Rethink Your Drink

[marie]

Are you "drinking" a lot of calories every day? One way to cut unnecessary calories is to cut back on drinks with a lot of calories in them. Calories from drinks can really add up!! Here is an example for 1 day:

Sally Doesn't Think About What She Drinks:

• Morning - 16 oz. medium cafe latte made with whole milk - 265 calories
• Lunchtime - 20 oz. bottle of nondiet cola - 227 calories
• Afternoon Break - 16 oz. sweetened lemon iced tea from the vending machine - 180 calories
• Dinnertime - 12 oz. nondiet ginger ale - 124 calories

Total: 796 Calories!!

Sally Rethinks About What She Drinks:

• Morning - 12 oz. small cafe latte made with fat-free milk - 125 calories
• Lunchtime - Bottle of water or diet soda - 0 calories
• Afternoon Break - Sparkling water with natural lemon flavor (not sweetened) - 0 calories
• Dinnertime - Water with a slice of lemon or lime - 0 calories
  or seltzer water with 2 ounces of 100% orange juice - about 30 calories

Total: About 125 to 155 calories!!
Thats about 641 to 671 calories cut from Sally's daily calorie intake for 1 day. Way to go, Sally!!

[Anonymous Bot]

[marie]

Substituting no- or low-calorie drinks for sugar-sweetened beverages reduces the number of calories in what you drink a day.

Some High Calorie Drinks:

Type of Beverage - 12 Oz Size:

• Fruit punch 192 calories
• 100% apple juice 192 calories
• 100% orange juice 168 calories
• Lemonade 168 calories
• Regular lemon/lime soda 148 calories
• Regular cola 136 calories
• Sweetened lemon iced tea (bottled, not homemade) 135 calories
• Tonic water 124 calories
• Regular ginger ale 124 calories
• Sports drink 99 calories

Some Low Calorie Drinks:

• Fitness water 18 calories
• Unsweetened iced tea 2 calories
• Diet soda (with aspartame) 0* calories
• Carbonated water (unsweetened) 0 calories
• Water 0 calories

*Some diet soft drinks can contain a small number of calories that are not listed on the nutrition facts label.

Source: cdc.gov