Small rant. Warning! Uncensored swear words. Lots.

DivaDLB

Please ... tell us how you REALLY feel about water. I don't like drinking it either. But I choke it down too. I have to trick myself some days and put it in a fancy cup.

superhippiechik

if you were really a super hippie chick, you wouldn't think to drink pop in the first place.

jus' sayin...

I guess some people just cruise the message board for some way to make themselves feel witty.

Kristie18

lol! Love this post. I to HATE WATER

kayemme

if you were really a super hippie chick, you wouldn't think to drink pop in the first place.

jus' sayin...

I guess some people just cruise the message board for some way to make themselves feel witty.

maybe.

Heather75

I have to mix a bit of juice in water to enjoy it. Then it tastes like the over-diluted juice from concentrate my grandmother used to make. Boy, could that woman stretch a can of concentrated orange juice...

I can deal with bottled water but tap water tastes like chlorine to me. It's like drinking non-corrosive bleach.

live2smyle

LMAO thanks for the giggle :laugh:

feliciapeters

i hate water too.. Actuallly thats not totally true, I love water.IF IT TASTES LIKE COFFEE> with (real) cream and (real) sugar . and i have it. every morning i have 2 cups (or the boss WOULD NOT get any work out of me) and i know exactly how many calories it is, so as a treat on the weekends, a little extra time on the bike & I get a cup at nite too. The point is NOT to deprive yourself. If your always wishing you could have something, you WONT stay on track.

I dont deny myself anything, who wants to lve a life without eating stuff that tastes GOOD. So if i want a cookie, I have a cookie. I ate salad & raw veggies all day the other day so I could have a bowl of pasta for dinner, because I was CRAVING some and I hadnt had any for a month. I was still under calories & carbs. I just make sure I log it in. Does it cost me a few extra minutes on the treadmill?

Healthy does not mean deprived

That_Girl

LOL for a "super hippie chick" I would think you'd love natural water. :flowerforyou:

I actually got used to it and love it now!:drinker:

spunkbeer

water the source of life

kayemme

water the source of life

exactly.

i understand how some people aren't used to drinking it, but when you think about the thousands of years that this was the primary fluid for drinking, it's kind of shocking to see so many people turn their noses up at it.

i used to drink only soda pop, or strong-flavored drinks because i think my palate needed "excitement"

now i drink a lot of hot herbal tea, but i use the bag 2-3x so the last cup and a half is pretty much just hot water. then i drink just plain tap water on the in between. i carry a reusable bottle with me on my bike.

i sometimes have to remind myself, too, that when i'm feeling "snacky" i'm really just thirsty. i try to avoid things that are terribly salty so that i don't reach for something sugary to balance it out.

i still drink other things than water, but i find there's a certain kind of sweetness to just clean water - besides, i want to drink it whil e ti's still decent enough to drink. soon enough all the oil we're burning making plastic bottles and bags will be so dense in the air, it won't be able to do anything else but drop into the water system. but that's probably a few years off still... i hope so anyway.

CatseyeHardcast

I love water and drink **** loads of it every day, but seriously, if I feel like a coke, I have one! Yes it is important to be healthy, but the minute it becomes a huge chore we will all start to give in. Now go and listen to that coke whisper that it loves you when you open it.

kbloodworth

I hear ya! I've cut out corn syrup from my diet which removed pretty much all soft drinks from my diet. Shortly after I did this, my hubby and I took a trip to Atlanta (the birthplace of Coca-Cola), and took a tour in the coke factory. After that, I had such a craving that I spend $18 on a few overpriced souvenir glass bottles "made from real sugar." I then rationed those bottles- drinking one per week.

GiniN

I weaned myself from cola and other sweet drinks by drinking cranberry or grape juice mixed 50:50 with sparkling water, and adding a squeeze of lime. Gradually I decreased the juice and increased the sparkling water, and finally switched to Calistoga sparkling water with fruit essence, which I found very refreshing. I alternated that with icy cold tap water (put bottles in freezer till ice crystals start to form) which minimizes my perception of the taste. Once I was off cola, it tasted gross to try it again. Now I drink water almost exclusively.

It helps that our municipal water tastes pretty good. This has not been true other places I have lived...

OOPS, this was supposed to be a RANT, wasn't it???

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calmmomw3minimeez

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Thank you for my laugh tonight.......you don't have to stay away from your sodas. Just add the Coke into your diary like I add in my Bud Light, vodka, etc......you sound just like my sister who joined MFP just this week......I have been trying to get her to drink water for years but she swears that it tastes bad..... I said, "water has no taste, dude", but she can't stand it. When she wants a soda, she'll yell "I need some ACID, D$%^&t!!!!!....... I am glad to know that she's not the only one. You guys need to be friends for real!! Quick tip....Do you drink plain tap water(Yuuuuuck!!!!!) If so, try putting a jug of it in the freezer, let it get nice and cold and THEN drink it.....If I go too long without it, I have serious problems....I dehydrate easily....I am a coffee tea, beer, and liquor drinker, (hence the easy dehydration situation)....... but I drink more water than them all!!!!!!!..You don't have to deprive yourself like that....it can throw you into a binge...I learned that the hard way.....you should see my diary from a couple of days ago.....I went STONED CRAZY!!!!!!..........but I'm feeling much better now.............:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

downtome

I only really want water while I am exercising and sweating! I gained over 30 pounds in a year just from drinking coke and eat B $ J ice cream. Not good, now I'm having to get it all off! Yes, I miss coke too, but it's not worth the calories. I do drink Diet mountain Dew though every so often! Can't help myself, I will never stop drinking soda!

mjshuster

I drink caffeine free diet soda all day long.... compromise! But don't give up the water. I don't drink near as much as I should...I guess that is why I am not here ranting with you...lol

writermom02

Thanks for making me smile. I needed that. I actually like water, but it is a drag counting how much you drink. When you get that big gulp of Coke make sure its a Coke Zero. They taste better than diet coke. I prefer diet Dr. Pepper myself.:laugh:

arewethereyet

You made me spit my....................you got it........WATER all over my computer screen. NOT funny:mad:

razzin frazzin stinking water..........:grumble:




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arewethereyet

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racing to 7-11 to get a BIG GULP for that poor lady.....

