So, the wife and I (as part of our "lifestyle" changes) are taking a hard look at our nutrition and eating habits. We found a series of really good articles in her "Cooking Light" magazine about good and bad foods. EX: why whole grains are SOOO much better for you than regular. We've also decided to track our points using her father's WeightWatchers info. Remember that post about Starbucks?
Well, the starbucks website has a nutritional page.
I did some calculating.
My beverage of choice is a grande vanilla latte. That's $&#*ing 7 points. If however, I switched that to a tall latte with skim milk & sugar free vanilla syrup, it's only 2 points! That's equivalent to having a cup of joe with 1 tbsp sugar & 1 tbsp half-half.
Grande Flavored Latte (whole milk & 2 pumps) = 7 pts
Tall Flavored Latte (whole milk & 2 pumps) = 6 pts
Grande Flavored Latte (skim milk & 2 pumps) = 4 pts
Tall Flavored Latte (skim milk & 2 pumps) = 3 pts
A tall (sugar free flavored) latte with skim milk is = 2 pts. Similar to coffee with 1 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp half-half.
With our espresso maker at home, I can make a cafe' w/ skim milk froth & some sugar free syrup for 1 to 2 points and it'll cost a lot less!
Anyway, something to think about next time you're in line for that $5 latte!
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