Does my morning coffee count

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  • Shropshire1959
    Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
    I hydrate with beer
    Mmmmm beer, nice frosty mugs :drinker: :drinker:


    Good lord no ... kills the flavour :-)
  • hep26000
    hep26000 Posts: 156 Member
    I only count water and unsweetened iced tea as water. Juice and coffee are logged in my food.
    I think whatever you want to do but I would make sure you are drinking plenty of other 'fluids' besides coffee, soda, juice, etc...
  • jessilee119
    jessilee119 Posts: 444 Member
    no I don't count it as water...I use International Delight in mine so I log it with my food and my K-cups do have calories

    Same for me. I don't even log the water I add to my morning smoothie (less than 1 cup)...I only log water when I actually drink a cup of it.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    no I don't count it as water...I use International Delight in mine so I log it with my food and my K-cups do have calories

    Same for me. I don't even log the water I add to my morning smoothie (less than 1 cup)...I only log water when I actually drink a cup of it.

    How does that make sense? What's the difference?
  • jessilee119
    jessilee119 Posts: 444 Member
    no I don't count it as water...I use International Delight in mine so I log it with my food and my K-cups do have calories

    Same for me. I don't even log the water I add to my morning smoothie (less than 1 cup)...I only log water when I actually drink a cup of it.

    How does that make sense? What's the difference?

    What I mean is that I only log water as water when I'm drinking it plain, nothing added to it. I could technically count Snapple tea as water since tea is made mostly of water, but the point of 'me' logging my water is to make sure I'm consuming water and not other caloric drinks. It's a personal preference. Some people even go as far as to not drink 8 full cups of water because foods contain water as well (especially produce), but I don't count that toward water consumption either whereas my mom does.
  • jmv7117
    jmv7117 Posts: 891 Member
    Does my morning coffee count as water drank?

    Plain coffee (no sweetener, no cream) has calories and sodium so does not count as water although some will argue otherwise.
    I will be one of them. Do you have any scientific evidence to back up this claim, or just your opinion?

    Un, have you checked the nutritional value of coffee? It has 2 - 4 calories per 8 oz depending on how it is made. It also has sodium. Water has neither. Why don't you try logging it yourself to see the nutritional difference between coffee and water. I believe that should be scientific evidence enough to show that coffee does not water. Oh and if you don't what you see ask the database compilers to give you scientific evidence that coffee equals water nutritionally. Sheesh!
  • 120by30
    120by30 Posts: 217 Member
    Does my morning coffee count as water drank?

    Plain coffee (no sweetener, no cream) has calories and sodium so does not count as water although some will argue otherwise.
    I will be one of them. Do you have any scientific evidence to back up this claim, or just your opinion?

    Un, have you checked the nutritional value of coffee? It has 2 - 4 calories per 8 oz depending on how it is made. It also has sodium. Water has neither. Why don't you try logging it yourself to see the nutritional difference between coffee and water. I believe that should be scientific evidence enough to show that coffee does not water. Oh and if you don't what you see ask the database compilers to give you scientific evidence that coffee equals water nutritionally. Sheesh!

    I think the point is that it's still water. Just with stuff added to it. It doesn't magically become "not water" when brewed with coffee.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Un, have you checked the nutritional value of coffee? It has 2 - 4 calories per 8 oz depending on how it is made. It also has sodium. Water has neither. Why don't you try logging it yourself to see the nutritional difference between coffee and water. I believe that should be scientific evidence enough to show that coffee does not water. Oh and if you don't what you see ask the database compilers to give you scientific evidence that coffee equals water nutritionally. Sheesh!

    So if I ate a Hershey's Kiss, then drank a liter of water.... the water wouldn't count?

    Or would the water not count only if I added the Hershey's Kiss to the water before I drank it?

    This is so complicated.
  • blanca0615
    blanca0615 Posts: 4 Member
    No
  • Kalici
    Kalici Posts: 685 Member
    Does my morning coffee count as water drank?

    Plain coffee (no sweetener, no cream) has calories and sodium so does not count as water although some will argue otherwise.
    I will be one of them. Do you have any scientific evidence to back up this claim, or just your opinion?

    Un, have you checked the nutritional value of coffee? It has 2 - 4 calories per 8 oz depending on how it is made. It also has sodium. Water has neither. Why don't you try logging it yourself to see the nutritional difference between coffee and water. I believe that should be scientific evidence enough to show that coffee does not water. Oh and if you don't what you see ask the database compilers to give you scientific evidence that coffee equals water nutritionally. Sheesh!

