Green tea??

yes!!!!!! counts as your water, super tasty and rumour has it that is speeds up metabolism (before you all jump on me, I said rumour has it!!!)
drink about 7 cups a day and it actually helps stave off hunger, but that might be psychological!

I think if you drink a natural green tea without lots of sugar and additives it will be good for you. There is also an old wive's tale that green tea increases fertility too so be careful lol

Tea acts like diuretic, hence making you pee lots. I drink 1-2 cups of tea a day, but i can't imagine 7 cups would be good for you... Peeing that often can cause dehydration and loss of essential salts and electrolyes

I drink decaffeinated, its the caffeine that makes it a not so great. For me personally I'd rather drink 7 cups of green tea than 7 cups of water. It makes it more exciting for me

Drinking natural green tea is good for you, not the bottled Lipton kind that has tons of sugar in it. As stated by emma1488, tea is a natural diuretic, but contains a lot of antioxidants that carry toxins out of the body. It does have a small amount of caffiene, but not as much as black tea and certainly not as much as coffee. The weight loss effect is probably attributed to the caffiene content, since caffiene is a stimulant and boosts the motabolism unaturally. Most of your "diet pills" are loaded with caffiene for that very reason. You can drink a lot of tea, but be sure you are compensating with plain water.

id rather drink water. I can only stomach one green tea a day. Just not that big of a fan of the taste:S

so long as you dont add sugar/sweeteners, you may as well give it a go:)

i drink 2 cups a day it's not the best tasting drink in the world, but you get used to it.. don't leave the teabag in for too long though because then it gets really bitter and nasty i think!

I love the green tea with mint in it - it is a less bitter flavor and I don't need any sweetener with it.

Some info I found on webmd.com:

Green Tea and Weight

Green tea and its extract have been shown to fight obesity and lower LDL "bad" cholesterol -- two risk factors for heart disease and diabetes -- but in very limited studies. One study in the Netherlands and a study in Japan showed that green tea did both.

In the Dutch study, participants who drank caffeinated green tea lost more weight, but even those who typically drank the decaf variety saw a decrease in their waistlines and body weight. Researchers speculated that the caffeine helps with fat oxidation.

In the Japanese study, 240 men and women were given varying amounts of green tea extract for three months. Those who got the highest amount lost fat and weight and had lower blood pressure and lower LDL "bad" cholesterol.

Green Tea's Powerful Antioxidants

Green tea's antioxidants, called catechins, scavenge for free radicals that can damage DNA and contribute to cancer, blood clots, and atherosclerosis. Grapes and berries, red wine, and dark chocolate also have potent antioxidants.

Because of green tea's minimal processing -- its leaves are withered and steamed, not fermented like black and oolong teas -- green tea's unique catechins, especially epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), are more concentrated.

But there's still a question of how much green tea you need to drink to reap its health benefits. EGCG is not readily "available" to the body; in other words, EGCG is not always fully used by the body.

"We must overcome the issue of poor bioavailability [and other issues] in order to get the most out of their benefits," says Tak-Hang Chan, PhD, professor emeritus in the department of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal. Chan has studied the use of a synthetic form of EGCG in shrinking prostate cancer tumors in mice, with success.

Green Tea Straight Up

Taking weight loss supplements that contain green tea extract probably won't hurt, unless you have liver problems.

But the best way to get the most out of green tea -- even if your main goal is losing weight -- is to drink it.

"Taken altogether, the evidence certainly suggests that incorporating at least a few cups of green tea every day will positively affect your health," says Diane McKay, PhD, a Tufts University scientist who studies antioxidants. "It's not going to cure anything and it shouldn't be consumed as a drug, but it can complement the rest of the diet."

McCullough bears the same reminder: eat your fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds, and nuts -- and go ahead, drink as much green tea as you want.

"I don't think it can hurt to drink it. I'd focus on dietary sources rather than supplements because there are several compounds in green tea that might need to be consumed together. We just don't know yet," she says.

totally agree with jemmur on both points. Water for green tea should NOT be boiling hot. And yes myth, the amount of liquid used to make the tea (or coffee) cancels out the diuretic. (maybe not if you drink more than 2-3 cups a day though :S)
Oh and even decaf tea/coffee is not fully without caffeine.
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