Are Beverages Going to Your Waistline?
Weight loss diets always seem to focus on the foods we eat. Yet calories in beverages can quickly pack on many extra pounds as well. Consider this – if you exchange one 20-ounce bottle of regular soda a day to a calorie-free choice, you will lose 20 pounds in a year. Be aware of the size of the beverage too. A king-sized soda can add up to 500 calories in the blink an eye and that can add up to an extra pound of weight a week! Why not choose cool refreshing water, diet soft drinks, flavored sugar-free tea or skim milk instead? Take a look at the list of beverages below to see how many calories you may be consuming:
Carbonated Calories
Hy-Vee Coolers (12 oz) – 0 calories
Mineral waters (12 oz) – 0 calories
Diet soft drinks (12 oz) – 0 calories
Cola soft drink (16 oz) – 200 calories
Cola soft drink (24 oz) – 300 calories
Alcoholic Drinks
Lite beer (12 oz) – 100 calories
Rum, whiskey, vodka (jigger) 125 calories
Regular beer (12 oz) – 150 calories
Dark beer (12 oz) – 200 calories
Wine (4 oz) – 80 calories
Wine Cooler (12 oz) 215 calories
Energy Drinks
Glaceau Vitamin Water (24 oz) – 30 calories
Lipton Iced Green Tea with citrus (20 oz) – 200 calories
NOS high performance energy drink (16 oz) – 220 calories
Monster Energy drink (16 oz) – 200 calories
Airforce Nutrisodas Energize (8.4 oz) – 10 calories
Warming
Hot tea (1 cup) – 0 calories
Hot coffee (1 cup) – 0 calories
Hy-Vee instant sugar-free hot cocoa - 50 calories
Coffee latte, whole milk – 260 calories
White chocolate mocha – 510 calories
Nutrient-Rich
Hy-Vee tomato juice (6 oz) – 35 calories
V-8 juice (12 oz) – 70 calories
Hy-Vee cranberry juice (1 cup) – 120 calories
Whole milk (1 cup) – 160 calories
Fat-free milk (1 cup) – 80 calories
Chocolate milk (1 cup) – 220 calories
