I *hate* water...

I hope tea counts. For me I find it easier to drink watery tea than to drink plain water. So what I do is make a 6 oz cup of tea & I add two Splendas. Then I dump it into a 20 oz glass filled with ice and top off any remaining room with water. I figure it is like drinking 1 cup of tea and 2 cups of water.
And by watering it down, I'm not overloading on caffeine.

Try adding lemon, orange, lime... whatever you like!

Best of luck! 8 glasses sounds like a lot, but it will go down quickly. I never used to drink much of anything and it is nothing for me to get well over 8 now.....and I will only drink it from my Brita pitcher. Cold and filtered...no other way to go

I can't even add ice cause it ruins it. Now, that is bad

I'm telling everyone I can about this! I purchased from Sam's Club a drink called "Talking Rain Sparkling Ice"...Naturally Flavored Sparkling Spring Water. Its sold by case of 24 17 oz. bottles, with 3 different flavors: Lemon Lime, Black Raspberry, & Orange Mango. They have zero calories, zero sugar, however, what it does contain are vitamins & antioxidents! Taste wonderful, great way to up your water intake!!

Have you tried vitamin water, tastes like powerade/gatorade to me!

I used to hate water, now I feel better about it. I gave up soda and switched to juices for a while to wean off the sugar, added more Gatorade and water with lemon. Now I almost exclusively drink plain water, tea, almond milk, or coffee. My advice is to buy a water bottle. I find that I always tend to hydrate more regularly when I'm drinking from the bottle than from a glass. After the sugar (sweetener) addiction passes you'll notice you feel better drinking water than anything else and then even though the taste isn't as good you'll crave it.

water doesnt have to be pure H2O...water is in vegetables, in your teas (no coffee cos thats dehydrates you) etc....try mixing in some crystal light 1 packet serves 1 litre and is only 10 calories. its really sweet and you would drink more water using it. but if you work out hard like you should be doing ....a natural thirst for pure water will be acquired and you will eventually grow to like it.
PS: diet anything is not a sustainable way to loose weight because your body isnt actually changing for the better so when you do relax on your diet and try to maintain your weight....guess what? you will gain ALL the weight back cos you havent trained you body to be efficient in its ways. Plus carbonated drinks will make you bloated and retain water always and eventually eat more when you arent drinking them....not good or healthy at all

remember......only 5% of people who loose weight keep it off.

good luck with all

I highly recommend MiO. Ever since I started adding it to my water, I don't drink soda anymore. I will also add that since I stopped drinking soda (the diet kind), my weight loss has stepped it a up bit. MiO comes in a variety of flavors so you don't get bored with what you're drinking.

And MiO doesn't add any calories like Crystal Light! I used to be a hardcore Crystal Light drinker until I found MiO.

I am addicted to the Crystal Light packets (althought I use the off brand ones). That is the only way that I can get my daily water intake because I can't stand just plain water. I'm also addicted to Diet Dr. Pepper. I know that it's not good for me, but it's one of the only vices that I have left that doesn't cause me to gain weight. That will be the last thing to go for me.

I honestly didn't like water either. I thought it was so gross. But I bought a liter bottle and fill it up every morning. I chug this down faster than I do the 16 oz bottles, not sure why. SO one of those is 4 cups right there. It goes fast, and you will love how much better you feel when you are hydrated! That MiO stuff is nice, kind of spendy so I don't use it for the majority of my water, but maybe in the middle of the day, when you can't stand to drink another plain water. Good luck!

It's simple. Just take a bottle of water and chug it down. Just keep doing that throughout the day. Or you could add lemon and a packet of equal to make lemonade.

I can't stand water either. I've tried the flavored stuff and it's blechy. My trick for drinking it is this: Get yourself a glass or bottle that can hold 2 - 3 cups of water (most drink glasses are 16 oz) and try drinking your water that way. I find that I can get down one "glass" of water a couple of times a day and boom!! There are my 6-8 cups. (more like 6 than 8.. but I'm getting it in.. thats the point. lol)
Diet coke is my weakness. I buy it by the bottle so what I've been doing is putting my water in old water bottles that are the same size as a diet coke bottle and trick my mind into thinking its diet coke. NO it doesnt' actually work but for some reason, it "feels" like I am. lol.
Everyone has little tricks and tips to getting the water into them.. after awhile, you find you can tolerate it and then you find you actually miss it when you're not drinking it!!
Good luck!

i only count plain water, too, but herbal teas that do not contain caffeine have zero calories or anything and can technically count as water because you are really only adding a flavoring pretty much. Only herbal teas, though, not black or green tea or anything with sugar or anything artificial.

I hated water when I started this too. I've been forcing myself to drink it though and I actually don't mind it now. I'm about 5 weeks in and this week I've had no problems drinking the recommended amount of water. I wouldn't say I actually LIKE water now, it's bland and boring, but I've got so used to drinking it that other drinks seem too sweet.

My trick is that I have a liter water bottle. It tricks my mind into thinking its much less water than it really is since I only have to drink two of them in order to hit 8 cups. I've already done that and its not even noon yet! I don't mind water now (considering its pretty much all I drink these days) at all but it just seems so daunting when you are thinking about it.