What do you drink?

ashesfromfire
ashesfromfire Posts: 867 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
SO I've always been good about getting my 8-a-day with water, but come meal time I do get tired of the monotony. I'll drink green tea occasionally, but I'd love some other, calorie friendly options.
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  • lilpoindexter
    lilpoindexter Posts: 1,122 Member
    I drink topo chico carbonated water..in regular or lime flavor...In So Cal it's available in either the bottled water or ethnic food section...depending on what walmart I'm shopping at.
  • SafioraLinnea
    SafioraLinnea Posts: 628 Member
    Just water. I know I'm really boring, but it is true. Sometimes I'll add a little lemon/lime slice to make it a bit less boring, but I honestly prefer the taste of plain boring water. I do enjoy the occasional tea but for the most part I only consume tea when I'm chilly or not feeling well. Chamomile, green, raspberry, apple cinnamon, blueberry, or lemongrass are my various choices, although some of them do have calories in them so keep an eye on that.

    Sometimes I'll splurge and have almond milk or aloe juice.

    I am not a fan of carbonated drinks, they make my stomach sore.
  • cheshirechic
    cheshirechic Posts: 489 Member
    I add lemon to my water, or I'll put two tea bags in my water bottle (32 oz.) overnight, so I have iced tea in the morning. This works for almost any kind of tea; sometimes I'll do one bag of ginger-lemon and one bag of white or green. It's delicious <3

    Good luck!
  • ocukor1
    ocukor1 Posts: 66
    Call me weird, but there's nothing like a glass of water.
  • Numitkon
    Numitkon Posts: 12
    I honestly don't like drinking water with my meals. I am also guilty of the occasional splurge on soda (although it doesn't taste like it used to when I drank it all the time).

    Most of the time I'm good, though, and drink either green tea or (if I'm not eating really dry or salty food) eat first and then drink water after my meal. Weird, I know!
  • stellaluna72
    stellaluna72 Posts: 11
    Okay I have to admit I absolutely love plain ole water BUT I also love a bit of flavor. Try SOBE Life Water, the Fuji Apple Pear is my favorite. They have great light flavor that satisfies, and my favorite part-ZERO CALORIES!!
  • Cullen421
    Cullen421 Posts: 7
    I'm a huge fan of V8 vegetable juice.
  • Fenestra13
    Fenestra13 Posts: 30 Member
    We have a soda stream, so sometimes I make carbonated water, which is especially good with lemon or lime. The other day I made a sort of lemonade, with the juice from one lemon and the carbonated water. I like sour things so I didn't put in a sweetener, but you could use a small amount of honey or agave if you wanted to add a little sweetness without many calories. Using more than just a slice of lemon but much less than regular lemonade would make it taste refreshing and different than water without needing too much to sweeten it.

    Carbonated water with a little orange or pomegranate juice is good too. Not NO calorie, but by cutting the juice A LOT with the fizzy water, it saves a lot of sugar calories.
  • Lobster1987
    Lobster1987 Posts: 492 Member
    crystal light! I never drink water by itself anymore. I alwasy get sugar free crystal light or brew my own iced tea. Or I really ike those flavored sparkling waters from walmart.
  • 1dce
    1dce Posts: 238 Member
    I drink water, crystal light lemonaid, and the MIOs are pretty tasty, also teas I have a ton of flavored tea bags, I don't sweeten so they are calorie free. I love to mix black tea with blueberry pomegranite, it's a little sweet w/o sugar. There are a ton of flavors peppermint, cranberry, egg nog, caramel, ect...
  • tarisa222
    tarisa222 Posts: 27 Member
    water, coffee, green tea, and unsweetened almond milk. i used to drink vitamin water, but just recently i cut that out. its not as "healthy as it sounds" and i hope to stop drinking coffee someday...but we will see i can't make promises with that one!
  • SamanthaAnnM
    SamanthaAnnM Posts: 143 Member
    Water and green tea or earl grey tea! Every once in a while I'll have a diet Lipton Green Tea with Citrus (the one in the bottle that you drink cold) or a coke zero but that's really just a treat. I haven't drank almond milk straight ever but I put it in other stuff like smoothies and shakes. That's pretty much it for me!
  • ncates00
    ncates00 Posts: 51
    Water.

