COFFEE...the drink that some of us need to survive.

If you are like me, you have to have at least one cup of coffee in the morning to get through the day. I have a 3 month-old son and I am also a college student, so needless to say I do not get much sleep. Coffee is what gets me through the day. But the question that I am wondering (and some of you might be too) is how do I drink coffee but make sure it's healthy?

I shall give you an example. My all-time favorite coffee drink is a Tall Mocha from Starbucks. I recently discovered that my mocha was setting me back two-hundred and ninety calories! I was upset because mochas are the one only coffee drink that I like. So I started doing some research about how to make my coffee healthier. Here's what I came up with.

I discovered this wonderful little article called Starbucks Survival Guide that showed me I can get the skinny version of the mocha and save a TON of calories. While a tall hot mocha is two-hundred and ninety calories, a grande skinny hot mocha is only one-hundred a sixty calories. WOW! That is a BIG difference. This article also has other clever ways to save calories on your Starbucks drinks (if you are a Starbucks lover like me).

These tips are NOT just for Starbucks lovers. They can also be helpful if you like to make your own coffee at home.