Christine Hall went from a size Grande to a size Tall. That\u2019s Starbucks<\/span> speak for a dramatic weight loss.<\/p>\n The Virginia-based law librarian has spent the past two years buying almost all of her meals from Starbucks<\/strong>. On Thursday, in an interview with The Today Show, Hall claimed to have lost 76 pounds by sticking to a self-designed Starbucks<\/em>-only diet.<\/p>\n That\u2019s some serious brand-commitment.\u00a0 It all started some two years back when Hall was rejected as a kidney donor because of her weight.<\/p>\n At 200 pounds, an invasive surgery was too risky for her 5 foot 4 inch frame. So she turned to an unexpected place for help: a fast food chain. (And no, it wasn\u2019t Subway.)<\/p>\n But with the chain conveniently located near Hall\u2019s two jobs, and a calorie count listed on every item behind the sneeze-guard, the 66-year-old saw the potential.<\/p>\n On an average day, she\u2019d start with a 145 calorie breakfast of oatmeal and coffee and grab a bistro box of fruit and cheese for lunch. For dinner, she\u2019d dig into a panini.<\/p>\n Starbucks is diet-friendly? Really? She began tracking her calorie intake in May of 2010 and by November, she had dropped 40 pounds thanks to a lot of bistro boxes.<\/p>\n Restricting her diet to as little as 876 calories a day in order to drop 2 pounds a week, couldn\u2019t have been easy for Hall. In the past few years, Starbucks<\/span> has become more of a milkshake shop than a coffee bar.<\/p>\n A 24 oz Iced Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha (Whole Milk, Whipped Cream) will set you back 700 calories, and that\u2019s without the side of food. What\u2019s another 490 calories from a walnut zucchini muffin at that point?<\/p>\n Most of the bakery options glistening behind the counter range between 350 and 450 calories. But heartier offerings are a better investment.<\/p>\n Paninis and sandwiches range between 340 and 460 calories, while bistro boxes of fruit and cheese or veggies and chicken range from 220 to 480 calories.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a great option for a low-calorie quickie lunch, but if you\u2019re forking over Starbucks<\/strong> dollars three times a day, it could get pricey.<\/p>\n Still, Hall has zero regrets about her diet. A year after she was rejected from being an organ donor, she was given the okay by doctors to partake in a 32-person altruistic kidney swap.<\/p>\n Two years later, she\u2019s another 40 pounds lighter, weighing in at 114 pounds. She says she feels like she\u2019s 15 again. \u201cI don\u2019t hurt anymore,\u201d Hall, who suffered from sleep apnea and joint problems at her heaviest, told The Today show.<\/p>\n \u201cI sleep like a baby and I have tons of energy. It\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Not everyone is as positive about the Starbucks<\/em> diet. According to Marjorie Nolan Cohn, the national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, the diet is a \u201cset up for disaster.\u201d Particularly concerning, says Cohen, is the \u201clack of variety, which sets you up for malnutrition, even if you are eating enough calories.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStarbucks<\/span> has a lot of good options, but if that is all you are eating for two years you are severely limiting your intake,\u201d she tells Yahoo! Shine. \u201cI think most other people would get bored and end up binging at some point. Not to mention the cost. This is simply not a realistic \u2018diet\u2019 for most people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Consider Brett Bruce, a 35-year-old marketing consultant and father of two, who embarked on his own Starbucks<\/strong> diet in March of 2010. On a 30-day challenge to lose weight without exercising, he subsisted strictly on Starbucks<\/em><\/span> food in the hopes of dropping the pounds.<\/p>\n His blog starbucksdiet.com, which tracked his progress, ended with a disappointing update.<\/p>\n \u201cI do feel as if I may have plateau\u2019d a bit,\u201d he writes on day 21, after dropping about 6 pounds from his 217 pound frame in the first 2 weeks.<\/p>\n That post, uploaded 9 days before his challenge ended, was his last update.<\/p>\n P.S. Hey, my name is Amy Findley , and I just wanted to share this with you. Thought it was amazing, you don\u2019t see this kind of story every day.\u00a0 I love Starbucks but I try to stay away from it most of the time.\u00a0 Sometimes though I just can\u2019t help myself lol!\u00a0 If your ready to make a change in your life and make money\u2026click on the take action picture below now!<\/p>\n P.S.S Leave your thoughts in the comments below, and be sure to share this on Google Plus, Facebook, and Twitter. I\u2019d really appreciate it and thanks so much! If you can\u2019t comment, it means that we\u2019re still in the middle of our Facebook Protest (click here), and we invite you to join us, in keeping free speech alive!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Starbucks Diet Christine Hall went from a size Grande to a size Tall. That\u2019s Starbucks speak for a dramatic weight loss. The Virginia-based law librarian has spent the past two years buying almost all of her meals from Starbucks. On Thursday, in an interview with The Today Show, Hall claimed to have lost 76 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,38,1],"tags":[280,281,282,283,284],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-coffee","tag-starbuck","tag-starbucks","tag-starbucks-coffee","tag-starbucks-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/dreamer12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Starbucks, the home of the whipped cream coffee drink, is not exactly a dieter\u2019s haven.<\/h2>\n
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While he did credit Starbucks with getting him to eat more fruit than he ordinarily would have, he admits, \u201cmy weight has remained the same all week.\u201d<\/h3>\n