HELP, I'm a starbucks addict. It's ridiculous. I can't stop. It's expensive and fattening. HELP!

Ok, ok, I have this problem too... Almost every time I leave the house I crave Starbucks... It doesn't help that there is one, sometimes 2 or 3, on every corner around here. Seriously, living on the east coast, they were around, but out here, well, there are 2 right across the street from eachother, just down the street from my house. It's insane... Anyways, I still treat myself (pretty much every day). But instead of a expensive, fattening frappuccino, I get a Venti Iced coffee, with skim milk and 3 splendas. It's still very yummy, I get my fix, and it's half the price and 1/4 of the fat as a frappuccino. Try it out. Once you get used to it, a frappuccino actually tastes too sweet.

Thanks for the tip! During the summer months, I will commit to drinking the iced coffee - the winter months are fine because I drink americanos. But I love those awful frappacinos! I'll send my DH in - and just tell him what I want. Although, he doesn't believe in denying yourself of things you want. I told him that I started counting cals and he was like "why?" I was trying to not because I don't want to get obsessive about it again (had an eating disorder for about 5 years) but I have some extra hunka chunka I wanna lose. Cutting out the frappacinos is the first step! WHY MUST THEY MAKE IT SOOOO GOOD?!?!

Honey, from the pic of yourself, I doubt you have any hunka-chunka anywhere on your body!! You are SO BEAUTIFUL!!
Trying to cut out those un-needed cals is a good thing for anyone, though. There are so many other yummy things you could use them on. A small carmel frap has 350 cals and 9 grams of fat. That's insane for a drink!! I used to pick up a frap every time I went to a grocery store. I was SO hooked on them... Then I found out what was in them....
Try the iced coffee with splenda and skim milk, though. I swear, I started drinking them and suddenly the fraps seemed SO sweet I don't even like them anymore.

hey kimmy. thank you for your compliments. you are very sweet. I will definately try the iced coffee tomorrow (I'm sure I'll have it tomorrow) - The Frapps are almost too sweet for me anyway so i'm crossing my FINGERS!!!

I'm an addict too, and that too for White Chocolate Mocha with whole milk and whipped cream. I don't even care to know the calorie info on that one. I drink it probably about 3 times a week. And it doesn't help it that we have a starbucks on the 2nd floor where I work (i'm on the 4th floor). But I do take the stairs back and forth. So that's okay. right?

I am as well I love there frapachinno's everytime I go to a store that has a strbucks I have to get one.

whew, I'm not the only one. I'm going to limit to one x a week. Ahhh. So hard to stay away from the coffee and sugar with a little one

Nope, add me to the list. My co worker and I go once a week. If we didn't set a limit I'd be in trouble.

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I am addicted to the "Double Shots" that you can just buy at a gas station.

Love them when I am at school and need to stay awake.

If you like iced coffee--try one of those mocha slim-fast shakes--they are really good and satisfy my vice.

I think they have a coffee flavored one also.