What do you count as water?

Water only. I have separate entries for my coffee consumption. Gatorade, i scan the barcode. I dont drink soda. That's about it.

:drinker: I only count pure simple water. Everything else gets counted separately.

My rule of thumb is, if it has calories, it's logged as food. If not, I log it as water. So usually all I log as water is water and herbal teas (I don't add any sugar to them).

this is what I do

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.

I only count pure water, I have another section named "Fluids (Not Pure Water)" where I include coffee, tea, juice etc

I don't measure my fluid intake, I don't really see the point

I just stay hydrated throughout the day as best as I can living in a desert

I stopped counting water a long time ago. My body has a very clear signal to let me know if I'd drinking enough water.

If my urine is clear or pale yellow and transparent (no sign of cloudiness) and dissolves readily in water, I'm good.

If it's bright yellow or darker, appears cloudy, or does not immediately and readily dissolve in water, I need to drink more in proportion to the variance from above.

For me, that's somewhere around 8-10 glasses of fluids, and I don't discriminate too much - I use mostly water because it's the cheapest and most readily available liquid most times.

I only log actual water as water. If I have caloried drinks, I just add to the meal I have them with or as a snack. Don't cheat yourself counting coffees and teas, since they dehydrate you actually...

Because I'm OCD I only could water as water, but from what I understand any liquid 'counts' towards your fluid intake (i.e. coffee, tea, juice, soda, and water from fruits/veggies, etc.) so long as it doesn't contain alcohol.

I only count water as water.

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.

Just water.

Anything that contains H20 will hydrate you, with the possible exception of, like, milk of magnesia.


That means fruit, vegetables, most any food really... Diet soda, coffee, tea, those all hydrate you.


Overhydrating is as much of a problem as dehydtration.

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Water

I dont track it as I am pretty consistent with my fluid intake and show no signs of dehydtration. However, everything the OP has listed can be counted towards fluid intake.