Sunday, February 8, 2009

Day 40 Count Your Drinkable Calories

We're a couple days out from Weigh In #6, when we will be at the halfway marker on the 20/90 Plan. You should be toting around 40 sticks less butter, if you're not already. How accurate is your calorie counting? Are you counting everything? Is it as precise as it can be? A gentle reminder: do not blow off or overlook the "little" things, two handfuls of movie popcorn, confiscated Nestle Crunches from your kids backpacks, Duncan Hines cake batter licked from the beaters, and, liquids, yes, especially liquids, they all add up and over, big time.
Be careful with what you drink, just because you don't chew the calories, doesn't mean they're not there. They're there, in all their unassuming, unobtrusive glory.
You pop out of bed in the morning, and quickly guzzle 16 ounces of Tropicana 100% Pineapple-Orange juice. Easy to do. (260). Next, a cup of coffee with a few splashes of International Delight Hazelnut Creamer (45 calories a splash). No time for breakfast? You grab a Yoplait Nouriche yogurt drink (260). On the drive to work, you hit Starbucks for a Grand Blackberry Green Tea Frappuccino w/cream. Sound so fengshui good for 560 calories. O.K., so where are we at? 1215 calories and you haven't even chewed anything.
You've got to count everything that passes through your lips; Frappuccinos, frappes, smoothies, Slush Puppies, slurpees, McDonald's Triple Thick Strawberry Shakes, Hot Toddies, gloggs, mulled apple cider, hot cocoa, egg nog, Brut champage, Kahlua & Creams, Martinis, Mudslides, non alcoholic grape juice, cranberry juice, Gatorade, Powerade, Monster Energy drinks, Red Bull, Thelmas's Frozen Lemonade, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Limeade, freshly squeezed lemonade, apple juice, Popsicles, Astro Pops, Bomb Pops, Icees, Push Ups, Yoo-Hoo, Brown Cows, Pinot Noir, steamers, lattes, kefir, carob Rice Dream, beer, stout, Long Island Iced Teas, sweet teas, peach teas, Pepsi, Pumpkin Pie International Delight coffee creamers, Grappa, Grand Marnier, Jello shots, protein drinks wine spritzers, wine coolers, Amaretto, Absinthe, skim milk, goat's milk, buttermilk, low fat milk, 2% milk, Slim Fast, carrot juice, Instant Breakfasts, Mountain Dew, veal stock...
Day40 Calorie Count: 1480 and 46 minutes walking

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