Drink Disasters

One of the biggest diet disasters (and easiest quick fixes!) is drinks. Soda, juice, alcoholic beverages, latte drinks, energy drinks...they are all loaded with sugar and empty calories. The following is a list of popular drinks with calorie content. A 200 calorie latte everyday could be just the thing that is sabotaging your diet!

Soda
~Coca Cola (12 oz): 140 calories, 39 grams of sugar
~Dr. Pepper (12 oz): 150 cal, 40 g sugar
~Mt. Dew (12 oz): 160 cal, 45 g sugar
~A+W Rootbeer (12 oz): 180 cal, 46 g sugar
~Canada Dry Ginger Ale 912 oz): 135 cal, 47 g sugar

Energy Drinks
~Red Bull: 110 cal, 28 g sugar
~Rockstar (16 oz): 290 cal, 65 g sugar
~Amp (16 oz): 220 cal, 58 g sugar

Juice
~Tropicana Pure Premium OJ (12 oz): 170 cal, 34 g sugar
~Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice (12 oz): 190 cal, 48 g sugar
~Mott's 100% Apple Juice (12 oz): 180 cal, 42 g sugar

Starbucks
~Tall Vanilla Latte: 220 cal
~Tall Nonfat Vanilla Latte: 150 cal
~Tall Soy Vanilla Latte: 190 cal
~Tall Nonfat Pumpkin Spice Latte: 200 cal
~Tall Gingerbread Latte: 220 cal
~Tall Chai Latte: 270 cal
~Tall Chai Soy Latte: 240 cal
~Tall Peppermint Hot Chocolate: 300 cal
~Tall Caramel Macchiato: 200 cal


EASY FIXES!

*Switch over to diet soda. It's still not the best choice, but you won't be ingesting spoonfuls of sugar. Better yet, try sparkling water drinks such as La Croix. These beverages contain two ingredients: carbonated water and natural flavor.

*Avoid energy drinks altogether. They are terrible for your health. If you must, go for the sugar free version.

*Watch out for juices...they sound healthy but are sneaky sugar traps! Juice your own fruits and veggies, or if that's too much trouble check out Naked Juice, Odwalla, etc.

*A daily Starbucks habit can be detrimental. All of those calorie counts were for the smallest cup, with no whipped cream. Always go for nonfat or soy, but be aware that the soy milk Sbucks uses is vanilla flavored, which means it contains lots of added sugar. Swap the sugar free versions of their syrups, or simply ask for fewer pumps of syrup. The tea lattes are sneaky too...I always get a soy chai tea latte but I ask specifically for the chai tea bag, not the syrup.