Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World - читать онлайн бесплатно полную версию книги . Страница 423

Chew the Right Thing!How well do you know the creamer crew?BITE IT! if liquid coffee-mate (or liquid creamer, in general) is your thing, stick with coffee-mate's original fat free (1 tablespoon has just 10 calories). when looking for flavored coffee-enhancers, hit up the powders, in either fat free or sugar free. while they often seem to have more calories than the liquid, it takes far less of the powder to make your drink taste good (typically a teaspoon is all it takes). and a teaspoon of the stuff only adds about 10 calories or so to your beverage.FIGHT IT! avoiding regular flavored creamers (ones that aren't fat-free or sugar-free) is pretty much a given. but know that even the fat-free flavored liquid coffee-mates have twice the calories of the original fat free. each tablespoon of the flavored liquids has about 25 calories. the sugar-free ones are no bargain either, with 15 to 30 calories and at least 1 gram of fat per tablespoon. that may not sound like a lot, but liquid creamers aren't nearly as potent as powdered ones. so it's way too easy to add 100 calories and even several grams of fat to your drink without even thinking!Extra, Extra!Skip these little extras to keep your drink from turning into a liquid fright-fest. .Whipped Cream CatastropheвЂ”That big, scary squirt of whipped cream can add as much as 130 calories and 12 grams of fat to your drink. What a silly idea that is!Syrup DownerвЂ”Each pump of those flavored syrups adds 20 to 40 calories to your beverage. The good news? The sugar-free syrups are calorie-free. Weeeee!