Daily water intake?...

My water is just water. I do include sparkling water that has no sweeteners (artificial or otherwise) and only natural flavorings, but other than that, my coffee, tea, and wine are counted separately.

I only count plain water.

I only count water, flavored water and seltzer water in my water count. Anything else I put into a category I made called "Misc Drinks (anything OTHER than water).

I also just count water :drinker: everything else i have a catagory called beverages

My doctor told me to count everything other than alcohol. Coffee, teas, sodas, and the like only become diuretics when you drink "excessive amounts" (i.e. 5+ cups)... but that just one doctors opinion...

That being said, I usually count water and 1/2 of other drinks.

yeah, i do water separately too. i also count a pint of water as one cup of water - do they mean "cup" cups or like, "glass" cups on here?

They mean cups as in 8 oz.

I count my coffee separately but count my green tea, no sugar added as water.

I heard some dietician on the news say to count it all, but me personally I only count water. My tea, hot or cold, is unsweetened, and I had to take myself off coffee because of the caffeine content.

I generally only count water, and a "glass" of water is 8 ounces, so your total water intake based on this site's recommendations should be 64 ounces per day. The only real exception to that rule is non-caffeinated herbal teas, because they are basically flavored water without significant diuretic properties.

Caffeine (which I drink in coffee form) is a diuretic, and it's a diuretic at any dosage, with its diuretic properties being proportional to dosage. But it also generally comes with a dose of water. For my planning, I count it as "hydration neutral" (in other words, I do not count it as "water", but neither do I feel the need to drink MORE plain water to "compensate" for each cup of coffee). That plan works well for me. If you drink espresso, you might want to add an extra cup or half-cup of water per shot, because you're getting high-dose diuretic with no compensating fluid intake.

Caffeinated sodas are a little different - they generally come with a small dose of sodium and other flavorings. My personal opinion when I drank them was to add at least half their volume in additional water - I'd at least never replace pure water with soda. But that's me, based on only my personal experiences. If someone you trust more has told you it's OK, you're an adult and you get to choose who your sources are.

Frankly, if you're getting somewhere close to your 8 glasses, your body has PLENTY of fluid to spare, and you don't need to stress about the last glass or so. So if you want to think of a cup of caffeinated coffee as part of your water, you won't keel over dead. And if you want to drink an extra glass of water per cup of coffee, that won't hurt you none either unless you're drinking gallons of water a day, at which point you should really be evaluating your caffeine intake.

yeah, i do water separately too. i also count a pint of water as one cup of water - do they mean "cup" cups or like, "glass" cups on here?

They mean cups as in 8 oz.

I count my coffee separately but count my green tea, no sugar added as water.

The more familiar measure for some will be 250ml, as in a large pub glass of wine (which unfortunately definitely does NOT count!) so the target is 2 litres a day. I drink the carbonated stuff and don't log as it I get through more than that, but I wouldn't count anything other than water as water.

seriously only count water as water. As soon as you add something to water it changes the balance, and when you put it in your body than the water has to interact with the solutes in your water instead of just directly hydrating you.

Only water really. I fill up a 2 ltr jug every morning (so it gets to room temp which i think is easier to drink) and work my way through it through the day. Its about 80 fl oz..

I drink about 10 regular sized (8oz) glasses of water a day..the first 6 are straight water. The last 4 sometimes are Crystal Light or Mio flavored. If I drink either of those i do include it in my diary. It's just been strange right now because I would much rather drank plain water

Just do whatever makes sense to you after researching it on the internet at some reputable sources. Otherwise, you are only going to get 17 pages of opinions and you will have wasted hours of time reading them.

I only count plain water.