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    • Posts: 524 Member
      Generally I just log the water and not the coffee/tea/occasional soda/milk/almond milk.
    • Posts: 222 Member
      I count water as in only water as water and flavored waters, such as adding in a low calorie flavor packets.

      My husband had this conversation with the massage therapist. She asked if he drank a lot of water, he said yes, tea. She said that is not water..... It requires "processing" that water doesn't or something like that....

      I don't count diet sodas, or other non water drinks towards my water count..
    • Posts: 1,090 Member
      Water is water, that's all.
    • Posts: 7,463 Member
      I always go by the Mayo Clinic's info on this. Great article.

      http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283
    • Posts: 179 Member
      When I was doing weight watchers, they said you could count juices and soda as water. I tend to only count pure water or flavored water though. Didn't count that 12oz coke zero I just had.
    • Posts: 3,958 Member
      ice makes you burn more calories i heard.
    • Posts: 359 Member
      Water
    • Posts: 362 Member
      Water...
    • Posts: 3,195 Member
      ice makes you burn more calories i heard.

      But let's say you adhere to the "eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day" nutritional recommendation. In 64 ounces of water, there are 1,892.72 grams. So to warm up all that water in the course of a day, your body burns 70,030 calories, or 70 Calories. And over time, that 70 Calories a day adds up. So, while you definitely shouldn't depend on ice water consumption to replace exercise or a healthy diet, drinking cold water instead of warm water does, in fact, burn some extra Calories!
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
      I don't track my fluid intake, but if I so chose to, I would count everything except hard liquor as it all hydrates you - which is the point of the counter.
    • Posts: 7,166 Member
      Nothing. The notion that you need 8 glasses of pure water is a myth.
    • Posts: 228 Member
      I count plain water, ice tea, and water w/ the zero calorie flavoring things. I don't track it like "I have to do this for good health!" So much as I'm a data nerd so since it's easy to track w/in MFP I track it w/ everything else. I don't log my coffee though b/c I drink it black- if on occasion I add creamer to it or by a frou frou coffee- those I track as food not as water.
    • Posts: 782 Member
      I only count plain water as water. I have a seperate heading to log other things such as coffee, tea, diet soda, diet tonic water, 0 calorie flavored waters, milk, half and half, and alcoholic beverages, etc.
    • Posts: 858 Member
      I've slacked in my water counting recently but when I was keeping track I counted any drinks that I put the water into myself. For example, when I made tea, water with crystal light, protein drinks with water, etc. I would not count juices, coffee, bought tea, etc. I was always exceeding 8 cups a day without trying so I stopped logging it as it was a waste of time for me.
    • Posts: 160 Member
      I think whatever helps you achieve your goals. If getting enough fluid in a day is an issue, like it is for me, then count all those things. If you want to increase the amount of pure water you drink then just log pure water.

      I log the following as water - water (doh), tea, diet soft drinks, flavoured water, the extra cup of water I thin my soup down with. I also include anything with calories in the diary.

      I don't count coffee or alcohol (and don't drink those hardly anyway). I don't count milk either and I don't drink fruit juices.

      As a notoriously bad drinker of any sort of liquid, logging helps me to keep up a better intake. It encourages me to have another drink so I can push that little up arrow. :wink:

      Cheers! :)
    • Posts: 605 Member
      Interesting post. I count water, unsweetened tea, and flavored packets added to water, as "water". If anything else goes in (sugar, creamer, etc) that has any calories / carbs it no longer counts.
    • Posts: 1,683 Member
      I count water. That's it.
    • Posts: 93
      I agree, just water
    • Posts: 2,013 Member
      <<<<beer counts if its next to a water can¡
    • Posts: 2,019 Member
      Interesting post. I count water, unsweetened tea, and flavored packets added to water, as "water". If anything else goes in (sugar, creamer, etc) that has any calories / carbs it no longer counts.
      Why do calories prevent it from hydrating?
    • Posts: 51
      Personally, my choice is caffeine free, sodium free, calorie free - so water, Clear carbonated / flavored water, black decaf coffee and plain decaf tea.
    • Posts: 10,385 Member
      I count water as water. That includes tap water, bottled water, and rain water. Anything added, and it isn't water anymore.:noway:
    • Posts: 610 Member
      Anything liquid. Let thrist be your guide.
      http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day
    • Posts: 577 Member
      I only count water as water. I don't really drink anything else. It is only 8 glasses a day so it should probably just be pure water that is counted. Nothing wrong with drinking other liquids but to me they don't count.
    • Posts: 577 Member
      This was actually one of the questions on my final in my dietetic class this past semester. The general rule of thumb is to count all juices, coffees and teas, caffeinated or decaffeinated, with your water count. You, of course, still need to account for the added calories in these liquids.

      Years ago I decided I never really felt hydrated when I drank juice by itself, even a large amount of fresh juice, so I would drink water before having it. I find that with things like soy milk and almond milk too. If I was already thirsty these things did not make me feel less thirsty. That is just me though.
    • Posts: 3,027 Member
      I only count water as water. Anything else gets logged like it should because water is the only thing with 0 calories.
    • Posts: 4,603 Member
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      Years ago I decided I never really felt hydrated when I drank juice by itself, even a large amount of fresh juice, so I would drink water before having it. I find that with things like soy milk and almond milk too. If I was already thirsty these things did not make me feel less thirsty. That is just me though.

      It is not just you.

      If I have anything other than water, I feel more thirsty, not less. Mostly because of the sugar content, I believe. I get dry mouth and feel like I am dying of thirst after having a Coke or something similar. The water in it might hydrate you, but the other ingredients surely don't.

      But like I said before, I don't count water anyway. I just drink the stuff to the point of hydration and don't worry about it beyond that.
    • Posts: 55 Member
      I think its best to to count Water as simply Water. No funny flavored stuff.

      Agreed!
    • Posts: 3,636 Member
      This was actually one of the questions on my final in my dietetic class this past semester. The general rule of thumb is to count all juices, coffees and teas, caffeinated or decaffeinated, with your water count. You, of course, still need to account for the added calories in these liquids.


      Glad to hear this!



      :devil: Darn Liquid Calories anyhow!!
    • Posts: 11 Member
      I count water and hot tea since I don't add anything to it.
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