Thursday, November 4, 2010

Eliminating Sugar & Cream from My Coffee

Interesting Revelation Today, I wanted to see how many calories I was really saving
by eliminiating the Cream & Sugar from my coffee. Considering I drink 5+ cups a day at work,
and I used to put two creamers and two sugars in each cup of coffee.

I've come up with a simple formula:

Here are your constants:
Sugar has 49 Calories per Tbsp
Creamer on average has 45 Calories per Tbsp
and Black Coffee itself has on average 2 calories.

Here are your Variables:
Substitute X for Cups Of Coffee
Substitute Y for Each Tbsp of Creamer (in each 8oz cup)
Substitute Z for each Tbsp of Sugar (in each 8oz cup)

Total Coffee Calories = X*((Y*45)+(Z*49)+2)

So Mine would Read: 5*((2*45)+(2*49)+2).

Total = 5(90+98+2)
Total = 5(190)
Total = 950

Can you believe that?  950 Calories a day just in Coffee?  That doesnt account for lunch, or a soda or anything else for that matter...

So what has elminating sugar & cream from my coffee done for me?  Okay, here it is:   In four weeks now, I have lost almost 40lbs.   Crazy isnt it?  But put it into perspective..  I'm a tall guy, 6'6" and before I cut the sugar/cream I was at (I'm almost embarrased to say, 378lbs)  I dont look to be as big as the scales read (never have really).  But now I'm under the 340 mark and working myself down further as I go.

If I eliminate 950 Calories per day from my diet, five days a week thats 4750 Calories per week, and 19000 Calories in a months time!
Considering my body was used to the extra calories to get by, suddenly depriving the body of almost 1000 calories/day apparantly did something.  Of course now it's slowed down quite a bit.  The Losses are not quite as dramatic as the first couple weeks.  But, it's slowly progressing and I am feeling bettter at the same time.  Sadly, I have a hard time combining excercise as much as I need to (injuries from my military service tend to prevent that) but I'm walking more than I used to, so that tends to help.

I'll keep you posted on my progress!

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