Calories at Starbucks

[Lucy 0]

It's funny....people think nothing of drinking a 200 calorie Protein drink (or more once they add the Peanut Butter, banana, chocolate, etc. ) but they won't drink a latte. A grande non-fat latte has about 160 calories, and 18g of Protein. More protein than a regular Slim-fast. [/color][/size][/font]

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Very good point. I *occasionally* get a smoothie at Jamba juice, but I always have it instead of a meal and I get the small size of something with low calories and high protein. It kills me how many moms I see in there buying enormous chocolate Peanut Butter smoothies for their little kids! They are completely oblivious to the fact that they are giving their child a 700 calorie snack! Just because it's a liquid and you got it at the "healthy" smoothie place doesn't make it calorie free.

I do love Jamba juice, though. All the stores have a binder on display with all the nutritional information, so you don't have to guess at (or ignore, lol) the calories!

[Daisalana 33]

I'm not a big coffee person, but I do enjoy a starbucks vanilla frappuccino (the bottled kind at gas stations) for b'fast every once in a while. It's 180 calories for the whole bottle, and I normally drink 3/4. Me likey.

[ingyrob 1]

I am not into calorie laden drinks i would rather have my calories in things I can eat. I normally drink plain old black coffee, wherever I go.

[Manatee 4]

My poison of choice is a grande soy white chocolate mocha, no whip. I know it's badish for me, but I don't really care. There's some mornings where I'm so tight there's no way I'm getting anything solid down, and that drink lets me get some calories and the heat seems to ease the restriction.

[losingjusme 12]

i rarely have 'bux anymore (used to go 3-4 times a week). now i go and get a venti peppermint or raspberry mocha about once a month. mmmmmmm.

[skmsu 0]

Hope there isn't anyone here who regularly eats Starbucks' pastries. Has anyone else checked out the calorie content of them? OUt of all the varieties available at my local Starbucks, there are only three with fewer than 360 calories. The pastry with the fewest calories (chocolate fudge brownie) still had 280. That's a MAJOR portion of calories, leaving relatively few calories for the rest of the day, especially when you consider the portion size. And if you pair it with a drink, unless you get non-fat/sugar-free variety (other than plain coffee or cappucino), you're adding at least 100-150 calories, maybe as many as 700 (for the venti white chocolate frappucino creme with whipped topping).

Believe me, if you want to remain in the dark about Starbucks' calories, you don't want to go to their site.

Even being fully aware of this, there are those times when I just gotta let myself have 1/2 slice of the marble pound cake. It's the best! But I hate the foofoo coffees and just have house blend or kona with half and half so I guess that makes up for it a little.

[Chelle B 0]

Even being fully aware of this, there are those times when I just gotta let myself have 1/2 slice of the marble pound cake. It's the best! But I hate the foofoo coffees and just have house blend or kona with half and half so I guess that makes up for it a little.

Ahhh the marble pound cake! It's been ages since I had one of those. I do get Starbucks NonFat No Whip hot chocolate most days, and maybe I'll splurge tomorrow and split a marble pound cake with my DH. Yummmm!

[green 6]

I am not into calorie laden drinks i would rather have my calories in things I can eat. I normally drink plain old black coffee, wherever I go.

Yah, I am with you on this one. I only like my drinks unsweetened. When I drink English tea or coffee I want skim or 1% milk and as for Oriental teas, I drink them clear. I like my teeth and tongue to be involved when I am doing calories. Of course I will ignore this rule when it comes to scotch or wine. :eyebrows:

[Lucy 0]

mmmm...scotch...

[Jachut 487]

Even though Starbucks isnt as huge here (not yet) its getting darn hard to just buy a plain coffee - as in brewed coffee with a dash of cold skim milk, like you make it at home. It drives me nuts, since the hot milk in lattes, cappucino's etc often makes me a bit nauseous since banding and even though they're usually only plain coffees and not calorie laden, I agree, I'd rather eat my calories than drink them. Habit of a lifetime, I dont drink calories (unless its a nice cold sav blanc, lol).

But I agree - a large milk based drink if its skim milk and not full of sugar and Syrup is a good source of Protein, Calcium and many Vitamins and minerals and as long as you count it, why not enjoy it. I'd rather get my Protein from cows milk than genetically modified soy any day - which is what most of the Protein shakes here are made from.