What do you count as water?

annika27

I know some people say anything you drink can be counted as your daily water intake. And other people say only count plain water. Just wanted to see what other people think?
Currently, I count plain water and crystal light. My mom says I should count all the ice tea I drink, but I dont.

ShannonMpls

Water. Pure, unadulterated water.

Hoppymom

I only count water because other things my have nutrients/additives/sodium in them that need to be recorded differently.

jmeeej

Water and only water

cmileham

I just count water and I drink 1 gallon of it per day. If I want any other beverage, I only drink it after I have completed the gallon.

wutamunkee

Just water.

maab_connor

i only count water. i have coffee during the day, but i use cream and sugar, so i have to log it. my mother is on here too - she drinks green tea - just hot water and a bag of organic green tea - and she records it as water b/c she drinks it instead of water. but there is NOTHING in it but the tea bag.

blaseyly

I love water so its easy for me to stick to plain old fashioned tap water. Yum! Vitamin water is another love but I count that separate because its got so much other good stuff that deserves to be recorded

ASPhantom

Water = Water

lisafred24

I only log water as plain water. I love unsweet tea but I usually add splenda to it and that needs to be logged. I know some people log any thing that is liquid that they drink but I don't think that is accurate.

rosebarnalice

I count water and non-caffeinated diet sodas [but I have maybe two or three of them a week].

And whenever I drink anything with either caffeine OR alcohol in it, I drink an equivalent volume of water to account for the dehydration associated with both IN ADDITION to my regular 8 glasses a day goal.

bcattoes

I know some people say anything you drink can be counted as your daily water intake. And other people say only count plain water. Just wanted to see what other people think?
Currently, I count plain water and crystal light. My mom says I should count all the ice tea I drink, but I dont.

If you are tracking water for hydration purposes, which is what the 8 glass a day recommendation is all about, then you should could count the tea and pretty much anything else you drink. If you are tracking for some other reason, then it would depend on the reason.

Riverofbeauty

I count only water, but sometimes I do wonder about green tea. It's just a tea bag in a whole cup of water.

engineman312

i sometimes count beer as water, because its made out of water. matter of fact, i'm gonna go have me a six pack of water right now.

TheBraveryLover

Plain water. If I have mineral/carbonated water, I put that in my food diary. I'm really anal about counting only water as water.

SueInAz

I know some people say anything you drink can be counted as your daily water intake. And other people say only count plain water. Just wanted to see what other people think?
Currently, I count plain water and crystal light. My mom says I should count all the ice tea I drink, but I dont.

If you are tracking water for hydration purposes, which is what the 8 glass a day recommendation is all about, then you should could count the tea and pretty much anything else you drink. If you are tracking for some other reason, then it would depend on the reason.

^^This!

Grokette

Water. Pure, unadulterated water.

:drinker:

Grokette

I love water so its easy for me to stick to plain old fashioned tap water. Yum! Vitamin water is another love but I count that separate because its got so much other good stuff that deserves to be recorded

Vitamin water is a marketing gimmick. It doesn't have any "good stuff"................just as much or more sugar / artificial sweeteners as soda.

loristroud

Just plain water, and I drink 2-3 liters of it every day.

poseidon9447

water only, everything else the body has to digest before using so it is food.

SKP1986

I only count plain water.

Tamstar1985

i just count the pure water i drink. any other beverages, calorie-free or otherwise, i log under the "drinks" section i made in my food diary

judy20in2011

I count plain water usually. Sometimes I will throw in the Vitaminwater Zero just b/c I am trying so hard to get in the water and plain water bores me most of the time!

msaap

I count plain water and organic green tea, I don't use sweeteners.

techymum

I just count water. I was trying to teach myself to drink plain old water, and it has worked.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

water, I only count water. beverages with caffeine don't count as caffeine is a diuretic.

Angierae75

I love water so its easy for me to stick to plain old fashioned tap water. Yum! Vitamin water is another love but I count that separate because its got so much other good stuff that deserves to be recorded

Vitamin water is a marketing gimmick. It doesn't have any "good stuff"................just as much or more sugar / artificial sweeteners as soda.

I prefer Vitamin Water Zero - it doesn't have sugar, it uses Truvia. I don't count it as water, though. But it doesn't have artificial sweetners.

ashesoh1234

I only count plain water.

missham75

Wow.. Ya'll are good
I count any zero calorie liquid as my water. So unsweet tea, vitamin water zero, crystal light.
Apparently I'm not as anal as some. lol
I drink 8-10 glasses a day.