Logging water in mixed drinks

76tech
76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
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I've been wondering. Mixed drinks. Do I log them as water, ounce for ounce, or do I deduct some for the alcohol and other things in it?

For example, rum and coke. Say it's eight ounces. Two of which are rum. Do I log eight ounces? Six? Ten???

I do know, I can only log it as water if the cola is diet. Sugary stuff doesn't count as water. And we're all trying to achieve our goals, anyway, right?
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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.

    What if I use dry ginger ale?
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    Don't be a pansy. Drink your liquor straight, Ben :tongue:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.

    What if I use dry ginger ale?

    Ginger ale is a spice. You don't have to count calories for it, but it doesn't count as water.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    Don't be a pansy. Drink your liquor straight, Ben :tongue:

    But it makes me silly. Sillier.
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    Ginger ale has sugar so you can't log it.
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    Don't be a pansy. Drink your liquor straight, Ben :tongue:

    But it makes me silly. Sillier.

    And the problem there lies....? :flowerforyou:
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    Don't be a pansy. Drink your liquor straight, Ben :tongue:

    But it makes me silly. Sillier.

    And the problem there lies....? :flowerforyou:

    Good point.
  • Charliebarleymo
    Charliebarleymo Posts: 97
    Did you add ice? Ice cold drinks are negative calorie so don't forget to add some back to your total.
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    I was sitting here drinking a glass of water while eating some gummy bears thinking about this water/no water problem...hmm

    I guess the pure cool water I drank counts and I have to figure out the calories on the gummy bears.

    The Ginger Ale also counts as water...I mean, what's the difference?
  • RiverManUK
    RiverManUK Posts: 35 Member
    Did you add ice? Ice cold drinks are negative calorie so don't forget to add some back to your total.
    A negligible amount. You probably burn off more calories pouring the drink and crushing the ice than you do in your body heating up the iced water.
  • RiverManUK
    RiverManUK Posts: 35 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.
    I'd love to hear the science behind this ;-)
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    Something like gin is a "dry" liquor. I think you should use a formulatic deduction for that to decrease the overall wetness of the drink in total. 2oz of gin and three oz of water should net somewhere between 4.5 and 4.1oz of total wetness, therefore log 2.5 to 2.1 oz of water. Your welcome!
  • butterflyqueen1984
    butterflyqueen1984 Posts: 141 Member
    Surely you just add a shot of rum and a glass of coke, doesn't matter if its more calories, better to see it as more than less. If that makes sense?
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    Something like gin is a "dry" liquor. I think you should use a formulatic deduction for that to decrease the overall wetness of the drink in total. 2oz of gin and three oz of water should net somewhere between 4.5 and 4.1oz of total wetness, therefore log 2.5 to 2.1 oz of water. Your welcome!

    I do love London dry gin. Hm, I should start drinking more of it to make up for the dryness.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.
    I'd love to hear the science behind this ;-)

    I read it on the Internets.
  • RiverManUK
    RiverManUK Posts: 35 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.
    I'd love to hear the science behind this ;-)

    I read it on the Internets.
    I believe you're confusing the effect alcohol has in breaking down of the surface tension of water (making water wetter), with somehow creating an increase in volume (dietary wetness).
    It would be cool if a shot of what you fancy did increase the hydrating effect of water.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.
    I'd love to hear the science behind this ;-)

    I read it on the Internets.
    I believe you're confusing the effect alcohol has in breaking down of the surface tension of water (making water wetter), with somehow creating an increase in volume (dietary wetness).
    It would be cool if a shot of what you fancy did increase the hydrating effect of water.

    You no, I do not half to take this! We are all hear for the same thing and if you can't show sipport, then don't respond to me!

    I read it on the INTERNETS!!!
  • sionnain
    sionnain Posts: 96
    It's not water.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.
    I'd love to hear the science behind this ;-)

    I read it on the Internets.
    I believe you're confusing the effect alcohol has in breaking down of the surface tension of water (making water wetter), with somehow creating an increase in volume (dietary wetness).
    It would be cool if a shot of what you fancy did increase the hydrating effect of water.

    i wish this applied to me. but, since i like dry alcohols, i have to log less volume than i actually consume. i'm sad.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    It's not water.

    it's mostly water
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    The alcohol increases the wetness of the water, so definitely add 2 oz. Therefore, if you have an 8 oz drink, count 10 oz of water.
    I'd love to hear the science behind this ;-)

    I read it on the Internets.
    I believe you're confusing the effect alcohol has in breaking down of the surface tension of water (making water wetter), with somehow creating an increase in volume (dietary wetness).
    It would be cool if a shot of what you fancy did increase the hydrating effect of water.

    i wish this applied to me. but, since i like dry alcohols, i have to log less volume than i actually consume. i'm sad.
  • k7n2w3
    k7n2w3 Posts: 241 Member
    Don't be a pansy. Drink your liquor straight, Ben :tongue:

    ^^ This
  • RiverManUK
    RiverManUK Posts: 35 Member

    You no, I do not half to take this! We are all hear for the same thing and if you can't show sipport, then don't respond to me!

    I read it on the INTERNETS!!!

    I appear to have made you angry, for that I apologise. I believed I was offering support by dispelling a myth that, if followed through, would be detrimental to your calorie count.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member

    You no, I do not half to take this! We are all hear for the same thing and if you can't show sipport, then don't respond to me!

    I read it on the INTERNETS!!!

    I appear to have made you angry, for that I apologise. I believed I was offering support by dispelling a myth that, if followed through, would be detrimental to your calorie count.

    You're on my list, buddy.
  • missjewl
    missjewl Posts: 214 Member
    Um.... water gets logged as water! Anything else should be logged as what it is! So if you have a rum and coke and mixed together it's 8oz then log it as how much rum you used and how much coke you used. You cant count it as water intake!
  • ravenchick
    ravenchick Posts: 345 Member
    Um.... water gets logged as water! Anything else should be logged as what it is! So if you have a rum and coke and mixed together it's 8oz then log it as how much rum you used and how much coke you used. You cant count it as water intake!

    Exactly what I was thinking.
  • melsmith612
    melsmith612 Posts: 727 Member
    I was sitting here drinking a glass of water while eating some gummy bears thinking about this water/no water problem...hmm

    I guess the pure cool water I drank counts and I have to figure out the calories on the gummy bears.

    The Ginger Ale also counts as water...I mean, what's the difference?

    But if you drink ice water while eating gummy bears, do the negative calories from the ice water negate the eating of the gummies? Hmmm..
  • SheilaN1976
    SheilaN1976 Posts: 266 Member
    i dont count anything other then straight plain water. if i have a mixed drink i dont count that towards the total at all.
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Tea is made of a teabag and water.

    If I put the teabag in the water, discard it and then drink the tea it is not water. If I eat the teabag and then drink the water after, it is still water.

    I eat all my teabags now.

    True Fact.

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