Tuesday, August 6, 2013

How Many Calories Do You Drink?

Skinny Rule #2 - Don't Drink Your Calories
To me, this rule is very basic and obvious....but you may not realize how many calories you're consuming throughout the day from basic beverages (i.e., milk, sweetened iced tea, soda, alcohol, etc.).  If you're not a water drinker throughout the day, I recommend that you journal or track your drinks along with the food you eat. It may be an eye-opener for you.

A few changes that I have recently made this last year is watching the beverages I consume with artificial sweeteners, like in Diet Soda, Sugar-Free "Diet" Juice or using Splenda in Iced Tea.  Eliminating no calorie drinks with artificial sweeteners will have an impact on your weight loss. It falls in line with "Clean Eating"....think of it as "Clean Drinking"....LOL! Yes...I crave a diet soda every now and then, but when I stick to drinking water or Iced Tea/Green Tea without it, I feel great that I made the better choice!  Pure Natural Stevia is a good substitute to Splenda, but I think that you still need to watch the amount you consume throughout the day...especially if you enjoy iced tea or coffee.   In the winter, I enjoy hot green tea with a tsp of natural honey.

Beverage
Serving Size
Calories
Soda
12 ounces
124-189
Diet soda
12 ounces
0-7
Bottled sweet tea
12 ounces
129-143
Brewed tea, unsweet
12 ounces
4
Orange juice, unsweetened
12 ounces
157-168
Apple juice, unsweetened
12 ounces
169-175
Tomato/Vegetable juice
12 ounces
80
Cranberry juice cocktail
12 ounces
205
Whole Milk
12 ounces
220
2% low-fat milk
12 ounces
183
1% low-fat milk
12 ounces
154
Nonfat milk
12 ounces
125
Soy milk
12 ounces
147-191
Coffee, black
12 ounces
0-4
Coffee with cream (2 tablespoons
half and half)
12 ounces
39-43
Coffee with whipped cream (2
tablespoons from can)
12 ounces
15-19
Coffee with heavy whipping cream
(2 tablespoons)
12 ounces
104-108
Caffe Latte, whole milk (Starbucks)
12 ounces
200
Caffe Latte, nonfat (Starbucks)
12 ounces
120
Sports drink (like Gatorade)
12 ounces
94
Energy drink (like Red Bull)
12 ounces
160
Beer
12 ounces
153
Red wine
5 ounces
125
White wine
5 ounces
122
Hard liquor (vodka, rum, whiskey,
gin; 80 proof)
1.5 ounces
96

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