Water = Worst Enemy (HELP)

Crystal Light packets are good to use. What about flavoring it with lemon or something? It took me a while to get used to drinking so much water too, but you get used to it. I am at about 64oz+ a day now. Take it one glass at a time .

I use to be able to go weeks without water, but i now bring a litre bottle of water with me to school and sip on it throughout the day! I usuall put diluitable orange (mi-waddi) in it! It gives it a bit of flavor!!

I use lemon in my water at home because it has a terrible taste. Consuming enough water is a big part of this journey. You will learn to love it and start to crave it~I am a former Mountain Dew addict.

You have to find a way that you like to drink it. Growing up, my dad always drank it in glasses, and I NEVER drank it. Turns out, I hate it that way. If it's in a plastic water bottle (refillable or not) I can drink much more. I also can drink more if I have a straw. It's very mental. If the crystal light is the only way you can drink it, I would think it'd be fine to count it for now, just try not to over do it. Try to drink 2 or 3 glasses of regular water and then have one serving of crystal light (which, if you use the packets, is a minimum of 2 but I think tastes better if you use a whole 24 ounces!), then you've finished 5-6 of your glasses!

I felt the same way you did. Then my doctor said on my high-protein diet, "you need to drink half your weight in ounces each day of PURE water" I couldn't have lemon, lime, crystal light, nothing. I would force myself and guzzle it. Today, I still drink that much water (I'm maintaining my weight loss) and I actually CRAVE pure water. You will get there! If I did, you will!

Crystal Light is great, I don't care for it. I drink A LOT and I mean A LOT of tea, I get unsweetened with sweet n low! 0 Calories! I drink it all day long!

I drink peppermint tea all day. I don't like plain water much in the winter, though carry around a water bottle once the weather gets hotter.

Try adding some lemon or cucumber!! Great way to "freshen" things up. You can also just try some seltzer water. If you try the plain one, add a bit of fruit or tiny bit of fruit juice. Or try one of the many different flavors.

This "Sassy water" is good, but can get kind of expensive to make.

Sassy Water:

2 liters water (about 8 ½ cups)
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
1 medium lemon, thinly sliced
12 small spearmint leaves.

Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher and let flavors blend overnight. Drink the entire pitcher by the end of each day.

Unsweetened tea is also a good option. But be sure to brew your own! There are a lot of "fruit" teas now that are great over ice: just brew, let it cool, and pour over ice. If you aren't sure what you like, buy an "assorted" box, something is bound to appeal to you.

I am one of those previously referred to people that thinks the chemicals in the packets aren't really any better than drinking diet coke: especially when there are so many other natural options, but do what you gotta do..

Where do you find MIO? I haven't been able to find it yet.

Anything with water counts as water. However, just because it's water based doesn't mean it's going to do as good of job hydrating you and your body parts as plain water does. Things with loads of sugar are going to remove water from your system.

An article I read listed water based drinks according to the good/harm they do.

#1 water (duh) - only good
#2 decaf teas and coffee (NO sugar added) - mosty good but watch close for added sugars and caffeine
#3 sports drinks - in moderation, too much salt in these can throw you out of wack
#4 fruit and veggie juice- in moderation, loads of calories in them
#5 sodas and punches and fruit drinks that are not 100% juice- any water content in them is erased by the massive sugar and salt content.


I'm not sure about an acid thing affecting water intake but not anything else water based. Did the DR tell you the name of the disorder?

Decaf iced tea without any sweetner could be a good option for you..

what i do is buy propel zero and everytime i finish a bottle i immediately fill it up with regular water so i alternate between about 16 oz of propel and 16 oz of plain water i still struggle to get the whole 8 cups in only cause i never really feel thirsty excepr for when im workin out so i have to force myself to drink

Where do you find MIO? I haven't been able to find it yet.

Walmart has it on an end cap.


As to water even when I was in the usmc, exercising 3 days a week vigorously in the desert I never drank 8 - 8 oz glasses of water, I drank some water and some juice but never that much liquid. Ok, that's not all true, sometimes our Sergeants would force a couple canteens down our throats.

If you want to stay as close to natural water as possible while adding some flavor, stevia is the way to go. It's a safe sugar alternative, derived from a plant and has zero calories. I use it in liquid form and it comes in all sorts of flavors. Just add two drops to any 8oz. glass and you have lightly sweetened and flavored water! It comes in many forms (some have been processed and refined just like regular sugar, so watch for those) I have discovered, but this is what I was talking about:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E8WIAS/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00149DOW2&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1GBBH87EKDKVNHEJPMWX

There are all sorts of flavors, this website seems to have a lot of them:

http://www.evitaminmarket.com/Sweetleaf-Stevia-_c_12-2-0.html

http://organicpharmacy.org/manufacturer/SweetLeaf

Here are some FAQs that I discovered that assure that it is safe for human consumption (not like splenda or aspartame found in Crystal Light):

http://www.stevia.com/Stevia_Article.aspx?Id=2269

http://www.askdrhull.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1202

Hope this helps!

Try room temp water. I found that I just didn't like it cold, but I can drink it all day long if it's room temp!