But I also know the drink is not so good for the hips and all the other places my body loves to store fat. They are very rich; these days I cannot finish the whole thing, even a tall. So I figured I better check the Weight Watcher points of one of these babies before I gave into the call from Starbucks. Oh. My. God.

21 points for a grande (16 oz)
15 for a tall (12 oz)

Uh… that’s almost all my points for a whole day. In one drink. As Larry would say, "yeow!" Even if I only drank half of the tall that’s still 7 points. The same as a ham sandwich, or two pieces of thin crust pizza or 3 bananas.

Dang. I used to have at least one of these a day (often a venti, which I just discovered is worth 24 points) when I worked at the Capital Group in downtown LA. There was a Starbucks kiosk on the lower level and the temptation (and taste!!) was just too hard to resist. No wonder I gained so much weight while working there.

I think I’ll stick to my lemonade tonight.