    If I log water as food it does not show any calorie content, but it does show sodium.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I only count straight water as water. I don't personally count any other fluids into that equation.
    Will I get a trophy if I switch to that method?
    Will someone PLEASE tell me where to get water that is "straight" water or "pure" water. Please!

    I fear I will die of dehydration any moment.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

    If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

    ahh bring out the alcohol now we don't have to add to the calories! awesome. could be more partying going on now ;)

    Coffee has water... but it does also have milk unless you have it black! and it may also have sugar! therefore this is counted in your food log as calories! Water is the clear stuff that doesn't have added stuff to it! it doesn't add calories to your nutrition! i'll ask my 12yr old in the morning what she thinks :laugh:

    I'm going to have a cup of tea before bed.. and I'll add it to my calories! :)
    So ... will the MFP Police arrest me if I add the milk and honey from my tea to the food tracker for the calories AND click the water counter for the two cups of boiling water in my tea?

    I can only do one or the other? I'm breaking the law all over the place.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Un, have you checked the nutritional value of coffee? It has 2 - 4 calories per 8 oz depending on how it is made. It also has sodium. Water has neither.

    Water doesn't have sodium????
  • 120by30
    120by30 Posts: 217 Member
    Un, have you checked the nutritional value of coffee? It has 2 - 4 calories per 8 oz depending on how it is made. It also has sodium. Water has neither.

    Water doesn't have sodium????

    Somebody's drinking magic water. Because apparently its molecular structure changes as soon as other substances are added. *shrug*
  • jmv7117
    jmv7117 Posts: 891 Member
    Some folks here are being deliberately obtuse. Water intake actually plays a role in weight loss. Do your own research if you don't believe me. There is a ton of research on the benefits of drinking water when dieting. Here's the thing...you don't want to drink water so you sneak around to find a way not to. Not my problem. Coffee is not water regardless of how you log it. You don't want to log the calories of a beverage containing water but isn't water? Not my problem. I could go on but it is a waste of my time because quite frankly you are looking for a quick fix where you lose the weight yet make no changes. So carry on. When your weight refuses to budge because you don't want to put the required effort in, we will be seeing you back in the forums upset because you aren't losing. Again, not my problem.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Some folks here are being deliberately obtuse. Water intake actually plays a role in weight loss. Do your own research if you don't believe me. There is a ton of research on the benefits of drinking water when dieting. Here's the thing...you don't want to drink water so you sneak around to find a way not to. Not my problem. Coffee is not water regardless of how you log it. You don't want to log the calories of a beverage containing water but isn't water? Not my problem. I could go on but it is a waste of my time because quite frankly you are looking for a quick fix where you lose the weight yet make no changes. So carry on. When your weight refuses to budge because you don't want to put the required effort in, we will be seeing you back in the forums upset because you aren't losing. Again, not my problem.

    I pretty much never drink plain water unless I'm out hiking or skating. I drink a ton of soda and coffee.

    I seem to lose weight just fine, according to that crazy "calorie deficit" thing. Unbelievable, I know.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I only count straight water as water. I don't personally count any other fluids into that equation.
    Will I get a trophy if I switch to that method?
    Will someone PLEASE tell me where to get water that is "straight" water or "pure" water. Please!

    I fear I will die of dehydration any moment.

    You can buy in-home distilling machines pretty cheap.....
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I only count straight water as water. I don't personally count any other fluids into that equation.
    Will I get a trophy if I switch to that method?
    Will someone PLEASE tell me where to get water that is "straight" water or "pure" water. Please!

    I fear I will die of dehydration any moment.

    You can buy in-home distilling machines pretty cheap.....
    I've heard they don't get everything out. I might have to break into a lab somewhere. Or will they just give it to me? This is an emergency. I'm clearly going to die any second now.
  • 120by30
    120by30 Posts: 217 Member
    Some folks here are being deliberately obtuse. Water intake actually plays a role in weight loss. Do your own research if you don't believe me. There is a ton of research on the benefits of drinking water when dieting. Here's the thing...you don't want to drink water so you sneak around to find a way not to. Not my problem. Coffee is not water regardless of how you log it. You don't want to log the calories of a beverage containing water but isn't water? Not my problem. I could go on but it is a waste of my time because quite frankly you are looking for a quick fix where you lose the weight yet make no changes. So carry on. When your weight refuses to budge because you don't want to put the required effort in, we will be seeing you back in the forums upset because you aren't losing. Again, not my problem.

    From what I've seen, the posters claiming that coffee still counts as water intake aren't having any trouble losing weight.

    ETA: Nobody anywhere on this thread or anywhere else said that you shouldn't log the calories of whatever beverage you choose to drink.
  • Fuamami
    Fuamami Posts: 38 Member
    I wish!
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
    Oh boy... In for science.

