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Conference rocks::weight_control

Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
Notice:**PLEASE** enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)!
Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Mon Jul 09 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

450.0. "Tonic/Soda Water-Calories???" by DZIGN::KELLY () Thu May 11 1989 13:19

    Does anyone know the difference between soda water, tonic water
    and club soda?? Is there a difference???  Do any or all of them
    have any calories?? I'd appreciate any help on this.
    
    Thanks!!!
    
    Gen

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450.1Tonic water is like any other soft drink - fattening!DLOACT::RESENDEPLive each day as if it were FridayThu May 11 1989 16:0510
    I know for a fact that tonic water is loaded with calories.  I remember
    my surprise years ago when I learned that it contains lots and lots
    of sugar.  Doesn't taste like it, does it?
    
    I'm not totally sure about club soda and soda water, but I believe
    those are both calorie-free, though some contain sodium.  Perhaps
    someone can tell us for sure... 
    
    							Pat

450.2Club soda is greatCOOKIE::WILCOXDatabase Systems/WestThu May 11 1989 19:303
Club soda is free of calories, but does contain salts/minerals, whatever
you call them.  I LOVE the stuff with a wedge of lime.

450.3Thank Ya!!DZIGN::KELLYFri May 12 1989 13:207
    Thank You Pat and Liz for the info I needed!!! Now I can have a
    few (2-3) drinks on weekends using club soda and not feel too too
    guilty!!  I know, I know, I should cut out drinking altogether.....
    maybe someday I will.......anyway, thanks again!!
    
    Gen

450.4Try faking it!DLOACT::RESENDEPLive each day as if it were FridayFri May 12 1989 15:0113
    I too enjoy a drink occasionally.  WW actually allows a light beer,
    counted in the optional calories.  But I've found another way to
    feel like I've had a "cocktail" before dinner.  Have you ever tried
    the Mr & Mrs T's mixes?  Well, I keep the little 6-ounce cans of
    their Bloody Mary mix at home.  While I'm fixing dinner at night,
    I pour one over ice in a wine glass and pretend I'm having a Bloody
    Mary.  The mix is good, *really* good, even without alcohol in it.
    The wine glass makes it seem like a drink, and since the taste is
    good, I find it satisifies that desire most of the time.  And for
    only 35 calories or something like that.  Try it!
    
    							Pat