"1 cup of water"

XX_Miss_RoseMary_XX

I have been trying to keep track of my water intake on here.
What do you consider a cup of water when logging? Exactly one cup? 16oz? 12oz??

Curious to know your thoughts and how you log it.

kefryar

8 oz

dbmata

.. srsly?

When is a cup not a cup?

kefryar

Also, a nalgene is marked so you know how much water you're drinking-I suggest getting one so that you aren't guessing, they're great.

kshadows

1 cup is 8 fl. oz.

iheartinsanity

8oz=1 cup.

OKfarmgal

Always has been and always will be 8 ounces. That's why my 16 oz Ozarka is easy to count. I just count by 2's, makes it a breeze!!

DebbieLyn63

Didn't mean to be rude, just surprised at how often this question is asked. If someone asked how much a 'glass' of water counted, then I could understand that question. But asking how much a 'cup' of water is, doesn't make sense to me.

Illini_Jim

1 Cup = 2 Gills

XX_Miss_RoseMary_XX

I'm not stupid i understand that a cup is 8 oz. But I didn't know if people actually measured it out or if they counted it as one still when using a normal sized drinking glass which usually holds closer to 12-16oz.

Thanks for being rude.
People don't ask questions to be belittled ...

glasshalffull713

Just ignore, people on this site don't always feel the need to be kind.

I just estimate since I know how much the glass holds. If I drink 12 oz and mark 1 cup, then the next time I drink 12 oz I might mark 2 cups. Truth be told, I haven't been tracking water in a long time. But I agree with the other posters who mentioned using a sports water bottle that comes with markings on the side. I have one that holds 16oz and one that holds 22oz, so I just know I have to drink 2 or 3 per day depending on which one I am drinking from.

12_oz_Curls

I'm not stupid i understand that a cup is 8 oz. But I didn't know if people actually measured it out or if they counted it as one still when using a normal sized drinking glass which usually holds closer to 12-16oz.

Thanks for being rude.
People don't ask questions to be belittled ...

There are no stupid questions. There are only ignorant people on forums full of a**holes.

dbmata

This question never ceases to amaze me. And it just keeps getting asked. I understand people in countries where they use the metric system, that people may not know what a cup is, but do they no longer teach this in school in the US?

Apparently not, and google is broken.

onefortyone

Yeesh - I knew 1 'cup' was 8 fl. oz in baking and stuff, but I have been trying to go by my 'container', figuring it was around 8 anyway, and trying to get 8 a day but forgetting and bumming out. And I just looked, and my container is 16oz, so it's nice to know that even when I 'only' have 4 a day I am still reaching my goal!

It really is a eureka moment right now lol. My only excuse apart from a brainfart is that I was brought up in England which uses mls and grams etc. (though I always hated that system, and much prefer cups and oz for practical use so it isn't even an excuse lol).

Check your containers people!

XX_Miss_RoseMary_XX

Just ignore, people on this site don't always feel the need to be kind.

I just estimate since I know how much the glass holds. If I drink 12 oz and mark 1 cup, then the next time I drink 12 oz I might mark 2 cups. Truth be told, I haven't been tracking water in a long time. But I agree with the other posters who mentioned using a sports water bottle that comes with markings on the side. I have one that holds 16oz and one that holds 22oz, so I just know I have to drink 2 or 3 per day depending on which one I am drinking from.

Thanks. I've been counting our regular glasses as just one but I guess its closer to 1.5.
I suck at drinking so I've been trying to keep better track.

nvpixie

My "cup" is actually 16 oz so when I log it on MFP, I still only put it as one "cup" but technically it's double. Works for me.

CorlissaEats

No one belittled you that I can tell, your question was poorly constructed and led to confusion. You read their tone as critical when most were being pretty straight forward and blunt based on the context. You should have used the word "glass" or "mug" not cup. Cup is a form of measurement in your context. A cup is 8fl oz. I was also unsure until your second post whether you knew that a cup is 8fl oz and not 12 or 16.

I use a 16oz glass. I count 2 cups for every glass I drink. My tea mug which is about 335mL or 1.4 cups I tend to count as one cup because I often refill my tea before its empty- and really, when is drinking more calories-free fluids than you log a bad thing.

LeonCX

How much is a teaspoon? pleeease help.

Pirate_chick

I consider a cup 8 oz. so if your glass holds 12 oz drink two and you have completed 3 cups of water. If it's 16, then you have had 2 glasses of water. Also, I count a regular sized bottle of water as 2. Hope this helps.

ETA when MFP is counting it's going by 8oz cups, for a total of 64oz of water in a day. that's the general rule of thumb. However, it's been suggested that you drink half your body weight in oz

heidispideymfp

250ml.

EvanKeel

I'm not stupid i understand that a cup is 8 oz. But I didn't know if people actually measured it out or if they counted it as one still when using a normal sized drinking glass which usually holds closer to 12-16oz.

Thanks for being rude.
People don't ask questions to be belittled ...

Well, you did ask what people consider a cup to be. If you meant to ask how people log a glass, that's a different question. And the interface in MFP that logs water states cups as the unit of measure.

So while I don't generally condone mocking people, I also don't condone getting in a snit because answering the question you really wanted answered in the first place would have required psychic abilities.