamer, was it any good? 

Loosebuttons that's not very much protein at the end of the week. Like maybe an extra 5g a day 

Texas... Well it doesn't have the real creamyness of actual creamers, but the vanilla taste is close to that of a vanilla coffee creamer. Also, the thickness of it as compared to straight out of the box is significantly cut, which in my view is a plus! Tastes vary by person, but I'm thinking I'll ride this out for a while. On the last shopping day I'd gotten two items to get away from the coffee mate... One was half&half, the other is a hazelnut powder... Then I thought of this... Coffee Mate lost me with that new round container! 

Rick, while it's true this isn't much per day, it still adds protein over and above what's normally consumed, as well as a significant daily drop in calories. 30g protein more added per week (minimum) no matter how it's looked at. 553-728 calories less than the prior weekly diet was (Depending on how, or if it's mixed with any other creamers). All for a subtle, unobtrusive change. Many people change their entire meal-plan with equal, or even less results. 

Kudos to you LooseButtons for trying something new to achieve your goal! Coffee creamer was one of the hardest things for me to give up. But when I realized my coffee creamer vice was also keeping me at a plateau because of the sugar, I got used to black coffee real quick.  

ACBelle... It's similar to a store-brand vanilla coffee creamer. I tried the coffee with just the Premier added, but then elected to give it a sploosh of coffeemate. Since it was a first trial, I'm attributing the sploosh-need to me being a longtime hazelnut lover. Each their own, but what have you got to lose? Now if only Premier would make a Hazelnut!! 

I use hazelnut stevia with heavy cream. No carbs, no sugar. Just calories from fat, but no glycemic response in the morning, so it's semi-fasting til lunch. 

Erika... I've never tried that, but I'll look for it.... Got an awful lot of creamers to go through first though, thanks! 

Eral... Straight up black is definitely different! ☕ Back in the day when times were tougher, that's what I had to do! I still actually prefer that if cream or creamer isn"t available as opposed to milk 🥛 Definitely beats all for calorie cutting!✂️🤣😂🤣 

@ACBelle I find that the hazelnut stevia is much nicer than plain. It's a little liquid bottle that I buy just for coffee. Not cheap, but it's my solution. We all have our workarounds here, I see. 

I will def. add Hazelnut Stevia to my shop list. Thanks! Now silly me still has to let go of my relationship with Coffee-mate. Breaking up is so hard to do.🧘‍♀️ 

Ha ha! Little bitty steps allow us to recreate our whole approach. 

This brand is also available “ sugar free” with 15 calories and 1 carb per tbsp. That’s a winner for me 😎 

I'm a stickler for all natural, minimally processed.