Fitness Bit: Beverage Calorie Count
I can’t help but hear a dear friend’s calorie mantra chime in my head: “Never drink your calories!”
She essentially meant that we shouldn’t drink the bulk of our calories that are high in sugars and fats. Personally, I stick to water, diet sodas, tea, and the occasional lite latte or low-carb energy drink. However, when we’re out at restaurants or bars and we want our favorite mixed drink or beer, who’s to tell how many calories we’re actually drinking – on top of the rest of our food? Thanks to WebMD and some of my own research, we’ll now an idea:
| Beverage | Calories |
|---|---|
| distilled drinking water | 0 calories |
| 1 cup tea or coffee sweetened w/ Splenda | 0 |
| 1 cup coffee with cream & sugar | 30 |
| a can of diet soda | 0 |
| a can of regular soda | 150 |
| tall Starbucks Java Chip light (no whip) | 180 |
| tall Starbucks Java Chip (no whip) | 255 |
| a bottle of Bud Light | 110 |
| a bottle of Budweiser | 145 |
| a bottle of Mike’s Hard Lemonade | 237 |
| individual margarita | 145 |
| individual “Sex on the Beach” | 150 |
| a glass of wine | 120-130 |
| ♥ courtesy of Frappelattes.com | |
For easy reference, copy and paste this table into your computer’s word processor then print, or take notes to store in your handbag.
Nifty!
