Does my morning coffee count

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  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    Counts, but if you are still worried drink an extra glass of water!

    Personally I drink when I am thirsty and don't track water intake.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    Water does not cease to be water just because you filter it through coffee. Add creamer and sugar, though, and you'd better be sure to log it.

    Absolutely. Whether it's only a small amount, each calorie counts I say! If you have 5 cups of coffee or tea a day it will add up.

    It's a mind set. A coffee has 2 calories in 8 oz and really that 2 calories is not going to make or break losing weight BUT that 2 calories there then times it by 5 through the day for 10 calories, add in the 15 calorie taste test from a dish you are making, another 10 for a piece of cookie dough popped in your mouth, 5 extra calories from not weighing the cheese, 15 calories from your flaxseed oil capsule, and over the course of that day you've added 55 calories. Again, 40 calories isn't a huge deal unless it is done on a consistent basis and that 55 calories grows to 80 or more. Combine this little bit of extra calories consumed with the problem of thinking you are burning more than what your really are, and you have the perfect recipe to fail at losing weight. If you want to lose weight using the calorie logging method, it is important to log ALL calories from EVERYTHING that goes in your mouth. This ensures you are creating the calorie deficit you think you are for losing weight and not unintentionally maintaining or even creating a calorie surplus. This is one reason why folks come on the forums with the 'I'm doing everything right but am not losing'.

    I like how 10 calories from coffee magically became 55 calories from cookie dough and cheese, and yet it still has nothing at all to do with whether coffee counts as water.

    Exactly... OP did not ask if she "doesn't have to count the calories from coffee" OP asked if the fluid from coffee can be counted as water... Meaning she wants to know if she can she click the little up arrow on the water every time she has her morning coffee. It has been pointed out several times on here that a user can easily log the coffee in the diary to count the calories from it and ALSO click the little up arrow for water for hydration purposes.. THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE TRACKERS . I think this is just too confusing for some.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,268 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.
    Your body couldn't care less what you think because it will metabolise the calories and the sodium and also metabolise the water content. You won't fool your body if you happen to add sugar or cream because it will metabolise them as well......funny I know but the body does *kitten* like that.
  • nicolelowe7777
    nicolelowe7777 Posts: 1
    I count my coffee because it extra calories , and I also count the creamer and sugar or spenda I use ... all together its about 90 extra calories every day ... which I could trade all my coffee junk in for a snack , but I have to have my morning ,,,lol
    good luck sweetheart
  • mishtery
    mishtery Posts: 148
    I don't count it as my water. Since coffee has calories, I log it with my food.
    This^

    Anything with calories, no matter how small seemingly, I track as food.
    Ah. Another one. So it IS illegal to track the calories in the food diary AND click the water ticker. I better watch out for the MFP Police. This is serious.

    ahh can't help yourself. The only policeing going on is you! some people are way to serious and realy need to learn how to chill out! go have a beer!
    I'm making a point with sarcasm and humor.

    You, on the other hand, seem a bit obsessed with me. So, how YOU doin'?
    Bwhaha...definitely not. You can dream :)
    Your post says no but your need to comment on everything I say says yes.

    However, even if you were the right gender, your inability to distinguish obvious sarcasm would render you entirely unattractive.
    So then who's obsessing? You're replying to all my posts. Nice try!
    As for right gender?what the?
    Yawn..tired of your jabs at me!
    This isn't a school yard.

    you are NOT worth my time.
    What you're doing had nothing to do with the topic.
    so go back to it. If I could block you..I would! As of now you are being ignored
    I prefer adults :)
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I don't count it as my water. Since coffee has calories, I log it with my food.
    This^

    Anything with calories, no matter how small seemingly, I track as food.
    Ah. Another one. So it IS illegal to track the calories in the food diary AND click the water ticker. I better watch out for the MFP Police. This is serious.

    ahh can't help yourself. The only policeing going on is you! some people are way to serious and realy need to learn how to chill out! go have a beer!
    I'm making a point with sarcasm and humor.

    You, on the other hand, seem a bit obsessed with me. So, how YOU doin'?
    Bwhaha...definitely not. You can dream :)
    Your post says no but your need to comment on everything I say says yes.

