Is Starbucks Coffee bad?
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I have decided i will only drink a Mocha Frappucchino on fridays otherwise i will feel miserable.. and tomorrow is friday!..
i can't wait lol 3 -
janejellyroll wrote: »From the OP: " i love the moccha and coffee frappucchinos, i get them light."
You need to check out the calorie counts for the light frappucchinos, not the regular ones. There is a significant calorie difference.
OP told us what she was drinking -- light mocha frappuchinos and light coffee frappuchinos. Unless you think she is deliberately misleading us, the higher calorie count of other drinks are off-topic and not particularly helpful to the OP's situation. Some Starbucks drinks can indeed be calorie bombs. The two she specifically mentioned are not.
It's like if someone asked a question about grilled chicken and the conversation become about the calorie count of fried chicken.
If she is getting a "mocha light frapachino", that appears to be 140 calories.
https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/frappuccino-blended-beverages/mocha-frappuccino-light-blended-beveragejanejellyroll wrote: »It's like if someone asked a question about grilled chicken and the conversation become about the calorie count of fried chicken.
No, it's not like that at all. But you can think that if you want.
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fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »From the OP: " i love the moccha and coffee frappucchinos, i get them light."
You need to check out the calorie counts for the light frappucchinos, not the regular ones. There is a significant calorie difference.
OP told us what she was drinking -- light mocha frappuchinos and light coffee frappuchinos. Unless you think she is deliberately misleading us, the higher calorie count of other drinks are off-topic and not particularly helpful to the OP's situation. Some Starbucks drinks can indeed be calorie bombs. The two she specifically mentioned are not.
It's like if someone asked a question about grilled chicken and the conversation become about the calorie count of fried chicken.
If she is getting a "mocha light frapachino", that appears to be 140 calories.
janejellyroll had already pointed out the calories, using the other coffee drink the OP said she enjoyed:janejellyroll wrote: »The light ones (which is what OP is ordering) have significantly less. You still need to account for them, obviously, but 110 calories for a grande (which is what a light coffee frappuccino is) is something that could fit into many plans.
This was in contrast to many people (including you, earlier) assuming she was talking about a much higher cal coffee (the fried chicken vs. grilled comparison, which was right on).
Also, we know OP's concern was not that the coffees did not fit in her calories, as she told us that:so i worked next to a Sturbucks and i love the moccha and coffee frappucchinos, i get them light but im noticing im not losing or gaining weight. im stuck. im trying to lose the last 10 lbs as they say.. but im not .. i never go past my recommended calories.. Could starbucks be the reason im not losing anymore?
Her reasoning for blaming the coffee is that she seems to have decided the sugar might be stopping her from losing, despite calories, which is not true.exactly i go like 3 times a week and its probably too much sugar.. i have to say goodbye to my beloved moccha Frappucchino for a while .. at least until i lose those 10 lbs
(The drink is 23 g of sugar, though (it does also come with 3 g of protein), about the same as 220 g of apple or an apple and a half -- for me that would be a lot of sugar for a drink, but I don't like the drinks, so that's a bad test. Is that too much for 3x/week drink if you really love it and your diet is otherwise low in added sugar? Personal choice. I think OP's decision to cut back to once a week while losing is quite reasonable.)
Bigger point, however, is that the reason she was asked why she thought she HAD TO cut them out was because it seemed she was assuming they were the problem independent of calories and that's not so. Cutting them would cut a few calories, of course (3 vs. 1 maybe 250 calories over a week if one was mocha, one not). But if there's a problem it's with her calorie count or her calorie estimate or, perhaps, expectations -- last 10 lbs can come off agonizingly slowly -- or any number of things, such as water fluctuation, new workout, TOM, which would not be a problem at all.
Therefore, your assumption here, to which janejellyroll was responding:
[/quote]fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »Clearly she means that they are so calorie-ladden and nutritionaly-deficient that it is difficult (and impossible for many) to fit them into a daily diet when one is trying to lose weight.
Again, we were talking about as little as 330 calories per week, which the OP had said fit in her calories. We don't have other information about the total calories or other possibilities for the stall, and OP said nothing about the calories being a problem, but the opposite.Everyone here loves to say "nothing is forbidden!!" on all these threads. We all know that if you fill up your calorie budget with junk, your nutritional requirements are going to suffer, and therefore people wind up eating over their calories. Weight loss success, long term, is absolutely about making permanent changes in food choices, daily activity and intentional exercise. Hitting up Starbucks for a daily 500+ White Chocolate Mocha is a really poor decision even when not trying to lose (unless one happens to have a very high calorie burn); it's a recipe for disaster when you are.
