Besides water, what else is safe to drink?

I asked a nutritionist doing a talk at my job and he said that drinks like crystal light that add flavor, but little or no calories can be counted glass for glass as water. He also said that even if we don't drink a drop of water a day, we're getting a pretty good amount from our foods, so even though it's not a bad idea to drink 8 glasses a day, it's not as necessary as some people make it sound.

Most kinds of unsweetened tea also count as a free drink! I drink TONS of iced tea, homemade.

DEFINITELY don't drink:

Bleach
Hydrogen Peroxide
Battery acid
Jagermeister

dude, you can drink whatever you want. I don't drink calorie-laden stuff very often, but I enjoy my cup of coffee, a diet soda here and there, and I guzzle homemade iced tea. (Or Arizona diet Green Blueberry)

Funny stuff! I agree

Most liquids in your neighborhood grocery.

You will just have to make a decision how you fit it into your diary.

teaaaa! I have so many different kinds of tea at home. and unlike coffee, you don't usually have to put extra calorie-laden things in tea.

*Decaf tea

*Try some crystal light mixed in (tons of flavors out there)

*Add fresh lemon or fresh lime or fresh orange in the water

*Also you can get little single serve packets called True Lemon. They come in orange and lime as well. OMG, just checked their website and it nows comes in grapefruit!! (0 calories, made from the real fruit, no sugar or any additives, etc.)

http://www.truelemonstore.com/?trk_src_ss=TLMPAYPCWEBMACSS&gclid=CKO9tYzIx6sCFQ1b7Aod5j-_zg

I drink a lot of herbal teas (unsweetened). The bonus is that they tend to keep my snacking at bay.

I asked a nutritionist doing a talk at my job and he said that drinks like crystal light that add flavor, but little or no calories can be counted glass for glass as water. He also said that even if we don't drink a drop of water a day, we're getting a pretty good amount from our foods, so even though it's not a bad idea to drink 8 glasses a day, it's not as necessary as some people make it sound.

I completely agree, maybe we'll both get yelled at for speaking our truth. This may sound gross, but you need to pay attention to your urine....if it's clear and not have any yellow to it, you may be drinking too much water.

http://www.webmd.com/urinary-incontinence-oab/features/the-truth-about-urine

let me correct myself... i will drink my glasses of water but i want something different with my meals... i just hate having water with every meal and i dont drink coffee

The other night I had a glass of beer with my dinner. It was epic! Try that.
I do lay off juice, but you CAN have that too.
I see diet soda, love it.

I allow myself a glass of juice (real juice, not fake stuff) and a glass of milk. Used strategically, I've eliminated Pepsi and tea (by which I mean, sweet tea) almost entirely.

What you want to do is keep it in your log and think your way through it. If I have that glass of pineapple juice with breakfast, that's calories and I need to make sure that I'm smart about it. You can have almost anything you want (well, except the bleach, etc. as noted hilariously above!) as long as you only have so much of it.

By all means, use the Crystal Light and unsweetened teas if you like them. I'm not crazy about them, though I do keep trying other flavors. Squeezing a little bit of orange or lime into a glass of water is good, too.

I agree that water can be boring, though I've gotten more and more used to it.

I know water is just so bland, but as far as calories go you just can't beat it. I will sometimes add either lemon or lime juice to my water just to give it some kind of flavor.





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if you go to the starbucks inside target they have a drink called hint. it's pure water with blackberry essence added.... I LOVE it, no cals, no sweeteners. and its just enough to make me love it. my friend puts a shot of apple juice in her water bottle each day to give it a hint of sweetness too. or sobe life water has no calories. they use a stevia extract for the sweetness, and there are plenty of flavors

I will have a diet coke sometimes. Also love have Liptons herbal pure pepperment tea (decaf) and it's 0 calories and sugar...Also like water; so don't have a problem with that. I also will use 4oz of skim milk with Almond Breeze Vanilla 40z . Find the almond breeze little to thick consistency compared to skim milk which I'm used to. The skim has sugar though .
Like plain water with a slice of lime or lemond too.

I add very little vitamin water to my nalge.. give it just enough of a kick that you don't feel like you are drowning

I add a splash of lemon or lime to my water, but with meals, I LOVE some of the herbal teas. They have a LOT of flavor while still having no calories. Also, since green tea is considered a weight loss aid, you might choose to have your green tea with your meals. I typically have oolong tee with my breakfast (also as a weight loss aid), green tea with my lunch, and herbal tea with my dinner (all unsweetened). The rest of the liquid is water.