coffee mate

[IrishSarahHB]

I love coffee .. but i HAVE to have coffee mate .. i cant do it any other way .. they have the sugar free coffee mate now with only 1 carb per serving but the ingredients arnt all legal... so i made some coffee mate with whipping cream and de vinci syrup .. its pretty good .. but i think i need to count 1 carb for the syrup ( because of the splenda) and 1 carb for the cream so its actually more carbs then the reg coffee mate....

Do you think i am better of going with my slightly higher carb home made creamer with the legal ingredients? or sticking with the store bought sugar free coffee mate?


hhhmmmm

maybe im putting way too much thought into this ;-)

[sadie147]

Re: coffee mate

actually for the davinci's you would count it towards your sweetener for the day, but it's 0 carb so no need to count as a carb. Powdered splenda has carbs because of the bulking agents, liquid will not have those carbs.

[spazzyhilo]

Re: coffee mate

I'd go with your own creamer. its legal and its less processed so automatically your body will be able to handle it better

[samira]

Re: coffee mate

Ah, the flavorings question. Good one! I'd do whatever worked for me. If drinking CoffeeMate doesn't stall you, and it's easy, and you can make it work for you, then do it. If making your own flavored coffee creamer is easy and you can stick to it, then do that. I'd say... compromise. Do your own when you have time, keep a cannister of CM in the house (or office) and move forward with the next challenge.

And thanks to Sadie for the reminder about the bulking agents vs. syrups.

[blue996]

Re: coffee mate

I use whipping cream with flavoured splenda (I have mocha, vanilla, and carmel). They are single sized servings and I buy them from the Low Carb Grocery (www.thelowcarbgrocery.com). They are very good!