    However, even if you were the right gender, your inability to distinguish obvious sarcasm would render you entirely unattractive.
    So then who's obsessing? You're replying to all my posts. Nice try!
    As for right gender?what the?
    Yawn..tired of your jabs at me!
    This isn't a school yard.

    you are NOT worth my time.
    What you're doing had nothing to do with the topic.
    so go back to it. If I could block you..I would! As of now you are being ignored
    I prefer adults :)
    I'll miss you. :flowerforyou:
  • NorthCountryDreamer
    NorthCountryDreamer Posts: 115 Member
    Yes, if you drink coffee consistently (two cups each morning for example) then the average effect is neutral. Plain black coffee and tea are normal ways to take on liquids but not ideal as a means to hydrate obviously.
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
    In to read on my lunch hour. Looks like maybe an hour won't be enought time.
  • jmv7117
    jmv7117 Posts: 891 Member
    Yeah, coffee has water... but so does fruit. Do you log your orange or apple as water intake? Personally, if a beverage has calories and macros, it's logged as a food or in my 'non-water beverages' category. The only things I count as water for the purposes of hydration are actual water and unsweetened, caffeine free hot tea. If I add honey or agave to my tea, I log it in my beverage category.

    But, to each their own.

    Well, cake has moisture so ergo has water which means it can be logged as water intake not food <snicker>. I'm sure that is the thought process for some. At any rate, I agree with you that a beverage with calories and macros should be logged in another category than water. It's easy to set up a category for beverages then log water separately.
  • 120by30
    120by30 Posts: 217 Member
    Still this? Wow! Seriously, you can track the calories in the coffee and still add 8 oz to your water intake for the day. Nobody said not to record the calories in the coffee or whatever you add to the coffee. Nobody! It really isn't that difficult.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Yeah, coffee has water... but so does fruit. Do you log your orange or apple as water intake? Personally, if a beverage has calories and macros, it's logged as a food or in my 'non-water beverages' category. The only things I count as water for the purposes of hydration are actual water and unsweetened, caffeine free hot tea. If I add honey or agave to my tea, I log it in my beverage category.

    But, to each their own.

    Well, cake has moisture so ergo has water which means it can be logged as water intake not food <snicker>. I'm sure that is the thought process for some. At any rate, I agree with you that a beverage with calories and macros should be logged in another category than water. It's easy to set up a category for beverages then log water separately.

    What's the problem with logging the coffee in your diary, and also logging that intake in the water section?
  • nomad1000
    nomad1000 Posts: 206 Member
    I just logged the cals for my morning coffee AND clicked the water consumption up arrow twice. I am such a rebel. :)
  • 120by30
    120by30 Posts: 217 Member
    I just logged the cals for my morning coffee AND clicked the water consumption up arrow twice. I am such a rebel. :)

    +1 for common sense.

    You rebel you!
  • NorthCountryDreamer
    NorthCountryDreamer Posts: 115 Member
    I agree
  • Frood42
    Frood42 Posts: 245 Member
    I add my water to my food log (I have seperate entries for water vs tea vs diet pepsi vs other beverages).

    The cup counter thing doesn't really work for me.
    .
  • mishtery
    mishtery Posts: 148
    I just logged the cals for my morning coffee AND clicked the water consumption up arrow twice. I am such a rebel. :)

    Yes that you are lol
  • rebalee8
    rebalee8 Posts: 161 Member
    I just logged the cals for my morning coffee AND clicked the water consumption up arrow twice. I am such a rebel. :)

    Oh yeah? I ONLY logged my black coffee as water.
  • levitateme
    levitateme Posts: 999 Member
    I don't count anything with caffeine as water, mostly because I want to track how much actual water I'm drinking. I have been getting dehydrated recently which is causing cramps in my toes and calves at night. I drink about 3 cups of black coffee and maybe
    2-3 cans of coke zero a day. I usually only drink about 4-5 cups of plain water on the average day. If I drank water instead of coke zero, I probably wouldn't be dehydrated all the time.

    But you know, anything made of liquid is water and everyone must agree with this. :drinker:
  • jmv7117
    jmv7117 Posts: 891 Member
    I don't count anything with caffeine as water, mostly because I want to track how much actual water I'm drinking. I have been getting dehydrated recently which is causing cramps in my toes and calves at night. I drink about 3 cups of black coffee and maybe
    2-3 cans of coke zero a day. I usually only drink about 4-5 cups of plain water on the average day. If I drank water instead of coke zero, I probably wouldn't be dehydrated all the time.

    But you know, anything made of liquid is water and everyone must agree with this. :drinker:

    If your doctor or other medical care provider asks how much water you drink each day, they are referring to water not a beverage containing water. I also want to track actual water consumption. Those who have no interest in tracking water consumption could easily just ignore the little cup on the tracking tool and record what they are drinking elsewhere. However, coffee shouldn't be tracked as water.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    If your doctor or other medical care provider asks how much water you drink each day, they are referring to water not a beverage containing water.

