Water in drinks ....does that count towards allowance?

Hi

I have wondered the same thing as I too hate water on its own.

Ever try 4C? It's awesome - you mix it into water. They've got a bunch of flavors, it's 0 calories (sweetened with Splenda, so no aspartame), and every serving has 100% of your daily intake of vitamin C. I use it as a change-up to water because let's get real, even those of us who like water get bored of it on occasion ... It is also sold in those little packets you can add to bottles of water and I keep a bunch of them (along with a water bottle) at my desk at work.

I only count non-caffeine drinks & switch up what I drink as much as possible

Definitely not caffeinated drinks. I usually keep an eye on my pee. If it's almost clear, then you are getting plenty. But that's my theory as I drink plain water and decaf coffee.

I cannot stand plain water. It literally makes me gag. However, I was wondering if water used to make things like tea, coffee, cordial/squash drinks counts towards the 8 glasses a day?

Thanks so much!

Heidi

I'm on both sides of the argument...if I were to go through 2-32oz bottles of PowerAde Zero, that would be the equivalent of 8 glasses of water, but I'm also getting all the positives/negatives that comes with drinking something that isn't straight water.

So to compromise, what I'm doing now is adding Mio to bottled water:

http://www.kraftbrands.com/mio/pages/about-mio.html

No calories, no carbs, and no sodium, and you can adjust the flavor by how much or how little you put in. I don't put in much, as a bottle costs over $3 at my local Wal-Mart, but it does make water more tolerable.

(regarding: drink packets to add into water)crystal light has these too and a few stores (like Walmart) have their own store brand versions as well. They are great.