Low Calories, 101
Low Calories 101
Here are some calorie lists I've been compiling to help you get a better idea of the calorie content of what you're eating and can eat to cut those caloric numbers down a bit. Check back every so often, because I will add on from time to time.
Lowest cal Veggies:
"Yes, DO eat your veggies!"
- 1 cup of romaine lettuce, 9 calories
- 1 cup of mushrooms cooked in no calorie cooking spray, or canned 40 calories
- 1 cup of radishes, 20 calories
- 1 medium tomato, 25 calories
- 1 cup of zucchini squash, 28 calories
- 1/2 large cucumber, 20 calories (about 5 ounces)
- 1 cup of celery, 20 calories
- 1 cup of cabbage, 32 calories
- 1 large carrot, 30 calories
- 1 cup of spinach, 40 calories
Low cal desserts:
"When you've just gotta have it!"
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries (8 large = 143 calories)
Sugar free Fudgicles - 40 calories per bar
Sugar free Jello - 0 cals
Frozen grapes or berries - roughly 3 cals per grape/berry
Lollipops (yes, lollipops!) 10-15 cals per pop
sugar free chocolate or vanilla pudding 30 cals a cup
Frozen balls or squares of melon (watermelon/cantaloupe/honeydew) 40 cals a cup
Meringue cookies - mini ones are 9 calories each
Sliced Apples with Cinnamon, a whole apple - about 90 cals
Canned peaches (in extra light syrup) with low fat Cool Whip (2 tbsp) 120 cals one cup
And F.Y.I.:
Calories in Alcohol
"For the partiers in the house"
*This is for the average sized drink you'd order at a bar. Not Texas size or the ones you'd find at on some cruise or at Spring Break!
Red or dry white wine - 90 - 120 calories a glass (sweeter wines are more, of course)
Margarita - 182 calories
Mojito - 150 calories
Sangria - 115 calories
Bloody Mary - 110 calories
Frozen Daiquiri - 200 - 400 calories
Rum and Coke - 182 calories
Screwdriver - 180 calories
Kamikaze - 180 calories
Whiskey Sour - 125 calories
Pina Colada - 312 calories
Mai Tai - 306 calories
Mudslide - 820 calories
By the Shot:
Brandy - 64 cals
Rum - 66 cals
Scotch - 64 cals
Tequila - 65 cals
Triple Sec - 103 cals
Vodka - 65 cals
Whiskey - 64 cals
With the mixers(excluding water or seltzer), you're looking at 100 extra calories average, and if it's soda or juice, even MORE sugar. And don't think that because the shots are less than 100 cals on their own that you can just go hog wild. You're basically drinking down SUGAR, which is where alot of that unexplained extra weight comes from.
The Martini List:
Vodka or Gin Martini - 135 cals
Apple Martini - 188 cals
Godiva Chocolate Martini - 438 cals (!)
Cosmopolitan - 200 cals
Manhattan - 130 cals
The good news!
Lemon drop (shot) - 35 cals
Purple Haze - 103 cals
Virgin Mary (shot) - 22 cals
Rum & Diet Coke - 115 cals
Tequila Rose (liquer) - 69 cals 1.5 oz
White Zinfandel - 80 cals 4 oz
Sidecar - 117 cals
Light beer - 110 cals
Non alcoholic beer - 70 cals
white Wine Spritzer - 40 cals
Okay, guys. On a later post, I'll do meals and munchie type snacks that you can buy or make that are lower calorie.
Bon appetit!
