I KNOW water is the best, buuuutttt...
chubbyNHgirl628
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Is there anything else that is "equivalent"? I do love a cold glass of water, but it's nice to mix it up, you know? I have tried adding fruit and that's ok, but it gets nasty pretty quick..
I used to be a diet coke junkie and I cut that out because I am trying to be healthier... how do we all feel about crystal light?
Looking for any positive suggestions and thanks in advance!
I used to be a diet coke junkie and I cut that out because I am trying to be healthier... how do we all feel about crystal light?
Looking for any positive suggestions and thanks in advance!
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Don't overdo it, or overthink - drink water when you are thirsty, and you know that you are thirsty when water tastes sweet. When you focus on drinking for thirst, you may even lose the urge to drink for "fun".
ETA: I also drink black coffee and unsweetened tea, but not all the time.1 -
I drink water or unsweetened teas.1
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I like Mio flavorings. The water were I work tastes like *kitten* (not buying bottled) the Mio takes care of it.4
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I love it all. Here are some of my combos:
Loaded with ice
Loaded with ice and lemon juice
Sparkling water or Perrier
Cold steeped herbal tea; spicy, fruity, whatever
Iced tea sweetened with sweetener
Mio
Crystal Light
Diet sodas
Any combo of the above.4 -
Tea. I have 5-10 different kinds of tea at home that I drink.
There's also nothing inherently unhealthy about diet soda.5 -
Diet mountain dew.. all the time. Crystal light and nestea zero. I hate water plain. I occasionally drink it when I'm really thirsty but not often5
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Almost any liquid (drinkable ones!) will count as hydration just as much as water. The only thing that won't is alcohol as that has a diuretic affect and gives you net dehydration. I get most of my hydration with tea (duh, I'm English) and things like diet lemonade and diet cherryade. I drink a lot of squash but I'm not sure if other countries have that.6
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chubbyNHgirl628 wrote: »Is there anything else that is "equivalent"? I do love a cold glass of water, but it's nice to mix it up, you know? I have tried adding fruit and that's ok, but it gets nasty pretty quick..
I used to be a diet coke junkie and I cut that out because I am trying to be healthier... how do we all feel about crystal light?
Looking for any positive suggestions and thanks in advance!
Anything liquid counts. Just make sure the calories fit in your daily quota. It's been months since the last time I drank plain water. Normally I drink coffee, sometimes flavored waters with natural sweeteners like stevia. Rarely a diet beverage.4 -
I use crystal light blackberry lemonade. The little squeeze things. I like it and I haven't died so I'm callin' it good. Drink when you are thirsty. It's really nothing to obsess over. I'm going to re-post this video by Adam Ruins Everything, because it's funny and informational, and we can all use a good laugh in the morning, even though it's not 100% on topic here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWASUMMQjj8 7 -
I've heard that milk, with its electrolytes, is actually better than water for hydration.0
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I don't overdo water. I might drink a glass straight per day. Maybe more if I'm at the gym. Otherwise coffee, diet soda, watery vegetables, tea. My pee is about clear too.1
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Anything you drink is about 99.9 percent . . . (wait for it . . . . ) . . . water.
So it all counts. You don't really need to worry about water being "better" because as long as you drink enough of anything you're getting plenty of it. Of course you do need to count for any extra calories consumed and, if you're sensitive to it, any caffeine consumed. Someone will probably come along and post that caffeine is a diuretic and will dehydrate you but that has long been disproven (at least for people who consume it on a regular basis). As @MarziPanda95 said, alcohol can be a concern as far as dehydration. But I'm guessing on a diet you're not consuming overly large quantities of that.2 -
I drink crystal light and the other various sugar free drink mixes every day and I'm not dead.2
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arditarose wrote: »I don't overdo water. I might drink a glass straight per day. Maybe more if I'm at the gym. Otherwise coffee, diet soda, watery vegetables, tea. My pee is about clear too.
This. The only thing you need to worry about is if your pee is in the good range. If it is, you're fine. I know it sounds gross, just pretend you're a professor of biology and turn around and check the toilet if you're concerned.
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I can't stand the taste of water (since I was a kid). With the exception of after I exercise and I put it on ice. Then I can't taste it--it's just cold and wet and perfect. So I drink a total of one cup of water per day as long as I worked out. Otherwise its diet soda, V8, and raw milk.0
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chubbyNHgirl628 wrote: »Is there anything else that is "equivalent"? I do love a cold glass of water, but it's nice to mix it up, you know? I have tried adding fruit and that's ok, but it gets nasty pretty quick..
I used to be a diet coke junkie and I cut that out because I am trying to be healthier... how do we all feel about crystal light?
Looking for any positive suggestions and thanks in advance!
I tend to use the MIO water "enhancer" things when I don't want plain water. The sweet tea and the fruit punch are my usual go to ones. The Lemon aid isn't terrible either. Nothing wrong with a diet coke here and there as its zero calories.0 -
JulieSHelms wrote: »I can't stand the taste of water (since I was a kid). With the exception of after I exercise and I put it on ice. Then I can't taste it--it's just cold and wet and perfect. So I drink a total of one cup of water per day as long as I worked out. Otherwise its diet soda, V8, and raw milk.
