What are you drinking when everything is bad for you?
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Trader Joe's sells bottled green tea with fruit flavor that I love. I also like carbonated/mineral water. But most of all I drink water. I love it.0
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water.0
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I have had absolutely NO issues using MiO Water Enhancers. I believe they have sucralose as a sweetener, but again, I have noticed no ill-effects whatsoever. I started using it and drinking nothing but plain water during workouts and water with MiO the rest of the day (8-12 cups) and have lost 25 lbs since March 5.
This. 'cept I'm at just over 70lbs and still counting. I'm sure plain water would be better for me, but the normal MiO without caffeine has been my go to for nearly a year now.0 -
I avoid all chemically enhanced sweeteners. Mostly I drink water (sometimes with lemon or lime), green or rooibos tea, coffee. Wine or beer on weekends if I have the calories.
In the summer months especiallyI love putting fresh fruit in my water and leave it in the fridge to "steep" Orange/lemon/lime slices, whole strawberries and raspberries...it tastes awesome!0 -
Water
Snapple Light packet in my water (the evil!) but I only use 1/4 packet at a time to 20 oz water. I just want a little flavoring.
tea in every logical format (iced, sweet, chamomile, green, black - whatever sounds good). My Fav is Iced black tea with lemonade. 3/4 tea, 1/4 lemonade. I could drink that all day.
Water with lemon wedges
crystal geyser flavored mineral water
wine
coffee with cream
lemonade
OJ
Beer (Omission, it's Gluten free and is really good)
Hard Cider
Scotch or Whiskey
The only things I DON'T drink are Soda in any format (unless I'm out - then it's Rum and Coke ;-) )0 -
Just water for me0
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there is a company called trulemon. they make crystallized lemon, lime, grapefruit, lemonade, and put thim in little packets (like a small splenda packet). they are great added to hater. they even have a rasperry lemonade that is yummy. i think they may be sweetened w/ a little stevia....but better than aspartame (if you're trying to avoid it). they are on line, and frequently offer coupons!0
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I like plain water, black coffee, coke zero, and cold beer.0
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I'm a total junkie for unsweetened caffeine free iced tea, I brew 4 large bags with 2 small bags of a flavored calorie free tea (my favorite is celestial seasonings cinnamon apple) . Then, my rule for myself is that I have to drink 3 24oz bottles of water and after that I can drink tea the rest of the day.0
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Drink whatever you want
Just drink it and log it.
As long as your within your cal goal whats the problem.
Life is too short.0 -
I cut up one lemon and one lime and put it in a pitcher of water overnight, then drink it.
Yummmmmmy. Adds a bit of flavour.0 -
stevia!!! 0 cals, very sweet, easy to grow, dry and turn into powder or cheap to buy already made, plus there are some studies that it has some health benefits
I was thinking the same thing!!! Please share....0 -
Dihydrogen monoxide on the rocks.
I also have iced tea, the summertime especially, and drink that all day long. Though I don't add sugar, so it's just unsweetened, but it's not boring.0 -
Never been in the habit of drinking anything other than water. Every once in a while, ginger tea (especially when I'm sick). Now, I drink protein shakes, made with fruit, protein powder, and either regular milk or almond milk (based on how many calories I have). If I had to drink other stuff, I'd drink fresh fruit juice, and not much else. I do not like carbonated beverages; hate the burpies.0
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I hear that crystal light is bad, diet snapple half and half is bad, anything diet, zero calories, lite. If they are all bad and could possible stall weight loss what do you drink when you want some flavor and something other than water?
I like crystal light and diet snapple half and half (its made from the best stuff on earth)
What else is out there with flavor and wont kill me?
I use Propel packets or Mio to flavor my water. Those are both no calories.0 -
I add MIO to my water and also to my shakes. It is zero everything and gives a punch of flavor, although I really dislike the sweet tea flavor. I have added the berry to my Peanunt Butter (PB2) shakes and it is awesome. For sugur I use Sugar in the Raw on a limited basis. I also use a Mango Aloe to flavor my water as well0
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Herbal tea when I want a brew or I'm being good.
Non-alcoholic beer, full fat coke, coconut and pineapple juice etc when I just want something quenching and couldn't give a rat's a*se about the 'don't drink your calories' clap trap. I'll either incorporate them into my calorie allowance or just think 'meh' to going over that day.0 -
I really don't drink soda and sweet drinks anyway. Water is my go to drink about 99% of the time. I know they say don't drink alcohol if you're trying to loose weight but I do and I add it into my daily calorie intake. If I want a glass of wine or a beer then I'm going to have it. The key is moderation. Also, I don't want to loose weight quick, I want it done gradually so that my head doesn't look like a bobble head. lol Oh and unsweet tea with lemon! I just add a sweetner packet...0
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I drink coffee in the AM. I usually just have 1 cup, but that's just because that's all I really want at that time.
