I am trying to cut back. It's HARRRRD. At home, when I make my own tea, I have been using a tbsp and a half - give or take. At work, I tried getting away with 4 packets - which is 1 tsp - but I cannot. I need at least 5, 6 would be better. I don't think that's a LOT - I mean, one teaspoon? - but people hear 5 packets and they flip. It's actually only 20 calories - I looked it up on google (1 packet = 1 gram of sugar = 4 calories -- so 4 packets is 16 calories, 5 is 20).
What do you use? Are you trying to cut back because sugar just isn't good for you?
In my coffee - WHEN i drink it (rare) - I'll use a LOT MORE. I prefer tea but sometimes coffee is all I can get, or needed to wake up.
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Lots of Splenda...which is also bad for you
TheFutureMrsM
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I take alot of sugar, i know they say its bad, but i really like it, and i would rather real sugar then the chemical substitutes that cause cancer
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I take alot of sugar, i know they say its bad, but i really like it, and i would rather real sugar then the chemical substitutes that cause cancer
me too. But I also dont drink coffee/tea that much.
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i guess i'm lucky I don't like things super sweet; you can't win though - I take NO sugar in my coffee or tea and people are like ewww how can you drink it without sugar
I guess sugar is no good for you but if you don't have issues (like high blood sugar levels) then anything in moderation is okay.
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I actually don't take any sugar in my coffee - I know, I am weird I grew up always drinking sips of my parents' coffee, and neither of them take sugar so that's what I like now. If there is even 1 granule of sugar I cannot drink it Yucky! I just take milk or half and half.
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I used 2 sugars.
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I used to drink my tea with 1 or 2% milk. However, DH's family only uses half and half at their house ... so years ago, when we started going there for Sunday dinner almost every week (miss that - they live in FL now), I would have to use half & half .. and now I cannot use milk. Even whole milk tastes like water compared to the half and half. I only use a little though.
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Posted by TrueLoveIn2008
I used to drink my tea with 1 or 2% milk. However, DH's family only uses half and half at their house ... so years ago, when we started going there for Sunday dinner almost every week (miss that - they live in FL now), I would have to use half & half .. and now I cannot use milk. Even whole milk tastes like water compared to the half and half. I only use a little though.
haha, i used to love half and half in my coffee but my BIL uses heavy cream, and i love when i go there for coffee, i look forward to it, i still always get half and half but its not the same as heavy cream
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I don't drink coffee. But, when I am in the mood for it I will ask for it light and sweet lol I don't even know how to make coffee. :( I did it a few weeks ago when my mom came to visit, but I screwed it up even then haha
However much DD puts in my coffee cup, is however much sugar I take lol
But, when I do drink tea, I like to use only honey, and I probably use a tsp of that.
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no sugar and a lil milk. DELISH!!!
it was hard to break the habit of adding sugar to my coffee but it seriously tastes SOOO much better without it.
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In hot coffee, no sugar a little bit of whole milk In hot tea, 1 teaspoon sugar and some lemon
Iced coffee and iced tea, about 1 to 2 teaspoons sugar, depending upon the size of the glass.
Hmmn, I though 1 packet of sugar equalled one teaspoon.
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Well I must be the devil but I drink my coffee with 2.5 sugars. And if its a large iced coffee with 3 sugars.
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I take two packets of Splenda in my coffee or one sweet and low. When I use real sugar I just use 2 packets as well.
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Well I must be the devil but I drink my coffee with 2.5 sugars. And if its a large iced coffee with 3 sugars.
Mama said you the devil!!!!!!
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1.5-2 packets splenda and skim milk.
ETA: W/ tea just 1 pcked of splenda.
I'd use sugar, but I feel like i need 4-5 packets to get the sweetness of splenda.
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Well I must be the devil but I drink my coffee with 2.5 sugars. And if its a large iced coffee with 3 sugars.
Mama said you the devil!!!!!!
If i drink a large iced coffee, i put about 25 packets of sugar, sometimes more, i like the sugar to sink to the bottom, and with each sip i like a mouthful of sugar
What does that make me?
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Posted by SFAR89
Posted by RadiantBride
Well I must be the devil but I drink my coffee with 2.5 sugars. And if its a large iced coffee with 3 sugars.
Mama said you the devil!!!!!!
If i drink a large iced coffee, i put about 25 packets of sugar, sometimes more, i like the sugar to sink to the bottom, and with each sip i like a mouthful of sugar
What does that make me?
The anti-christ.
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Posted by TheFutureMrsM If i drink a large iced coffee, i put about 25 packets of sugar, sometimes more, i like the sugar to sink to the bottom, and with each sip i like a mouthful of sugar
What does that make me?
mmmm and you get the little grits of sugar in each sip? I LOVE that lol
That does make you the anti-christ though, sorry.
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In hot coffee, no sugar a little bit of whole milk In hot tea, 1 teaspoon sugar and some lemon
Iced coffee and iced tea, about 1 to 2 teaspoons sugar, depending upon the size of the glass.
Hmmn, I though 1 packet of sugar equalled one teaspoon.
I looked it up online and it said it's only 1/4 of a teaspoon. I thought it was a teaspoon too!! I was pleasantly surprised!!