    Sometimes a little milk or orange juice. But pretty much just water!
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    I make lemonade (either with real lemons or lemon juice) and Stevia -- it's essentially calorie free and tastes great. I drink a gallon of it a day.
  • JuneBPrice
    JuneBPrice Posts: 294 Member
    Water and diet sodas. The water is obvious, but the diet soda is sort of a judgment call. Some people hate it.
  • ASDavis72
    ASDavis72 Posts: 77 Member
    I usually drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day( I keep my 24 oz cup in the freezer) some days I’ll have almond coconut milk, and if I want a change I’ll have some coconut water with a teaspoon of agave and lemon.
  • bkvamp
    bkvamp Posts: 30
    I absolutely love water! Sometimes fresh coconut water before a work out.
  • sds76
    sds76 Posts: 215 Member
    just plain ole water here too.
  • JuniperT
    JuniperT Posts: 394 Member
    I'm all about the water...lemon, cucumber, strawberries, raspberries, or sometimes I add 1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced, 1 lemon, thinly sliced, 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger and around 10 spearmint leaves. leave in the fridge for a few hours or overnight and in the morning you'll have a cold and really refreshing drink :smile:
  • jseger3
    jseger3 Posts: 9
    Mostly water, but sometimes I need something different, so a Zevia or a Steaz can really hit the spot. Once in a great while I hit Starbucks and splurge on an iced green tea.
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    If I get sick of water I go for iced black tea
  • Vermilliana
    Vermilliana Posts: 42 Member
    I drink a lot of water. I also drink a blueberry spinach smoothie every day (1 cup raw spinach, 1/2 c frozen blueberries, 2tbsp of vanilla or plan lowfat yogurt and about 1/2 cup of REAL fruit juice to make it all blendable, blend till smooth), They're really tasty, full of goodness and filling on top of it. I find this not only keeps me from snacking, but it also kills my sweet cravings.
  • susiebear29
    susiebear29 Posts: 266
    tea with skimmed milk is my vice I just can't give it up going to try and change to de-caff I think!! also water or no added sugar squash (don't know what you call squash over there?!) :smile:
  • toniRAD
    toniRAD Posts: 196 Member
    I mainly drink water, but when I'm in the mood for something else that's not sugary, I usually go for a Vitamin water zero, sweetened with a stevia extract. :) Also I tried Zevia soda the other day which is pretty good, I just hate how most of them still have caramel color in them. (except for the clear ones) :smile:
  • magicmama
    magicmama Posts: 19
    Mostly water + the juice from half a lime, but sometimes when I want the fizzy I drink club soda + lime instead.
  • caseyjade88
    caseyjade88 Posts: 89 Member
    I loveeee Fuze Slenderize! It's only 15 calories in a whole bottle and actually helps you lose weight. Just have to be careful, because Fuze also has some bottled beverages that are high in calories...

    I also drink Sparkling Ice. It's a carbonated water. I'm not big on flavored water, or carbonation.. but it's actually pretty darn good. Best of all, zero calories, zero sugar, zero carbs, zero fat, zero sodium.. zero everything, really!!! :smile:
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Mostly water, but it took a long time to train myself to tolerate it. I bought one of those reusable BPA-free cups with a straw. I find that sipping through a straw really gets the water down quickly! I'm drinking at least twice as much as I used to and the only thing that's changed is the mechanics of the delivery system. I also like jasmine green tea or white tea - I brew some up, dilute it a bit and turn it into a mild, fragrant, cool-temperature tea. I dislike anything steaming hot or icy cold. If I just have to have something sweet I will use some of that artificial flavor enhancer stuff - but that's not too often these days, though. :drinker:
  • Beautiful_Ideal
    Beautiful_Ideal Posts: 69 Member
    Absolutely love the Crystal Lite Lemonade. Not so hot on their other flavors actually, but the lemonade is tasty :drinker:
  • ninehours
    ninehours Posts: 41 Member
    Coffee Protein shake in the morning (30g whey protein + 2 tsp Coffee granules + 400ml water) and 200ml Almond milk on my Tesco's Wheat Biscuits (Morning is 2pm for me)
    Water the rest of the day (Always have a glass on the go)
  • ethansmug
    ethansmug Posts: 159 Member
    Everclear and water.....I am not crazy enough to drink that **** straight

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