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Ok I know it gets used WAAAAY too much but .....................LOL

barbarajean3

Just drink the 90 calorie real freaking coke once in awhile and smile. You can walk it off:drinker:

writermom02

I could be wrong but I thought we were here to support each other, not make another person feel bad. We all have struggles and deal with them in different ways. Laughter is great medicine. Happy people tend to be healthier people. Next time you look in the mirror try a smile and then try a frown and see which one makes you look and feel better.

That_Girl

When it comes to soda/pop/coke, it's funny because when they first came out, people didn't drink them in 60oz cups! They had 8oz of soda and then had other fluids...

I say, if you want a dang Coke, then drink it. Preferably the regular Coke as diet soda is just....not good for ya. They sell the CUTEST little cans of Coke. That may curb your craving!

Also, with the water thing, I have a 32oz cup that I got at the zoo...I fill it up twice a day and drink it all. It seems to work and it's much easier (in my brain) than 8 glasses.

superhippiechik

Just to claer things up...It was a RANT! As in I don't always feel that way,but I am strongly feeling that way now. To the random few who troll the message boards looking for ways to tear each other down- I think you are lost or confused. This is My Fitness Pal and not CafeMom. Go torture those people. We do not like your kind here. My screen name is superhippiechik. Not superperfectchick or bornahippiechik. Before I educated myself I smoked a pack of cigarettes and a half ounce of pot every day. I drank a pot of coffee with white sugar and powdered creamer at work before my fast food lunch. I would stop and buy a Big Gulp on the way home from work and go back for another one,and a six pack of beer after my fried processed food dinner.
I do not do those things anymore but it does not make me like them any less. I just know better now. So having said all of that and because I am a SUPER Hippie Chik, I won't tell you haters to go **** yourself.

cindy4mica

Just to claer things up...It was a RANT! As in I don't always feel that way,but I am strongly feeling that way now. To the random few who troll the message boards looking for ways to tear each other down- I think you are lost or confused. This is My Fitness Pal and not CafeMom. Go torture those people. We do not like your kind here. My screen name is superhippiechik. Not superperfectchick or bornahippiechik. Before I educated myself I smoked a pack of cigarettes and a half ounce of pot every day. I drank a pot of coffee with white sugar and powdered creamer at work before my fast food lunch. I would stop and buy a Big Gulp on the way home from work and go back for another one,and a six pack of beer after my fried processed food dinner.
I do not do those things anymore but it does not make me like them any less. I just know better now. So having said all of that and because I am a SUPER Hippie Chik, I won't tell you haters to go **** yourself.

do NOT explain yourself to those people. i've seen enough of this crap the past few weeks to give me the sh*ts. it's ignorant. it's almost better to just ignore them than to feed into their need for controversy. some people just need a hobby...

ps. i still eat that way. and i'm still "super", too:)

Nailrep

LOL!!!:drinker:

superhippiechik

Just to claer things up...It was a RANT! As in I don't always feel that way,but I am strongly feeling that way now. To the random few who troll the message boards looking for ways to tear each other down- I think you are lost or confused. This is My Fitness Pal and not CafeMom. Go torture those people. We do not like your kind here. My screen name is superhippiechik. Not superperfectchick or bornahippiechik. Before I educated myself I smoked a pack of cigarettes and a half ounce of pot every day. I drank a pot of coffee with white sugar and powdered creamer at work before my fast food lunch. I would stop and buy a Big Gulp on the way home from work and go back for another one,and a six pack of beer after my fried processed food dinner.
I do not do those things anymore but it does not make me like them any less. I just know better now. So having said all of that and because I am a SUPER Hippie Chik, I won't tell you haters to go **** yourself.

do NOT explain yourself to those people. i've seen enough of this crap the past few weeks to give me the sh*ts. it's ignorant. it's almost better to just ignore them than to feed into their need for controversy. some people just need a hobby...

ps. i still eat that way. and i'm still "super", too:)

Thank YOu! I think you are super and I slip up and eat Taco Bell,too.
P.S. I drank a 32oz of coke yesterday and still came in under calorie goal. Score one for me!

mattie11

hells yeah!

navvs15

I'll never understand why so many people hate drinking water...

auntiebabs

Why do I have to drink a gallon of water to be healthy?

Years ago I went to a nutritionist... She said 1 glass of water for every 25lbs of body weight is just fine....
So don't worry about force feeding my self gallons of water a day. I've got a 32oz cup at work which is a breeze to get thru between lunch and the end of the day. Between that my morning coffee & what I drink in the evening I figure I'm doing okay.

She also said the cola, coffee and tea DO NOT DEHYDRATE YOU... the do however hydrate you less than water.

kayemme

^^ the figure i heard was to take your body weight in pounds, halve that number and then drink that number in ounces.
example

a person 150lbs should drink 75oz of water, roughly 9 cups of water.

a cup is barely anything, really. all you have to do is drink a cup of water every couple hours. even if you are 300lbs, then that still is only a cup every hour or two cups every couple hours.

like regular sized cups - a coffee mug, even.

oh, and please don't drink bottled water unless your tapwater is severely diseased, in which case you should probably be cooking with bottled water, too.