Drink only water!! All other drinks are evil!!

SingRunTing

I drink mostly water, but will have a coffee in the morning, milk sometimes, and diet coke occasionally. But out of all my liquid consumption, I'd say that ~80% is straight water.

ekim2016

3 cups of black coffee per day... about 3 bottles of water

YvetteK2015

I mainly drink nothing but water day to day. On occasion, I will have one coffee and I only have alcohol on holidays. It's not because I don't like anything else, it's just habit now I guess. It's the only thing I reach for. But it's ridiculous to think that you HAVE to drink nothing but water to be healthy.

stevencloser

CarlDuffin1 wrote: »

I was at an NHS training session on encouraging physical exercise last week and the old drink water only thing came up. Apparently, your body's cells recognise water as water and will re-hydrate on it whereas coffee, tea, beer etc doesn't count and will contribute to water retention.
- I know, I know - who knew eh?!
- and that's the NHS (National Health Service, UK)

And of course as we all know from the bastion of knowledge that is internet blogs, anything that you body doesn't recognize is magically immediately turned to fat.

stealthq

I drink straight water when I work out. For beating that kind of thirst, water is king in my book. Plus, the drinking fountains on my running route and in my gym refuse to dispense anything else. Stingy *kitten*.

Otherwise, I drink tea, coffee drinks, diet sodas and the occasional hard liquor or cocktail.

jenilla1

I drink about 50% plain water and 50% other stuff. I almost never drink my calories, though, so that means I'm not drinking sugary beverages. Mostly tea or fruit flavored stevia sweetened drinks, etc. Hasn't killed me yet...

peleroja

I drink 3-4L of tap water a day, not as an intentional thing but I just get thirsty (I run almost daily and eat a pretty high-sodium diet...there's nothing up medically.)

But I definitely also have coffee or tea (black) and the occasional Coke Zero or Perrier. I don't like to drink calories so that's about it other than a scotch or glass of wine every couple weeks or so.

I don't judge people who add stuff to their water or drink other stuff as long as they're not forgetting to count it and then wondering why they aren't losing weight.

AnvilHead

CarlDuffin1 wrote: »

I was at an NHS training session on encouraging physical exercise last week and the old drink water only thing came up. Apparently, your body's cells recognise water as water and will re-hydrate on it whereas coffee, tea, beer etc doesn't count and will contribute to water retention.
- I know, I know - who knew eh?!
- and that's the NHS (National Health Service, UK)

Sounds like the NHS could use some education themselves. Coffee, tea, sodas, etc. are MADE with water and it's ridiculous to say that your body won't recognize it as water just because it's been strained through some ground beans or leaves, or had flavoring added to it. That's absolutely silly and completely false.

If you'd like to see some actual science about hydration, read the first post in this thread and the accompanying links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/821181/myths-and-facts-about-hydration-requirements

lemurcat12

AnvilHead wrote: »

CarlDuffin1 wrote: »

I was at an NHS training session on encouraging physical exercise last week and the old drink water only thing came up. Apparently, your body's cells recognise water as water and will re-hydrate on it whereas coffee, tea, beer etc doesn't count and will contribute to water retention.
- I know, I know - who knew eh?!
- and that's the NHS (National Health Service, UK)

Sounds like the NHS could use some education themselves. Coffee, tea, sodas, etc. are MADE with water and it's ridiculous to say that your body won't recognize it as water just because it's been strained through some ground beans or leaves, or had flavoring added to it. That's absolutely silly and completely false.

If you'd like to see some actual science about hydration, read the first post in this thread and the accompanying links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/821181/myths-and-facts-about-hydration-requirements

Or the NHS needs to improve their consistency, as here they seem to tell a different story: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/water-drinks.aspx

"The Eatwell Guide says we should drink six to eight glasses of fluid a day. Water, lower fat milk and sugar-free drinks including tea and coffee all count." (Why water with sugar in it wouldn't count as water, beats me -- probably don't want to encourage imbibing 6-8 glasses of "full fat" soda, I get it, but it seems like assuming your audience is stupid.)

Also: "If you don't like the taste of plain water, try sparkling water or add a slice of lemon or lime. Or heat the water and infuse a tea bag, some coffee or a slice of lemon. You could also add some no-added-sugar squash or fruit juice for flavour."

tekwriter

I drink 2 to 3 cups of coffee and the rest is Seltzer, sodium free, sugar free.

thenewkayla

water sometimes i ll have a coke and i ll drink beer when i go out to play pool.

