Does anyone HATE water as much as i do?

Totally hate plain water . I can drink like 3 glasses a day bit i prefer to add oranges / lemons or sugar free water enhansers

I really don't understand why people "hate" water. Naturally, that is what we should be drinking...

However, try drinking it cold. I know a lot of people who hate drinking lukewarm water...

The only reason I ever used to hate water was it was tap water and it had strange chemical flavors, depending on where it came from. I know I went on a trip to somewhere in Mississippi once and we were forced to drink 1 glass of water for every soda we had and the water tasted like it had a rubber boot soaking in it. Even some bottled water tastes funny to me.

But when I got a filter for my kitchen sink, I started drinking water instead of everything. (though I do make cups of tea, but they're not sweetened with anything) After having water that doesn't really have a taste, I couldn't find a reason to avoid it.

I guess in general some people are so used to drinking something with flavors like soda or juice that they get to water and it's not really palate-pleasing even if it still satisfies thirst and so they shun it.

I am another water dislike person. I really struggle with drinking it. What works for me is ICE COLD, almost to the point of frozen. If I can't do that, as cold as possible with Crystal Light packets. My favorites are the lemonade and Fruit Punch. Tastes enough like Kool-Aid I can trick my mind into thinking its sugary. Good luck to you :-)

64 ozs a day. P90x is working and that's part of it. I don't drink tap, just bottled. to the person who says the need to drink that much water is myth need only look at the bottom of their food diary. Why log it if it's a myth? That and every major successful diet preaches 64ozs a day. Don't want to really get in flame war but to equate coke etc as a substitute is truly an amazingly wrong statement. but hey it does take rust off a bumper.

success to all on whatever health path you're on

One thing I do is to get good old fashioned cranberry juice (not cocktail, of course) and do about 50/50 with water. Add a splash of lemon, and it's frickin awesome. Promise. Also, you could just eat a bunch of celery, watermelon and blackberries. Watermelon only has about 9 calories per oz, while celery has about 10. Blackberries are just awesome, and go in every smoothie I make. But they hydrate the crap out of you...

Well I hate it too, so I don't drink it plain. Simple. You don't "need" plain water to be healthy.

Think of those big 1L bottles you can buy juice (the kind you dilute) in. I buy those, the no added sugar kind. Once it's empty I use that bottle and that's what I drink out of. Add some juice to it, usually around 3/4 inch, and the rest with water (that's a lot of water in a 1L bottle)

I love it, for some reason it quenches my thirst tons more than plain water. I can guzzle it down, about 3 litres a day on average (12 glasses) whereas plain water leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. Plus I worked out that even if I drink a ton of the stuff, it works out at no more than around 50 cals a day max! (I don't measure/log it, there's no point)

Best place to drink water is the kitchen. Whilst you are cooking every time you want to pick have a gulp of ice cold water. I don't treat it like a refreshing drink but an anti nibble strategy. I polish off three pints a day just by standing in the kitchen and nibble much much less!!!!!!!

This is such a great idea! Thanks! I will definitely start doing this - nibbling while I'm cooking is a huge problem for me!

I make myself chug a bottle of water (without taking a breath) before I bike or run. Then I WANT another one when I'm done. The biggest reason I do this is to keep my muscles from being sore the next day. If I added Crystal Light to it, it wouldn't go down as smoothly. I think of it as my oxygen and Tylenol. Crazy, I know, but it has become a good habit.

ive been using crystal light and its helped me SO much. and i vote aainst ice cold water. its easier for me to down a big glass at once then sip on it over a length of time and ice cold water hurts my sensitive teeth and gives brain freezes.

I even drink my pop at room temperature. You made me think... Try downing it from a plastic bottle. It goes down so much more neatly and quickly. Less has to cross my tongue this way too.

I would rather drink plain green tea than water and I hate plain green tea ;( The only plain water I seem to be able to drink is the bottled kind. I guess I like things in a bottle?

Know what I hate more than water? Cold water! I like almost all of my drinks at room temp and without ice in them. I am kinda wierd that way too. I don't even like my other beverages watered down with melted ice?

I was going to start a post asking if it is really that much easier losing weight if you drink a lot of water? Is that a fact? I kinda hope not.