And if I don't like water......?

feelin_gr_8

I know water is good for you. I try to drink it. I can't take that much without at least adding some sugar free flavoring to it. But I've also become accustomed to drinking a bottle of pop at work-need it to keep me going (not a coffee drinker). I'm working on the 8 glasses a day and I'm wondering, can I count my pop as part of water? Like 1/2 of my pop can count as water? lol. I know it's not great for you, but it is what it is. zero calories....

Jena_72

Are you serious? :indifferent:

SarahLovesCheesecake

I wasnt a water drinker but I now drink a lot of the low cal flavoured water. Im in the UK and I buy Tescos; the one that is sugar free and I love it...

xraychick77

its mostly made of water, so is coffee, so is a lot of the food we eat too.

schlubba

Are you serious? :indifferent:

I have the same reply with an added wtf?
how can someone not choke down water?

If you truly are serious, I say definitely work on liking it and try something else to get your water besides pop, the diet pop is worse for you than regular pop. Try vitamin water or even gatorade or powerade or something.

sconns21

As long as you're drinking around the same amount in the sugar free drink I wouldn't worry about your water consumption too much. I'd log the drinks in your diary though rather than the water bit. I know a lot of people that don't bother about the water thing.

Your water intake of 2 litres a day is more a guide for how much fluid you should be consuming so the water content in tea and juice drinks count as well.

I used to be like you and hate water by itself. I started drinking the lightly flavoured waters as an alternative then gradually started drinking water by itself. I think the main change for me drinking water was when I was at the gym I just started chugging the stuff down. Start with mineral water that has a nicer taste then tap water then work onto filtered water then onto tap water.

lyllyan

I would think that you would not be able to count it in your "water" column, due to the sugars and such. I don't like water either, but do make up for it but drinking unsweet tea or Crystal lite or such. So, those drinks can be classified, in my opinion, as water, because that is the general makeup - although you should count the few calories due to the flavoring. One thing I have found that helps quite a bit is to use crushed ice whenever possible. I could eat that stuff by the boatload, and it's is a different way to consume your needed water. A recent study did say that pure water was not necessary, as you do get water in other forms (ie:soda) - but in the strictest diet sense, count your cola for what it is, a sugary drink fraught with calories. Hope this helps

Cytherea

No, soda doesn't count as water. It actually dehydrates you, unlike water, which hydrates you. If you count it, you'll only be fooling yourself.

I used to hate water. I still don't love it. I struggle to get in even half the recommended amount per day. But I've cut out all other liquids. I keep a bottle of water near me at all times. If I get bored, I take a sip. If I'm hungry, I take a sip. If I see the water bottle, I take a sip. I drink nothing else with meals. It is still a struggle, but it definitely helps. I used to get headaches all the time. Now, I rarely do, and I feel one coming on, I know right away that I haven't had enough to drink that day.

If you need the flavor, try some different kinds of tea. You can add a little bit of honey or sugar at first if you need to sweeten it up. Some teas I still do; some, I don't need to anymore. I particularly love loose leaf teas- I buy mine at the Tea Spot (theteaspot.com). They have some great flavors and need very little sweetening, if any, to make it taste delicious!

drasr

Pop soda with or without sugar, [even coffee] has caffeine which is a diuretic i.e. it makes you pee more. So one loses more water. So rather than counting it as water, you should drink more water to compensate for the loss.

Terriwin

I add Ecodrink to my water. It is full of great vitamins and it adds a nice mild flavor to satisfy my sweet cravings. I buy it from Costco and usually samples of it are available there. Maybe you can give it a try.

pssqrd

I feel the same way about water. It goes down much better & faster if flavored with herbal tea (made from anything but the tea plant), or a small splash of fruit juice or a squeeze of lemon, orange or lime. I don't use any added sugar or artificial sweeteners. I don't think it is necessary or good for me.

catcrazy

I have the same reply with an added wtf?
how can someone not choke down water?

quite easy, my water smells and tastes like the swimming baths...I can't afford bottled water or a filter on the tap and have no fridge space for the jug things I drink NO water. As for "are you serious" and "WTF" they're hardly helpful and supportive are they, especially when its someones first post.

