Am I the only one who hates water ??

lizafava2

I kinda hate it. I feel like the more water I drink the thirstier I get. Also, I hate peeing all the time. I use the ticker here to track water because otherwise I just don't drink much at all and then find myself desperately thirsty, chugging glasses before bed and having to pee in the middle of the night. I find it easier to chug room temperature water a few times a day rather than sipping cold water throughout the day. I hate sipping - its SO ANNOYING.

I drink coffee and occasionally alcohol in the evenings but have never been into drinking anything else.

Setting up an alarm on my phone to remind me to drink water is something I have occasionally considered. I would probably ignore it though.

AllOutof_Bubblegum

Honestly I cannot fathom not liking water!!! What do you do when you're thirsty? You're bloated from not drinking enough water, water isn't the cause of your bloat. You need to retrain your brain because naturally that is all our body wants to hydrate. Try ice water, lemon water.. Sorry I'm not much help.

This. Water tastes like nothing, it literally has no flavor, how can anyone hate it? Does not compute.

GertrudeHorse

Honestly I cannot fathom not liking water!!! What do you do when you're thirsty? You're bloated from not drinking enough water, water isn't the cause of your bloat. You need to retrain your brain because naturally that is all our body wants to hydrate. Try ice water, lemon water.. Sorry I'm not much help.

This. Water tastes like nothing, it literally has no flavor, how can anyone hate it? Does not compute.

I agree. I cannot relate to this passionate dislike of water at all. Water is one of my favourite things ever. The thought of not liking water is as alien to me as not liking food. It makes no sense. What happens when you get thirsty?! Surely every human experiences thirst, no?

Lara883

Hi everyone !
Wow lots of opinions here... Thank you all !
Anyways , yes i do get thirsthy , i will have a litlle sip of water then Im fine, i know for some people its hard to understand this but every body is diferent right?
As some other users said sometimes water really makes me sick and maybe its genetics too as my mom is like that too! Who knows?! well i will try to incorporate it more i to my new lifestyle as i feel "weird "
For barely drinking water each day
Thanks for all ideas , they are for sure very helpful !

kford12

I'd never be able to drink the 'recommended' about of water a day without squash. I just buy sugar-free squash and get through it that way!

GGDaddy

THIS THREAD IS MAKING ME THIRSTY!!!

votkuhr

Find ways to dress up your water until you like it. You can add lemon slices, frozen berries, etc. for infusing.

Here's a neat site you might find useful: www.infusedwaters.com

Littlestandrews

I hate water as well. But it's all i drink. i do add crystal lite drops or mio most days and thats how i get it down. No added calories but it isn't the most natural flavoring!

klingonbarbie

i drink also too much tea due to work desk boredom, i have from today increased my water intake, i prefer sparkling water to still water, but both have to be ice cold, just don't like warm water

zyxst

Honestly I cannot fathom not liking water!!! What do you do when you're thirsty? You're bloated from not drinking enough water, water isn't the cause of your bloat. You need to retrain your brain because naturally that is all our body wants to hydrate. Try ice water, lemon water.. Sorry I'm not much help.

This. Water tastes like nothing, it literally has no flavor, how can anyone hate it? Does not compute.

I agree. I cannot relate to this passionate dislike of water at all. Water is one of my favourite things ever. The thought of not liking water is as alien to me as not liking food. It makes no sense. What happens when you get thirsty?! Surely every human experiences thirst, no?

Water isn't the only thing humans can drink to satisfy thirst. A lot of people seem to forget that (not picking on you guys/gals). Some folks need to have flavor, so they have tea or coffee or sugar water. When I lived in Iowa, the water tasted (and still does) like warm iron; yes even icy cold water. I drank mostly soda pop when I was thirsty - as a kid and broke college student, I lived on Kool-Aid. I moved to Newfoundland and the water has no aftertaste. I still drink other things (milk), but water has no calories so I don't have to worry about fitting it into my daily allotment.

stephx8

I wouldnt say I hate water but I don't go out of my way to drink it. Try diluting juice or flavoured water. I don't mind water if its ice ice cold. Hopefully this helps.

