How Many Calories are you Drinking?????

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  • losinglbslovinglife
    losinglbslovinglife Posts: 76 Member
    about 150 calories on recommendation from medical professionals. :)
  • savyjenn
    savyjenn Posts: 41 Member
    Some days its zero others it is 30. But I love water enhancers...I am slowly trying to ween them out too just cause I dont like to consume lots chemically created sweeteners or those new ones with little known side effects....just read that truvia can cause reproductive issues....what with aspartame causing brain bleeding...I guess it is best to go with moderation on real sugar or use honey.... I dont know if this happens to anyone else but I find after I cut sugar out that the smell of sweet from the candy aisle in the grocery store is almost overwhelming!!!!
  • nekoface
    nekoface Posts: 149 Member
    I drink lots - I do try to choose calorific drinks that have nutrients like milk and juice. Sometimes I do drink stuff like Coke and root beer. I drink regular Coke and no additional sugar added juice (or juice my own). When it comes down to it I'd rather eat a bit less or exercise a bit more than not have a milky coffee or orange juice.
  • LynnieG85
    LynnieG85 Posts: 157 Member
    I really don't drink any calories. If I'm not drinking water, I'll have diet coke, and I don't drink tea or coffee. When it comes to alcohol, however ... these can make a huge difference! Especially if you drink cider like I do :ohwell: So no alcohol for me while I'm trying to straighten things out!

    Instead of sugar in your tea/coffee, why don't you try sweetener? That'll cut out a huge chunk of calories throughout the day.
  • pineygirl
    pineygirl Posts: 322 Member
    About 80 calories for my morning coffee. I only drink herbal tea or water after that. So 80/1600 calories....not terrible.
  • Idka81
    Idka81 Posts: 42
    Drinking calories are the sneakiest, and I used to not count them until I looked up the actual numbers. I really, really like craft beer. We also homebrew our own. One of our beer batches in November had a lot of grain and turned out to have quite a bit of alcohol. The more alcohol a beer has, the more calories. We estimated somewhere around 300 for a 12 oz bottle. I also like IPA's which range from around 200 plus or minus 30. So, if I'm hanging out with some friends on a Saturday and have 2-4 of those beers over say 3-5 hours. it can easily be anywhere from 400 calories and up. Clear liquor like rum has about 97 calories in 1.5 oz of 80-proof. Spiced rum is even higher I think.

    So, yes, if you're not counting them, you could be consuming way more calories for the day than you think.
  • sljohn84
    sljohn84 Posts: 107 Member
    I have my breakfast drink (carnation breakfast) which is basically a glass of milk, one cup of coffee if im at work and the rest of the day is water. Occasionally I will have a glass of wine or juice.
  • Queen_JessieA
    Queen_JessieA Posts: 1,059 Member
    I realized that during the week when I am on track I only drink water and coffee. My coffee has 5 calories per cup and about 90 calories of sugar. That is 95 calories twice a day, 190 calories a day out of 1200 calorie day that seems like a lot. That is about 16% of my daily calories. I am just wondering how many calories most people are drinking???

    I drink coffee w/ creamer and water most of the time. Or hot tea. My coffee has 70-95 cals a cup depending on if I use 2 or 3 tbsp of creamer. I am trying to cut it back a bit, but it is my one indulgence!! I mostly only have a cup of coffee a day, tho. Hot tea I will either drink w/out sweetener or add like 1/2 a pack of truvia to. So I am ok there.
  • mommajolynn
    mommajolynn Posts: 353 Member
    depends on if I make a smoothie that day or not. Usually I do pretty well and stick to just water with some Mio mixed in but when I have my smoothies it can be up over 200 cals
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I would say 300-600 cals per day. I usually have a protein shake or 2 and a beer and sometimes some milk.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    I realized that during the week when I am on track I only drink water and coffee. My coffee has 5 calories per cup and about 90 calories of sugar. That is 95 calories twice a day, 190 calories a day out of 1200 calorie day that seems like a lot. That is about 16% of my daily calories. I am just wondering how many calories most people are drinking???

    Your profile says "I don’t want to starve or lose muscle and I want to be happy and be able to maintain it once I loss the weight so slow and steady I go." So why do you have to fit your drinks into 1200 calories?
  • Shannonpurple
    Shannonpurple Posts: 268 Member
    I realized that during the week when I am on track I only drink water and coffee. My coffee has 5 calories per cup and about 90 calories of sugar. That is 95 calories twice a day, 190 calories a day out of 1200 calorie day that seems like a lot. That is about 16% of my daily calories. I am just wondering how many calories most people are drinking???

