Is drinking mix/water the same as drinking lots of water?

frmr96
frmr96 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I just can't stand drinking water alone. However, I usually like putting in grape flavoring into my water and I'll drink 3-5 (24oz) water bottles a day. However, I'm not loosing weight like I would think I would! Could it be from the flavoring? I have attached images of the flavoring I'm using. Any suggestions would be great in relation to the flavoring of water!lq46g8lu4krc.jpgaaw4is0505zh.jpg


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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited June 2017
    Yes, of course it still counts as water. Anything with water in it counts toward hydration.

    No, it's not interfering with your weight loss unless you're drinking enough of it to put you in a caloric surplus.
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
    nope, (unless you are drinking dozens and dozens of servings a day!)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    It doesn't negate the properties of the water, so yes you're drinking water. But that's not the cause of you not losing...that is likely due to inaccurate logging.
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    With 10 calories it's not affecting your weight loss. There probably is something off with your logging.
    It still counts as water.
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    Are you logging the flavouring? It has calories so should be logged (particularly if you're having more than 2-3 packets per day).

    Outside of that, flavoured water is still water as far as hydration is concerned.
  • ShaDucky
    ShaDucky Posts: 67 Member
    I drink a ton of mio flavored water. Made it so much easier to cut soda out. Still losing weight. 10lbs this last month
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,103 Member
    @frmr96, if you are mixing it according to the strength it says on the package, that's 1 1/2 packets of grape mix per 24 oz. bottle, or 30 calories per bottle, and 3 to 5 bottles per day, that's 90 to 150 calories per day. Are you logging those calories? Are there other things you eat and drink that you aren't logging?
  • frmr96
    frmr96 Posts: 2 Member
    thanks for the thoughts... I usually only put 1 packet of the grape mix in my bottle when I fill it each time. I too been struggling with cutting out soda 100%, but doing the grape mix in the water has helped a lot. Yes, I usually count the calories... I was using the diary on the fitnesspal app, but truthfully, I haven't logged anything in quite a while. I definitely need to get back to walking on the treadmill every day again. I can't run due to bad knees that can't taking the pounding of running or jogging!

    It's really interesting when you look at the nutrition facts, it says 20 servings per box and each packet is only 1/2 serving. BUT yet, on the front of the box, it says 1 packet per 16.9 oz of water!
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    frmr96 wrote: »
    thanks for the thoughts... I usually only put 1 packet of the grape mix in my bottle when I fill it each time. I too been struggling with cutting out soda 100%, but doing the grape mix in the water has helped a lot. Yes, I usually count the calories... I was using the diary on the fitnesspal app, but truthfully, I haven't logged anything in quite a while. I definitely need to get back to walking on the treadmill every day again. I can't run due to bad knees that can't taking the pounding of running or jogging!

    It's really interesting when you look at the nutrition facts, it says 20 servings per box and each packet is only 1/2 serving. BUT yet, on the front of the box, it says 1 packet per 16.9 oz of water!

    Actually, it says each packet is 2 servings as the serving size is 1/2 a packet.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,103 Member
    frmr96 wrote: »
    thanks for the thoughts...I usually only put 1 packet of the grape mix in my bottle when I fill it each time. I too been struggling with cutting out soda 100%, but doing the grape mix in the water has helped a lot. Yes, I usually count the calories... I was using the diary on the fitnesspal app, but truthfully, I haven't logged anything in quite a while. I definitely need to get back to walking on the treadmill every day again. I can't run due to bad knees that can't taking the pounding of running or jogging!

    If you aren't logging, how do you know whether you are in a calorie deficit? (Well, actually, we know you're not if you aren't losing weight.)

    It's really interesting when you look at the nutrition facts, it says 20 servings per box and each packet is only 1/2 serving. BUT yet, on the front of the box, it says 1 packet per 16.9 oz of water!

    No, as Chadxx pointed out, each packet is two servings (20 calories). If you're thinking of each packet as 1/2 serving (20 calories), you're ignoring 15 calories for each packet. 45 to 75 calories a day wouldn't wipe out a calorie goal designed to have you lose a pound a week, or even a half pound a week. But if you're making other mistakes like this about how large a serving size is, plus you're not logging, ... well, it's not surprising you're not losing.
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