so i hate to admit it .. but you know .. i have been gaining a little weight.. and i just couldnt figure out how it was happening.. my eating habits had not changed that much ..
that is when it hit me like a ton of bricks .... .one big DOH!
i had started using heavy cream in my espresso.. no big deal right.. its ok to splurge every now and then.. holy shit.. i read the label..
1 serving is a table spoon.. thats right a TABLE SPOON.. and you can guess in my huge latte cup i was pouring 4 shots of espresso and not one table spoon of cream .. more like a half a cup.. EIGHT table spoons.. so do you need a break down? .. i am gonna give it to you anyway
one table spoon heavy cream = 5 grams of fat and 50 calories..
let me walk you thru the rest of the math..
one half cup =8 table spoons= 40 grams of fat and 400 calories..
can we say WAKE UP CALL??!!
i was drinking more fat in one coffee than you should even have in a days time.. and there were some days i was doing it twice.. no fucking wonder i gained weigh .. sheesh.. wake up and smell the coffee !! ..
so.. its fat free half and half for me.. and you know its not half bad .. that pun was but the stuff isnt .. and you know my first week of watching my fat intake and eliminating the cream .. 9 pounds lost .. NINE.. how crazy!!
that is when it hit me like a ton of bricks .... .one big DOH!
i had started using heavy cream in my espresso.. no big deal right.. its ok to splurge every now and then.. holy shit.. i read the label..
1 serving is a table spoon.. thats right a TABLE SPOON.. and you can guess in my huge latte cup i was pouring 4 shots of espresso and not one table spoon of cream .. more like a half a cup.. EIGHT table spoons.. so do you need a break down? .. i am gonna give it to you anyway
one table spoon heavy cream = 5 grams of fat and 50 calories..
let me walk you thru the rest of the math..
one half cup =8 table spoons= 40 grams of fat and 400 calories..
can we say WAKE UP CALL??!!
i was drinking more fat in one coffee than you should even have in a days time.. and there were some days i was doing it twice.. no fucking wonder i gained weigh .. sheesh.. wake up and smell the coffee !! ..
so.. its fat free half and half for me.. and you know its not half bad .. that pun was but the stuff isnt .. and you know my first week of watching my fat intake and eliminating the cream .. 9 pounds lost .. NINE.. how crazy!!
12 Comments:
At 2:22 PM,
Deneen said…
It is amazing how one little thing can make such a difference-I hate people who can eat and drink anything and never gain an ounce~!
Nine pounds isn't bad (sounds like you were indulging in a lot more heavy cream than you realized!)
At 3:07 PM,
Unknown said…
9pounds lost YAY!!!!!!
Heavy cream is EVIL EVIL!
Not in a fun needs to be spanked way either!
At 3:41 PM,
Burfica said…
I use fat free creamer. I need me the flavor baby. hehehehehe
At 4:45 PM,
none said…
I use half and half, but haven't calculated how many calories I use, maybe I should. Congrats on losing 9 lbs.
At 5:14 PM,
StarKnits said…
OMG that sucks! the ff stuff only takes a little bit to get used to. i use it all the time GUILT free!
LOL and my coffee is just as creamish! love coffee... now i must go make some....
At 5:57 PM,
Beth said…
I drink a venti latte every morning - always with non-fat milk, though. Glad the pounds dropped so fast!
At 10:12 PM,
Tiffany said…
Congrats on the nine pounds!!
I use fat free flavored creamer. I need the flavor in order to survive. lol
Being that I feel like I should be losing weight because I've been eating healthier but the weight is not falling off like it should, I'm going to look more closely at what I eat now. hmm.. It could be the M & M's I eat during my breaks....
At 12:59 AM,
Anonymous said…
I don't drink coffee, but I use to drink soda.... TONS! I stopped drinking soda December 31st and haven't looked back. Since then, I have noticed a huge difference in my weight and my energy level. I use to drink 3 sodas a day! 20 ouncers!
At 1:33 AM,
Marvie said…
We use the fat free stuff, and frankly, we prefer it to the regular half and half. I get downright irritable when our store runs out of the ff stuff lol.
Congrats on the 9 pounds!
At 7:22 AM,
CraftyCritter said…
WOW.....way cool on the 9 pounds!
Whoddarhunk it? A simple pleasure can can be so bad for ya?
Hmmmm maybe we need to re-evaluate things like that....
WTG! And thanks for the mini wake up call!
At 5:07 PM,
Rebecca said…
yikes! glad to hear the 9 is gone :)
i dropped about 3 when i switched to the lower carb creamer for my coffee... now if i could just go without it completely.....
At 8:27 PM,
Anonymous said…
I'd still hit it!
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