RE: Water Counter

HealthWoke0ish
HealthWoke0ish Posts: 2,078 Member
in Food and Nutrition
When I drink water, I record it as water drunk. When I drink tea, I record it as water drunk. Where do you draw the line on counting a drink as water? Clearly, chocolate milk doesn't count...but what about something like 'Sparkling ICE', which is mainly sparkling water with some flavor? Do you count that as water? What about Coffee? What about Apple Juice? Are they all adding to the fluid bottom line? What's your opinion?
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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    I draw the line at trying to count anything as water. Just drink to thirst and repeat and don't worry if tea, juice, crystal light, etc. counts as water. Luckily our bodies care less than our conscious brains...
  • TheDarlingOne
    TheDarlingOne Posts: 255 Member
    and I wonder - do they say 1 cup is the avg 8oz glass? - or is it - like when i fill my glass of any size and finish it do i mark it then as 1?
  • jmcreynolds91
    jmcreynolds91 Posts: 777 Member
    i only count water as water. nothing else, probably cuz thats all i drink!!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    water is water...
  • oohmercyme
    oohmercyme Posts: 279 Member
    I count all liquids. Which for me is about 10 cups of water, 3 cups of skim milk, and 1 cup coffee.
  • 89nunu
    89nunu Posts: 1,082 Member
    I only count water as water, anything else is part of the food diary but not repeated in the water counter
  • mariposa224
    mariposa224 Posts: 1,241 Member
    When I drink water, I record it as water drunk. When I drink tea, I record it as water drunk. Where do you draw the line on counting a drink as water? Clearly, chocolate milk doesn't count...but what about something like 'Sparkling ICE', which is mainly sparkling water with some flavor? Do you count that as water? What about Coffee? What about Apple Juice? Are they all adding to the fluid bottom line? What's your opinion?
    People choose to do it different ways. Personally, I add water as water. If I add Crystal Light/Mio/some other additive to my water, I still count that as water. Anything else, to include any other beverages, I do not count as water. Yes, other things can help your level of hydration, but this is what works for me, so it's what I do.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I no longer record my water. But if I am thirsty I drink something.




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  • Countryboy_
    Countryboy_ Posts: 618
    A pound of ice weighs more than a pound of water....
  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
    i dont log my water so i wouldnt know. i drink straight out of my 1 gallon sparkletts jug throughout the day, so... i know im getting enough, because if i wasnt, id be thirsty!
  • seabee78
    seabee78 Posts: 126 Member
    There are MFP entries for teas, coffees, flavored waters, sparkling waters, etc.

    IMO, only water is water. If it has calories, it DEFINITELY shouldn't be counted toward your water totals.
  • Fatandfifty3
    Fatandfifty3 Posts: 419 Member
    A pound of ice weighs more than a pound of water....

    ?
  • gwenmf
    gwenmf Posts: 888 Member
    When I drink water, I record it as water drunk. When I drink tea, I record it as water drunk. Where do you draw the line on counting a drink as water? Clearly, chocolate milk doesn't count...but what about something like 'Sparkling ICE', which is mainly sparkling water with some flavor? Do you count that as water? What about Coffee? What about Apple Juice? Are they all adding to the fluid bottom line? What's your opinion?

    I've always heard if it's calorie and caffeine free, you can count it towards your water. That's the philosophy I use.
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    A pound of ice weighs more than a pound of water....

    Ice is less dense than liquid water. Just sayin.
  • 1Fizzle
    1Fizzle Posts: 241 Member
    water is water...

    ^^This....In any form...
  • lorib75
    lorib75 Posts: 490 Member
    A pound of ice weighs more than a pound of water....

