Hidden Calories: Are You Drinking Your Meal?

You may be watching what you eat, but are you also watching what you drink? Surprisingly, beverages from your morning coffee to your happy hour drink have calories that may be sabotaging your efforts to lose weight. We see many people who are trying to lose weight, whether it is 10 pounds or fifty. What you eat and DRINK are important partners with exercise in weight loss.

Here are a few sample drinks that may be adding hidden calories:

Coffee with a tablespoon of whole milk & sugar -- 59 calories; .5g fat; 13g carbs; 14g sugar.

Starbucks Vanilla Latte-- 20oz/Venti. 400 calories; 16 g fat; 49 g carbs; 46 g sugar.

Martini -- 3 oz. 205 calories; 0g fat; 1.7g carbs; 0.2g sugar.

Guiness Beer--1 pint. 168 calories; 0g fat; 13.3g carbs; 10.7g sugar.

7-Eleven Big Gulp with Coke--32 0z. 400 calories.; 0g fat; 108g carbs; 108g sugar.

Snapple Fruit Punch --16 oz. 220 calories; 0g fat; 58g carbs; 54g sugar.

Vitamin Water --20 oz. 50 calories; 0g fat; 13g carbs; 13 g sugar.

At BodyByGeoff, we determine your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) to determine your daily calorie allotment and where they should come from in order for you to maintain, lose, or gain weight. Drinks make comprise one half of your daily calorie allowance--so be careful!