Public Service Announcement about Sugar Free Drink Mixes

So sometimes I cheat on OH and check out other support groups and such. Well. today out topic was grocery shopping. The topic of water consumption came up so of course we talked about the SF flavor sticks of Crystal Light, Hawiian punch, Wyler's Light etc. When you get out that bottle of water and pick the flavor you're gonna use, you put all the powder that is in the package, right? Well, take a gander at the nutrition label!! All those drink mixes have 5 calories, right? WRONG!!!! The serving size is a 1/2 of a package!! So, for all of you tracking your calories you are actually consuming 10 calories every time you dump a flavor stick into your bottle of water.

WOW

I never woulda known

I never count the calories on my crystal ligtht

(and almost never count them on anything else)

but it's good to know when a person is interested in such stuff... havec the correct information

 

I buy the wal-mart brand of crystal light and it says there are 0 calories per serving...I think they might be lying though.

I have to use Crystal Light or Sugar Free Drink mixes otherwise I wouldnt drink lots of water. To me, it is worth it.

Michelle

I've been on a MIO kick lately but I have a bunch of Wal Mart sugar free drink mixes waiting for me.

I appreciate the heads up...  so many companies are trying to be "sneaky" about the nutrition labeling, and it is always nice to know who is playing games... and I don't intend this to sound mean, but... 

Does it really matter to people (even those who are counting calories) whether a bottle of water has 10 calories instead of 5???  Even if someone has 6 such bottles of water per day, they are getting 60 calories instead of 30.  Are people really going to worry about an additional 30 calories per day...?!?

Lora

I know that I don't care about those calories because I would never get that much water in or either I would be trying to drink Diet Coke's again! I just know I've read some people really steadfast about NOT drinking your calories, any calories. I won't ever be able to not add them though, even if I hit a plateau! The last line was actually just to add to the "shock and awe" effect! Haha. Everybody have a great day!!!