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Woman Loses 80 Pounds After Changing This Morning Dunkin' Habit

Gabriella reveals how coffee drinks secretly kept her from losing weight.

Are you trying to lose weight with a healthy diet but can't seem to hit your goals? You could be drinking your calories, says one weight loss warrior. Gabriella Rolocut (@gabbierolocut) is a social media influencer who shares about everything from fashion to weight loss. In fact, she managed to lose 75 pounds in a healthy and sustainable way, sharing tips with her followers. "I'm gonna share my biggest weight loss tip on how I was able to go from this to this, losing 75 pounds," she says at the start of a viral TikTok clip. She has since gone on to lose over 80 pounds.

You Need to Understand How You Are Consuming Your Calories

Gabriella suggests taking a deep look at sneaky calories. "My biggest tip, and I can't stress this enough, is understanding how you're consuming your calories," she says.

Coffee Drinks Have Lots of Hidden Calories

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"For example, we all love Starbucks, we all love Dunkin'. We love our little Pumpkin Spice latte. Our pumpkin spice drinks wanna be very seasonal. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Those drinks have so many calories, and I don't know if anybody's ever looked it up. Sometimes they don't post the calories up on the board next to the drinks, so I'm gonna show you just how many calories you're consuming," she says.

One Dunkin' Drink Has 930 Calories

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She starts with a pumpkin spice latte. "I'm gonna use the Pumpkin Swirl frozen coffee from Dunkin'," she says. "There could be 930 calories in this drink. That's 63% of my daily calories. If I were to drink this in the morning, I'd only have 541 more calories to get me through the rest of the day. There are 185 grams of sugar in this. 46 teaspoons of sugar is equal to 14 glazed donuts. Didn't you much rather eat your calories than drink them in a drink?"

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There Are Lots of Alternatives That Don't Have As Many Calories

"There are so many different alternatives that you can get from Starbucks, Dunkin', or anywhere that has significantly fewer calories than this one. That you can still have your pumpkin spice while losing weight was the biggest thing for me," she said.

But Drinking These Kinds of Drinks Prevented Her From Losing Weight

"I didn't realize how many calories I was consuming on a daily basis because I would go out to Dunkin', to Starbucks, and I would get drinks like this, not knowing that's why I wasn't losing weight because I was consuming a drink that has 930 calories and then eating more," she says.

Calculate Your Maintenance Calories

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She recommends "trying to calculate your resting metabolic rate, so how many calories your body's burning at its resting state, and then finding your maintenance calories, so how many calories you should be consuming on a daily basis, just to function as a human being."

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Then, Calculate Your Deficit Calories

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Then, figure out how many calories you need to cut to lose weight. "Calculate your calorie deficit calories, which is the calories that you're gonna wanna be consuming if you want to lose weight," she says.

This Helped Her Lose Weight

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"That was one of my biggest things, eliminating high-calorie drinks and replacing them with healthier alternatives. I love my coffee. I look forward to it in the morning. It's the first thing I think about when I wake up. If you're looking to lose weight. I would highly suggest breaking down your calories and figuring out how you consume your calories throughout the day so that you're able to stay in a calorie deficit and lose weight," she says.

This Dunkin' Drink helped Her Lose Over 80 Pounds

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In another post, she revealed her go-to drink order at Dunkin'. This drink has helped me lose over 80 pounds, and it's so simple to order. "Can I do a large iced latte? Can you put three Splenda in that? And light ice."

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The Only Calories Are From Milk

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"I asked for light ice, which means they put in more milk. There are more calories from milk. But my only concern here is that I know that none of the calories I'm drinking are coming from a sweetener solely because there is no flavor in it. The only calories that come out of this drink are from milk. Coffee has no calories. Stevia has no calories. The milk is the only thing," she says. And if you enjoyed this article, take advantage of these 15 Quick Ways to Lose Body Fat Percentage in a Week.

Leah Groth
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