OMG!!! Starbucks iced drinks have 500 calories in them!!! - Page 2

chiliD · #16 08-30-2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by hayley

As for the thin celebrities- when they're doing rails of coke...

Aw, jeez, now my nose is itching.

SapphireSister · #17 08-30-2005, 06:53 PM

I had a feeling about this. I just went and checked out the site. My usual drink is an iced grande white chocolate mocha which is like 360 calories and 5 grams of fat. Oh well I'm not going to stop but it was very intersting to think you could have an entire meal for that.

Has anyone tried their new green tea frappachinno? Also very high on the calories but very delicious!

catinthedark · #18 08-30-2005, 07:01 PM

Any of those sweet yummy concoctions (um, that looks like I spelled it wrong) are loaded with calories and fat. Even the "light" ones - look carefully - not that much of a difference in calories. And the calories are still empty - straight sugar.

There are healthy iced drinks at Starbucks: Iced Latte made with skim milk - a tall has 80 calories, and the calories are from milk (protein, calcium). Shaken Iced Coffee (get it half sweet or unsweetened), shaken iced green tea (again, cut the sweetener).

diamondsnake · #19 08-30-2005, 07:30 PM

I was exagerating a little. I would never eat a Big Mac just because the ingredients they use disgust me. At least with a latte at Starbucks, I can see what they are putting into my drink. And the ingredients are fresh, etc. Not fried in canola oil, etc.

As far as a frapppacino being empty calaries, I am full when I drink one. So, I think they do fill you up to some degree...

diamondsnake · #20 08-30-2005, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

My usual drink is an iced grande white chocolate mocha which is like 360 calories and 5 grams of fat.

That is exactly what I get, only I add an extra shot of espresso. Oh, and I normally get a Venti, so it is even more calories! I'm in trouble...

all the same · #21 08-30-2005, 07:51 PM

Haven't you noticed, most of the people who order Starbucks iced coffees are over weight? Pay attention the next time you see someone on the street carrying a frozen Starbucks drink and nine times out of ten, they are packin' a little extra!

It's almost funny actually how often i notice it.

Merf · #22 08-30-2005, 07:52 PM

Coming from a Starbucks barista:

Calm down, leave the whipped cream off your drink and order it with skim milk. We make it verrrrry easy for you, if you only make the right choices.

all the same · #23 08-30-2005, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Merf

Coming from a Starbucks barista:

Calm down, leave the whipped cream off your drink and order it with skim milk. We make it verrrrry easy for you, if you only make the right choices.

YUM! You're a Starbucks barista?

Make me somethin' good!

macfanken · #24 08-30-2005, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Merf

Coming from a Starbucks barista:

Calm down, leave the whipped cream off your drink and order it with skim milk. We make it verrrrry easy for you, if you only make the right choices.

haha! Definitely... you can't order a Venti Frap with whipped cream and wonder why you're getting fat!

I stick with the unsweetened Passion iced-tea.

strandinthewind · #25 08-30-2005, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by macfanken

. . . I stick with the unsweetened Passion iced-tea.

LOVE THAT - though I usually put some Splenda in it

KarmaContestant · #26 08-30-2005, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by all the same

Haven't you noticed, most of the people who order Starbucks iced coffees are over weight? Pay attention the next time you see someone on the street carrying a frozen Starbucks drink and nine times out of ten, they are packin' a little extra!

It's almost funny actually how often i notice it.

Hey!?

I drink iced white mochas from Starbucks nearly daily and I'm thin as a fricken' rail!

My friends make jokes and say they can't see me if I'm turned sideways.

I do order them (the mochas.....yummmm) with soy milk, which I thought would be gross, but really isn't, surprisingly.

skcin · #27 08-31-2005, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake

As far as a frapppacino being empty calaries, I am full when I drink one. So, I think they do fill you up to some degree...

No, sweetie, when someone says it's "empty calories" they mean there's little or no nutritional value (vitamins & such.) Sure it fills you up, but you're not getting anything good from it.

Janet · #28 08-31-2005, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by all the same

Haven't you noticed, most of the people who order Starbucks iced coffees are over weight? Pay attention the next time you see someone on the street carrying a frozen Starbucks drink and nine times out of ten, they are packin' a little extra!

It's almost funny actually how often i notice it.

Well honestly, I order a grande iced non fat no whip white mocha in a venti cup for extra ice everyday. I know there are alot of calories but this is my breakfast and I couldn't get thru the day without it. If Dunkin Donuts actually sold Hazlenut coffee ( not the syrup but actual COFFEE) I'd have that instead but they don't so working 60 hours a week, THIS drink is my saviour. *uck the calories, it makes me happy.

And when I go in, I see many, many thin girls ordering regular drinks--or business men who seem in shape.

In my store in Cherry Hill NJ, that comment does not fit.

diamondsnake · #29 08-31-2005, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

No, sweetie, when someone says it's "empty calories" they mean there's little or no nutritional value (vitamins & such.) Sure it fills you up, but you're not getting anything good from it.

Oh, I thought empty calories meant eating something that would not fill you up, like a candy bar. I get what you mean though...

diamondsnake · #30 08-31-2005, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I drink iced white mochas from Starbucks nearly daily and I'm thin as a fricken' rail!

I seriously want to kill you right now!!!