Adding flavors to water

It's not "cheating". Your body gets the same amount of water from the water you drink, whether it has flavor packs in them or not.

If flavor packs help you drink more water and enjoy them, go for them. I don't personally find them necessary, as I like plain water well enough, but if they work for you, go for it. You could also try just spritzing some fresh lemon in your water as well.

Not cheating.. I don't like plain water ...

I typically add flavoring pack on my bottled water

I don't add flavour packs, but do add slices of lemon/lime/cucumber/bluberries/raspberries sometimes combinations.

Whatever you do to it, it's still water.

If you like the flavor and the packets fit into your calorie goal, then there’s no reason not to use them. A flavor packet doesn’t make your water not water anymore.

kalm3 wrote: »

This will seem like a silly question, but I want to know what people’s take is on adding those 10 calorie flavor packs to water? I personally feel like it’s cheating and I’m not really drinking my water. Would appreciate hearing thoughts on this. Thanks

Adding flavors to water does not make it not water.

I personally don't like those flavor packs because I prefer plain water. But, using them isn't cheating. Your body is still getting the same amount of water, flavored or not. Log those 10 or so calories from the flavor packets, and there's no "cheating" from any angle. Some people just don't like the taste of plain water but still want a low calorie drink. Win-win

Liamsm0m wrote: »

Cheating is drinking soda and calling it water 😂 Adding these packets is not deceptive which is what cheating is. It’s literally just adding something to water.

Soda is just flavored water with carbonation added.

ETA: @janejellyroll you and I are following each other around this afternoon

I'm not speaking for what @Liamsm0m meant with the soda and cheating comment, just how I read the comment. I just took it to mean it would be "cheating" to drink soda, call it water, and not log the calories for the soda. This is not cheating in the moral sense of the word. You aren't getting results you didn't earn like you would if you cheated on a test. It is "cheating" in the sense that most people apply the word to weight loss, but in that case the person you are really deceiving is yourself.
It's too bad "cheating" on weight loss effort doesn't work in the same way as the moral sense of the word though. If we could find a way to make the calories we pretend we didn't eat actually not count and get those results we didn't work for, I'm pretty sure we'd all be doing it.

Dilvish wrote: »

Personally I advise you stay away from flavor packets and opt for natural flavoring. The packets usually contain all kinds of garbage and you would be better off eating the package it comes in than the product itself!

I too don't really care for plain water. I typically add a splash (less than a 1/4 cup) of whatever juice is in the fridge (unsweetened) or a tablespoon of Ribena (black currant syrup).

I have just recently started adding a tablespoon of concentrated lemon juice to my water, which has no calories but lots of Vitamin C.

I also include my morning coffee (2 cups - 500ml) and any sparkling water (soda water) to my daily intake. Note: there are some great flavored sparkling waters out there that also have no calories.

Not really - it does have 2.5 calories per table spoon and you get a whopping 3.24 mg of vitamin C (less than 4% of the RDA).

And what exactly is the 'garbage' in the water enhancers?

Liamsm0m wrote: »

🙄 I meant literally drinking soda and then saying you drank water, not soda. That’s cheating, to use the original OP’s word.

As in, “I drank 64 oz of water today”. (But you drank soda).

IDGAF what anyone choose to drink. And yes, I’m aware soda is made from water. 😒

If you’re not going to “speak” to something @Sunshine_And_Sand, then don’t tag me 🤦🏻‍♀️

I sincerely apologize for obviously offending you. I didn't feel your post was controversial or deserving of people saying you didn't know soda is made of water. I said I wasn't speaking to your meaning because I don't feel your post needed defending and was only saying how I read it (like I said).
I will not tag you again.

Edit: typo

If you're replacing regular soda with a 10-calorie flavor pack, you're saving yourself over 100 calories. Sometimes people mistake hunger for thirst, so staying hydrated is a good idea in general, but also when you are trying to lose weight. What's not clear to me is whether the sweetness of the flavor pack stimulates my hunger & causes me to eat when I otherwise wouldn't. But if it doesn't do that to you, then no, it's not cheating or a trigger that leads to cheating.

Liamsm0m wrote: »

🙄 I meant literally drinking soda and then saying you drank water, not soda. That’s cheating, to use the original OP’s word.

As in, “I drank 64 oz of water today”. (But you drank soda).

IDGAF what anyone choose to drink. And yes, I’m aware soda is made from water. 😒

If you’re not going to “speak” to something @Sunshine_And_Sand, then don’t tag me 🤦🏻‍♀️

But why is that significant at all? Nobody cares how much water I drink, it's a statement with absolutely zero material value. It's like eating a hot dog and saying "I ate a sandwich for lunch" to someone who doesn't agree that a hot dog is a sandwich.

For the purposes of your body, it is water.