I don't see how this is related to what OP had originally asked, and thus (again) janejellyroll's analogy of it to a discussion of the difficulties of fitting in fried chicken when grilled was asked about.5 -
fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »From the OP: " i love the moccha and coffee frappucchinos, i get them light."
You need to check out the calorie counts for the light frappucchinos, not the regular ones. There is a significant calorie difference.
OP told us what she was drinking -- light mocha frappuchinos and light coffee frappuchinos. Unless you think she is deliberately misleading us, the higher calorie count of other drinks are off-topic and not particularly helpful to the OP's situation. Some Starbucks drinks can indeed be calorie bombs. The two she specifically mentioned are not.
It's like if someone asked a question about grilled chicken and the conversation become about the calorie count of fried chicken.
If she is getting a "mocha light frapachino", that appears to be 140 calories.
https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/frappuccino-blended-beverages/mocha-frappuccino-light-blended-beveragejanejellyroll wrote: »It's like if someone asked a question about grilled chicken and the conversation become about the calorie count of fried chicken.
No, it's not like that at all. But you can think that if you want.
Yep, the calorie count I posted above was for the light coffee frappuchino. The mocha one is 30 calories more. I'm glad you were finally able to locate the correct information. 110 calories (or 140 calories) wouldn't be a terrible decision or a road to nutritional deficiency for most people with a reasonable deficit.
When we're discussing a drink that is under 150 calories, acting like we're talking about a 500 calorie drink is absolutely changing the subject. I'm not sure how it's helpful to OP, tbh.3 -
Have you adjusted your goal in MFP since you've lost the weight? As you lose weight, your body burns less calories than it used to. Click to adjust your goals in the app, even if your actual goal isn't changing. It will change your calorie goals to reflect your new weight. I used to get 1600 losing half a pound a week, now I only get 1450.1
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Have you adjusted your goal in MFP since you've lost the weight? As you lose weight, your body burns less calories than it used to. Click to adjust your goals in the app, even if your actual goal isn't changing. It will change your calorie goals to reflect your new weight. I used to get 1600 losing half a pound a week, now I only get 1450.
This is a great tip. Mine has auto adjusted down but for some weird reason, once or twice my husband's hasn't and he's had to go in and update his goals.0 -
Oh, good grief.
a) The original poster is not getting it...it you're truly counting the calories of the drink and including it in your total, there's something else going on. You don't have to give them up.
b) To the people who are saying they have 400 cals; you can get the "light" version ( I get a mocha "light frapp every now and then) for around 140 cals.2 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »Just throwing it out there but are you sure they are making you a skinny latte not a full fat one? And if your having syrups are you accounting for them or getting sugar free?
I only ask as my local one have a habit of just making it as they feel like
After being given several full sugar ones which make me ill i now insist on watching them and correcting them if they dont use the sugar free
This. In my area some locations are notorious for making a drink any old way. I've had to go back and have them fix my drink many times. I've watched them make them wrong. I've even heard the "we were out of sugar free syrup so I made it regular since we're busy" excuse. Watch them like a hawk to make sure you're getting exactly what you ask for.1 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »Just throwing it out there but are you sure they are making you a skinny latte not a full fat one? And if your having syrups are you accounting for them or getting sugar free?
I only ask as my local one have a habit of just making it as they feel like
After being given several full sugar ones which make me ill i now insist on watching them and correcting them if they dont use the sugar free
This. In my area some locations are notorious for making a drink any old way. I've had to go back and have them fix my drink many times. I've watched them make them wrong. I've even heard the "we were out of sugar free syrup so I made it regular since we're busy" excuse. Watch them like a hawk to make sure you're getting exactly what you ask for.
I've had this problem too - rarely with subbing sugared for SF but in general. I ask for sugar-free mocha IN my coffee and I get a Skinny Mocha, which is a latte and is more than 100 calories more than just adding the syrup. I get that they're busy and they're used to getting the same type of order over and over again so now I specify "two pumps of SF mocha syrup" in an Americano or whatever.
My tipoff is when I get my drink and it's very light in color.
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