Drinks & Calories

The general rule is not to drink your calories. That means not using up your calories throughout the day with liquid. This is another reason water is recommended because it has no calories in it. Be aware that the flavored waters do have calories. Of course on occasion, you may simply want an alternative taste in your mouth and so you need to look for the lowest calorie drinks. Although soda drinks for example aren't ideal you'd be surprised at the difference there are between drinks and how many calories you are really consuming.

I've compiled a short list of soft drinks below with their calories and recommended alternatives:

Coca-Cola (500ml bottle) 202 cals - Diet Coke (500ml bottle) 2 cals
Pepsi (500ml bottle) 211 cals - Pepsi Max (500ml bottle) 2 cals
Dr Pepper (500ml bottle) 211 cals - Dr Pepper Zero (500 ml bottle) 2 cals
7 Up (500ml bottle) 211 cals - 7 Up Free (500 ml bottle) 10 cals

Now the alternatives I'm suggesting may seem like common sense which they are, however you need to note that the difference can be over 200 times the amount, so it's important that you make the right choice, and chances are when it comes to taste, you won't notice the difference between the two.