Counting coffee as water consumption?

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  • healthyfoxx
    healthyfoxx Posts: 104 Member
    People seriously consider diet sodas as WATER consumption? Use the water tracker for PURE, STRAIGHT UP WATER. The whole point of it is to make sure you're drinking enough water. Not soda or coffee. Decaf tea is a bit more acceptable, but those saying "otherwise, I'd only drink 1 cup a day!" are ridiculous. If you're only having 8 oz of actual water a day, maybe you should try incorporating it more into your day, rather than trying to call other drinks water. :/
  • kikokateyy
    kikokateyy Posts: 136 Member
    At least track the calories that go with it. Youre only kidding yourself if you track coffee as water but dont add in the calories that go with it
  • dodizim
    dodizim Posts: 3
    I heard that for one cup of coffee one cup of water should be drunk, as coffee flushes some minerals from the body. So, I don't count it as a water consumption.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    People seriously consider diet sodas as WATER consumption? Use the water tracker for PURE, STRAIGHT UP WATER. The whole point of it is to make sure you're drinking enough water. Not soda or coffee. Decaf tea is a bit more acceptable, but those saying "otherwise, I'd only drink 1 cup a day!" are ridiculous. If you're only having 8 oz of actual water a day, maybe you should try incorporating it more into your day, rather than trying to call other drinks water. :/

    Nope - the point is to make sure you are drinking enough FLUIDS
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    At least track the calories that go with it. Youre only kidding yourself if you track coffee as water but dont add in the calories that go with it
    I don't think anyone was suggesting that...
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I don't log my water. I can tell that I'm plenty hydrated. But to answer the question, your body can still use the water from other beverages... even coffee! Even if you put sugar in it!

    But I still wouldn't log anything else as water BECAUSE I'd already have it logged, so I wouldn't want to count it twice. Up to you, though.
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    At least track the calories that go with it. Youre only kidding yourself if you track coffee as water but dont add in the calories that go with it

    unless you mean sugar, syrups, creamer, etc, coffee has about 5 calories/ 8oz serving

    you burn those all by consuming them, so it's practically a negative-calorie drink
  • kikokateyy
    kikokateyy Posts: 136 Member
    At least track the calories that go with it. Youre only kidding yourself if you track coffee as water but dont add in the calories that go with it

    unless you mean sugar, syrups, creamer, etc, coffee has about 5 calories/ 8oz serving

    you burn those all by consuming them, so it's practically a negative-calorie drink

    Fair enough. My point is, just make sure you also track the calories that go with it. Why drink a caloric drink and not track calories?
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    At least track the calories that go with it. Youre only kidding yourself if you track coffee as water but dont add in the calories that go with it

    unless you mean sugar, syrups, creamer, etc, coffee has about 5 calories/ 8oz serving

    you burn those all by consuming them, so it's practically a negative-calorie drink

    Fair enough. My point is, just make sure you also track the calories that go with it. Why drink a caloric drink and not track calories?

    your point is not lost, I just think it's fair to point out the specifics in a coffee-related thread
  • mandi2r
    mandi2r Posts: 228 Member
    I don't count coffee as my water but if I add a flavor (not an icetea or lemonade mix) to it then yes, I count that.
  • katgirl985
    katgirl985 Posts: 212 Member
    Crystal light = uncarbonated diet soda.

    It is NOT water.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Crystal light = uncarbonated diet soda.

    It is NOT water.

    And you take it and put it in...wait for it.......water.
  • Jen32285
    Jen32285 Posts: 281 Member
    I don't count it to my water. I do add it in my breakfast though.
  • chrischinchilla
    chrischinchilla Posts: 109 Member
    COFFEE IS NOT WATER CONSUMPTION!!!!!
  • elis_mama
    elis_mama Posts: 308 Member
    Oh Lord, here we go again ...

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    hahaha!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    If you do a search on the internet - basically every site states you CAN include coffee in your FLUID intake count.
  • misslilylou
    misslilylou Posts: 71 Member
    WOW I really started something with this thread.. lol. Well I just wanted to see what people think about it and what they do, and I got that, so thanks! Aside from my coffee in the morning, I think I ingest enough water and other fluids (mainly milk and V8) to get by, so I'll keep doin' what I'm doin'.

    Just one more thing: I have to disagree with people saying putting a crystal light packet into water should not count towards water consumption.. I'm putting it in WATER... but whatever. :ohwell: opinions!
  • coconutbuNZ
    coconutbuNZ Posts: 578 Member
    COFFEE IS NOT WATER CONSUMPTION!!!!!

