Ahh Mocha, how I love thee... I switched to you from the Hot Cocoa and you made me a more complete person. In fact you made me a much larger person. I love the mocha, but I don't love the pounds.

Let's take a look at how it added pounds and subtracted cash:
(Warning Basic Math Ahead)

I drank a large mocha pretty much every work day. The nutrition information for that drink is:

Calories: 570
Fat: 20
Carbs: 80
Protein: 17

Now we multiply that by 5 days a week.

Calories: 2850
Fat: 100
Carbs: 400
Protein: 85

Now we multiply that by 45 weeks. I chose 45 because I subtracted about 4 weeks of vacation, a few sick days and holidays. Then I rounded down a bit. So this is a conservative estimate.

Calories: 128,250
Fat: 4,500
Carbs: 18,000
Protein: 3,825

Now we will take the 128,250 calories and divide that by 3500. 3500 is the amount of calories in a pound of fat.

128,250/3500 = 36.64 lbs. a year.

Shit. Now I see how I got fat. Now how much did that cost me?

5 x 45=225, so 225 x $3.70 = $832.50 + tax = $886.62 without tip.

Shit. Well that isn't cheap. So what do I do now that I am addicted to coffee products but don't want to add the weight? I made the switch to regular coffee.

10 calories in a medium sized(16oz) cup. That would put me at 2250 calories a year or about 2/3rds of a pound. Now when I drink coffee I drink it from stuff brewed at home. mmm...Peace Coffee... It costs me about $9.00 a pound and that will last me about 2-3 weeks. So that rings in at about $200.00 a year, or about $600.00 cheaper than the mochas.

Lots of stuff I can spend $600.00 on.

So I made the switch about a month ago. I have dropped over 20 pounds through watching my eating and drinking and exercise. I have been riding my bike on the trainer a bunch this last month. 675 miles total while watching movies on the computer.

I have also lowered my blood pressure, systolic from 141 to 120, and diastolic from 86 to 72.

I have been monitoring all of this on Fitness Journal, if you want to try Fitness Journal leave a comment or send me an email. I will get ya 30 days free.

Well that is enough for today, I have learned that it is okay to have a have a treat once in a while but a mocha a day will add lots of unneeded lbs.

-pete