Recording Water

ChubbyRose84

What do you count as water? Herbal tea? Black tea? Iced tea?

Just curious.

AnvilHead

Any liquid you drink (other than hard alcohol) counts toward hydration. I count tea, coffee, diet soda, protein shakes, milk, sparkling water beverages, etc.

A good read on the topic here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/821181/myths-and-facts-about-hydration-requirements/p1

Gisel2015

I don't keep track of water or liquid intake in my diary. Not relevant for me. If the color of the pee is light yellow, I am OK; darker yellow means that I need to drink more water; very light means that that I am over hydrated. Water intake will change according with the ambient temperature, humidity, sodium/salt intake and physical activity.

But I do keep a "mental" log of my liquid intake, such as water with every meal and in between, two coffees a day, fruit, vegetables, soups, sparkling water, green tea etc. Everything counts.

nutmegoreo

AnvilHead wrote: »

Any liquid you drink (other than hard alcohol) counts toward hydration. I count tea, coffee, diet soda, protein shakes, milk, sparkling water beverages, etc.

A good read on the topic here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/821181/myths-and-facts-about-hydration-requirements/p1

^^^ This. Everything that is liquid. Even the water in soup.