No water!

jofjltncb6 · July 2013

BTW, just drinking it because it's good for you is not something to do...

Why not? There are plenty of things I do routinely that aren't particularly fun but I do them anyhow because they're good for me. Why can't drinking water be one of those things? Whatever happened to having discipline to do that which is right without having to trick ourselves into doing it?

labeachgirl · July 2013

Just like coffee, or alcohol, it's an acquired taste...but I found it's easier to get used to it when you're working out all the time. And now is the perfect time, when it's a hot day, to grab a bottle of cold water because it does taste good. Just keep drinking it...

rassha01 · July 2013

Lots of ice

ZoeLifts · July 2013

I drink my water with a shot of sweet tea vodka in it. It certainly helps the taste.

MrsSenecal · July 2013

You can buy packets of True Lemon, True Lime, True Grapefruit, True Orange... Theres other flavors too. You can buy them on Amazon. They are crystalized all natural fruit flavorings. Not sweetened or anything.

EvgeniZyntx · July 2013

I don't understand the type of life people lead that lets them get in a situation where drinking water is not normal.

How did you get there? Did your parents tell you it was dirty? Where you kept away?

>insert gif DRINK ALL THE WATER<

marinetteloser · July 2013

-lemon juice (fresh squeezed is better, but some people like concentrate)

This, I've been working at a desk for years, drinking either nothing or a pot of coffee a day, and lemon juice had made water a LOT more drinkable.

_SABOTEUR_ · July 2013

Just make instant gravy and drink that.

tmm_0127 · July 2013

I was the same way years ago when I had never really had water on a regular basis. I worked my way from soda to flavored water and eventually I just drank plain water and now I generally feel like I couldn't have enough of it.

If you don't have a brita filter (or any water filtration system in general) I suggest investing in one (they're super cheap). Sometimes water can have a funky taste depending on your location, and filtering it makes it almost have a sweetness to it.

But really, the only way you can get yourself to drink more of it is to just drink more of it. :P

3dogsrunning · July 2013

I don't understand the type of life people lead that lets them get in a situation where drinking water is not normal.

How did you get there? Did your parents tell you it was dirty? Where you kept away?

>insert gif DRINK ALL THE WATER<

Pop. Lots and lots of pop. We were never allowed to get sugary cereal but we always had pop in the house. I was never offered water as a drink as a child, it was milk or pop. I just never formed the habit of drinking water.

_Waffle_ · July 2013

Lots of ice

I tried that but when it melts it just tastes like water.

brighteyes1967 · July 2013

I drink bottled still flavoured low in cals,strawberry and raspberry my favourite, . Get it in iceland if u live in the UK. Good luck u will love it .:happy:

PikaKnight · July 2013

Lots of ice

I tried that but when it melts it just tastes like water.

Then just find something else that'll melt in your mouth >.>

PikaKnight · July 2013

I drink bottled still flavoured low in cals,strawberry and raspberry my favourite, . Get it in iceland if u live in the UK. Good luck u will love it .:happy:

But how can you get it in Iceland if you live in the UK? Did I miss something?

NonnyMary · July 2013

Put a sliced lemon on the rim of the glass near where you are drinking it. The smell of the fresh lemon makes the water taste like it (since taste begins in the nose anyway). Its amazing! it really works. Also ice cold water out of a glass is way better than any other container. Put some ice in it, especially chipped ice, and that makes plain water more refreshing.

MyChocolateDiet · July 2013

Unsweetened iced tea with fresh lemon works for me. Also I find water tastes better if it is over ice. Then it is actually great. One more option would be something like a Brita water filter; I found that to be amazing when I had one (moved and lost it.)

Tea is not water. Water is water.

Anything with caffeine dehydrates. And yes, Britta filters are awesome.

*sigh*

Here we go again. While tea is technically not water, it is remarkably hydrating. The amount of caffeine in it very negligibly dehydrating. You could very safely get all of your hydration just from drinking tea. A water suspension is not chemically different from plain water. (I would post supporting links, but I doubt it would do anything to help kill this myth. Those who already know this wouldn't benefit and those who are convinced that anything with caffeine is automatically dehydrating probably wouldn't read them anyhow.)

^this. lots of fluids help hydration which is what our little water meme on MFP is for.

LoraF83 · July 2013

I just drank it. Eventually I came to like/prefer it. I drink pretty much only water now.

You can add stuff to it but I like just plain water, cold is best but I can do warm now.

I actually prefer room-temperature water to cold. We keep a case of bottled water in the pantry and that's where I get it from. I'll drink it cold, but I would much rather have it room temp. Water is pretty much the only thing I drink. I didn't see the point in wasting calories on other beverages when there was a calorie free alternative that's available all the time.

NaomiJFoster · July 2013

The fact that it has no taste is what makes it so wonderful. It's all about texture and temperature, not taste. Taste would interrupt the enjoyment of it. Taste is for things that you chew.

gthorley · July 2013

I drink a TON of water at work because it gives me 2 excuses to get up and away from my desk. 1) Refills 2) Peeing. Sometimes when I'm THAT bored I will slam my cup of water just to get up and refill and wander around. Now I drink a lot of it because it's habit.

I'm exactly the same. Going to refill my water bottle allows me to take just a minutes away from my desk and gets me moving more than I would normally. I found that having a water bottle to take into work got me into the habit of drinking more - seeing it on my desk reminds me to drink! Now it's more of a habit like yourself

and a good habit at that!