Once you pinpoint the ones in your diet, you can set yourself up for success. Drinking beverages with whole milk. If you re a coffee craver, you may be pouring on the calories if you take it light. Adding 2 tablespoons of whole milk to two cups of coffee each day means about 40 extra calories, which add up to thousands a year. Pouring 2 tablespoons in two cups of coffee packs in 80 calories.
Specialty coffees are another hidden-calorie danger zone.
A large latte has about 274 calories, much of it from added sugar. And beware of coffee drinks served in ethnic restaurants. Opt for skim or 1 percent milk in your coffee. Ask whether the milk served at your favorite restaurant is really cream. Switching to lowfat foods.