What do you count as water?

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  • historygirldd
    historygirldd Posts: 209 Member
    Just water cold from the fridge, but just plain water.
  • KrazyAsianNic
    KrazyAsianNic Posts: 1,227 Member
    I count water when I drink water or green tea. Coffee, sodas, etc just get logged
  • yowza101
    yowza101 Posts: 196 Member
    If you use water enhancers, some of them do have calories but they are very little. I drink Pero, you make it like instant coffee. So I put that with my sugar and creamer on the counter but under snacks. I have a 72oz bottle on my desk at work. I fill it up with water when I get to work. I have a 20oz bottle at home. I try to drink just water. But I do drink my soda as well, small doses. Anything other than water, I put under snacks.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    I count water as water. If it has calories or is not water (like coffee, tea, that 5 cal stuff to make water taste like crappy Kool-Aid, fruit squeezings), it goes under food.

    Yes, I know that a lot of foods and beverages count as hydration, but this about water. I certainly don't count watermelon under my water tracker. :huh:
  • thoeting
    thoeting Posts: 89 Member
    I count water, only water.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    water, water with lemon, or water with fruit like 1/4 cup some frozen blueberries floating around. I drink about 15-18 8oz serving of water a day. nothing else counts like hot or cold unsweetened tea, coffee, crystal light, or vitamin waters/sobe waters. all those things get logged as a part of a meal or snack.

    You mean YOU don't count anything else... because I can find enough proof out there that more than just water counts toward your daily intake necessary for hydration.

    There is no excuse for someone living in this modern age, with internet access, to still believe falsehoods like "only water is water*" and "caffeine (at levels found in beverages) is a diuretic."


    *I bet they aren't drinking distilled water.
  • KeyMasterOfGozer
    KeyMasterOfGozer Posts: 229 Member
    nothing with caffeine because it's dehydrating. Just water, Crystal Light, herbal tea
    Myth.

    You will need to take 300 or more milligrams of Caffeine before a diuretic effect becomes measurable. Maybe a after couple of pots of coffe, or 20 glasses of soda.
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    nothing with caffeine because it's dehydrating. Just water, Crystal Light, herbal tea

    Unless you're drinking very strong espressos, the diuretic effect of the caffeine is greatly outweighed by the hydrating effect of the water.

    Having said that, there's nothing wrong with NOT tracking caffeinated drinks and having a little extra water each day. Too much water is only harmful if you're also very low on electrolytes and drinking very large amounts of it. An extra 8-16 ounces of water a day, caffeinated or not, is at best slightly beneficial and at worst utterly harmless.
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
    Water and light beer.
  • Wenchilada
    Wenchilada Posts: 472 Member
    Gravy, but I draw the line at the kind with sausage in it.


    Wait, what?
  • hiddenaudacity
    hiddenaudacity Posts: 122 Member
    I'm tracking it for hydration purposes, and aiming for 8 cups a day, so I'll add soup and tea to my water intake (I drink a lot of tea). I also add it to my meals so I'm keeping track of both my water intake and my calorie intake.

    I was asking my nutritionist once about how much water you should drink a day, and she told me that all food has water in it.
  • possibri
    possibri Posts: 158 Member
    I count water, sparkling water and any green tea I drink (I cold brew it myself, so it's basically water anyway). I wouldn't count soda because of the sodium.
    Gravy, but I draw the line at the kind with sausage in it.

    BAHAHAHAHAHAA
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    If you drink enough fluid so that you rarely feel thirsty and your pee is light colored, your fluid intake is probably adequate. A lot of fluid can come from foods, so I don't log it.
  • imwithgizmo
    imwithgizmo Posts: 146 Member
    Just water.
  • mschmalfuss
    mschmalfuss Posts: 28 Member
    Wow! This is a hot topic! It remonds me of the oil or tire threads on my motorcycle group... :)

    I gues I will alter what I was counting and take the middle ground as best I can. I will try to log everything that isn't: 0 calories, 0 salt and 0 carbs as basically water and then seperately track the others to ensure my number stay in line. So by that I would say that water, coffee and tea as long as no creamer/sugar/honey are added. Everything else should be tracked.

