Do all beverages count towards your water intake?

JayneCW

You can always switch to a tea without caffeine, of which there are many. Diuretics do leech water from your body so while the water in the tea might add some it might not balance out right. Don't make yourself feel terrible by forcing yourself to drink plain water though!

OnionMomma

i count water only. everything else I log as it is.... tea, coffee etc.

I do the same. Water as water, everything else as what I consumed it as, tea, coffee, iced coffee....and so on.

Pooks1n1Schmoops

I try with the water, but it's just ugh. I need some caffeine to get through my day too lol

SandyAnnP

I don't count it as part of my water intake, but I have 4 or 5 cups of coffee every day. I do count the skim milk I use with it 1.5 cups, and I also have either a can odfdiet pepsi or a bottle of diet ginger beer most days so I guess I am getting plenty of fluids, I do have at least 5 glasses of water too.

crash_clu

I only count one cup of (normal) tea per day in my water intake. While I will have 3 or 4 cups daily, I don’t count them all due to the caffeine, and the milk and 1 sugar that I add.

On the other hand, I will count decaffeinated herbal tea as water as I don’t add anything else to it. I have trouble drinking water just by itself and even more so in winter (as it is here now) so I try to get in a couple of herbal teas in the evening to increase my water intake.

paintlisapurple

I count water toward the water intake...all other drinks toward my food intake.

neanderthin

It absolutely needs to be water, just water, oh and it has to be cold and 1 icecube if there's scotch in the water.......adding lemon voids the water value, the body knows you added lemon, so don't do that....watermelon and cantaloupe don't count either.....and it has to be clean water, nothing right out of the ground......:devil:

winniebago

The diet I'm following lists tea and coffee as being unrestricted, providing you use milk from your daily allowance (300ml semi-skimmed). I find I drink about 8 cups tea and 1 cup coffee on average in a day.
I was wondering whether this counts as part of water intake, too. Haven't really been counting water, although I try and swallow about 3 glasses per day and keep a 500ml bottle on my desk in case of thirst.

Haven't time to keep rushing to the loo!

TheDreadPirateRoberts

Tea and coffee may be counted towards your daily water intake. Its a myth that they are dehydrating, look it up. Obviously alcohol is dehydrating (as it affects the loop of Henle). Again look it up. Its all out there on the Interweb

Zichu

Tea and water are the only liquids that count towards my water intake. I have about 3 cups of tea a day, no sugar. The rest is water which can be like 9 or 10 glasses.

If I ever do have alcohol or diet fizzy drinks, I don't count them as water. They are more of a treat.

coliema

I guess it depends on preference, I only count my pure water as water. I don't count my tea as water, or any other water based drinks.

47Jacqueline

I hate water. My nutritionist said to make diluted Wylers lite lemonade - It's got 2 1/2 calories per cup, but I put it under water consumed.

wellbert

Only if it has H2O in it.

Matt_Wild

Yes, its water. Simple as that.

phenixred

I count water as water If i add Mio, crystal light or Powered Iced tea packet to it, its still counts as water. Iced tea from a can or jug(i dont drink this to often), tea and coffee i add as that. If I drink Diet pop I add it as pop.

SocWkrBee

I only count water. Not coffee, not tea, not wine. Water.

I agree. Counting other beverages seems like a "cheat" to me. Why would you count a diet coke or the likes as WATER?

Peta22

I only count water, personally.

Same... I'm a bit of a purist on this one

jcstanton

I drink a lot of iced tea and I was wondering if that counts towards your water intake or no because it's a diuretic? I don't really like water by itself

Personally, I don't count it because I want to track how much water (purely water nothing else) I'm drinking. I suppose you could count tea since it's primarily water, unless you put alot of sugar in it, in which case I wouldn't count it. However, I wouldn't drink all tea all the time. If you have trouble drinking water, try putting in a squeeze of fresh lemon, lime, orange, tangerene, or grapefruit. JUST a squeeze, though. It gives the water a hint of flavor without adding a bunch of sugar, artificial color, or preservatives like you find in the little flavor packets.

Patovader

I only count water, I sometimes have soda water though which I also count when I get bored or regular tap juice...

pfgaytriot

I count water as water and everything else as it's labeled, because other drinks are not strictly water.

spim

A fly fell into my water this morning, so I guess it's no longer water. Most of you must be half dead of dehydration since you aren't having any "water".

wellbert

I only count water. Not coffee, not tea, not wine. Water.

I agree. Counting other beverages seems like a "cheat" to me. Why would you count a diet coke or the likes as WATER?

Because diet coke is 95% water.

Caffeine can be a diuretic, but not in the doses that normal mortals take it in.

Also, surprise! Food counts as water too. Unless you're eating astronaut ice-cream...

I don't get the dogma about water here. It literally takes 10 seconds on google to learn the truth about hydration.

OP- Don't sweat it. You aren't chronically dehydrated because you have iced tea. Being thirsty doesn't mean you're going to turn into dust and blow away. Break free of the crap and the '8 glasses a day mantras' and join the sane side of MFP that isn't drowning itself.

ansy96

I only count water and tea without sweeteners. I think the other drinks always contain carbs.

Matt_Wild

Why would something that is mostly water not count?!

Heck is chicken breast with cheese and tomato sauce on the top still counting as protein?!

otrlynn

I only count water. Not coffee, not tea, not wine. Water.

I agree. Counting other beverages seems like a "cheat" to me. Why would you count a diet coke or the likes as WATER?

Because it is 99% water!

Matt_Wild

I only count water. Not coffee, not tea, not wine. Water.

I agree. Counting other beverages seems like a "cheat" to me. Why would you count a diet coke or the likes as WATER?

Because it is 99% water!

Bravo LOL :bigsmile:

PayneAS

No one is probably answering (at first) because it is one of those topics that everyone disagrees on. Some people will say yes log it, others will say to log only water. You do what feels right to you.

Edit: Personally I only log water as water but in reality I go by the color of my pee. If it is very pale to nearly clear I know I'm getting enough water.

Matt_Wild

A drink containing water is frigging water. There is nothing to disagree on.

wellbert

A drink containing water is frigging water. There is nothing to disagree on.

Everyone acts like drinking a diet coke will dehydrate you the same way quaffing a pint of milk of magnesia will...

AndrewXB9

I only count a glass of water.

Although, that is all i drink all day, every day.