What do you count as water?

1…34689…14

Replies

  • dayone987
    dayone987 Posts: 645 Member
    Water only, H20. Nothing else is water. Duh!!!

    Sorry, how rude. You have to clean your kidneys with water. You cannot do it with coffee, juice, diet coke or regular soft drinks. That other stuff has to go through your digestive system, so does not flush you out the way water does. That's why you need a lot of water when you are dieting, and exercising - keeps you hydrated and your organs cleansed and functioning optimally.

    The water you drink goes through your digestive system like anything else you take in and the gets absorbed into the bloodstream and eventually goes through the klidneys. There is no separate system that takes water directly to your kidneys
  • BondBomb
    BondBomb Posts: 1,781 Member
    Water only, H20. Nothing else is water. Duh!!!

    Sorry, how rude. You have to clean your kidneys with water. You cannot do it with coffee, juice, diet coke or regular soft drinks. That other stuff has to go through your digestive system, so does not flush you out the way water does. That's why you need a lot of water when you are dieting, and exercising - keeps you hydrated and your organs cleansed and functioning optimally.
    Honestly this is completely false. Please read the info posted from the may clinic. The human body does not have a separate tube for water and one for 'other liquids'. It processes them the same. How do you make your coffee? You pour water over crushed beans. As far as caffeine it takes massive amounts to dehydrate you. Alcohol of course will so don't count the vodka. :flowerforyou:
    Not meant to be snarky at all. Just informative. Hopefully.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    I think perhaps, there is a misunderstanding. No one here is stupid enough to believe that liquid refreshment isn't primarily water. Or that something becomes "not water" by simply adding something.


    They are arguing from a semantics point, that the liquid 'milk' is not called 'water' and therefore, it would be incorrect, from a data standpoint, to count it.

    Right? Right?
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    I'm curious what types of drinks everyone counts toward the daily water intake. Flor myself, I count water (with or without crystal light, etc.), milk, coffee, tea and my powerade zeroes. I haven't been counting any of the occasional diet sodas or slim-fast type products I may drink.

    Does anyone count anything additional or purposely exclude any of the above?

    Thanks,
    Mike

    when did milk coffee tea and powerade become water? i understand counting water with the addition of crystal light as water, but the other stuff? no. water is water, milk is milk, coffee is coffee and so forth. you can add them to your diary under beverages but i would not count them as water because, simply, they are NOT water

    So if they don't primarily contain the chemical H2O, what do they contain instead?

    Virtually EVERY drink contains "primarily water". The only thing I count as water is PLAIN H2O. With the exception of adding a squeeze of lemon to 32oz of water on occasion (even this is rare for me), I count everything else as something other than water. I drink anywhere from 8-12 8oz glasses of PLAIN H2O everyday, and that's what I log as water. Anything else is logged into my diary.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Sadly only water. You can add Mio to your water... but water intake is strictly water intake. I know you figure like Iced Tea is mostly water but it's the additives in it that no longer make it as "nutritious" or valuable as straight water. That's why sodas don't count... even though they are mostly water too... it's all the stuff in WITH the water that makes it bad.
    So yeah, 8 glasses of pure water is what you are supposed to have... I'm still struggling with that. ;-)
    Not true. For hydration purposes, ANY liquid you consume, in any form, "counts" as water as far as your body is concerned. It is extremely efficient and perfectly capable of extracting water from whatever you consume, be it juice, coffee, tea, soda, milk, or solid food. The actual medical recommendation is 2.5 liters of FLUID, not water. The concept that only water counts for hydration is just a marketing campaign by bottled water companies, and has absolutely no basis in science.
  • arieleisner
    arieleisner Posts: 3
    water, sparkling water, herbal tea
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I'm so confused...so, watermelon doesn't count?

    I just wish someone would just give me a straight answer. :wink:
  • spikefoot
    spikefoot Posts: 419
    beer
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    I think perhaps, there is a misunderstanding. No one here is stupid enough to believe that liquid refreshment isn't primarily water. Or that something becomes "not water" by simply adding something.


    They are arguing from a semantics point, that the liquid 'milk' is not called 'water' and therefore, it would be incorrect, from a data standpoint, to count it.

    Right? Right?

    Exactly. Plus, milk has calories, fat, protein, and other nutrients that should be accounted for in your food diary not your water log.
  • BondBomb
    BondBomb Posts: 1,781 Member
    I think perhaps, there is a misunderstanding. No one here is stupid enough to believe that liquid refreshment isn't primarily water. Or that something becomes "not water" by simply adding something.


    They are arguing from a semantics point, that the liquid 'milk' is not called 'water' and therefore, it would be incorrect, from a data standpoint, to count it.

