Do you count iced tea as water?

underthecherrytree
underthecherrytree Posts: 532 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
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  • _CiaoParis
    _CiaoParis Posts: 166
    I personally only count water as water. Iced tea or any other drink is not water to me. Only water :) haha.
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I don't bc then I fool myself into thinking I've consumed my water for the day. Many teas have caffeine and act as diuretics and for me I need pure water to keep me hydrated and going "normal". I have an extremely slow digestive system and when I cut my water I notice it right away plus I'll retain a ton of water if I'm slacking.
  • simplysassi
    simplysassi Posts: 137 Member
    Personally, I don't count anything except water. However, a rule that was usable on WW (at least during the time I was on their program) allowed you to count other liquids as long as they were caffeine-free AND sugar-free... but only half of the daily consumption was allowed to be those drinks. So, basically you could have 4 glasses of water and 4 glasses of diet caffeine-free soda or sugar-free decaf tea.
  • Shock_Wave
    Shock_Wave Posts: 1,573 Member
    Very simply YES count is a water.
  • beth_816
    beth_816 Posts: 19
    Herbal teas as water...yes. But teas with caffeine in them are dyhdrating and counter to water intake.

    Drink up!!!
  • Usakoneko
    Usakoneko Posts: 21
    I count tea as water yes, in part because if I didn't, I'd NEVER make my daily water allowance. XD I HATE water. But, I count the tea I drink as water because what I drink is basically flavored water. Put the water in a pitcher (or bottle), add in the powder, and just because I now have a yummy flavored drink, it doesn't negate the water that I poured in the container to start with. The two quarts of water I put in my pitcher are still going to be drank, by me, it's just going to have a little something extra in it as well. I would think this counts whether your using powder tea, like I do, or using regular tea bags for your tea.
  • ady41
    ady41 Posts: 23 Member
    NO!
  • Tzippy7
    Tzippy7 Posts: 344 Member
    No! it dehydrates you! only count water as water!
  • Tzippy7
    Tzippy7 Posts: 344 Member
    I count tea as water yes, in part because if I didn't, I'd NEVER make my daily water allowance. XD I HATE water. But, I count the tea I drink as water because what I drink is basically flavored water. Put the water in a pitcher (or bottle), add in the powder, and just because I now have a yummy flavored drink, it doesn't negate the water that I poured in the container to start with. The two quarts of water I put in my pitcher are still going to be drank, by me, it's just going to have a little something extra in it as well. I would think this counts whether your using powder tea, like I do, or using regular tea bags for your tea.

    It actually could be negating the water you are drinking :( I would suggest cutting up citrus fruit and putting that in your water, or even cucumbers, instead of adding tea.
  • shimmer_glo
    shimmer_glo Posts: 103 Member
    I count any decaffeinated/herbal tea as water, as long as it's just tea (leaves, not powder) and water, with no sugar or sugar substitute, because it is hydrating.
  • sun33082
    sun33082 Posts: 416 Member
    Tea is dehydrating. Maybe this is TMI, but I'm on a water pill and I notice if I drink only water, then I pee a lot. If I drink other things, even things without sugar, I don't pee as much. So that tells me that my body doesn't count it as water.
  • Usakoneko
    Usakoneko Posts: 21
    I count tea as water yes, in part because if I didn't, I'd NEVER make my daily water allowance. XD I HATE water. But, I count the tea I drink as water because what I drink is basically flavored water. Put the water in a pitcher (or bottle), add in the powder, and just because I now have a yummy flavored drink, it doesn't negate the water that I poured in the container to start with. The two quarts of water I put in my pitcher are still going to be drank, by me, it's just going to have a little something extra in it as well. I would think this counts whether your using powder tea, like I do, or using regular tea bags for your tea.

    It actually could be negating the water you are drinking :( I would suggest cutting up citrus fruit and putting that in your water, or even cucumbers, instead of adding tea.

    I'll admit that I haven't done a whole lot of looking into the subject, but as I understand it, the only way that could be a possibility would be if the tea was caffeinated, and even that I'm not sure on. I will say, however, that the tea I drink isn't. Of course, as I stated, I also hate water, so drinking either tea or flavored water is about the only way I'm going to GET my water, so I don't worry about it as much. ^^; I would be willing to bet that I NEVER got 8 cups of water in a single day before I stated drinking this way.
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