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    Best. Gif. Ever.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    Some folks here are being deliberately obtuse. Water intake actually plays a role in weight loss. Do your own research if you don't believe me. There is a ton of research on the benefits of drinking water when dieting. Here's the thing...you don't want to drink water so you sneak around to find a way not to. Not my problem. Coffee is not water regardless of how you log it. You don't want to log the calories of a beverage containing water but isn't water? Not my problem. I could go on but it is a waste of my time because quite frankly you are looking for a quick fix where you lose the weight yet make no changes. So carry on. When your weight refuses to budge because you don't want to put the required effort in, we will be seeing you back in the forums upset because you aren't losing. Again, not my problem.
    Oops. I think we were talking past one another, because I wasn't disputing that coffee has calories. I was disputing whether or not it "counts" as water for hydration purposes. I don't even drink coffee, but if I did, I would log it in my food (to keep track of the calories) and then I would click the button to increase my water intake.

    Also, you won't find me upset in the forums because I'm not losing. I'm not cutting calories right now because I'm trying to get hilariously strong. That's why I'm not losing. Not because I count Coke Zero as water intake.
  • mishtery
    mishtery Posts: 148
    Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

    If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

    ahh bring out the alcohol now we don't have to add to the calories! awesome. could be more partying going on now ;)

    Coffee has water... but it does also have milk unless you have it black! and it may also have sugar! therefore this is counted in your food log as calories! Water is the clear stuff that doesn't have added stuff to it! it doesn't add calories to your nutrition! i'll ask my 12yr old in the morning what she thinks :laugh:

    I'm going to have a cup of tea before bed.. and I'll add it to my calories! :)
    So ... will the MFP Police arrest me if I add the milk and honey from my tea to the food tracker for the calories AND click the water counter for the two cups of boiling water in my tea?

    I can only do one or the other? I'm breaking the law all over the place.

    looks like someone just being picky and looking for an argument. I am not policing anything! not wasting anymore time ..time is precious and you are not part of it.
    gosh will the mfp police get me for breaking the law cos I replied? and cos i have an opinion?
    have a great day cos I am now ready to to leave this thread and hit the real world :)
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Here's the thing...you don't want to drink water so you sneak around to find a way not to.

    I drink water all day long. I drink at least six cups of plain water plus other beverages. Some days I drink 15 cups of plain water if I'm thirsty enough or working out more than usual. Yesterday I had 8 cups of plain water.

    I still log the water from the tea I drink every day and on the rare occassion I drink juice anymore, I will log that as well.
    Coffee is brewed with water. Beer is brewed with water.

    If coffee counts as water, so does beer.

    ahh bring out the alcohol now we don't have to add to the calories! awesome. could be more partying going on now ;)

    Coffee has water... but it does also have milk unless you have it black! and it may also have sugar! therefore this is counted in your food log as calories! Water is the clear stuff that doesn't have added stuff to it! it doesn't add calories to your nutrition! i'll ask my 12yr old in the morning what she thinks :laugh:

    I'm going to have a cup of tea before bed.. and I'll add it to my calories! :)
    So ... will the MFP Police arrest me if I add the milk and honey from my tea to the food tracker for the calories AND click the water counter for the two cups of boiling water in my tea?

    I can only do one or the other? I'm breaking the law all over the place.

    looks like someone just being picky and looking for an argument. I am not policing anything! not wasting anymore time ..time is precious and you are not part of it.
    gosh will the mfp police get me for breaking the law cos I replied? and cos i have an opinion?
    have a great day cos I am now ready to to leave this thread and hit the real world :)
    Good, good.

    Let the hate flow through you.
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  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
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  • DavePFJ
    DavePFJ Posts: 212 Member
    I usually drink 5 home brewed cups (6 oz each) - and I mark it as 5 calories. Should I be marking it as 10? That's probably why I'm not losing weight.
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    I usually drink 5 home brewed cups (6 oz each) - and I mark it as 5 calories. Should I be marking it as 10? That's probably why I'm not losing weight.
    Oh, without a doubt that's why you're not losing weight.
  • BadKittie05
    BadKittie05 Posts: 157 Member
    I log it. I don't usually log my water like I should because I can't always keep up with how much I've had to drink. I just go and refill my cup when it's empty :laugh:
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    I don't count my water, like at all. I just go by the color of my urine...if pale, I'm fine. If it gets dark, I need to drink some fluids. Drink your coffee. If your urine gets dark, throw in some water. I haven't died yet, so I guess I'm doing something right.

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