    Thanks all for your input. It is appreciated!

    Mike
  • postrockandcats
    postrockandcats Posts: 1,145 Member
    When I say I drink ___ cups of water, it's just water. It doesn't mean I don't get hydration from other sources. I drink a LOT of hot tea, but that's tea, not water. There's something refreshing about drinking plain ol' water :D
  • Wabbit05
    Wabbit05 Posts: 434 Member
    just water. nothing else. I log a diet soda was a diet soda and unsweetened tea as unsweetened tea.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I quit tracking it altogether. It's just a big pain.
  • vicyvix
    vicyvix Posts: 47 Member
    Okay. So, if you are counting the calories you will need to put tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc in your food diary but pretty much anything you drink contributes to your water intake. Not just plain water. Your body doesn't reject the water because it's mixed in with coffee, even the thought of it is absurd!
    I don't believe coffee and tea are even that dehydrating, sea water is though. Don't drink that.
    Even some vegetables are 85-95% water, like celery. (I wouldn't count these though :wink: )
  • mandorla
    mandorla Posts: 81 Member
    Love water, almost exclusively drink water, therefore I only count water. I may have the ones in a blue moon cup of coffee or full calorie soda, but I don't count those as water.
  • tealbubbles
    tealbubbles Posts: 21 Member
    I count my regular water, and my occasional crystal light (and still add the crystal light under my food - the whole 5 calories it adds haha). But other than water, crystal light, and (unfortunately lately) diet pop that is usually all I drink. When I am getting really run down, overworked, overstressed etc I will add a low cal powerade/g2 gatorade, but I had never thought to add it to my water count.

    This is another one of those "everyone has an opinion" topics that you will find no one agrees on haha! You'll get differing opinions from different doctors and nutritionists, and there's studies out there that show one thing, and then a month later show the opposite. For me, I am always trying to increase my fluid intake any way I can, and if I can't stomach the water that day, I will try whatever is more palatable that will get me drinking
  • smtorti
    smtorti Posts: 10 Member
    I only drink plain water or that with Crystal Light - either way I count it as water but I do include the Crystal Light under snacks.
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    Plain water. I probably could count the tea I drink most nights since it makes me use the restroom just as much, but I'd rather just stick to counting the pure, nothing added to it, water and let my body figure out the hydration difference for itself.
  • BPayton27
    BPayton27 Posts: 626 Member
    I count water as water (crystal light flavor ok), and that's it.
  • RavishingRubbies
    RavishingRubbies Posts: 69
    hey mike,I wouldn't consider milk,coffee,or tea as water,although coffee and tea has water in them.But i do suggest water based fruit like watermelon to help you with your daily water intake.You are on top of it when it comes to your Crystal light and water.I do suggest you do keep a large 64 oz. or larger mug of ice water by you,while sitting at home.Then you will drink even when you are not thinking about it.Good luck!!!!!!!!! Stay in touch. Ravishing Ruby.:wink:
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    It depends.,some days I just count water, some days I count juice or the 8ounces water I added to my protein powder. I think I am the most in consistant person logging here, some days.....
    It keeps my brain from getting bored, though.

    Oh, and I can log the same beverage as both water intake AND listed in my food log if it was other stuff in it. Why do some people here seem to think it is one or the other?
  • kvalmera
    kvalmera Posts: 129 Member
    I stopped logging water because I am plenty hydrated and drink 64-96 oz water or crystal light a day, plus 2-3 diet coke cans. Our health nurse at work always tells me how well hydrated I am. She also says anything with water, even my diet cokes count towards water intake.....
  • jeddy3mcc
    jeddy3mcc Posts: 177 Member
    I count water and the water i put with my protein powder
  • gnarlynoodle
    gnarlynoodle Posts: 99 Member
    Just water.. anything else is a snack or with a meal which really isn't often because other than coffee, I only drink water.

    I thought I'd NEVER make that transition, but it happened and water is all I want.
  • pandorakick
    pandorakick Posts: 901 Member
    I count water and unsweetened herbal, green and white teas under "water".
    Everything else gets tracked elsewhere.

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