Whitezombiegirl

Im English, l thought it was the law that all our drinking water had to be in the form of tea!

Derpy_Hooves

I'm not a big water drinker at all, just a few sips during my workout, that's pretty much it.

I drink tonnes of (black) coffee and I drink a 750ml green smoothie every day for which I use water to liquify it. Might have an earl grey in the evening. And I love a bit of wine or a few beers in the weekend.
Only drink coke when I'm hungover. Don't drink juice.

MarilynTC

I drink water and seltzer (plain or the flavored kind without sweeteners) for the most part, but enjoy a glass of wine with dinner. I use unsweetened cashew milk for my breakfast protein smoothie, so I think that counts, too.

I stopped drinking soda when I was pregnant with my first child (I had loved Coke Zero up to that point, but it suddenly tasted awful to me at the end of the first trimester) and just never started drinking it again.

I recently stopped drinking coffee every day. Now, I mostly just have it on lazy weekend mornings.

I don't drink much juice unless it is in fruity cocktails that I indulge in on vacations. Well, except for the occasional tomato juice with a brunch. I *love* tomato juice, spiked or plain.

canadianlbs

i'm not showing up if there isn't coffee. just forget it.

that and water are pretty much all that i drink, but there's no righteousness in it. i just used to get frightening abdominal migraines and somewhere along the way i started associating them with both milk and pop. so my feelings about both of those are still probably best described by the word 'fear'.

i crave o.j. every now and again, if my mouth's in the mood. but i think i'm just basically used to thinks that don't make your spit all goopy and thick, by this point. my life is way too short to waste any of it policing what other folks drink.

keezo1

Personally i dont think "water only" affects my weight at all. 99% of what i drink is water but it has nothing to do with my weightloss. This is how it was even at my highest weight of over 300 lbs. Water is just the only thing that quenches my thirst.It has always been this way,if i am thirsty and i have juice,i still have to drink some water. But this does not stop me from drinking juice if i feel like it.

amusedmonkey

keezo1 wrote: »

Personally i dont think "water only" affects my weight at all. 99% of what i drink is water but it has nothing to do with my weightloss. This is how it was even at my highest weight of over 300 lbs. Water is just the only thing that quenches my thirst.It has always been this way,if i am thirsty and i have juice,i still have to drink some water. But this does not stop me from drinking juice if i feel like it.

Could have written this myself, word for word.

Lizarking

I never drink water. Ever.

Diet soda (4-6 liters a day) and low cal energy drinks only.

crackpotbaby

I don't drink *only water*.

... I probably have a daily smoothie or protein shake, black coffee, green or black tea and the occasional beer/wine/spirits.

BUT - I have at least 3 litre (or more depending on weather and activity) per day of water and I never drink soft drink or sports drinks or other sugar laden drinks such as juice or ice tea etc.

I do ONLY drink water for thirst/hydration.

I was raised this way and to be honest I don't really like sugary drinks so it is easy for me.

Also, medically I need to be well hydrated in order to keep medication levels (lithium, which is basically a salt, is metabolised in the kidneys and can get to toxic levels relatively easily) stable.

SueSueDio

I try to drink a decent amount of water but don't usually get as much as I "should" - I've found that if I add a slice of cucumber to my bottle, for some reason that seems to make it easier to drink more! I guess it adds a subtle hint of flavour that makes it more interesting.

Other than that I have 2-3 cups of tea per day, but only one cup of coffee because I like flavoured creamer in it and more cups would cost me too many calories! I'll drink alcohol occasionally, and if I have the calories available I might have a glass of milk, chocolate milk or orange juice sometimes (but generally I only have milk on my breakfast now). I can't imagine drinking only water and nothing else, but I try to drink more of it than other things.

amusedmonkey wrote: »

For me, personally, I think the casual attitude of my parents about these things helped me not to develop a soda drinking habit. It was not forbidden or explicitly limited, but it was not presented as an option for thirst either. I also had access to it whenever I wanted, so it never felt like a forbidden fruit.

This is kind of the way I approached teaching my son about alcohol. I didn't want him to grow up thinking it was some special and forbidden "adults only" drink that he must overindulge in at the first opportunity, so from the time he was about 8 or 9 whenever we had a bottle of wine I'd give him some lemonade with a small amount of wine in it. As he got older, we gradually increased the amount of wine in relation to the lemonade. He got to feel that he was part of the celebration rather than being left out, and the alcohol wasn't something mysterious that he coveted.

