I usually have quite a lot of coffee during the Winter and have been putting too much sugar in it. Last year I tried to completely go cold turkey and eliminate the hot chocolate mix altogether, but that just didn't work.
Not only was I unable to cut it out, when I tried that for a week I fell into a pretty major depression due to the drastic change in my sugar consumption, and when I went back to using it again, I ended up doubling the amount I put in thereafter.. Probably some kind of knee jerk reaction to the total deprivation.
Anyway, I don't want to eliminate the hot chocolate completely, but now I am cutting back considerably. I decided upon one teaspoon of hot cocoa mix and one teaspoon raw sugar per cup. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that for the past several months, it has been more like three teaspoons of hot cocoa and one of raw.. Really I have to be honest and own up to it, as it's been technically a daily failure I've been in denial about, for months now.
In my estimation, that amount of sugar in my coffee added an average of about 130-170 calories of sugar to my day, as I average about four cups a day.
So I am calling this my "Teaspoon Ceiling" for now as I'm limiting myself to two teaspoons of sugar in my coffee or tea from now on.
How I envy those of you who like to drink their coffee with no sugar at all, but I somehow don't see myself ever being like that, so for now, I'm satisfied with this decision.
I've thankfully already adjusted to the taste (and actually in retrospect can't believe or understand why I was using so much more before??) so I am sure this will continue to be a successful daily change in my life.
I hope this change will make it easier to lose weight. Let's see!
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