Opinions Pls - Latte's = Evil ?

Okay,

So I'm looking for opinions...I noticed my slow creep, now a total of 14lbs, over the last 2 years, from my lowest over 4 years ago, seems to have co-insided with adding regularly latte's and
fru-fru coffee to my program...Even though I always go sugarfree, it really seems like the latte's are the culprit of my demise...

Its not that I have not allowed other "lesser" foods into my plan, I have added more snacks & real sugar treats into my program, but, when I cut out the "lesser" foods I will see an initial small loss then never get over the threshold to the next level...Really believe it is because I cannot bring myself to give up the latte's & fru-fru...

What do you think?  And furthermore, I question myself, do I really want to?  I know if I give them up just to get back down and lose the extra lbs that I will want to go back to them once I re-achieve my goal...Should I work on successful re-achievement while keeping my latte fix in place?

Thanks for the input ...

Alesia,

I've contemplated both sides to your dilemma. Have you thought about just temporarily limiting how many you have? If you have one per day currently, maybe you could just have one on any given weekday and then treat yourself anytime on the weekend...just a thought 

You don't want to give it up and then crave it so much that it becomes an issue once you get your 14 pound goal out of the way.

Best wishes...


John

Hi Alesia,

Life is about balance and we all have to choose what we value most,   that you are even questioning your latte indulgence indicates that you know it is impacting you but it may well worth be cost of the pounds.

Why not set a number and if you get to that point know the lattes have to go till you get to where you want to be; or as John suggested, set a limit of how many you allow yourself (either daily or weekly).  

Life is always give and take but worth the cost of the little things that make life enjoyable ~~ Only you can chose what that will be....

I drink one daily with my surgeons approval, I do non-fat milk with regular syrup.  I know it slowed down my weight loss, but it is the food choices I made that have stopped the weight loss and let a few creep on.  It is also the lack of exercise that has helped the creep.

My day would not start without a skinny latte. I make them at home and they are about the size of a Starbucks largest one. But they are not all that bad! Each one is about 120 calories. And about 12gms protein. So i just allow for it in my daily intake. (I don't have sugar or syrup, just a normal latte.)

I had them all through my weight loss and have not stopped since!

Kate