    Right? Right?
    Unfortunately I don't think so. I think many people believe that you can not be hydrated by liquids other than water. They also don't understand that much of that water comes from food. The reason MFP uses water is because its still healthier than soda or juice without adding calories. But as far as filling you up and keeping you hydrated..I don't think some understand that any liquid does this.
  • jollygreencc
    jollygreencc Posts: 14 Member
    I only post water; you can post water you'd like, of course, but to me the point of keeping track of my water is to make sure that I'm putting more "pure" water in my system instead of other things - gatorade, coffee, tea, etc. Given that most drinks have water in them; you could even count some foods. But for me to keep things honest, I need to only count my water.
  • Juliebean_1027
    Juliebean_1027 Posts: 713 Member
    Vodka. It's clear like water, so I count it.
  • Lidenbrock
    Lidenbrock Posts: 47
    Water and tea (just black - no milk no sugar)
  • emmalouc93
    emmalouc93 Posts: 328 Member
    Just water, I log anything else!
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    water
  • emmy3111
    emmy3111 Posts: 482 Member
    water
  • xXKatrinaXx
    xXKatrinaXx Posts: 234
    Just water.
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    water
  • DeeVanderbles
    DeeVanderbles Posts: 589 Member
    Water is just water.

    I haven't followed this and probably won't but I did get the book and the 17 Day Diet calls flavored water, tea, coffee, etc. "Negative Water" while it may be mostly water and low/no cal, it still shouldn't count toward your 8 glasses of water a day.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    I only track water as water. I don't drink much else other than coffee and wine or beer.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    I only post water; you can post water you'd like, of course, but to me the point of keeping track of my water is to make sure that I'm putting more "pure" water in my system instead of other things - gatorade, coffee, tea, etc. Given that most drinks have water in them; you could even count some foods. But for me to keep things honest, I need to only count my water.
    Unless you're drinking distiller water, you are never drinking "pure" water. There's no such thing.
  • lynheff
    lynheff Posts: 393 Member
    I don't count milk since it has so many calories but I count just about anything else.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Water is just water.

    I haven't followed this and probably won't but I did get the book and the 17 Day Diet calls flavored water, tea, coffee, etc. "Negative Water" while it may be mostly water and low/no cal, it still shouldn't count toward your 8 glasses of water a day.
    And it's completely wrong. Medical recommendations are for fluid, not water. Water recommendations are from the bottled water industry, not from science.
  • shadoewz
    shadoewz Posts: 46
    Q. What do I count as water?
    A. Water - plain water (from a tap, or bottled plain water)

    My doctor taught me the importance of drinking water when I was pregnant with my twins. I fought it tooth and nail. At first I had to force myself to drink, even going so far as to using ice, crushed ice, a straw, a fancy glass...even then I felt like I was being forced to drink a kiddie pool....yuck. But then, somewhere into a month of forcing myself, I apparently woke up my thirst center. I started wanting my water. The doc was right, water is awesome, and it helps with muscle cramps, premature labor, constipation, digestion, skin, hair, and on and on.

    The reason you need to count plain water is that the molecules of water are "free" and when we put things into our water (coffee, tea, crystal light, sugar, etc) we saturate those water molecules.....hence our body can't use it like it can use plain water. My doc says I need to drink an extra water for each non-water drink I have daily, because many non-water liquids have a diuretic effect.
  • evastar
    evastar Posts: 32 Member
    I count any liquids towards my 8 cups a day. Pop, milk, juice, herbal tea....they're all fluids and all count! The point is to be hydrating your body, that doesn't require only straight plain water.
  • doobabe
    doobabe Posts: 436 Member
    Ugh.... WATER. :huh: After all, water is water- right?
  • SouffleBoy
    SouffleBoy Posts: 65 Member
    I don't track water.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Only Water anything else is bonus fluid
  • Serenstar75
    Serenstar75 Posts: 258 Member
    I'm curious what types of drinks everyone counts toward the daily water intake. Flor myself, I count water (with or without crystal light, etc.), milk, coffee, tea and my powerade zeroes. I haven't been counting any of the occasional diet sodas or slim-fast type products I may drink.

    Does anyone count anything additional or purposely exclude any of the above?

    Thanks,
    Mike

    I count only Water and the water I use for my protein shake if I go to the easy route that day.
  • LuxHappens
    LuxHappens Posts: 72 Member
    I count water (with or without crystal light, etc.), milk, coffee, tea and my powerade zeroes.


    Water is a "colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms".


    Mike, would you consider Crystal Light, milk, coffee, tea, and/or Powerade Zero -- colorless, transparent, odorless, and tasteless?
    No.

    So there you have it!

Categories