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Sip Leaner — Counting Down The 22 Most Explosively Fattening Cocktails

Posted by on Jul 31, 2013 in Alcohol & Drinking, Diet It UP, Featured Article, Food Rankings, Nutritional Analysis | 4 comments

 

11. Tequila Sunrise — 223 calories, 44% calories from alcohol

What’s typically in it: 1.5 oz. tequila, 6 oz. OJ, .5 oz. grenadine

Nutrition Info: 223 calories, 14 g alcohol, 23 g sugar, 30 g carbs — 44% calories from alcohol.

Your lean gameplan: Use real OJ and swap the grenadine for cranberry; you’ll cut out 24 calories, 10 g of sugar, and 14 g of carbs.

 

12. Blue Hawaiian — 225 calories, 55% calories from alcohol

What’s typically in it: 1 oz. light rum, 2 oz. pineapple juice, 1 oz. Blue Curacao, 1 oz. cream of coconut

Nutrition Info: 225 calories, 18 g alcohol, 13 g sugar, 17 g carbs, 5 g fat — 55% calories from alcohol.

Your lean gameplan: Nix the cream of coconut; you’ll save 55 calories and 5 g of fat.

 

13. Strawberry Daiquiri — 238 calories, 41% calories from alcohol

What’s typically in it: 1.5 oz. light rum, 4 oz. strawberry daiquiri mix

Nutrition Info: 238 calories, 14 g alcohol, 33 g sugar, 34 g carbs — 41% calories from alcohol.

Your lean gameplan: Make a real daiquiri without the mix, using fresh strawberries, lime, and sugar (or Stevia), if needed. Using Stevia, you’ll knock it down to 176 calories, 7 g sugar, 11 g carbs, plus add fiber & antioxidants.

 

14. Caribou Lou — 256 calories, 77% calories from alcohol

What’s typically in it: 1 oz. Bacardi 151, 1 oz. Malibu rum, 5 oz. pineapple juice

Nutrition Info: 256 calories, 28 g alcohol, 16 g sugar, 25 g carbs — 77% calories from alcohol.

Your lean gameplan: Flip the Bacardi 151 for regular rum; you’ll cut out 60 calories.

 

15. Sangria — 320 calories, 42% calories from alcohol

What’s typically in it: 5 oz. red wine, lemon, orange, .25 oz sugar, .6 oz triple sec, strawberries, 6.5 oz. ginger ale

Nutrition Info: 320 calories, 19 g alcohol, 35 g sugar, 38 g carbs — 44% calories from alcohol.

Your lean gameplan: Make it without table sugar or soda, or use diet ginger ale/Sprite Zero/soda water; you’ll save 105 calories, and 26 g of sugar & carbs. Cut out the triple sec, too, and you’ll knock each glass down to just 160 calories and under 10 g of sugar & carbs.



 

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Bryan DiSanto

Owner & Editor-in-Chief at Lean It UP
Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.

When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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  • Jen

    Wow! Never really thought that a “drink” could actually have way more calories than a full meal. That is just crazy - thanks for the great breakdown of calories, sugar, etc. Very enlightening!

  • TDUB

    If you get wasted at the end of the night and throw up does that cancel it out?

  • rnjbond

    Skip the pina colada entirely? That’s a defeatist attitude!

    Make it with light coconut milk, stevia, and frozen pineapple, along with rum. Blend it yourself and you have a tasty summer cocktail that won’t destroy your waistline.

    • https://www.leanit-up.com/ Bryan DiSanto

      Brilliant. I suppose I’m a pragmatist and I realize that’ll NEVER happen if you’re out and about; HOWEVER, if you’re making home-made, that’s a bomb combination.

      Thanks for that, I’m going to have to test it out.

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