What is "raw" milk?1 -
I rarely get thirsty and if I do after a few gulps of water the thirst is gone so I have to consciously make myself drink water so I don't dehydrate. Granted I eat a lot of foods containing water and don't have much salt so I don't think I need much water to begin with. I've started drinking a 500ml glass of orange squash with some Green Boost powder for the nutrients and to get the water down too.0
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Also, La Croix. Coconut is really good.2
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Sparkling water, unsweetened ice tea, seltzer...0
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I don't like plain water unless I'm really thirsty so it's always flavoured sparkling water and diet sodas for me0
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CoffeeNCardio wrote: »JulieSHelms wrote: »I can't stand the taste of water (since I was a kid). With the exception of after I exercise and I put it on ice. Then I can't taste it--it's just cold and wet and perfect. So I drink a total of one cup of water per day as long as I worked out. Otherwise its diet soda, V8, and raw milk.
What is "raw" milk?
@CoffeeNCardio Straight from a grass-fed cow--not pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurizing removes all the healthy enzymes and helpful bacteria. Homogenizing breaks the fat down into a less healthy form.
ETA: and the taste is just amazing.0 -
I personally feel there is no substitute for water. That being said, I love the flavor add ins. I just use them as a reward for meeting my water goals as a treat. Back when drinking water was a challenge I did use them more and just began mixing them weaker to get used to drinking more water.
Maybe some will have good results counting any liquid as water, but that never paid off for me. I always lose better sticking to the basics.
Milk is never a good replacement as just drinking milk can dehydrate you. My son passed out a few times due to drinking only milk and green tea.0 -
shellyld2016 wrote: »Milk is never a good replacement as just drinking milk can dehydrate you. My son passed out a few times due to drinking only milk and green tea.
I've actually never heard of milk dehydrating a person before. Do you happen to know how that works, I'm curious.0 -
JulieSHelms wrote: »CoffeeNCardio wrote: »JulieSHelms wrote: »I can't stand the taste of water (since I was a kid). With the exception of after I exercise and I put it on ice. Then I can't taste it--it's just cold and wet and perfect. So I drink a total of one cup of water per day as long as I worked out. Otherwise its diet soda, V8, and raw milk.
What is "raw" milk?
@CoffeeNCardio Straight from a grass-fed cow--not pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurizing removes all the healthy enzymes and helpful bacteria. Homogenizing breaks the fat down into a less healthy form.
ETA: and the taste is just amazing.
And pasteurizing also reduces the risk of catching any sickness off of it a hundredfold.7 -
JulieSHelms wrote: »I can't stand the taste of water (since I was a kid). With the exception of after I exercise and I put it on ice. Then I can't taste it--it's just cold and wet and perfect.
I was like this until I was forced to drink all the water from my canteen after it sat in the sun for a couple of hours during PT. I even used to gag on tepid water.
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stevencloser wrote: »JulieSHelms wrote: »CoffeeNCardio wrote: »JulieSHelms wrote: »I can't stand the taste of water (since I was a kid). With the exception of after I exercise and I put it on ice. Then I can't taste it--it's just cold and wet and perfect. So I drink a total of one cup of water per day as long as I worked out. Otherwise its diet soda, V8, and raw milk.
What is "raw" milk?
@CoffeeNCardio Straight from a grass-fed cow--not pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurizing removes all the healthy enzymes and helpful bacteria. Homogenizing breaks the fat down into a less healthy form.
ETA: and the taste is just amazing.
And pasteurizing also reduces the risk of catching any sickness off of it a hundredfold.
This is absolutely true if you buy milk from feed lot dairy cows (ie milk from the supermarket). Raw milk from pastured cows is rigorously tested and perfectly safe, not to mention a whole lot healthier.1 -
JulieSHelms wrote: »stevencloser wrote: »JulieSHelms wrote: »CoffeeNCardio wrote: »JulieSHelms wrote: »I can't stand the taste of water (since I was a kid). With the exception of after I exercise and I put it on ice. Then I can't taste it--it's just cold and wet and perfect. So I drink a total of one cup of water per day as long as I worked out. Otherwise its diet soda, V8, and raw milk.
What is "raw" milk?
@CoffeeNCardio Straight from a grass-fed cow--not pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurizing removes all the healthy enzymes and helpful bacteria. Homogenizing breaks the fat down into a less healthy form.
ETA: and the taste is just amazing.
And pasteurizing also reduces the risk of catching any sickness off of it a hundredfold.
This is absolutely true if you buy milk from feed lot dairy cows (ie milk from the supermarket). Raw milk from pastured cows is rigorously tested and perfectly safe, not to mention a whole lot healthier.
Apparently not if you look at the CDC statistics.2 -
I drink only a lot of water at work. At home, I have water for when I'm reaally thirsty. If I'm wanting something "better" with a meal, I do a 12oz of Dr Pepper as long as I have the calories to spare. Sometimes I drink orange juice and grape juice.0
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shellyld2016 wrote: »Milk is never a good replacement as just drinking milk can dehydrate you.
If this were true you'd think there would be a lot of dehydrated newborns and infants.
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