Death in a cup!!

Caribou Med Milk Mocha With Whip





Every week I pour through food journals and see a common type of foo or should I say beverage that has more calories than most food. 

That beverage is usually from Starbucks ore Caribou.  Many people that are consuming this drinks have the goal of losing weight and bodyfat.

I'm here to say that if you are serious about attaining the goal of getting leaner than you need to ditch these drinks and I'll tell you why as a I present my case against them.

Once in awhile wouldn't be bad but daily will kill any efforts to burn fat.

Here are the reasons why these drinks are bad for those that who wish to get leaner.

1. Tons of sugar which spikes blood sugar causing your body to release tons of insulin to counteract the spike which basically puts your body into a fat storing mode.

2.  Many of them have high fat contents which sends the calories through the roof. Science says you need to burn 3500 extra calories to lose a pound of fat. If you are getting an extra 500-600 calories per day from these drinks which is very possible to do than you are actually undoing your exercise calories burned and can actually swing the pendulum in the other direction that direction is weight gain

3.  Because these drinks are so loaded with sugar and caffeine you are setting yourself up for a peak with a crash behind it. Those of us who know what that crash feels like understand that when that occurs your workout is basically done and energy is nil making it hard to get motivated to exercise. 

Here are a couple of the worst ones I found..

Caribou Medium Medium  Milk  Chocolate Mocha  With  Whip
35 grams of fat that's 315 calories of fat!!
51 grams of sugar. Wow what a shot of insulin that will bring on.
550 Calories. That's almost half of someone's daily  caloric intake!

Caribou Hot Cocoa
58 Grams of sugar-huge blood sugar spike/insulin release=fat storing
38 grams of fat!!
620 calories-WOW!

Peppermint White Mocha From Starbucks
100 grams of sugar-seriously triple digits??
22 grams of fat-still quite punch
660 calories-Need I say more how about happy holidays

So are you one of these people who is attached to these rinks or can you quit? If you are telling me that you want to lose weight but do not want to give up these drinks than you aren't serious you are just doing lip service.   You might have known all along they were not good choices but here the proof right in front of you,

So what do you do if you like hot drinks with caffeine?

My advice is to switch to black coffee and a little, notice i say a little Truvia sweetener (no aspartame)and some lite creamer.  I personally like a good cup of coffee in the morning just without the sugar and fat which not only will add fat to by physique but also mess with my energy levels. Another option is to switch to flavored teas. 

Remember two for the keys to losing bodyfat are not spiking blood sugar and keeping calories in a deficit. These beverages do just the opposite. That is the plain and simple truth.