Coffee: The Busy Mom's Energy Drink of Choice
The Coffee habit is hard to break for many moms who are in search of the energy boosts needed to start the day and keep the day going. Unfortunately this habit becomes one obstacle in the quest to lose the fat and get your body back. The extra calories from sugar and fat quickly add up to stall any fat loss efforts. I have spent many a morning and afternoon in my Favorite coffee shop, Starbucks.
If I had known what I know now, my ability to lose that extra belly fat might not have been so difficult.
Here are some Shocking Calorie Facts about what your favorite energy drink may contain:
Dairy Queen Mocha MooLatte: 590 calories
Coffee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a bitter, acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. The beans
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DQ's French Vanilla MooLatte: 570 cals
Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Coolatta: 350 cals
Dunkin' Donuts Caramel Swirl Latte: 230 cals
Dunkin' Donuts Iced Mocha Swirl Latte: 240 cals
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Gourmet Coffee drinkers have become accustomed to paying $2 or more per cup for fresh brewed coffees at Premium coffee houses and many sources are predicting those prices may increase to as much as $4 per cup soon due to expected increases in green coffee prices. But smart gourmet coffee consumers have long known that premium coffee brewed at home costs just 12 cents or less per cup, depending on preferences for coffee strength.
Many coffee producers recommend starting with 1 tablespoon of fresh ground gourmet coffee beans per standard 6 ounce cup...
Starbucks Venti Vanilla Creme: 520 cals
Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino, 430 calories
Starbucks Venti Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino: 750 cals
If you are consuming these hard-to-resist treats on a daily basis, you're likely to notice the numbers on your bathroom scale creeping upwards. Hopefully, now that you know you the nutritional information you might think twice about your next coffee run. Now a gourmet coffee every once in a while is perfectly fine. Life without yummy treats like this would be boring and it's a proven fact that deprivation does not make for a nutrition plan that works long term.
If you must drink coffee on a daily basis, you can make healthier choices. Go for black or control the amount of sugar by requesting non-sweetened drinks, or add your own sugar or artificial sweetener if you prefer. I do enjoy my caffiene every morning too, but I do so with a large cup of freshly brewed green tea. I save my trips to Starbucks for those "once-in-a-while" occasions when I treat myself, which usually accompanies a trip to the mall or to the salon.
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