Drinking your calories

impojr
impojr Posts: 52
Well, my number one rule (and I'm sure many others have it too) is to not drink my calories.

This used to be difficult, to some degree, but now I have abandoned sodas and unhealthy sugary filled liquids.

So, I was wondering what people drink. I love water and green tea, but I'm impartial to Nudie's fruit smoothies.

What about you?

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  • lyndalpn
    lyndalpn Posts: 151 Member
    For me its about green tea, water, sparkling mineral water or soda water and I have coffee about once or twice a day but only with skim milk. I don't drink diet sodas anymore after I found that the artifical sweeteners seemed to make me more hungry and craving sweet things.

    I do break the "drinking calories" rules though for a little bit of booze - I'm not a big drinker but a glass of champagne or a pear cider at night with dinner is worth the calories IMHO!! :) Except on very special occasions (birthdays, Christmas etc) I mnake sure I stop at one.
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    I drink quite a lot of cals in the form of milk (cow milk, soy or almond milk), either in protein shakes or milky coffees / hot chocolate. It's good for protein and calcium and I find it just as filling as solid food so I don't see any problem with that.

    In terms of drinking 'clear fluids' I have water, green tea and occasional black tea with a splash of milk. I have flavoured sparkling waters on occasion but have never really been a soda drinker.
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    Although I have no aversion to drinking my calories, I do drink a lot of peppermint tea.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Green tea can be plain or with lemon, pomegranate etc. I also like various other Chinese teas (oolong, jasmine etc) and "White Tea". Redbush/Roobios is another to try. And finally, peppermint.
  • closenre
    closenre Posts: 225 Member
    I carry around a gallon of water and dring 3 to 4 diet coke/ pepsi max/ coke zero a day. I know the diet sodas arnt the greatest but they are zero calories and a galln of water a day flushes most of it out (I HOPE, LOL).
  • I love Fizzy/Soda Water that stuff is amazing
  • Coffee, energy drinks, tea, water, or diet soda
  • rfsatar
    rfsatar Posts: 599 Member
    Coffee, juice, cordial, peppermint tea, water .... Alcohol....
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Super sugary lemonade is my downfall. Diet drinks such as Crystal light always taste off to me (not a fan of fake sweeteners), so I try to pace myself through the day with it and drink straight water with my meals. Milk is also another drink I had to cut way back on - I've started buying the fat free stuff, but even that requires moderation. (I can drink half a gallon a day. Easy. Even with fat-free, that adds up.)

    I did cut out soda and Starbuck's drinks entirely just to give myself more calories to actually *eat*. I stay much fuller longer this way.
  • hatsuharu01
    hatsuharu01 Posts: 25 Member
    I tried to stay away from soda when I first started on MFP but I found that I would get sick by the midday. So now I allow myself 1-3 12 oz cans a day. Most of the time I try and stick with flavored water, with Black Cherry being my favorite. I also like to drink some Sunny D but I stick to the serving size.
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