What are you drinking when everything is bad for you?

NovemberJune

I usually drink like 100 oz of water and 10-20 oz of diet coke everyday

RobynDCrossman

water. coffee. tea. sailor jerrys.

ssanto

mostly water with some fresh lemon or lime in it. but i also like to brew some flavored green tea (pomegranate green tea is my fav) and then put it with ice if i'm looking for something cold. i don,t add sugar bc it tastes good on its own, but you could

Tristis

I like fresh lemon or lime squeezed into my water.

nicholawelch

mostly orange and pineapple squash, a little water and sometimes coke or whatever i fancy

Sepheara

water, water with lemon, unsweet tea, herbal tea, coffee with skim milk and sometimes the flavor syrup they have. sometimes the 10 cal rockstar, rarely a real soda. I used to drink crystal light and diet soda and some of the flavored waters, however because of the rumors that may or may not be true about aspertame (especially how it breaks down) I've been a bit more weary about stuff with that has it as an ingrediant

But you should still drink whatever you like, just in moderation. I like to think if I'm thirsty enough for a soda refill @ the restuarant then I'm thirsty enough to drink water and I order water after my soda is gone.

Missypickles86

one that I finds gets me through a lot of times is water with fresh squeezed lemon (or lime if you prefer). You can put the lemon wedge in your water for added flavor. I enjoy it... I would awesome you could do the same with oranges and grapefruit.

bluefox9er

jack daniels straight up when things are bad, and jack daniels straight up when things are good, too...

cmhollis1

1% milk with my breakfast cereal, at least 10 cups of water/day, and green tea with or without raw sugar. That's it, told myself no more beer or alcohol until I meet my target.

Dragonwolf

Do you have a store called Teavanna around you (or some other really good tea store)? They have some awesome teas that have flavors such that you don't need any extra sweeteners. It might be worth trying if you have one around you.

Aside from that, I don't worry too much about it and will even drink chocolate milk sometimes. Just make sure you count the calories and you're still within your goals. I prefer to avoid the artificial sweeteners, but mostly because I don't like their taste.

tomusiakl

Grab yourself some green tea.

iysys

i drink coffee with cream and raw sugar every morning
i drink water all day. i love the flavor of water.
sometimes i drink unsweetened ices tea.
i also drink whiskey and beer with some regularity.

yo_andi

water. coffee. tea. sailor jerrys.

Ladyiianae

Water
Hot tea (english breakfast tea, decafeinated, nothing added)
black coffee

emnk5308

Mostly, I drink water. I do have either coffee or a Monster in the mornings.. If I really have some kind of craving I go for the 'Clear Choice' drinks that Rite Aid has Very yummy and have 0 everything.. I've had no problems with them..

myfitnessnmhoy

When I was converting to pure water I used to splash a little lemon juice or lime juice in my water to flavor it up. Worked for me.

I also drink coffee and wine and beer and other "bad-for-you" drinks, but primarily for money reasons most of my hydration is free WATER.

nnavarrete725

Zevia (diet natural soda flavored with stevia) sold at Whole Foods....delicious

Laurej

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

Say WHAAAT? You are my hero! PLEase do share how to grow and the whole process because my need for stevia is great but my pockets could use a little help!!!

Stevia grows crazy wild, buy a little plant from your local nursery or seeds from amazon for a buck, and you'll have natural sweetener for life! It grows as voraciously as mint plants do, I dug mine up and only keep it it pots now because it was overtaking my garden

when the plants grow tall, cut the taller stalks off, rise, pull leaves off, dry like you would any fresh herb, I put them on a paper towel and just let them sit until dry, use a fine colander or mesh screen and a pestle to crumble/grind it up, stick in spice jar or ziploc, and voila!

nkyjennifer

Tea - green, herbal and black (depending on the flavor sometimes with a little sugar and milk and sometimes with sugar and iced), milk, wine, and when I really want one, I have a coke. I log it, just as I would any other treat and move on with my life guilt free.