    YES IT IS!!!!!

    :drinker:
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    So...I worked out this morning and when I got home, I decided to test something. I have had nothing but coffee and I have been peeing like a race horse but I still feel dehydrated. So.....what does that mean?
  • rmchapman4
    rmchapman4 Posts: 152 Member
    No; water is water.
  • 13519485
    13519485 Posts: 264
    More links disproving the "coffee dehydrates you" myth:

    http://advance.uconn.edu/2002/020722/02072207.htm
    http://www.foodinsight.org/Press-Release/Detail.aspx?topic=Health_Hints_Beverages_Containing_Caffeine_Offer_Hydration
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661
    http://www.beverageinstitute.org/en_us/pages/expert-laying-the-caffeine-dehydration-myth-to-rest.html
    http://www.themedguru.com/node/44180
    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-should-i-consume-caffeine-before-my-workout/#axzz1sbqhVSx3

    Seriously, just Google it.

    More in support of this guy:

    http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/12187618/reload=0;jsessionid=OCW8UIS5yOjuK6yVcaUz.6

    http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/y90-135

    https://www.ceraproductsinc.com/research/Ganio_Review_Paper_Hydration_Questions.pdf

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-3010.2007.00665.x/abstract;jsessionid=1F41AC113518B1F9FB8EA4BDA2BC4332.d04t04?userIsAuthenticated=true

    and there are plenty more articles to be found using Google Scholar. Average caffeine intake does not lead to dehydration. ;)

    Edit to add: Having worked as a LPN in a nursing home for years I can say that caffeinated beverages are always included in a resident's fluid intake. Not doing so would be quite a mistake. Fluid is fluid. Coffee is usually 98-99% water. It counts. :P
  • gone2facebookprint
    gone2facebookprint Posts: 154 Member
    I only count my water as water.. If I counted coffee as water I would never have to drink water.. which would be nice since I hate water.... but Can;t do that...

    So

    WATER IS WATER and that is that.. :)
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I never have to drink plain water as I drink coffee....

    COFFEE is made with WATER and that is that:bigsmile:
  • biddy249
    biddy249 Posts: 76 Member
    coffee is coffee, and water is water, don't confuse the two. Beer is made of 95% water, would you count that as water? Keep your water separate and count only water.
  • sunnyday789
    sunnyday789 Posts: 309 Member
    What you want to count as water is up to you. But your body counts just about everything liquid as water.If only pure water counted most babies would be dehydrated
  • footballmom12
    footballmom12 Posts: 100 Member
    At the end of the day.....WATER is WATER. Coffee is NOT water. Tea is NOT water. Pop is NOT water. If you truley want to be healthier have your coffee BUT drink more water to compensate for potential losses.

    Potential losses of what?


    WATER....since coffee is a diuretic.
  • footballmom12
    footballmom12 Posts: 100 Member
    So...I worked out this morning and when I got home, I decided to test something. I have had nothing but coffee and I have been peeing like a race horse but I still feel dehydrated. So.....what does that mean?


    It means that coffee isn't water (pure- untainted water)?????!!!!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    At the end of the day.....WATER is WATER. Coffee is NOT water. Tea is NOT water. Pop is NOT water. If you truley want to be healthier have your coffee BUT drink more water to compensate for potential losses.

    Potential losses of what?


    WATER....since coffee is a diuretic.

    Have you read the rest of this thread? The diuretic effects of coffee are miniscule and are far outweighed by the fluid in the coffee.
  • Mercenary1914
    Mercenary1914 Posts: 1,087 Member
    so let's say you take a caffeine pill with 8 oz's of water? do you not count the water....

    I am mainly asking those who say coffee isn't considered water because it has caffeine in it....
  • footballmom12
    footballmom12 Posts: 100 Member
    WOW I really started something with this thread.. lol. Well I just wanted to see what people think about it and what they do, and I got that, so thanks! Aside from my coffee in the morning, I think I ingest enough water and other fluids (mainly milk and V8) to get by, so I'll keep doin' what I'm doin'.

    Just one more thing: I have to disagree with people saying putting a crystal light packet into water should not count towards water consumption.. I'm putting it in WATER... but whatever. :ohwell: opinions!

    I do use those crystal light or hawiian punch packets some...but I really started losing weight better when I sucked it up and drank it plain. To each his own...you seem to be doing very well!!!

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