Does my morning coffee count

PJPrimrose

I count any fluids that are not milk as fluids including coffee and tea. Hospitals do too. (I and O). I count any caloric additives as food/calories.

kmbweber2014

I log things as they are in my diary. If I have coffee I log it as coffee, if I have green tea I log it as green tea, if I have plain water I log it as water. If you are accurately logging everything as it is then you are being as accurate as possible. If you want to count that towards your daily water that is fine, but in my diary I keep it accurate.

Edited to add: it's really your choice though. Like I said if you want to count it towards your water intake because it hydrates you go ahead, just try to keep your diary accurate.

Bebubble

I count every fluid as "water" because that's how we measure fluid intake in a hospital setting. Fluid is hydration, period. Coffee does cause you to urinate more, so that's the only reason one may not want to count it.

Coffee won't make you urinate more because it de-hydrates you. So you need to drink more water to re-hydrate, if you drink coffee of tea. Coffee also has calories where water does not. But like anything else here, you are on a honor system to yourself so do what ever you want.

Katiemarie4488

Is it coffee? The add to MFP as coffee...

mediamogulsteve

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

Missjulesdid

I don't count it is water. Caffeine is a diuretic and a stimulant and the point of tracking water is for hydration purposes, so I think I am better off not counting it as water.

Coffee does not hydrate the body !

Coffee does not count as Water

Just as POP does NOT count as water

You are both dead, flat wrong. You have been misinformed by people who don't know any better.

Caffeine is a mild diuretic. Very mild. The added urine volume from the effects of caffeine in coffee and soda are small compared to the volume of fluid in the drinks. Replacing coffee with equal volumes of water does not lead to better hydration levels.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084154

Drink your coffee, drink your soda.

AMEN!!!! If coffee and soda dehydrated you, I have a sister who would have been dead years ago.. She literally does not drink any fluid that is not coffee or soda. Personally, I do drink a good amount of water because I don't always want the calories/additives in non-water beverages.. and for me it's really refreshing... but that does not mean I'm any better hydrated than those who choose non water beverages.

Katiemarie4488

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/healthy-beverages

jonnythan

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

Except beer contains alcohol and coffee doesn't. Guess what alcohol does?

firstsip

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

Except beer contains alcohol and coffee doesn't. Guess what alcohol does?

I think he was joking :drinker:

FoxyLifter

As long as your pee is light yellow, don't worry so much about the actual cups of fluid vs pure water. Don't obsess over details like this.

Fullsterkur_woman

if your coffee is counting, call the local university as you've discovered a new intelligent species!

I was just thinking the same thing... wondering how I could have been so remiss as to not have yet posted this.

mishtery

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

ahh bring out the alcohol now we don't have to add to the calories! awesome. could be more partying going on now

Coffee has water... but it does also have milk unless you have it black! and it may also have sugar! therefore this is counted in your food log as calories! Water is the clear stuff that doesn't have added stuff to it! it doesn't add calories to your nutrition! i'll ask my 12yr old in the morning what she thinks :laugh:

I'm going to have a cup of tea before bed.. and I'll add it to my calories!

susannamarie

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

ahh bring out the alcohol now we don't have to add to the calories! awesome. could be more partying going on now

Coffee has water... but it does also have milk unless you have it black! and it may also have sugar! therefore this is counted in your food log as calories! Water is the clear stuff that doesn't have added stuff to it! it doesn't add calories to your nutrition! i'll ask my 12yr old in the morning what she thinks :laugh:

I'm going to have a cup of tea before bed.. and I'll add it to my calories!

Nothing's stopping you from tracking it in both places.

susannamarie

Beer only counts as water if you drink American beer

kbolton322

I hydrate with beer

I do this also!!

RaeLB

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

Except beer contains alcohol and coffee doesn't. Guess what alcohol does?

^

jonnythan

Beer only counts as water if you drink American beer

That joke was funny in 1998. Not so much today

BlueBombers

I don't count coffee as water.

RomulanWarbird

Coffee isn't water. It dehydrates home people- like me, but others don't have that effect. I wouldn't count it as water though.

firstsip

Beer only counts as water if you drink American beer

You mean my 10% Ovila or my 11% KBS are water? Wow, you've opened a whole new world for me!

(P.S. Most "domestic" beers aren't American at all! )

Missjulesdid

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

ahh bring out the alcohol now we don't have to add to the calories! awesome. could be more partying going on now

Coffee has water... but it does also have milk unless you have it black! and it may also have sugar! therefore this is counted in your food log as calories! Water is the clear stuff that doesn't have added stuff to it! it doesn't add calories to your nutrition! i'll ask my 12yr old in the morning what she thinks :laugh:

I'm going to have a cup of tea before bed.. and I'll add it to my calories!

Uh, yeah, you know you can add it to your water count toward hydration AND add the non-water components to your calories... It's a pretty simple solution that I'll bet your 12 year old could come up with. Don't assume that because someone is saying they count the water in coffee as water, that they aren't ALSO tracking the non-water components.

bethanycopley1980

I don't count it is water. Caffeine is a diuretic and a stimulant and the point of tracking water is for hydration purposes, so I think I am better off not counting it as water.

Its been proven that the diuretic effect of coffee and tea is pretty insignificant and that it could be counted towards your fluid intake if you chose. There are people that are alot more sensitive to it though, so just listen to yourself.

RaeLB

FTLOG when will this myth go away?

"There's nothing magical about water from a glass of water as opposed to water from a food or any other beverage," Barr said.

Drinking caffeinated beverages such as tea and coffee do not lead to dehydration, said Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a nephrologist at the University of Pennsylvania who reviewed research claims on drinking eight glasses of water and studied how the kidneys handle it"

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/8-glasses-of-water-a-day-an-urban-myth-1.1196386

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jmv7117

Does my morning coffee count as water drank?

Plain coffee (no sweetener, no cream) has calories and sodium so does not count as water although some will argue otherwise.

mishtery

Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

ahh bring out the alcohol now we don't have to add to the calories! awesome. could be more partying going on now

Coffee has water... but it does also have milk unless you have it black! and it may also have sugar! therefore this is counted in your food log as calories! Water is the clear stuff that doesn't have added stuff to it! it doesn't add calories to your nutrition! i'll ask my 12yr old in the morning what she thinks :laugh:

I'm going to have a cup of tea before bed.. and I'll add it to my calories!

Uh, yeah, you know you can add it to your water count toward hydration AND add the non-water components to your calories... It's a pretty simple solution that I'll bet your 12 year old could come up with. Don't assume that because someone is saying they count the water in coffee as water, that they aren't ALSO tracking the non-water components.

ahh.. but i count my water separately as i am a big water drinker anyways.so doesn't really matter. You can track it in water and as calories. But you can't say that Coffee doesn't add calories. I have been known to be a huge coffee drinker. So it makes sense to track it in my calories when I want to cut that back as well as those unwanted calories.

relax a little!

keshabbaker

I take dehydrates you for $100 Alex!!!!!!!!

Fullsterkur_woman

Does my morning coffee count as water drank?

Plain coffee (no sweetener, no cream) has calories and sodium so does not count as water although some will argue otherwise.

I will be one of them. Do you have any scientific evidence to back up this claim, or just your opinion?

1stday13

I hydrate with beer

Mmmmm, nice frosty mugs :drinker: :drinker:

1stday13

I hydrate with beer

Mmmmm beer, nice frosty mugs :drinker: :drinker: