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    How many calories do you leave a day for drinks?

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    • Posts: 1,326 Member
      I drink two cups of coffee to help stave off hunger after lunch and after dinner. I use 1/2 cup Silk vanilla unsweetened almond milk and 1 tbsp sugar free cream which amounts to 35 Cals per cup. Makes the cup more substantial too.
    • Posts: 2,493 Member
      magicpickles wrote: »
      Trust me, I would drink 3L of Diet Coke a day if I believed it were safe.

      It is "safe".
    • Posts: 254 Member
      Pretty much everything you put in your mouth will cause some tooth decay, which is why good oral hygiene is important. Diet soda is no worse than anything else, except water.
    • Posts: 7,490 Member
      caradack1985 wrote: »
      Pretty much everything you put in your mouth will cause some tooth decay, which is why good oral hygiene is important. Diet soda is no worse than anything else, except water.

      eh, this is somewhat wrong.

      Certain drinks have a low effect on enamel erosion. namely:
      milk, water, rootbeer, and coffee.

      Erosion of enamel starts around 5.5 PH


      As far as decay goes, most artificial sweetened beverages do not cause any tooth decay as they do not support bacterial growth and acidity.

      https://www.splenda.ca/healthcare-considerations
    • Posts: 249 Member
      most days ZERO, today...400 in beer...so I'll be eating light and high protein rest of day.
    • Posts: 9 Member
      Almond milk, black coffee, water 2 - 3 litres. I some time use almond milk in my oats and coffee if I don't want black coffee.
    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      Anywhere from 200-400 cals, usually:
      ~100 in coffee with coffeemate flavored creamer
      ~ 0 in water and diet soda
      ~150-300 in wine

      All filled with chemicals. None of them dangerous.
    • Posts: 30 Member
      Max, 10. I prefer to eat my calories.
    • Posts: 70 Member
      Diet soda is bad for the teeth and bone.
    • Posts: 70 Member
      I don't drink my calories. Calories are too precious to waste them on a beverage when I can get the same effect from water.
    • Posts: 1,570 Member
      I pretty much only drink water or unsweet tea... with the exception of my morning coffee because I NEED vanilla creamer!! My coffee is about 70 calories
    • Posts: 59 Member
      It all varies but usually 35 calories a day. 100 if I feel like it. Some days I do drink more though (when I'm craving something sweet) but it doesn't happen often.
    • Posts: 291 Member
      50 calories a day, so I can have a few drinks on Saturday.
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      A couple of hundred if I'm having wine with dinner. I don't eat dessert, so wine is sorta my dessert.
    • Posts: 721 Member
      If I drink anything with calories, I add it to my diary like any other food and deduct the calories as usual. I usually only drink sugary things after work anyways [when my blood sugar tends to crash and needs a boost].
    • Posts: 385 Member
      When I used to have a medium double double with cream at Tim Horton's, it would be 210cals if I remember correctly. Now I simply make myself a coffee with my Tassimo machine and it amounts to only 50 cals (Great Canadian T-disc is 2cals, 2 tbsp 2% milk is 18 cals and 2 tsp sugar is 30cals - gotta have my sugar since I cannot stand the taste of Truvia in my coffee). Other then that, I'll have water, tea, 6cals glass of lemonade (iced cold water, half a lemon's juice and 2 packets of Truvia) and the occasional glass of milk.

      I don't count my protein shakes as a drink, usually I log it as a meal. Here's how I divided my diary: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks.
    • Posts: 575 Member
      About 150 calories a day--enough for a craft beer of choice. That's one of very few non-negotiables of this weight loss thing: I WILL have my evening beer.
    • Posts: 3,054 Member
      I save 150 kcal every day for wine. I drink all 7 glasses during the weekend. If I want more alcohol, I have to cut food. 12g milk in my coffee sets me back only about 10 cal/day. Other than that, it's water, tea, diet soda...all calorie free.
    • Posts: 41 Member
      ahoy_m8 wrote: »
      I save 150 kcal every day for wine. I drink all 7 glasses during the weekend. If I want more alcohol, I have to cut food. 12g milk in my coffee sets me back only about 10 cal/day. Other than that, it's water, tea, diet soda...all calorie free.


      I was starting to think I was the only other MFP to save some calories for a cocktail!! Cheers!
    • Posts: 65 Member
      I have one cappuccino for breakfast. No *kitten* soda
    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      valerialeek wrote: »
      I have one cappuccino for breakfast. No *kitten* soda

      Just curious why the curse word adjective about soda?
    • Posts: 9,151 Member
      WinoGelato wrote: »
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      Just curious why the curse word adjective about soda?

      Maybe it really is kitten soda?
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    • Posts: 792 Member
      About 50 cals worth. Usually just 100ml of semi skimmed milk across three cups of tea or coffee. The rest of my drinks are either water (during the day) and with dinner I will have either a coke zero or sugar free squash.
    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      zyxst wrote: »
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      Maybe it really is kitten soda?
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      Hah!
    • Posts: 792 Member
      I do limit my diet coke to one a day....not because of the whole cancer causing sweeteners theory.....but because I already have thin tooth enamel and too much citric acid isn't good for my teeth. I also have to be careful with things like tomatoes and fruits.
    • Posts: 1,119 Member
      Between 0-25 most days. On Fridays, I have usually between 165-500 cals in alcohol.
    • Posts: 1,234 Member
      None, unless you count protein shakes. I do put a splash of half and half in my coffee, but don't count it.
    • Posts: 76 Member
      Zip, zilch, zero ,nada! I log my protein shakes as a meal or snack...those full me up as a meal replacement...otherwise why were precious calories on liquid imho
    • Posts: 3 Member
      arditarose wrote: »
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      What milk alternative?

      When I first started this process I was using as much half and half as I wanted and 3 packets of sugar in a coffee. I just made the decision to cut it down to two packs, and measure two tablespoons of half and half. The first week sucked, but now I take my coffee this way and it feels like a sweet treat to me. I'll actually have a coffee with sugar if I am craving something sweet because it's an 70-80 calorie hit rather than 300 calories from candy.

      I use coconut milk--unsweetened. It's rich tasting but few calories and lots of calcium.
    • Posts: 1,804 Member
      I don't "leave" any calories for drinks because I drink my milk with breakfast. For me, milk is the one drink that I consider to be food because it actually helps fill me up (likely because of the protein) and is an easy way to get protein into breakfast.
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