Back to the OP, there are studies that say that if you regularly drink a X amount of coffee/tea/cola that your body gets used to the diuretic effect and its almost totally negated. So if you usually drink a litre of cola then you can count that, anything over your usual amount should not be counted. Water is a diuretic too BTW. There was a time i drank nothing but caffeinated coffee and cola...for several years and I was NOT dehydrated. (or overweight!) I have switched to decaf as I've become very sensitive to it since being hit with a health problem, and suffer severe palpitations if I have caffeine now.

Obviously water is better but if you really cannot stand the stuff then any none alcoholic fluid is better than no fluid at all

TwiFan5

I love water but I can't physically drink 8 glasses of it as I am on the toilet enough as it is and don't know why.

Solat37_Neil

I struggled at first, but I feel so much better after sticking to 8 cups a day, I can totally tell the difference in the way my body feels when its fully hydrated.
And how on earth can you hate water? it doesn't taste of ANYTHING! lol XD

sineadgrowden

hay i no what u mean!
its so hard only thing that makes is easy 2 drink for me is ice cold and a slice of lemon
good luck :happy:

TexasNurseMom78

You cant afford bottled water or a filter, but you drink a soda a day? How about saving your soda money and at the end of the month, buy a water filter?

emaybe

For those who have unsafe/unpleasant tap water, you can always boil it...

catcrazy

You cant afford bottled water or a filter, but you drink a soda a day? How about saving your soda money and at the end of the month, buy a water filter?

The original poster said nothing about not affording a filter or bottled water, it was me that said that, when I was drinking soda (not every day I hasten to add!) I could have saved but that was a while ago, health changes bought about financial changes too.

meggiemaye

I have the same reply with an added wtf?
how can someone not choke down water?

As for "are you serious" and "WTF" they're hardly helpful and supportive are they, especially when its someones first post.

I so strongly agree with this...we are on this site to be here to support each other's changes, even if they are slow changes or changes we ourselves never went through. It never fails to amaze me when people on a help site are so quick to judge and critique each other. If one doesn't feel like being supportive they could always use the site's main tools without the "community" section, including the forums. How can one expect to get support where they don't plan on giving any?

Let's all love one another! :flowerforyou:

betharose7

Hear hear meggiemaye!

TwiFan5

I have the same reply with an added wtf?
how can someone not choke down water?

As for "are you serious" and "WTF" they're hardly helpful and supportive are they, especially when its someones first post.

I so strongly agree with this...we are on this site to be here to support each other's changes, even if they are slow changes or changes we ourselves never went through. It never fails to amaze me when people on a help site are so quick to judge and critique each other. If one doesn't feel like being supportive they could always use the site's main tools without the "community" section, including the forums. How can one expect to get support where they don't plan on giving any?

Let's all love one another! :flowerforyou:

Agreed and I love your signature that is so cool

FairyMiss

I have the same reply with an added wtf?
how can someone not choke down water?

quite easy, my water smells and tastes like the swimming baths...I can't afford bottled water or a filter on the tap and have no fridge space for the jug things I drink NO water. As for "are you serious" and "WTF" they're hardly helpful and supportive are they, especially when its someones first post.

Back to the OP, there are studies that say that if you regularly drink a X amount of coffee/tea/cola that your body gets used to the diuretic effect and its almost totally negated. So if you usually drink a litre of cola then you can count that, anything over your usual amount should not be counted. Water is a diuretic too BTW. There was a time i drank nothing but caffeinated coffee and cola...for several years and I was NOT dehydrated. (or overweight!) I have switched to decaf as I've become very sensitive to it since being hit with a health problem, and suffer severe palpitations if I have caffeine now.