    Your profile says "I don’t want to starve or lose muscle and I want to be happy and be able to maintain it once I loss the weight so slow and steady I go." So why do you have to fit your drinks into 1200 calories?

    Because I am still trying to lose weight and I love Cake.

    If I dont work out at all in a day to lose I can only eat 1200 calorie. I normally eat about 1700calories a day even if I dont work out, my goal is around 1200.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    I try really hard not to drink my calories. Most of that stuff is sugar/carb heavy and those tend to zoom through my system and leave me hungry for more so it's best if I just avoid them. The big exception to the rule is when I hang out with my girls and have a few adult beverages. :)

    On a typical day I drink tea, water and coffee with just a splash of unsweetened almond/coconut milk (5 calories).
  • notreallytrillian
    notreallytrillian Posts: 77 Member
    Usually zero. I only drink water and zero calorie green tea. The exception is if I go out drinking - 4 shots of vodka is over 400 calories. I always try to excercise in the morning if I know I'm going to be drinking that night!
  • leighdiane91
    leighdiane91 Posts: 225 Member
    70 from coffee in the am. And 60 from almond milk at night. Other than that i drink tea and water, mostly water
  • patentguru
    patentguru Posts: 312 Member
    A lot. At least two protein shakes with whole milk. Three cups of coffee. Two tees. Three nights a week 5-7 beers. Adjust how much I eat based on calories burned throughout the day to stay under calorie limit.
  • rfsegar
    rfsegar Posts: 1
    I'm not drinking calaries, I only drink water. I have learned through being on weight watchers that if you bite you write, so I keep track of everything I consume.
  • LittleMissNerdy
    LittleMissNerdy Posts: 792 Member
    I've really tried to cut back on the calories from drinks. I use to drink 1 Mt. Dew M-F at work (instead of coffee) but once I started adding it all up, I've tried cutting back. When I go out for lunch/dinner, I'll get unsweet tea.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    100-300 a day.

    100 if I have a tea latte.

    300 if I also have wine.
  • laurenfowler5
    laurenfowler5 Posts: 4 Member
    I haven't been logging any non-alcoholic beverages, maybe I should be :ohwell: but I average about 5 - 6 cups of black coffee a day and then soda water with fresh lime juice (as I don't particuarly enjoy drinking water), according to most of the replies so far there are little to no calories in black coffee so looks like that's the way forward.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I prefer to eat my calories. Aside from my tasty protein shakes, I am mostly a water drinker. I'll also have the occasional unsweetened tea or diet soda. I eat 2,000 calories per day though, so if I want the occasional calorie laden drink, I can make it fit into my day.
  • Erica_theRedhead
    Erica_theRedhead Posts: 724 Member
    Well, sunday's don't count for me since I know it's destructive. It's either football beer day or drunken sunday brunch, I drink probably 1000 calories of drink. :drinker: (but I try to run lots before and afterwards)

    My normal though is about 50 calories per day for my coffee creamer or skim milk. I try to limit it to 2 cups to keep this down.
  • irjeffb
    irjeffb Posts: 275 Member
    Most days I get zero calories from beverages. I occasionally have alcohol, and I sometimes have a protein shake, but that's intentional, and I don't really consider it a "drink", at least not in the same sense.
  • libra_xv
    libra_xv Posts: 4
    I drink mostly water, sometimes drink juice at lunch time if my mouth tastes funny :| how is coffee working for everyone though? i'm not a fan of black coffee but i guess it's an acquired taste if its necessary.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    I think my coffee is something like 8 calories, my creamer is 105 and my energy drink is 10.

    So, not many.
  • Flossie1981
    Flossie1981 Posts: 160 Member
    I have around 3 coffees with skimmed milk, no sugar and 1 or 2 strong teas with skimmed milk, other than that it will be sugar free drinks. Occassionally I will have a latte or posh coffee. And at the weekend I will have wine, between 1 and 2 bottles :blushing:
  • kali31337
    kali31337 Posts: 1,048 Member
    water...0
    protein shake (3 a week)...about 250 calories
  • mercymarque
    mercymarque Posts: 450
    zero... I ust drink water and don't drink anything else. I learned a long time ago that beverages add empty calories. Water is a big key to ur weightloss success.
  • 2013Jasmine
    2013Jasmine Posts: 2
    102 cal for my 2 cups of Indian spiced tea with 1 sugar and 100ml skimmed milk.
  • Vercell
    Vercell Posts: 437 Member
    I drink nothing but water, other than smoothies. I try to save my calories for my food.

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