Snapshotgirl

I don't like water and it makes my tummy hurt but then, South Texas water is infamous for being very hard, akaline water. I usually flavor it with enhancers or fruit and then I can drink it. You should stay hydrated, especially if you exercise. Check your pee color, it should be light yellow or clear. if it isn't, drink more water.

klingonbarbie

my pee is often purple from eating beetroot!!!:bigsmile:

jfauci

I never drink plain water. Hate it. Won't ever drink it. If I'm thirsty, I drink unsweetened iced tea or Sparkling Ice.

redfiona99

I don't like plain water either (with certain exceptions), so I tend to drink a lot of herbal teas instead.

danielleyvonnem

You're not the only one...I too hate water (just take a look at my water consumption in my food diary!). There are lots of things that are good for you that many people just don't like...so I don't think not liking water is that outrageous.

I have found some homemade flavoured infused water on Pinterest. These are my two favourite:

1. Sassy Water
http://www.sitnoseckano.com/sassy-water/
it’s very easy to make: in 2 l water add 1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced, 1 lemon, thinly sliced, 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger and around 10 spearmint leaves.
leave in the fridge for a few hours or overnight and in the morning you’ll have a cold and really refreshing drink.

2. Rosemary-Orange Water
http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/948069/flavored-water-recipes
8 sprigs fresh rosemary
4 slices fresh orange
Ice
Water

I also drink lots of Herbal Tea. I like Celestial Seasonings "Bengal Spice" herbal tea. It's cinnamony, spicey and tastes sweet so I don't have to add any honey. I tend to stay away from artificial sweetners and flavour additives and I find they are bloating.

Hope you found this post useful,

Danielle

_HeartsOnFire_

You could try putting fruit in your water, or slices of lemon and cucumber - yes together. It's very good.

jimethanowen

I also do not like water. To get in my personal goal of at least 4 8oz. glasses I have to guzzle! I do drink 1 pop a day and other than that I am not thirsty, or at least to the point where my dry mouth tells me I'm thirsty! You are not alone:)

Ldysw357

No you are not! I have to be working out or super hot to drink plain water and then it has to be super cold! Otherwise, I have learned to love Mio and Crystal light...it's the only way I can do it. I figure with Crystal light the 10 calories for a full packet is still better than the 290 from a 20 oz Mountain Dew that I used to live on.

ValGogo

I drink water because I need it to live.......but that's me. I don't need candy in my salad or sugar and artificial color in my water.

kempt_ken

I also hate the taste of water..


If like or don't mind water that's great but for those of us who don t care for or active dislike the taste of water we need a calorie free alternative.



The absolute best way guarantee that a your weight loss strategy will fail is if it requires you to force yourself to routinely eat and drink foods and beverages you can't stand. No one can do that for the rest of their life and weight loss / weight management is a life long process.


My water strategy has been to use the sucralose sweetened water flavors. MIO, Dasani etc makes water taste like juice with no calories.



Try that and see if you like the taste.



The nice things is it actually tastes just like sugar no diet sweetener taste.

ValGogo

Honestly I cannot fathom not liking water!!! What do you do when you're thirsty? You're bloated from not drinking enough water, water isn't the cause of your bloat. You need to retrain your brain because naturally that is all our body wants to hydrate. Try ice water, lemon water.. Sorry I'm not much help.

This. Water tastes like nothing, it literally has no flavor, how can anyone hate it? Does not compute.

Yeah. This post is silly. I feel like I've fallen into a one-way vortex and gone to a place where nothing makes sense and I'm forced to live there until I die. Oh, wait, I did when I fell out of my mom's womb.

littlelaura

I like plain water better with ice in it, I sometimes use true lemon packets they are sweetened with stevia, other times, fresh lemons or limes, cucumbers in water. I don't tend use things sweetened with splenda.

Eoghann

I don't hate it but there's definitely a limit on how much I care to drink and unless I'm sweating like crazy for me 6 or 7 cups seems to be about right.

Then again most of the claims about our water requirements are utter BS. All that stuff about 8-10 cups. made up numbers!

The amount of water you need to drink depends on the amount of H20 you've consumed in your foods and the amount that's left your body amongst a number of other factors. Nobody else can tell you what the right quantity is. Basically just check the color of your pee and that gives a good indication.

That said... when it comes to dieting, it's going to be really hard to beat water as a way to help fill your stomach, get the necessary H20 and not consume calories. There are quite a few low calorie flavorings for water these days though.