I mostly drink plain water because I know that I feel best when I do. I keep a small pitcher at my desk and just keep refilling my glass while I work.

A tip about tea - if you really want good tea, invest in a proper teapot with an infuse and find a tea house that sells a variety of flavors of loose leaf tea. The selection alone makes this worthwhile! One of my favorite hot day treats is an amazing green tea with peaches that I got form a local shop. Absolutely delicious iced and doesn't need any sugar at all. (If you're in Cincinnati go to Essencha in Oakley! :-) )

RobynDCrossman

water. coffee. tea. sailor jerrys.

I am so glad we are in concurrence. ;D

yo_andi

Why waste perfectly good calories on inferior rum?

debra4647

Italked to my Dr. and he said that splenda and truvia are okay to drink. I know there are some drinks with these in it. You could try those.

78brownie_wechanged

If it's not water I would make unsweetened tea and put it in the refrigerator. Sometimes I'd add a little splenda other times just straight chilled tea.

sjbruno7

one cup of coffee in the morning with some french vanilla creamer, and water the rest of the day. that is unless i have a jack and diet coke after work

myfitnessnmhoy

I guess the point is, you want to drink water, and ideally you want to drink it as pure as possible because most of the stuff you add to water will either increase your calories or give your liver and kidneys more work.

If you need to flavor your water to get it down, hey, that's OK. It ain't gonna kill you. Really. Do what you have to do to drink your water, because the alternative (not drinking it at all or drinking far too little of it) is FAR more harmful than any little sweetener packet or tea powder or anything you add to the water you drink.

Personally, I went through a stage where I transitioned from mostly soda to mostly plain water (which I hated before the transition).

I started by using flavor packets like Crystal Light and/or sucking on a hard candy while drinking the water (Life Savers lived up to their name!). I still craved the sweetness along with the flavor, so I put a little sweetness in there. Not nearly as much as the soda, but enough that I could drink it down.

Eventually, I got those little plastic lemon and lime-shaped squeeze bottles that contained lemon and lime juice concentrate. When I'd get a glass of water, I'd squeeze in a little lemon or lime (or when I was feeling adventurous, both) just to flavor up the water a bit. It gave me a touch of fruit sugar and some vitamin c, and allowed me to drink 8 glasses a day. But it cut the dependence on the sweetness further.

Eventually, I found that the flavoring was less and less necessary, and now I'm pretty much drinking 8 glasses or so of just plain old water. It's a lot cheaper and more convenient than needing to have some sort of flavoring for it, and the transition was easy once I gave up the soda and made the transition gradually.

I also usually have thermos of coffee and a couple of glasses of wine or a beer or two. And the occasional soda when I feel like it, which is not often at all.

I don't "count" water per se - I go by the color of my urine. But if I drink less than about 8-10 glasses of plain water a day, I feel thirsty and/or see my urine darkening, so the 8 - 8oz rule works about right for me.

rainydaze613

I pretty much just drink water. It just takes time to get used to. When I was a kid, all of my hydration came from fruit punch- no joke. Then I switched to flavored water, but even that was addicting and had other detrimental effects. For the last 5 (?) years or so, I just drank water all day and it became natural. I never even want anything else.
Literally all the drinks that enter my mouth are (in order of popularity) water, unsweetened almond milk, green tea, coconut milk, coconut water, and a few times a year, chocolate soymilk as a treat

itsuki

Tequila. It comes from a plant, so it can't possibly be bad for you.

myfitnessnmhoy

Tequila. It comes from a plant, so it can't possibly be bad for you.

Good rule. Maybe I'll finally get around to trying that Hemlock extract my wife has been after me to try. She said it was good enough for Socrates...

adamb83

Sobe Life Water (although it does have some sodium) and Vitamin Water Zero.

patranus

Bite the bullet and force yourself to switch to water.
After a month of suffering you will adjust.
(and you save a TON of money)