Tracking calories for weight loss, I realized that milk is “heavy”, and I poured a lot of it into my coffee. Now I can think of better use for these calories (in solid form) in my <2000kcal deficit plan.
Soy milk has about half the calories as cow milk (and is friendlier for climate), perhaps that can save your coffee.
absolutely, but sadly it’s much more expensive, at least here in Germany.
@SnorriSturluson @rstein And that’s what I don’t really understand. How can skipping the middleman (or middlecow in this case) make a product more *expensive*??
EU subsidies and competitive pricing stuff happening for cow milk (it’s one of these products supermarkets consider essential and thus they aim to compete with Aldi prices). Also for soy products since they are considered “lifestyle” products producers and stores assume they can make more profit from those.
And here in Germany we have a VAT (MwSt) of 19% on plant milks and 7% on cow milk. Because cow milk is „essential“.
totally nuts, I agree
Discounters like Aldi or Lidl are selling soy and oat milk for prices only a little higher than cow milk.
The taste of soymilk is far superior too, imo.
Just an acquired taste. I missed the taste of milk for half a year. Now 5 years later I prefer my brand of soy or a barista oat milk.
If it works for your tastebuds it is a nice option I guess, I rather drink coffee “black” or non coffee though as I could not get used to the taste or rather it just does not generate that satisfactory feeling for me…
How much did it add up to per day? I don’t drink milk so I had no clue it’s so caloric dense.
From 140 to 240 Kilo calories for me depending on the day. As I stick to <2000 kcal I can definitely budget something else for that amount
It does depend on how much what milk you use, how much milk you use and how many cups of coffee you drink. I think 50 ml of semi-skimmed milk (1.5% fat) is around 22 calories. Now if you keep it to one or two cups that is pretty doable I think. But it does depend on you budget.
I try to eat between 1200 and 1500 so I do think every bit helps. Plus I only drink one cup at work so it is doable.
But I’ll be honest I mostly drink no milk in my coffee anymore and just use some artificial sweetener. But I might splurge on one with frothed milk sometimes.
I drink a lot of coffe and tea and use a lot of milk. It can be around a whole litre of milk per day. I switched from oatly barista (610 kcal per bottle) to Alpro almond no sugars (130 kcal per bottle). Is it as tasty? No, but these 500 kcal extra calories are enough for a whole meal and it helped me lose weight without giving up on my coffee habit.
Interesting, I always thought of it as mostly water. How long ago did you make this change?
46kcal for 100ml (at 1.5% fat), https://fddb.info/db/en/food/dairy_milk_15percent_fat/index.html
About the same as for coke, but thats just plain sugar though https://fddb.info/db/en/food/coca-cola_coke_classic/index.html
yeah. but milk with 1.5% fat still has half the amount in sugar (in the form of lactose) as compared to coke https://fddb.info/db/en/food/dairy_milk_15percent_fat/index.html
For me I just had to be a lot more thoughtful about it. I still use about a quarter cup (~60ml, 37cal) in my morning tea, but instead of having my tea like that 4-5x a day, I have 1-2 cups of tea like that and then have switched to other teas that I don’t put any or as much milk in. So I didn’t cut it out entirely, but I definitely did reduce my usage.
I switched from milk to black a couple of months ago.
Join us at !coffee@lemmy.world and learn how to make a great cup of coffee. I didn’t like black coffee before either but with fresh beans and a Hario V60 it became a lot more enjoyable. Now, a few years later, it’s a hobby for me (and a lot of other people).
Heard THAT!
Even veggie milks seem so high in Kcals, altho getting -plain- veggie milk without sugar does help from that standpoint.
When I make coffee these days, I just use some of the powdered stuff. As a non-coffee connoisseur, it’s ‘good enough,’ and low in
BSkcals, salt, sugar, etc.Another substitution I’m head over heels with is using plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream and even cheese, to an extent. It’s impressively low in calories, a decently-tasty substitute, and full of nice probiotics for gut, brain, and total-body health. :-)
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I’m doing something similar! I need milk and sugar to make coffee palatable but I’m gradually reducing the amounts of both.
