Am I the only one who hates water ??

Honestly I cannot fathom not liking water!!! What do you do when you're thirsty? You're bloated from not drinking enough water, water isn't the cause of your bloat. You need to retrain your brain because naturally that is all our body wants to hydrate. Try ice water, lemon water.. Sorry I'm not much help.

Stick with drinking lots of water....yes....it fills you up but you know its doing your body good! I drink 100 oz a day, yes I pee alot but i know its helping me ....take care.I

My dreams are filled with lakes and waterfalls if I do not drink enough water. I will actually get up in the middle of the night and drink tons when that happens. I don't like just sipping on water throughout the day, but I always take at least 1L with me to the gym and drink it at all meals. Throughout the day, I usually sip on tea or coffee but that is more desk job boredom than anything.

Stay with it! I used to hate water too but now I love it. Last week my water intake was about 1/2 of my normal and I noticed a big difference. I was bloated (water retention thanks to sodium in my diet--about 3-4 lbs of it). When I drink water all day I feel much better. At first, you pee a lot but then your body gets used to the water intake. I actually feel a sense of accomplishment when I go pee and you can't even tell because its so clear, lol. I dropped 8 lbs almost instantly in a period of about 2 weeks just from drinking loads of water. I've also found drinking a lot of water makes me full and less likely to snack.

I hate it too. I never EVER drink plain water. All beverages contain water, it still counts.

A question for all Successful mfp'ers lol
How did water help you with your wheight loss ?
Did any of you succed without drinking much water ?


I feel bloated all day when i drink too much water even though i excercize , i've hated water all my life , i drink a minimal amount , i want to force myself to do so , i know its super good for the body , but will i be bloated again?!
I've been in this journey for 2 weeks , not seeing much progress is it because i dont drink enough water ?

put some cordial in it, drink tea etc.. it doesn't have to be plain water, water retention is caused by not drinking enough as well as other things

The flavored water at Wal Mart is delicious if you don't like just plain water. Clear American, I drink one every day, but I also stick with regular water. The more you drink of it, the more you'll begin to love it.

Yep - hate water, still managed to lose weight, get fit, and maintain for years.

The only suggestion I would make if you really don't like to drink water at all is do not exercise. Dehydration + exercise = trip to the hospital.

Sure, you can down sport drinks, but then you're adding a lot of unnecessary calories to your diet.

I also have trouble with water. It's not that I don't like it. I just find it difficult to drink a lot of water, particularly while I am at work which can be pretty intense. I try to get 7 or 8 glasses a day. One way I keep up with my water intake is to drink two 16 oz glasses of water before I leave my house in the morning. I cannot stand tea or coffee and do not drink artificial sugar, so water is the only thing I drink other than milk. I drink one coke on Sundays.

I drink a coke on saturday often thought about having one on a sunday

Stick with it! Drinking water has helped my weight loss a ton. For one, I stopped drinking my calories in the form of soda and fruit juices. This was a huge cut in calories and I started losing weight without trying. Another reason is that if your sodium (salt) intake is high, water will help flush that out and cut down on your being bloated.

The way I did it was to cut back gradually on my sodas and juices, replacing them with water. I drink a coffee each morning, will have a glass or two of iced tea (that I brew and make myself so I can control how much sugar), and then water the rest of the time. Occasionally I will have a soda or juice when I am out, but it is more the exception. I have found that my taste buds have changed and I crave water and feel bloated when I don't drink enough.

I can't even function normally without 6 glasses a day at least! I normally drink a gallon of water a day!

I drink about 2-3L of plain water a day and there are some days when I get bored(not hate) of the flavor or lack thereof? Haha. On those days I may add 1/4L(one serving) of the Newman's Own Lemonade to my liter bottle.

You can view the nutritional value below. I'm not a total stickler every single day, but I would count it.
http://www.newmansown.com/products/newmans-own-organic-virgin-lemonade/

I don't like drinking water either, and certainly don't bother counting the amount of water I consume to make sure I have enough

Makes absolutely no difference to my weight loss whatsoever and there are countless articles that disprove the minimum water myth (as I'm sure there are many to endorse it)
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

All I will say is that if you're not drinking zero calorie water then you are drinking something that contains calories - but as long as you're taking that into account with your total calorie intake, then you're ok.

Ultimately water would be part of the absolute perfect diet that you should consume, but who follows that?

It depends on my mood and the quality of my fridge's filtration system! Some days I have to choke down every drop or flavor it with citrus, tea, or juice, and some days I can't get enough (last week I got back from a trip where I'd had minimal access to beverages and ended up drinking 16 cups of water in 12 hours--4 of them I just chugged as soon as I'd filled my bottle!). As long as you're staying hydrated, though, it shouldn't matter too much where you're getting your water from.