Help!! Dreamin' of Coffee beans dancin'

[Cogito]

Ok,help me please. I am NOT trying to be difficult or ornery or boring or any of those things you have to do to get on TV a lot. I just want to have guilt free coffee.

So - help me make sense of this.

I SHOULD have 12 t0 15 g net carbs from veggies.
I may have 3 to 4 oz of cheese - about 3 net cabs
I may have mayo and high fat dressings - thank god given the green stuff on the diet. The dressings average 1 nc per tablespoon. Let's say 2 NCF for the average day. Mayo gets dull and I refuse to put butter on a salad!
That brings us to coffee.
I have switched to decaf and figured coffee would help me through some of the drier diet days - and then I read (in Atkins) that 1 cup is 1 net carb and the cream another. Then I read a range of (yes, respected sites/journals) and find that coffee has 0 nc or 1/2 net carb.

So, a question or two:

What does coffee contain in so far as carbs - does someone have the answer?
Does regular or decaf coffee count in your daily carb total?
Does decaf or herbal tea count?

Other than that, hey, Atkins is a breeze so far!

[CalicoPrairie]

Re: Help!! Dreamin' of Coffee beans dancin'

Ok, Fitday says that 16 oz of coffee has .22 carbs. Yes regular and decaf coffee, as well as tea and herbal tea count toward your daily carb total--none count into your water I don't think (not that you were asking, but many people do ask that).

Many people do not quit their coffee/caffeine, but I believe it does stall some people, so you'll want to keep an eye on that.

[Whatsername]

Re: Help!! Dreamin' of Coffee beans dancin'

I coffee! I did cut back considerably but I still drink it (both regular and decaff). For me it isn't the coffee that is the problem, it is the fact that I like a lot of cream in my coffee. I have learned to scale back on that.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Help!! Dreamin' of Coffee beans dancin'

>> Does regular or decaf coffee count in your daily carb total?
Does decaf or herbal tea count?>>

Everything you put in your mouth counts!