Drink Calories: Counts for 10 Common Beverages
Even if you meticulously keep track of every calorie in every food you eat, you are grossly underestimating your total intake, unless you add in those sneaky drink calories.
I know, I know: When calories come in liquid form, effortlessly sliding down your throat, with no cooking or chewing required, it's very easy to discount them. Big mistake!
These undercover diet-destroyers can literally make or break your weight-loss goals. Below is a list of calorie counts for 10 common beverages.
Drink Calories
- Water - 0 calories (by far the best choice; enjoy your calories from great-tasting whole foods — not drinks)
- Diet Soda, 12 oz. - 0 calories (but these can still contain sugars and other unhealthy, waist-expanding ingredients)
- Coffee, 8 oz. - 30 calories
- Wine spritzer, 6 oz. - 80 calories
- Light beer, 12 oz. - 110 calories
- Wine, 5 oz. - 130 calories
- Soda, 12 oz. - 150 calories
- Regular beer, 12 oz. - 160 calories
- Sweetened tea, 16 oz. - 160 calories
- Smoothie, 20 oz. - 410 calories
If you're a soda junkie and just can't give the stuff up, at the very least switch to the diet version. But, if you have any will power at all, make a permanent switch to all water, all the time. You'll quickly notice a major improvement in your energy, weight, and overall health.
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