Eoghann

Honestly I cannot fathom not liking water!!! What do you do when you're thirsty? You're bloated from not drinking enough water, water isn't the cause of your bloat. You need to retrain your brain because naturally that is all our body wants to hydrate. Try ice water, lemon water.. Sorry I'm not much help.

This. Water tastes like nothing, it literally has no flavor, how can anyone hate it? Does not compute.

I assure you that water does indeed have a taste. I can tell different bottled water apart and some tap water is truly disgusting.

SueInAz

If you hate water, don't drink it. It's not a secret magic trick for losing weight. I'm fairly certain you drink something when you're thirsty, be it milk, tea, coffee, soda pop, Kool-Aid, etc..

I drink water for 2 reasons:
1. it's free
2. it has no calories

This!

I'll add that you just need to watch your urine. If it's not very pale you aren't getting enough water. Also keep in mind that it takes drinking more water to help you lose water you're retaining (bloat). It sounds counterintuitive, I know, but your body will shed the retained water if it knows you are getting enough to maintain it. Too much salt will also cause you to retain water and more water will help to flush the excess sodium from your body.

Don't go overboard and be one of those people who feels like they must drink gallons each day. That much water isn't necessarily good for you on a regular basis. You start flushing important electrolytes if you drink too much water over a short period of time. Every hour, a healthy kidney at rest can excrete about a quart of water so a healthy person can drink water at that rate without a problem. Those with kidney issues should drink less. So should those who are in periods of physical stress, say during an hour long intense spinning class or while running a marathon, because the body attempts to conserve water in those conditions even when sweating copiously.

There's nothing that says you have to drink plain water. Add something to it to flavor it but watch the empty calories. I've found True Citrus and it's a wonderful thing. Little packets of crystallized citrus fruit that equal a wedge of fruit and are completely natural and zero calories. If you feel like you need something sweeter and don't mind artificial sweeteners try Mio or Crystal Light in your water.

maz504

Sigh.... first world problems. :huh:

Wonderob

Sigh.... first world problems. :huh:

Yes but that could well be said about virtually every thread on here

In fact the whole concept of dieting could be considered a 'first world problem'

Let's see what people are talking about on here:
What 3 items at Walmart would you buy?
Which running shoe brands?
What's healthy when you are obese
Not losing weight and need help
Wife wants to go gluten free
Friend request on MFP
Elliptical or treadmill?

All first world problems?

EllieB_5

Honestly I cannot fathom not liking water!!! What do you do when you're thirsty? You're bloated from not drinking enough water, water isn't the cause of your bloat. You need to retrain your brain because naturally that is all our body wants to hydrate. Try ice water, lemon water.. Sorry I'm not much help.

This. Water tastes like nothing, it literally has no flavor, how can anyone hate it? Does not compute.

Our tap water tastes like algae and mildew. In the summer it often tests positive for nitrates (decomposing poop) from all the birds that sit in the open water pits or whatever you call them. I can not drink it.

Bottled water I can drink, but I still can not drink as much of it as I'm "suppose to" without waking up every few hours during the night to go pee.

acsbeck

I used to hate drinking water. Diet pop was the only thing I could drink in any amount, and even then I was drinking nothing but 2-3 cans of that a day. Now I rarely drink pop and I'm constantly pounding back water. I found that the switch got rid of my headaches and gave me more energy; turns out that dehydration causes fatigue, and I was severely caffeine-addicted.

The things that help me are:

1) A good water filter. I only like water if it's ice cold, and I find it tastes better when it comes from my Brita jug. Bottled water is the dumbest thing you can buy if you have a decent municipal water source. So get a Brita, keep it full and in your fridge.

2) Natural flavour. I got a pitcher that has a sort of strainer in it that you can use to infuse water with flavours. In the summer, that's always full of either lemon slices, lime slices, mint or cucumber. I actually got my entire workplace drinking cucumber water last summer! They thought it sounded gross, but there's nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day.

3) Artificial flavour. Sometimes plain water just won't cut it, and you want something sweet. When you would normally reach for a pop, that's when the water flavouring drops come in handy. I find that the powders are hard to mix and there's usually too much in a package. Flavourings like Mio, Dasani and Crystal Light all come in liquid form. You can even get sports versions! I like to mix and match flavours; I've found that just about everything goes well with lemonade.