Obviously water is better but if you really cannot stand the stuff then any none alcoholic fluid is better than no fluid at all

okay you can afford the coffee/tea/cola but you cant afford water???? most stores have store brands that are cheap.

Schwiggity

There's been some research to show that most non-alcoholic, non-sugared liquids will work for weight loss, but for overall health water is best for you. I don't like tap water either, but I just use Brita filter and a re-useable bottle (you can also find store brand gallon jugs of water for less than a dollar each).

bmontgomery87

nope.
just drink water.
even if you don't like it.

nachisdoll

ive been trying to find the article for you but i havnt found it yet...its an article by a reputable site (eithere harvard medicine, mayo clinic or ncsf.org) it said that diet soda and coffee cud be considered as some of your 'waters' for the day....because the amount the caffeine dehydrates you is not as much as the water in it hydrates you. Not to say water isnt better but if your having a hard time drinking water drink some water some tea some diet soda and youll be fine!!!
xoxo:happy:

eyeamAnne

My problem I'm noticing right now is if I have something sweet I crave even more sweets. Water helps stave off those cravings, a diet soda would increase them. I didn't like the water at first but now I love it. I love how it makes me feel. I had a hard time getting up to 8 cups at first, but now it is 9 in the morning and I have already had 3 cups (plus I'm thirsty and about to get another cup).

I think you can learn to love it. Try different temperatures. My husband loves it lukewarm, I love it cold from the fridge. However, for convenience I've been drinking it from the fridge dispenser (so it is a little cold but not as much as I like it).

Or add a lemon, mint, whatever it is that people add to their water?

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Oh, and it took me a a little while to break my caffeinated soda addiction but I'm very glad I did. I have more energy in the morning now that I have that stuff out of my system. I used to NEED soda to keep me going. Now I feel great without it!

rainunrefined

Pop soda with or without sugar, [even coffee] has caffeine which is a diuretic i.e. it makes you pee more. So one loses more water. So rather than counting it as water, you should drink more water to compensate for the loss.

I even heard once that for every caffeinated beverage you should that same amount in extra water along with your daily water, because it dehydrates you.

Cytherea

Some other people made some really good points too. Definitely try different temperatures. For me, I can't drink water cold... it makes it harder to go down. I keep my water bottles at room temperature- not warm, but not really cold, either. I can drink much more and enjoy it more that way.

Also, somebody mentioned adding lemon- you can do that, or a variety of other things too... you could add cucumber, lime, melon, berries (I particularly LOVE the strawberry-infused water that they have at Yogurtland!) or some combination of them to give some flavor and change it up a little bit.

bmontgomery87

^^agreed.
I love room temperature water.

Ice water ticks me off because I can't drink it fast.

I'm similar with food. I don't like really hot food because I have to eat it slowly haha

TeaBea

Re: filtered water. I purchased a Brita water bottle at Target. It was like $8.99. I keep it at my work desk. I work in a different town and the water is nasty. The filter lasts 2 months. Good investment for me.

Sugary drinks (fake or not) tend to make me want more sugary .... whatever. For me I need to keep this to minimum. Also some (most?) Crystal Light has citric acid - heartburn city. Maybe adding orange or cucumber slices would help.

Jena_72

I have the same reply with an added wtf?
how can someone not choke down water?

As for "are you serious" and "WTF" they're hardly helpful and supportive are they, especially when its someones first post.

I so strongly agree with this...we are on this site to be here to support each other's changes, even if they are slow changes or changes we ourselves never went through. It never fails to amaze me when people on a help site are so quick to judge and critique each other. If one doesn't feel like being supportive they could always use the site's main tools without the "community" section, including the forums. How can one expect to get support where they don't plan on giving any?

Let's all love one another! :flowerforyou:

I am a very supportive person on this site, I think this is a fake post though that's why I asked. :ohwell: and seeing how they never came back I really think it is fake, but you all have given great suggestions to real people! DRINK UP!:drinker: :flowerforyou: