Something to drink other than water?

meghanbattles78
meghanbattles78 Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have no problem drinking just water, and my husband does throughout the day, but in the evening when he gets home he'd like to drink something else without carbs/sugar. Any ideas?

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  • sammidelvecchio
    sammidelvecchio Posts: 791 Member
    I drink coke zero, or sparkling water in a wine glass with a lime. You could also get an infuser and make fruit infused iced tea!
  • slbbw
    slbbw Posts: 329 Member
    tea, coffee, iced tea, sparkling water and diet soda are your basic options.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    I have little Mio squirt bottles laying around for when I get bored with water.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    Tea, coffee, diet soda, sugar free instant drink mixes, low calorie fruit juice drinks, fruit infused or otherwise flavored water. I drink a lot of iced tea.
  • DarkNightBrightDays
    DarkNightBrightDays Posts: 32 Member
    Water enhancers are my fav, Mio or Fit & Active from Aldi. If I fancy something fizzy I'll occasionally have some American Clear, their pineapple and coconut with ice is lush on a hot summer evening.
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    edited June 2019
    My H and I both try to only drink water during the day and like to have something different with dinner. We like unsweetened tea or you could do a tea with artificial sweetener if that's your jam. Also, for something fizzy, we really like the Zevia sodas which are sweetened with Stevia.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,745 Member
    Diet soda or diet tea. For summer, Lipton Green Tea with lemon is really refreshing. My husband likes a mix of orange tea and lemon tea. In winter, I like hot tea. We used to do a lot of Crystal Light drink mixes when backpacking, but somehow not so much when we are home.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    This comes up regularly and I always chime in with: Sodastream. Make your own soda with your own flavorings. In the US, you can buy the device and replace the cartridges at Staples.
  • mom2kpr
    mom2kpr Posts: 348 Member
    I bought a Cirkul water bottle. You buy flavored cartridges for it. I love it.
    www.drinkcirkul.com
  • littlegreenparrot1
    littlegreenparrot1 Posts: 702 Member
    Tea - lots of options, especially when you get into green, herbal, fruit flavours.
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  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Clear American from Walmart is really good. My favorites are the pineapple coconut (which seems to not be carried anymore) and tangerine mango. HEB has their own brand of sweetened 10 cal(whole bottle) clear soda. I like the strawberry and the cran-raspberry.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    Coffee
    Tea -- heaps of choice there! Hot and cold
    Diet soft drinks

    If you're in North America you can get Nestea and Crystal Lite little flavour things ... you squirt them into your water.

    If you're in Australia and the UK (I think), there's diet cordial, similar to those Nestea/Crystal Lite things.
  • ShayCarver89
    ShayCarver89 Posts: 239 Member
    Coffee, tea, diet soda, low cal Gatorade, low cal orange juice, skim milk.
  • MichelleMinn
    MichelleMinn Posts: 90 Member
    Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »
    This comes up regularly and I always chime in with: Sodastream. Make your own soda with your own flavorings. In the US, you can buy the device and replace the cartridges at Staples.

    Yeah. I own a restaurant so I kinda have my own as a part of the Coke machine. It breaks the monotony.

  • JohnnytotheB
    JohnnytotheB Posts: 361 Member
    I love seltzer water. I buy the plain Polar Brand but there are others like LaCroix, etc. Zero calories, no nothing - only carbonated water. If I'm feeling crazy I will add lemon, lime, raspberries, etc. It's a little more fun than plain water.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I have those little sugar free drink mixes that I use at dinner time. Otherwise, it's mostly just water for me.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    Diet soda and gatorade G2 or Zero.

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  • chris89topher
    chris89topher Posts: 389 Member
    JohnnytotheB wrote: »
    I love seltzer water. I buy the plain Polar Brand but there are others like LaCroix, etc. Zero calories, no nothing - only carbonated water. If I'm feeling crazy I will add lemon, lime, raspberries, etc. It's a little more fun than plain water.

    Same here. Flavored seltzer water is all I drink except coffee. It was an acquired taste when I first started drinking it a few years ago but I absolutely love it now.
  • mcemino2
    mcemino2 Posts: 427 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Coke Zero or Clear American for me.

    Second the Clear American, don't like plain water. Plus it's cheap, like 50 cents at Walmart.
  • BuddhaBunnyFTW
    BuddhaBunnyFTW Posts: 157 Member
    I like unsweetened ice tea, unsweetened chocolate almond milk, and the low sugar fever tree tonic water. My issue with diet soda and other drinks is that they are so sweet. The problem with sugar replacements is that it's hard to tell how sweet it is. If it has 6 grams of sugar I know how sweet it's going to be, if it has stevia it's going to be sweet as heck.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    I can sleep if I have caffeine in the afternoon/evening, so when I don't want water it's diet A&W for me.
  • floofyschmoofer
    floofyschmoofer Posts: 209 Member
    mom2kpr wrote: »
    I bought a Cirkul water bottle. You buy flavored cartridges for it. I love it.
    www.drinkcirkul.com

    My s/o has one of these and loved it for a while, but it is pricy to maintain and we both hate how wasteful it is. You can save a lot of money just finding some water enhancers/flavors at the grocery store you like.
  • linza7116
    linza7116 Posts: 18 Member
    edited June 2019
    I have not tried Mio but love Stur which is sweetned with stevia and is not bitter. I really like the lemon. The bottle fits nicly in my purse, I can squirt it into sparkling water, make keto shaved ice, use it in tea, make flavored ice cubes, flavor a vodka drink and flavor whipped cream. I'm on the keto diet so carbs are my big no no. Mio contains sucralose which I do not want to use.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    In the evening, either Powerade Zero or Diet A&W are my go-to options for something with no carbs/calories and also no caffeine.
    I like Coke Zero Sugar and Pepsi Zero Sugar during the day but I have to quit drinking caffeine in the afternoon or else it keeps me awake at night.

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