I do this occasionally as well- small deviations from "the approved" foods and it hasn't affected my losses yet either. A splash of almond milk...a few drops of agave nectar...etc etc. The quantities used are just so small to affect anything. My coach said today as long as we are under 35g of carbs per day we are good to go...and so far so good for me anyway!

You do know that agave nectar is sugar, right?

These small "deviations" will catch up eventually.

Oh definately. I have several deviations too that have made things easier for me to trudge through this diet for the past 8 months. The minute I see my weight loss drop from less than 2-4 lbs in a week they go out the window! So far so good this morning I hit the 110lb mark!

Hi all! I also have a coffee question:

I LOVE pumpkin spice coffee and I saw it at Target yesterday. It didn't have nutritional info on the bag. It just said that it contained coffee, and "natural and/or artificial flavorings". There was not calorie info or anything on the bag. I looked it up online and it said that there were 5 calories per serving, but 0% for everything, including sugar so I'm not sure where those 5 calories are coming from. Do you think this is ok for Phase 1?

Coffee, black coffee is 3 calories a cup and 0 for everything else. My coach is fine with flavored coffee that is brewed, like the pumpkin spice, 5 calories 0 for everything else. I drink 3 to 5 cups of coffee a day and most of them are flavored.

You are doing fantastic! The weight is coming off...and you seem to be "head in the game!"

For some of us it is important not to let the little things dictate getting off track. Lisa said she sticks to the veggies on the approved select list for the 4 C a day...and that is what I've done too. First off..it makes it easier not having to keep track of what else I ate during a 7 day time frame...and the out of bounds appearance of a green bean or tomato sliver or some other veggie from the occasional list is not a blip on my radar if happenstance throws one in front of me at a book group dinner or some other event! Although I've planned, small things don't always go according to MY plan, so removing that small worry was actually huge! Last winter before I started this I was drinking my coffee with flavored creamers on occasion or with half and half ...and switched back to black coffee. Now... when the winter returns...I'm going to have to find a 0/0/0 substitute for pumkin spice creamer.... Someone mentioned flavored coffee...(pumkin spice)...who makes that??...Must PLAN on learning to like that before October! Better get started...

Good luck to you as you continue to trend the right way!

I really can't imagine drinking black coffee... I can go without sweetner or sugar.. I see that some people use a bit of a vanilla protein shake or skim milk... so I might have to try that and wean myself off of it eventually.

Target sells the Archer Farm brand food. They have Pumpkin Spice coffee that is awesome! THey also sell a sugar free Pumpkin Spice syrup. I haven't tried that yet. Go to Target and check it out. I found the Pumpkin Spice Coffee this week.

Yummm! That sounds delicious. I will have to look for that next time I am in Target! Thanks!

You can get Pumpkin Spice Sugar free syrup from Torani, I have it, along with about 10 other flavors. lol. Brown Sugar & Almond Roca are good too

THANK-YOU...!! On my way to the mall today and there is a Target there!

I consider coffee as part of my breakfast. I was a big creamer adder to my coffees before IP.. I went cold turkey and just add sweetner now. I tried adding a little of my 'breakfast' vanilla shake to my coffee and didn't like it. Not only could I barely taste it, but is was a wierd consistancy even though I premixed it.. maybe I should have tried just adding the powder..

I do however, live on my keruig flavored coffees... my latest addiction is the cinnamon roll from Timothy's... it is amazing even without creamer.

As for limiting coffee/caffiene.. my coach said I just hafta replace it with equal amounts of water in addition to the water required for the day...

I don't know if others know about this, but today I ordered a double shot of iced espresso in a venti cup, poured in my pre-made vanilla shake and OMG!!!! It was soooooo good!!!

I am thinkin I am gonna hafta make a Startbucks run now! lol

I am a huge coffee drinker, black is fine when on IP and the pumpkin spice from target is really good. I drink a lot of iced coffee as well, which adds quite a bit of water already. I need to drink more water that is for sure, but I felt my weight loss was consistent even though I enjoy coffee throughout the day. I keep a Trenti size (24 oz) container of water with me While i drink my coffee so I don't forget.