Water

Paul699
Paul699 Posts: 41 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I drink tea, unsweetened but with a splash of milk, i count the milk, but i was wondering what the general consensus on Tea and whether or not it would count as water or not.

Ive read online that it is just the same, especially unsweetened, its just that I would never reach for a bottle of water, no matter how hard i try, sometimes when i train, but i find it hard to drink 1.5 - 2 litres of the clear stuff.

I also worry that it might hamper weight loss if i dont drink plain water.

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    it all counts
  • DebLaBounty
    DebLaBounty Posts: 1,169 Member
    It counts as water. Are you drinking a liter of tea, though? You still need to hydrate yourself which, oddly enough, helps you avoid water retention. I believe you can purchase zero calorie or low calorie water flavorings, which some people find helpful to increasing their water intake. It's worth looking into!
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    My body counts tea as water, so I do too. I'm against over-complicating things.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    angelsja wrote: »
    4-6 cups of tea/coffee anything over is counter productive and can de-hydrate you I drink 3.7 litres of water a day + tea/coffee

    How can tea and coffee hydrate you (which they do) until you drink more than the 4-6 cup mark?
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Tea and coffee are like 99.9% water... why the heck wouldn't you count it?!
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    angelsja wrote: »
    4-6 cups of tea/coffee anything over is counter productive and can de-hydrate you I drink 3.7 litres of water a day + tea/coffee

    http://nationalpost.com/health/nutrition-fact-or-fallacy-does-coffee-dehydrate-you
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    edited February 2018
    angelsja wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    angelsja wrote: »
    4-6 cups of tea/coffee anything over is counter productive and can de-hydrate you I drink 3.7 litres of water a day + tea/coffee

    How can tea and coffee hydrate you (which they do) until you drink more than the 4-6 cup mark?

    Because they contain caffeine which dehydrates you

    This is a myth (not the caffeine part, but the dehydration part).
  • DebLaBounty
    DebLaBounty Posts: 1,169 Member
    I sometimes buy Ice brand sparkling water. I like the grapefruit and lemonade flavors. Like you, I often don't want to be stuck with the blandness of regular water.
  • BibiJoyce23
    BibiJoyce23 Posts: 2 Member
    edited February 2018
    Interesting I was just thinking about this today while adding the food. I assume it would count as just water. I drink Moroccan green tea no sugar added but add some lemon. I love drinking it cold! Helped me loose weight after I had my son. Whatever you add to it like milk, sugar, honey then you would have to measure it and add it. I drink tea during the day whenever I feel like it but not when working out.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    It really doesn't matter one bit. As long as your pee is clear, I really don't know why everyone is always obsessing over drinking enough water or not.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,563 Member
    edited February 2018
    Francl27 wrote: »
    It really doesn't matter one bit. As long as your pee is clear, I really don't know why everyone is always obsessing over drinking enough water or not.

    *shakes head sadly*

    It's a Big Water Conspiracy! Look at all the ads for water you see around all the time - and the hyper-palatable flavors that fill the shelves. We don't have a chance.

    eta: I'm actually only half-joking, it really does benefit the folks who sell bottled water in all it's forms if we all believe that we need a lot more water than necessary to survive, and that tap water is poison.

  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    It really doesn't matter one bit. As long as your pee is clear, I really don't know why everyone is always obsessing over drinking enough water or not.

    Because coffee is made with water. Coffee is important. Very important.

    ^ True story.
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    It really doesn't matter one bit. As long as your pee is clear, I really don't know why everyone is always obsessing over drinking enough water or not.

    Because coffee is made with water. Coffee is important. Very important.

    ^ True story.

    Coffee allows people around me to survive...
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    Why is coffee important? If you drink too much doesn't the caffeine act like a diet pill?
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    donjtomasco wrote: »
    Why is coffee important? If you drink too much doesn't the caffeine act like a diet pill?

    As @ccrdragon said, it's important for the survival of people around me.
  • donjtomasco
    donjtomasco Posts: 790 Member
    Okay, that I can understand!
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