Water? Really?

You HATE water? Seriously? Put on some big girl panties, buy a water filter to help with this imagined horrific taste, and just drink your water.

There are a lot of people who don't like water. I'm one of those. Unless I have flavored water I get dehydrated because I have to make myself drink and it's just only a little sip at a time. So I end up drinking maybe 2 glasses at most throughout the day.

I can't believe so many people here hate water.

Ahh...a generation raised on Coca Cola and McDonalds.

When I was trying to lose weight the first time around (120lbs overweight), the dieticians in my department swore if i drank the recommended amount of water per day I would lose 2lbs a week. I tried it and sure enough, without changing anything else about the way I ate, I lost 2 lbs per week for almost 3 months. Soon I was making other healthier choices and the weight continued to fall off.

I got out of the habit of drinking water and about 40 of it has come back. I am back on the bandwagon...1 gallon per day (start with half and work your way up), in addition to other healthy choices.

I can't believe so many people here hate water.

Ahh...a generation raised on Coca Cola and McDonalds.

Just FYI, I haven't had either pop or McDonalds in years. I absolutely hate both.

I honestly can't understand why people dislike the taste of water! To me it's so great and refreshing! Maybe you should try using those water flavor drops or powders to make drinking it a little easier? 8 glasses of water is the minimum you should be drinking more depending on your weight and height.

I don't agree with your doctor, unless the additional fluid intake causes you to eat less.

I don't agree with your doctor, unless the additional fluid intake causes you to eat less.

maybe he would feel more full and naturally get to a maintenance or caloric deficit?

idk.. I don't understand the doctors reasoning either.

Yep, that's basically what I was getting at with eating less.

As an aside, I also don't believe it's necessary to exclusively drink plain water. There's nothing wrong with hydrating yourself through other means provided that you're able to adequately hydrate yourself. I drink coffee, I drink some diet soda here and there, I drink other flavored beverages/etc. I also drink some plain water but not much.

I've never seen any reason why it has to be plain water, and if people prefer to use other means then it doesn't make sense to me that we have people who try to convince them otherwise. That's really only going to reduce enjoyment.

I know the feeling. Getting up to a minimum of 64 ounces per day was incredibly difficult for me. I didn't hate water or anything, but for someone who rarely drank more than 30 ounces a day, that just seemed like so much! I worked on it a couple years ago, and now it's just daily routine. I prefer to drink it chilled or with ice, don't like stale room temp water. Now and then I also like adding lemon juice or infusing it with fruit. I keep this little bright blue (eye catching color) 8 ounce cup in the kitchen near the water dispenser on the fridge, and every time I go in to the kitchen for something, I fill up that little cup and knock back 8 ounces. Usually by the end of the day I've drank near 64 ounces just doing that. Keeping a water bottle in the car and at work usually ensures I will drink another 20 or so ounces while I'm out and about.

Is your doctor named Dr. Oz? As long as you're drinking, you're getting water. Juice, soda, tea... they're all nearly 100% water. You need to be mindful of any calories, sugar, acid, etc in those things, but they all do a good job of hydrating you. The only beverage that actually dehydrates you is alcohol.