    That's the exact opposite of the truth. Go spend some time in a hospital where they're recording in and out for patients.
  • mishtery
    mishtery Posts: 148
    In a hospital setting input and output of all beverages is recorded.

    As for calories that's a different issue. In hospital we are not measuring calories. Reckon this topic could go on forever ;)
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    If your doctor or other medical care provider asks how much water you drink each day, they are referring to water not a beverage containing water.

    That's the exact opposite of the truth. Go spend some time in a hospital where they're recording in and out for patients.
    Right?! Besides, how hard is it to say, "well, I don't drink water per se, but I drink tea and diet soda and mio until I float away on a tide of pale yellow pee"?! That gives them the information they need to know. Why would your doctor care if the water you drink has stuff dissolved in it?
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    In a hospital setting input and output of all beverages is recorded.

    As for calories that's a different issue. In hospital we are not measuring calories. Reckon this topic could go on forever ;)

    I don't understand what you're trying to say here. It sounds like you're implying coffee cannot be logged both as calories AND water. Is that correct?
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    In a hospital setting input and output of all beverages is recorded.

    As for calories that's a different issue. In hospital we are not measuring calories. Reckon this topic could go on forever ;)
    But what do calories have to do with the price of tea in China, pardon the pun?
  • 120by30
    120by30 Posts: 217 Member
    If your doctor or other medical care provider asks how much water you drink each day, they are referring to water not a beverage containing water.

    That's the exact opposite of the truth. Go spend some time in a hospital where they're recording in and out for patients.

    Or a nursing home. I worked in one of those. We recorded juice, tea, and coffee as fluid intake just like we were told to do. Maybe we should've been shut down by the state. *shrugs*
  • richardheath
    richardheath Posts: 1,276 Member
    I don't count anything with caffeine as water, mostly because I want to track how much actual water I'm drinking. I have been getting dehydrated recently which is causing cramps in my toes and calves at night. I drink about 3 cups of black coffee and maybe
    2-3 cans of coke zero a day. I usually only drink about 4-5 cups of plain water on the average day. If I drank water instead of coke zero, I probably wouldn't be dehydrated all the time.

    But you know, anything made of liquid is water and everyone must agree with this. :drinker:

    If your doctor or other medical care provider asks how much water you drink each day, they are referring to water not a beverage containing water. I also want to track actual water consumption. Those who have no interest in tracking water consumption could easily just ignore the little cup on the tracking tool and record what they are drinking elsewhere. However, coffee shouldn't be tracked as water.

    Yeah, no... When I saw a nutritionist for my prediabetes, she just said "drink enough to stay hydrated". No long lectures on the maximum concentrations of solutes the water may contain before it magically becomes not water.
  • Raine7
    Raine7 Posts: 19
    I say no, Coffee can dehydrate just as sodas can. To me water is water.
  • 120by30
    120by30 Posts: 217 Member
    In a hospital setting input and output of all beverages is recorded.

    As for calories that's a different issue. In hospital we are not measuring calories. Reckon this topic could go on forever ;)

    OP asked if her morning coffee counted toward her water intake for the day. It does. The main ingredient is water. You and a couple other folks seem to be assuming that it would be breaking some unspoken MFP rule to log your coffee or other drink in your food diary and THEN click on your water tracker to update it. You literally can do both of these!! The water tracker is a completely different tool. For the love of calorie counting, we aren't saying to not log the coffee!! We aren't saying that coffee doesn't have calories! We were just answering the OP's question with a "Yes".

    At least that's the way I interpreted the question. I see OP has not returned. Lol!
  • jmv7117
    jmv7117 Posts: 891 Member
    In a hospital setting input and output of all beverages is recorded.

    As for calories that's a different issue. In hospital we are not measuring calories. Reckon this topic could go on forever ;)
    But what do calories have to do with the price of tea in China, pardon the pun?

    If they slap the label 'diet' on the tea and promote it as a cleanse the price goes up and stock holders make more money?
  • aumrysh
    aumrysh Posts: 1
    I don't count it because I count calories, and anything under 10 calories I'm not going to bother keeping track of. If you're counting carbs, you may want to record it.

    A cup of coffee is 1-2 calories, or with splenda it's 3-4. Not really worth the mental effort to estimate.

    edit: actually, yeah it does count as water.

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