Water

The 0 cal lifewater is good. What about ice tea? And a lot of the store brand water-shakers are mucho delish!!! Give em a go!!! My fav: Target brand (called Market Pantry) strawberry-lemonade, or the Save Mart brand in Wild Strawberry. I like the raspberry lemonade in the Crystal Light.

Yes water is SOOOOOO important!! Drink at least 8-8 ounce glasses a day, or as I do it, 2-32 ounce water bottles, at a minimum!

yes it is important to drink enough water. 7 glasses of water is enough. maybe you could drink water when you eat? like bite on something, chew and then have some water.. i dont believe in all those colored-fake sugary add ins. pure water is what your body needs.

I need suggestions for getting water down. I gag on plain water. I do not like the "fake sugar" or zero calorie water. Is it important to get water down? What are some suggestions to spice it up and also how many oz of water should I drink in a day? I like the life water however there is 100 calories per bottle

Sorry, I don't have any suggestions about HOW to make yourself drink water but here's an article I found very interesting. Someone else here on MFP posted it a while back. It explains the WHY water is important.

http://timeforfitness.com/?p=352

yes it is important to drink enough water. 7 glasses of water is enough. maybe you could drink water when you eat? like bite on something, chew and then have some water.. i dont believe in all those colored-fake sugary add ins. pure water is what your body needs.

your body does need pure water, it really is best. However using the drink shakers or something similar to help a person get in their water is far better than no water at all. The only time I can tolerate plain water is during a workout, so I can relate to the OP. I only use one shaker for my 32 ounce water bottle, so it's watered down a lot, but still tastey!

I put slices of lemon in my water, I've gone from drinking no water to 6-8 glasses a day.

You need water. Period. However, any liquid drink (excepting hard liquor) will have some effect on hydration levels. If you haven't yet found an additive you like, keep looking. I'm partial to the Ocean Spray flavors that are sized for a 16 oz water bottle. I think they have something like 5 calories per serving, which isn't enough to worry about.

A bit of lemon or lime juice can add a lot of flavor to water too.

Here's an interesting article on hydration and how much you really need:
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/how-much-water-should-i-drink-5-myths-about-hydration-answered-2504372

Your best indicator of hydration is the color of your urine. Clear may mean you're overhydrated. Light yellow is fine, dark yellow means you need to drink something.

If you're not thirsty you don't need to be drinking anything extra. I drink Crystal Lite when I want something with flavor.

You get used to it. Try it iced cold. I rarely drink anything other than water and I didn't like it at first.

I never drink plain water.... what you need are FLUIDS. There are several links about this in my sig.

I get all of mine from protein shakes, soy milk, almond milk, milk, diet v8 splash, crystal light naturals, powerade zero, ice tea and coffee.

I don't like plain water --- I know some people do. I don't need to hear that I have to force it down anyway - because that's not true.
I don't like it with lemon either.

SOunds like me! I get mine from coffee and tea most of the time. Water makes me terribly cold this time of year xD

I just wish people didn't spend so much time trying to force it down when its not necessary. I love coffee flavor so I drink decaf .. it's almost all water anyway so of course it counts. This argument is silly and drives me nuts

your body does need pure water, it really is best. However using the drink shakers or something similar to help a person get in their water is far better than no water at all. The only time I can tolerate plain water is during a workout, so I can relate to the OP. I only use one shaker for my 32 ounce water bottle, so it's watered down a lot, but still tastey!

i guess you are right. I just remembered that when i was younger, i could only drink sparkling water...normal water would make me gag lol but at some point it changed and now i love regular water.

I love water. I drink a half gallon to a gallon of water a day.

64oz of water is recommended. Try adding ice to your water. Slice of lemon even spice up water.

You might even want to try to drink water out of a water bottle that has a straw.

I never drink plain water.... what you need are FLUIDS. There are several links about this in my sig.

I get all of mine from protein shakes, soy milk, almond milk, milk, diet v8 splash, crystal light naturals, powerade zero, ice tea and coffee.

I don't like plain water --- I know some people do. I don't need to hear that I have to force it down anyway - because that's not true.
I don't like it with lemon either.

AMEN!

I weaned myself onto it slowly. First I would add a squash or ribena and gradually weaken it each time, try it on its own between bits of food or have a drink of something else and drink of water inbetween.

Try a straw.. sipping on a tiny amount so there's not enough to gag on but the taste is still in your mouth. Do it whilst your busy doing something else like working on computer so you don't have much time to think about it. Try different brands of plain water, this may sound odd but they do have a slightly different taste in your mouth even though they are all meant to be plain water! I've got used to Evian bottled water as our tap water is not very nice, even after using filter jug first.

It worked for me.. I can now drink plain water several cups a day.. I do also buy a flavoured water and mainly drink that at TOTM when I get sugar cravings so I'll have a lemon and lime water every so often inbetween the glasses of regular water to satisfy my sweet cravings.

I need suggestions for getting water down. I gag on plain water. I do not like the "fake sugar" or zero calorie water. Is it important to get water down? What are some suggestions to spice it up and also how many oz of water should I drink in a day? I like the life water however there is 100 calories per bottle

I used to be the same way when I was 16. I absolutely hated everything about water. I used Propel + Crystal Light a lot, then I got myself one of those 64oz huge bottles of water and I told myself that I had to drink that every day before I would allow myself a coke, sprite, etc.

I remember I would pour it over ice and whenever it's really cold it seems to have no taste at all. Eventually after doing this for a few weeks, I started CRAVING water. Now I drink more water than any other drink.

I know this may not help that much, but it worked for me. I whenever I take supplements I don't like I keep repeating to myself "Mind Over Matter." You can do anything if you put your mind to it. Just try flavor enhancers if not just chug it while it's cold

I found that I loved the taste of ice cold water with orange squash (cordial), started making it weaker and weaker now I just slug down plain old water...worked for me :-))