Rooftop season is here! Which means that many of you are craving those fruity, sugary, $4 happy hour cocktails!
Why is it that when it starts to get warmer out, and people start drinking outside, they go for all of the sugary drinks? If you are trying to keep your weight down, I suggest you cool it with the Mai Tai's and the Sangria, all that ishhh!! It's nice to have a cool cocktail here and there, but with all of the artificial sugars and syrups they add into those drinks.....YUCKKK!!
You're looking at about 200-700 calories in ONE drink! That's ONE drink alone!! A Long Island Iced Tea has up to 780 calories! That's more than my lunch calorie intake! Many of us don't even realize how much we are drinking, because we are too busy having fun, loving the warm weather, which is TOTALLY fine! Just try and have some will power by sticking to your vodka soda's or gin and vodkas. I would suggest drinking white wine over red wine, only because it has less calories (but not by much).You wouldn't want to gain all that weight back that you have been so good at keeping off, would you?!
Now, I'm not saying don't drink, or you can't have that one drink you've been eyeing on the menu since you sat down at the table, BUT if you don't want to feel like you've gained 10 pounds by drinking all of this sugar, then you will certainly have to have will power.
I decided to google calories in our favorite drinks, and stumbled across this website....
http://www.divinecaroline.com/self/wellness/how-many-calories-are-your-favorite-cocktail?page=0
In this specific article, Divine Caroline lists the amount of calories in some of our most popular drinks. It is actually very interesting to see just how many calories is in one Margarita! Go check it out!
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