Dessert Coffee

Funny...the post on my other blog is about coffee as well (see www.suecombs.blogspot.com). As you've noticed over the years, coffee has gotten more publicity than ever...it's the latest craze...almost every corner has some kind of coffee shop. I think if most of us are honest, it's not the coffee that we are addicted to but the creamer. The other day I was telling Cece, my nurse manager, about my husband's perfect cup of coffee, half coffee and half vanilla creamer. She laughed and said, "Girl, that's what I call 'dessert coffee". I thought, you know, she's onto something! Most people do not look at serving sizes when they are ingesting food or drink, but Weight Watcher's encourages you to do so. The serving size for this coffee creamer is 1 tablespoon, yet most people have as much as 5-10 tablespoons in a cup of coffee. It all boils down to this, training your mind to think differently and your taste buds to taste differently. As my friend Deb stated recently in her blog, "Eat to live, don't live to eat..". So, next time you are fixing that cup of coffee, pay close attention to the serving size...it will not be as sweet at first, but with time you will get used to the taste. I know for myself, I am so accustomed to kicked up flavor on almost everything, that a piece of fruit or a vegetable often taste bland and pales in comparison.