Water - UGH!

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Try slicing up fruit to put in it. People use cucumbers and lemon a lot. There are also those little Mio things that flavor it. Or just drink tea.

Water tastes much better with fresh lemon! At least I think so. You could always start out with some crystal light or other type of drink mix to at least get the water down. It's not the absolute best, but better than a lot of other alternatives (soda, juice, etc.)

I hear you. Also, I work in an environment where I can't use the restroom at will. I am usually only able to use the restroom once or twice on a nine hour shift and don't get a lunch break. My water issues are what's keeping me from my next level of health, I think. I woudn't use MIO because you're adding a lot of artificial crud and some people are sensitive to excessive amounts to the extent they get diarrhea. Gross, I know, but true. I do like decaf ice tea with stevia but have some concerns about the decaffeinating process. Grrr.

Lemon. Cucumbers. Raspberries. Citrus. And fruit really haha Crystal Lite?

I use Mio and Crystal Lite like it's going out of style. If I don't, I just won't end up drinking enough water. After I exercise, I drink straight water because I'm so thirsty that I don't care that it's plain water.
Definitely worth the $$$ IMHO.

You have to transition somehow. Stop buying any drinks for awhile (your family will have to put up with it) that way you have to drink water. Yeah?0, I don't have very helpful advice.

This is your standard permission thread. "I don't like this healthier thing as much as this thing I like that's not as healthy so can I have permission to not have the healthy thing and keep having this thing that's not as healthy?" You get this alot with water but might also see it regarding vegetables. "I don't like vegetables!" That's code for, "Ice cream and pizza taste better than vegetables. Can I just eat those?"

Anyhow, my answer is yes, it's OK with me that you don't drink water. Feel free to drink whatever you usually do. Make no change at all to what you're doing if that's working for you. You have my permission.

I've seen a recipe on facebook recently about using apples and cinnamon sticks to flavor a pitcher of water. And, cinnamon is so good for us! Sounds delicious to me! Maybe google a recipe and see what you find if you are interested.

I also love SOBE Life Water and Vitamin Water Zero. But, milk, tea, and coffee also counts toward your water intake.

Hmm, maybe try changing the temp? I'm partial to really cold ice water, and so-so on room temp water.

This. I don't like cold water and when you don't like water and you're just trying to down it, that becomes difficult when it's cold.

I hear you. Also, I work in an environment where I can't use the restroom at will. I am usually only able to use the restroom once or twice on a nine hour shift and don't get a lunch break. My water issues are what's keeping me from my next level of health, I think. I woudn't use MIO because you're adding a lot of artificial crud and some people are sensitive to excessive amounts to the extent they get diarrhea. Gross, I know, but true. I do like decaf ice tea with stevia but have some concerns about the decaffeinating process. Grrr.

Oh, no. I hope that you're able to get that taken care of so that you can drink the water that you need.

Mint is also really nice in water - cut some fresh mint up!

Drinking water is a lot easier if you're doing while you're eating something (takes the emphasis off the lack of flavor of the water). Start with peanut butter. Eat a peanut butter sandwich or cracker and see how much water you can drink with it. If you drink WATER with every meal and only drink non-water in between, it's a good start.

Also, be careful of all the junk people put into it to make it taste better (fruits and veggies and tea fine) but those MIO flavorings and syrups? They just put more junk into your system that needs cleaning out. If you already don't get enough water, don't add toxins to the mix, it'll make things worse instead of better.

It's true that you can still lose weight drinking non-water drinks, and it's true that you will extract water from them that your body needs. However, you are ingesting a huge amount of crap that you don't need and your body doesn't want and will only have to work harder to clean out if you keep with sodas and additives. Think of your liver and kidneys too .... (EDIT: ... Not to mention the problems with soda leaching calcium from bones.)

And parents, if you want to raise a water drinker, drink water yourself. Kids always want what they see the grown-ups drinking. My daughter used to "sneak" drinks from my cup all the time when she was toddling and growing up, and it was always water! Now she's an adult who drinks only water herself! She tried to like soda a few times because her friends liked it, but she never developed a taste for it, mainly because it was never around.