What do you count as water?

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  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
    If it's brown, drink it down.
    If it's black, send it back.
  • amyhoss
    amyhoss Posts: 414 Member
    I count any liquid that does not have caffeine in it as water. Mostly that is just water, but on occasion, milk and juice.
  • urfitnesspal2
    urfitnesspal2 Posts: 62 Member
    just good old pure, unadulterated water... anything else is... not water....
  • sbarbry
    sbarbry Posts: 38
    bump
  • Seaglass1123
    Seaglass1123 Posts: 500 Member
    I will take water for $200 Alec!
  • CarSidDar
    CarSidDar Posts: 118 Member
    Just water....

    FYI, I wouldn't count coffee or tea (unless it is herbal tea) as water because they are actually dehydrating and will require you to need additional water.


    This is a myth that is perpetrated all over the place. Contact me if you would like scientific, peer reviewed, articles explaining how this is NOT true.
  • cmpollard01
    cmpollard01 Posts: 246
    I only count water as water...granted, many of the things you mentioned may contain a fair amount of water, but they aren't water. Then again, all I drink is water...but, if it isn't clear, colorless and odorless-and comes from a facet, spring or the like, then it isn't water.
  • gaylynn35
    gaylynn35 Posts: 854 Member
    Water only!!!
  • tessiscruisen
    tessiscruisen Posts: 84 Member
    It is up to each person to decide what amount of water/liquid is right for them, depending on health, exercise, climate etc..

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283
  • CarSidDar
    CarSidDar Posts: 118 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!

    They are basically water. Milk is the least water and it is 85-90% water. So, it can count as water.
  • AnnyaSB
    AnnyaSB Posts: 233 Member
    I'm curious what types of drinks everyone counts toward the daily water intake
    anything with H2O in it, as that's what determines my water balance.

    ^ This. Although I do log my tea in my calorie intake too as I have a small amount of skimmed milk in it which has a calorific content (17 cals to be precise!).
  • SouffleBoy
    SouffleBoy Posts: 65 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!

    Those drinks are 90-99% water, therefore they count towards your water intake.
    Its the same with your macronutrients, if something was 70% protein and 30% fat would you dismiss both the protein and fat because it isn't 100% of both?
  • urfitnesspal2
    urfitnesspal2 Posts: 62 Member
    High Water Content Fruits
    According to the University of Kentucky the following fresh fruits have a water content of 85 percent or higher: apricot, blueberry, orange, peach, pineapple, plum and raspberry. Melons such as cantaloupe and watermelon have some of the highest water content, at more than 90 percent. These melons are good choices for snacking because they contain less sugar than many other fresh fruits.


    Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/457205-list-of-fruits-vegetable-with-a-high-water-content/#ixzz25Wy8U2eh

    OP- perhaps you should count fruit as water as well...?
  • HelenDootson
    HelenDootson Posts: 443 Member
    Errr Water - I ignore coffee, as I drink it black and unsweetened
  • Penfoldsplace
    Penfoldsplace Posts: 159
    It doesn't make sense to only count plain water, just because you add a flavouring or carbonate something doesn't mean it doesn't count!!

    Coffee or tea contains a mild diuretic but it's still going to hydrate you. As does milk, pop and fruit juices.

    Are people telling me that if I drank plain water while or after eating for example that they won't mix in my stomach? Therefore your not getting your plain water unless you drink on an empty stomach. Your stomach and digestive system doesn't know the difference between plain and that containing flavour.
  • mommyrox05
    mommyrox05 Posts: 238
    Pffft...Just water...lol!
  • CarSidDar
    CarSidDar Posts: 118 Member

    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.

    OMG.

    My chemical engineering professors just rolled in their graves. I will have to start a petition to free all those imprisoned water molecules sitting here in my coffee.

    Coffee, tea, crystal light, etc. are very very far from saturated water. Do you actually know how much sugar you need to put into water to saturate it? It would gag you from the sweetness. Solubility in water 2000 g/L (25 °C) (from wikipedia) therefore 2 kg per l or for you Americans 4.4 pounds of sugar in 4.2 cups of water.
  • glenette1
    glenette1 Posts: 140 Member
    I only count water.
  • wisebadger53
    wisebadger53 Posts: 382 Member
    I count all zero calorie beverages as water. Judging by the majority of answers in this thread I probably won't be able to lose any weight doing it this way.



    Oh, never mind... :drinker:
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  • ObtainingBalance
    ObtainingBalance Posts: 1,446 Member
    I just count water.

    I don't even count tea....but that is water haha, so I should. I only have like one cup of tea maybe in a day, so it's no biggie...

    I never count coffee, some say it dehydrates anyways...
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 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.

    actually water does also go through your digestive system and (most of it) is absorbed while in the small intestine.
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    Water and I buy sparkling water which has no calories or fake sugars in it (no additives); I drink this when I'm sick of drinking regular water and trying to get another couple cups into me. :)

    Coffee...no because caffeine is a dietetic so technically an 8oz cup of coffee is negative water.
  • CarSidDar
    CarSidDar Posts: 118 Member


    I've heard of dingdongs counting Diet Coke as water before. I don't agree with this. I doubt the amount of water in it is going to counteract with all those chemicals to benefit your body as somehow hydrating it.

    well, then I am a ding dong since my Diet Coke is more than 99% water I count it as water.
  • MrsWilsoncroft
    MrsWilsoncroft Posts: 968 Member
    Only water
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Just water....

    FYI, I wouldn't count coffee or tea (unless it is herbal tea) as water because they are actually dehydrating and will require you to need additional water.

    Studies have shown that the caffeine in coffee isn't going to dehydrate you unless your consuming over 600mg.
  • SouffleBoy
    SouffleBoy Posts: 65 Member
    Coffee...no because caffeine is a dietetic so technically an 8oz cup of coffee is negative water.

    Where do people get this rubbish from? Drinking coffee doesn't count as negative water otherwise thousands of people who drink just coffee as a drink would be dead.
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Water and I buy sparkling water which has no calories or fake sugars in it (no additives); I drink this when I'm sick of drinking regular water and trying to get another couple cups into me. :)

    Coffee...no because caffeine is a dietetic so technically an 8oz cup of coffee is negative water.

    As stated above, here's the study.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19774754
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Assumptions are dangerous.
  • ssnowdon76
    ssnowdon76 Posts: 19
    Water and only water (when I remember to log it :) )
  • tenaheff
    tenaheff Posts: 88
    I don't track water because I am not convinced it is essential I get 8 -8 oz glasses a day. I believe the liquid in my food also helps hydrate me. However, if I did track water, and when I am thinking about how much water I managed to drink in a day, I count water whether it has MIO or lemon. I don't drink it any other way. My water almost always has either MIO or lemon in it.

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