(It might be worth mentioning that we're English, and at that time in the UK (not sure if it's changed since) it was completely legal to give alcohol to a child over five in your own home, and for children 14 and over to drink at a restaurant if they were eating with their parents. They only had to be 18 to buy it themselves.)

amusedmonkey

SueSueDio wrote: »

amusedmonkey wrote: »

For me, personally, I think the casual attitude of my parents about these things helped me not to develop a soda drinking habit. It was not forbidden or explicitly limited, but it was not presented as an option for thirst either. I also had access to it whenever I wanted, so it never felt like a forbidden fruit.

This is kind of the way I approached teaching my son about alcohol. I didn't want him to grow up thinking it was some special and forbidden "adults only" drink that he must overindulge in at the first opportunity, so from the time he was about 8 or 9 whenever we had a bottle of wine I'd give him some lemonade with a small amount of wine in it. As he got older, we gradually increased the amount of wine in relation to the lemonade. He got to feel that he was part of the celebration rather than being left out, and the alcohol wasn't something mysterious that he coveted.

Now that I think of it, my parents had the same approach to alcohol. I could have a couple of sips if I wanted as a child and they only drank it for celebrations. Now as an adult I only have a glass of something, if any, on major holiday celebrations like Christmas Eve. My sister has developed a taste for it more than I did, but even she only drinks occasionally despite having easy access to all kinds of bottles in the house. We also have 6 beer cans in the fridge that we bought 3 months ago on sale and no one has touched any yet. When something is not explicitly forbidden but is associated with certain traditions and routines that make the daily consumption of it not common I tend to not have the desire to have it daily. It rarely even comes to mind until the event that usually triggers the consumption happens. For example, I never have ice cream during winter and it doesn't even feel like a desirable option because when we were kids the shops only sold it in the summer.

nicsflyingcircus

I drink water, coffee black or with cream, unsweetened tea (with or without lemon), Lacroix sparkling waters(in lime, orange or cran-raspberry), Dr. Brown diet cream soda (takes me two weeks to drink a 6 pack, hot tea (black or passion tea), and occasional other diet sodas when out and about.

kristikitter

I used to drink only water and the occasional black coffee! Mostly because I found everything else too sweet. Unfortunately I re-developed my childhood liking for Coca Cola...

Water still quenches my thirst like nothing else, though. Especially when it's cold and fizzy.

Gallowmere1984

Lizarking wrote: »

I never drink water. Ever.

Diet soda (4-6 liters a day) and low cal energy drinks only.

Yarr. I had to drop the Monster Ultras for more diet soda though. I was going through two cases of them per day, and that *kitten* was getting stupid expensive, very quickly.

runwmeNC

90 to 95 % of all my fluids consumed is water. For the record, beer is 90 to 95% water. Coincidence? I think not.

Dead_Darling

I mainly drink water - probably 98% of the time. I have a smoothie or shake with water in it and find it more refreshing.
I have around 4litres of tap water a day. It's a habit that I have developed in my teens and still carry on with it over 15 years laters. I drink black coffee (about once a month) and gin and tonic on special occassions (Christmas, birthdays, etc.). Aside from that, I rarely have fruit juice or fizzy drinks. My mum was diabetic so she banned fizzy drinks and fruit juice from the house and I am grateful for that! If I do drink them I get cold sweats, headaches and nausea. Quite weird actually, but it doesn't affect my life overall.

*sips on a pint of water* ^-^

krazy1sbk

I drink coffee in the morning, but after that it's usually just water. I'll drink lemonade during the summer a lot, and I exclusively drink apple juice when I'm sick. I used to drink soda all the time, but I've stopped and now I only usually want a drink or two of my husband's coke when we go out!

MissSugarBean

I drink mostly water & tea. Coffee in the morning, but I like to take breaks from that. Sometimes I'll buy bottled juice just to try something different. Over time you don't really miss soda n' stuff and I'll feel pretty gross if I finish a can...

I don't drink alcohol often so when I do I'll try anything I don't care about the calories

malibu927

Water (occasionally sparkling) and diet soda (1-2 a day max) only for me. And on a very rare occasion, Starbucks (though that may increase once the one in my town opens up...but I'm not a coffee fan anyway so it's usually hot chocolate or a double chocolatey chip frapp).

atjays

I'm sure everyone has their own preferences but almost all liquids we take in are 99% water anyways. Plus we get water from our foods. I generally shoot for 100+ oz of liquids during a day. Most of that is made up with 1 powerade zero and 1-2 fill ups of my water bottle. Once I'm having to go pee every half hour I tone it down because it's simply annoying and clearly I'm quite hydrated.