Snacking at Starbucks
Many of us start experience energy drops and sugar cravings ~ 3 - 4 pm. This may lead you to the closest Starbucks for a pick-me-up. As you are ordering your drink, you can’t help but notice the sweets behind the counter. You think about ordering the oatmeal cookie to go along with your coffee. After all, it can’t be too unhealthy - it contains oatmeal! Or perhaps you are low carbing and grab the little pack of nuts instead of a sweet. One of my clients did that this week - thinking it was the best choice. Sure, almonds are very healthy. However that little pack of almonds is over 500 calories. If you read the label, you will see it contains 2 1/2 servings! And the supposedly healthy oatmeal cookie is almost as bad from a calorie standpoint - 420 calories.
While my recommendations for calories for afternoon snacks will vary from person to person, I would recommend for weight control that most people try not to go above 200 calories. This could work if you ordered a coffee drink under 100 calories (check out the calories in the starbucks cold drinks) and a mini cookie or biscotti.
Here are some guidelines to help you slim your snacks at Starbucks:
| Snacks at Starbucks | ||
|---|---|---|
| ***Recommended | Calories | Fat grams |
| Vanilla Almond Biscotti | 140 | 6 |
| Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti | 140 | 6 |
| Triple Chocolate Brownie Mini Cookie | 80 | 7 |
| Snickerdoodle Mini Cookie | 80 | 3.5 |
| ***Not Recommended | ||
| (Save for an occasional treat!) | ||
| Chocolate Chunk Cookie | 460 | 27 |
| Banana Nut Loaf | 460 | 24 |
| Old Fashioned Crumb Cake | 500 | 22 |
| Oatmeal Cookie | 420 | 15 |
| Toffee Almond Bar | 400 | 19 |
| Almonds (small bag) - yes nuts are | 550 | 50 |
| healthy. But the little bag has 2 1/2 portions! | ||
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