I drink plain water all day, and sometimes I'll have a glass of ice tea with splenda or half and half sweet/unsweet ice tea in the evening.. don't do that often, but I never feel "guilty" if I do.
I drink milk with breakfast sometimes. Even a little chocolate milk on occasion. I've really lost my taste for diet soda, but I will have a little every now and again if I want something fizzy.
Oh yeah, and I drink wine. I like wine.
But yes, mostly its just plain ole water, and I don't really miss the other stuff on a daily basis. After a couple weeks of cutting it out.. the cravings just went away.
I'm on a similar path. Every day starts with a 20oz bottle of carbonated water, then my 16oz coffee (sometimes with milk). Water the rest of the day, sometimes with lemon or lime.
Wine with dinner on the weekend. Occasionally iced tea with a sugar, even less often an soda made with actual sugar. Once in a while milk or chocolate milk as a treat.
You get used to it, just like you got used to Snapple and Diet Coke.0 -
WATER! you can get these little bottles of flavor if you don't like plain water.0
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the key is everything in Moderation, including moderation... As long as you don't over do anything you'll be alright... but try and drink as much water as you can..
This. I drink coffee in the AM, and water through most of the day, but if I want a Coke Zero (with or without rum or vodka in it) or some red wine or Gatorade or a beer, I drink it and log it. But mostly I drink water.
That said, right now I'm drinking a protein shake that tastes like a Starbucks Frappuccino:
1 cup milk
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder (I use the Archer Farms brand from Target, it tastes delish)
6 oz black coffee
2 pumps Torani French Vanilla syrup (sugar-free)
Shake in blender bottle, pour over ice, NOM NOM NOM0 -
I hear that crystal light is bad, diet snapple half and half is bad, anything diet, zero calories, lite. If they are all bad and could possible stall weight loss what do you drink when you want some flavor and something other than water?
I like crystal light and diet snapple half and half (its made from the best stuff on earth)
What else is out there with flavor and wont kill me?
I drink MIO there are many flavors to choose from...I really enjoy Orange Tangerine...It has vitamins b3 b6 b12 no calories no fat. You can use as little or as much as you like!0 -
Coffee and water, mostly. Coffee is black, water is clear. Zero calories both. For the weekend, I drink scotch or similar, because it's only 67 cal an ounce and 4 ounces gets me nice and toasty, so for the caloric intake of a soda I am good to go.0
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If you live somewhere like London where the tap water tastes rank (and there are rumours that a glass of it has already passed through several people's bodies), then I can understand not wanting to drink water.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but there is a fixed amount of water on the planet and all if it has already passed through the bodies of innumerable people, plants, and animals. It's been filtered, either via evaporation/condensation (leaving the contaminants behind), a fine plastic mesh (nanofiltration), charcoal, or some combination thereof, making it drinkable.0 -
I too was in search for this quest. I started out with soda. Then it made me fat so I switched to diet soda. Then I was told it would give me cancer so I switched to iced tea. When they told me the tea I was drinking was making my iron levels low, that's when I decided to say **** it. :drinker:0
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I too was in search for this quest. I started out with soda. Then it made me fat so I switched to diet soda. Then I was told it would give me cancer so I switched to iced tea. When they told me the tea I was drinking was making my iron levels low, that's when I decided to say **** it. :drinker:
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I usually drink water and Iced tea with lemon. When I'm bad I'll drink soda or rum and cokes, if I'm feeling guilty I drink rum and coke zero0
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Water, coffee, whiskey, beer. In that order.
Enough water will make up for a host of other "sins".0 -
I have been brainstorming better for you beverages lately myself since my doctor was telling me how even the "fake" sugars are not good for you (which i knew but, hey, one thing at a time.) She said if you have to use something, Stevia is the best option. So I do have my coffee every morning with ff creamer and stevia. Otherwise it's water, water with lemon or water LOL I also have the cold brew ice tea bags and the black ice tea k cups. I try not to add stevia but sometimes I do. And lemon.0
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Water, water, water!! Sometimes I will put some rosemary in my water to spice it up. Or a squeeze of lime/lemon.
I also have a cup of coffee every morning with coffee creamer (that's been sweetened with Splenda).0
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