4 Low-Cal Low-Fat Coffee Fixes

Put your favorite brew on a diet

Whether it’s to get your day going, a way to curb your appetite, or just a taste you love, you might insist on your daily coffee fix. But depending on what you add to it, that cup of joe can easily go from zero calories to the hundreds—even a third of your daily allotment when dieting. Don’t give up the coffee… just rethink your café drink with these suggestions.

• The easiest change is the cup size. Switch from a large to medium and you cut out a quarter of the calories. Downsize to small and you’ve cut the calories in half.
• The savings is dramatic if you replace cream and sugar with skim milk and non-calorie
  sweetener—you can cut 200 calories and still enjoy a large.
• Ask for a shot of sugar-free syrup to savor hazelnut or almond flavor for zero calories.
• Have a cappuccino or latte “with no-fat foam” to get skim milk’s calcium and a rich taste
  without the fat of cream.
• Love flavored frappes? Shave off up to 100 calories by skipping the whipped cream topper. Order a small fat-free blend to cut out another 200 calories.

Just keep in mind that if you have more than one fancy coffee drink a day, even
downsizing won’t be enough to keep the calories from eating into your food allowance.