Do I need to count drink calories when counting my meal calories?

jaxblack asked:


I’m taking the National Body Challenge from discovery.com and it keeps track of how many meal calories you intake for the day. So I was wondering if I have to keep track of what I drink too, such as juices and teas.

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7 Responses to “Do I need to count drink calories when counting my meal calories?”

  1. Claire on July 4th, 2009 at 4:31 pm

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    I think so.

    But you could get rid of those extra calories by drinking the amazing, zero-calorie liquid called water instead of juice and tea =)

  2. sunny on July 6th, 2009 at 10:30 am

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    Yes, total calorie intake is important and people tend to have a significant amount of calories from drinks (soda pop, alcohol etc) and some people find they lose a decent amount of weight when they quit drinking high calorie drinks. So it is important to include all of your calories and not just solid food calories.

  3. Marygoroun(d) on July 6th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

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    I’m not familiar with the National Body Challenge, so I’m not sure of their rules. In general liquids can really add an extreme amount of calories that people sometimes forget to include.

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  5. truefirstedition on July 10th, 2009 at 2:44 am

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    YES. Many people struggle to control their calorie intake because they forget to count the calories from the beverages they consume. If you drink a 200-calorie glass of juice, that’s exactly the same as eating a 200-calorie snack.

    So yes, you should definitely include your beverages when calculating your meal calories.

  6. missp on July 12th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

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    OMG!! YES!! A lot of people drink their calories and don’t realize it because you never get really full off of drinks and juices or at least you don’t stay full for long.

    Here are the caloric count on some common drinks.

    Water-0 (lol i had to put it on here sorry)
    Sweet Tea (Arbys)-122 Cal
    Unsweetened Tea-0 Cal
    Coca-cola(bottle)-239 Cal
    Sprite (bottle)-236 Cal
    Pepsi (bottle)-250 Cal
    Cranberry Juice (8 oz cup)- 130 Cal
    Minute Maid Apple Juice (10 oz bottle)- 133 Cal
    Minute Maid Orange Juice(10 oz bottle)- 137 Cal
    Whole Milk (8 oz cup)- 147 Cal
    2% Milk (8 oz cup)- 123 Cal
    Skim Milk (8 oz cup)- 91 Cal

    Please start counting the calories in your drinks!

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