    Please tell me you were joking......
  • crubinetti
    crubinetti Posts: 53 Member
    A personal trainer who is a friend told me that you should drink half your body weight (lbs) in ounces of pure H2O for weight loss. So if you are 200 lbs then you need 100 oz of water. BTW a gallon is 128.
  • Christizzzle
    Christizzzle Posts: 454 Member
    Tea has caffeine and shouldn't be counted as water.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Almost 90% of milk is water. So for every 9.25 oz of milk you drink, 8 oz of that is water. It's not like the water is inseparable from the rest of the milk's contents.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    A personal trainer who is a friend told me that you should drink half your body weight (lbs) in ounces of pure H2O for weight loss. So if you are 200 lbs then you need 100 oz of water. BTW a gallon is 128.

    we talking resistivity of 18.2 MΩ·cm or tap for "pure"?
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    I count my sparkling ice as water intake..that is what it is...water with some fizz..the fizz doesn't change the fact it's still water. I drink coffee all morning and I only count about 2 cups as "water"...although water is in on it..I don't want to rely on that for my 'water' intake.
  • castell5
    castell5 Posts: 234 Member
    I record water as water. Not tea, not any other drinks, just plain clear water. It's recommended to drink 64 oz of water.. not tea, not coffee, not diet sodas.. water. Get it?
  • rhall9058
    rhall9058 Posts: 270 Member
    Tea, coffee, sodas, etc are not contributing to your hydration, rather your de-hydration. I personally indicate water as water only. But I also don't take the standard of "must have 8, 8oz glasses a day" either. I had a trainer tell me long ago to simply monitor the "output." If your making lemonade, your good. If your making apple juice, drink more water.
  • Xhell_on_heelsX
    Xhell_on_heelsX Posts: 299
    I rarely drink anything other than water now soo I really only record water..I would say brewed tea from tea bags and nothing else added you could count..but I think that would be as far as it should go. Personal opinion though.
  • Katie_a_Mae_zing
    Katie_a_Mae_zing Posts: 9
    I only record water in the water section. If it has calories, I put it in the food diary. Water is definitely different than say, iced black tea. Black tea has caffeine, which is dehydrating to the body. I normally don't drink enough water, and never realized that until I started logging it. I don't feel abnormally parched or even very thirsty, but my body feels like it works better when I get the 8-10 8oz glasses suggested.
  • libertygirlfla
    libertygirlfla Posts: 184 Member
    I count water and anything I MAKE with water, such as tea or coffee (decaf). I don't count fruit juice or milk products. I consider a cup to be 8 oz (per other sites I've used). I don't drink soda or other "flavored" drinks anymore, but when I did, I didn't count them because I felt like they were "bad" or counter productive. That's just the way I do it. It's really whatever works best for you.

    If you only drink seven cups of water each day, you're still going to be better off. Drinking 9 or 10 won't necessarily make you MORE healthy than 6 or 8 unless you're working out so much or losing massive quantities of fluids in some other way.
  • crubinetti
    crubinetti Posts: 53 Member
    A personal trainer who is a friend told me that you should drink half your body weight (lbs) in ounces of pure H2O for weight loss. So if you are 200 lbs then you need 100 oz of water. BTW a gallon is 128.

    we talking resistivity of 18.2 MΩ·cm or tap for "pure"?

    By pure I meant no Crystal Light or such....
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    I count water, crystal light, herbal tea, and gatorade (which is rarely drunk, but sometimes I need the electrolytes, especially when I'm training hard). I don't count soda (diet or not), juice, or any non-clear liquid.

    Logic to my method? Um… probably not very much logic. Generally, I don't count something with calories as water, simply because I want to encourage myself to not drink my calories (gatorade is the only exception). Same reason I don't count soda - I'm trying to cut back even on the diet (some say I should eliminate it entirely…) so I want a reason to drink something else. Yes, it's a silly game I play with myself, but if it helps me become healthier, there's nothing wrong with that, right?
  • ngressman
    ngressman Posts: 229 Member
    When I drink water, I record it as water drunk. When I drink tea, I record it as water drunk. Where do you draw the line on counting a drink as water? Clearly, chocolate milk doesn't count...but what about something like 'Sparkling ICE', which is mainly sparkling water with some flavor? Do you count that as water? What about Coffee? What about Apple Juice? Are they all adding to the fluid bottom line? What's your opinion?
    If it's calorie free and caffeine free then I count it as water, but I always drink water as most of my water. Caffeine actually dehydrates you. My son has passed out twice in school from being too dehydrated. The school nurse always says the same thing no more Mountain Dew. Herbal teas I would count. I don't drink any kind of juice. The sugar content is too high, and I would rather eat my calories than drink them.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Hey now if chocolate milk is 85% water couldnt you count 85% of it on your counter?

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