Or Why you can't lose weight drinking coffee.
Actually you can, but how many of us drink straight coffee these days? I do, at home, but I also put in an ounce or two of creamer. At Starbucks or Gloria Jeans or a random coffee house I usually order a Latte. Now I've recently taken to drinking non-fat lattes in an effort to be a little healthier, but a recent trip to a dieting website to find out how many carbs are in my coffee revealed some startling news.
A 16-oz latte made with whole milk can contain approx. 23 grams of carbohydrates and 146 calories, while a non-fat latte contains approx. 24 grams of carbs and 86 calories. Less calories for going non-fat, which is good, but practically the same amount of carbs; not so good if you're trying to lose weight. That morning latte has almost 25g of carbs in it, which is 5g more than the recommended daily allowance of carbs for a starting Atkins' dieter.
Then you get another latte midway through the morning, and maybe a third after lunch to take back to the office. Midway through the afternoon, as you're struggling with a report the boss just dumped on you, a coworker suggests a Starbucks run and you're all over that like Whipped Cream on a Frappuccino. Congratulations. You've just consumed 100g of carbs in one day, and that's potentially your average work day. You cut out 300 calories going non-fat (which counts for something), but you're still snarfing down all those carbs.
Guess it's time to switch from Lattes to Cafe Americanos. After all, water can't have many carbs in it, can it? Can it?
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4 comments:
stick to short blacks :-)
Speaking of coffee, I remember a few posts back you were mentioning you go to 7-11 for coffee, something which is a big no-no here in Melbourne, the other-other home of fine Italian coffee culture.
But.. I had to work on a public holiday, and of course none of the usuall suspects were open for a caffinated beverage so I went to a 7-11 and was surprised to hear grinding and the resultant cup was fine.
But there is no consistancy, because the closer 7-11 only has instant from its machine...
Our local 7-11 has a drip filter (actually several), not unlike that used to prepare the fine coffee one normally makes for oneself at home.
About eight different types of coffee are going on at the same time at most of the 7-11, 24/7. And Lyndon, we are going to Oz in mid Aug.
According to the Atkins website, you can drink all the coffee in the world as long as it's decaf and you use a sugar substitute like Splenda. And you can use half and half but not creamer or milk.
But who the hell wants decaf?
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