I hate water

I make iced tea at home, and sweeten it with Splenda. Definitely tastes better than plain water, plus it has good antioxidants in it if you drink green tea. I will often bring a container of it to work with me as well, so I set goals of after every two glasses of water that I have, I get to drink a glass of tea!

Simple but effective. Gradually stop drinking other beverages and replace them with water (maybe over a 3 week period or so). Do this by drinking a glass of water with every glass of another beverage. It will change your taste buds and will make it easier to adapt to the water and actually enjoy the taste. I went from a very bad Coca Cola habit to mostly drinking water and the occasional unsweetened green tea for over a year now. I can easily get in 100 oz a day.

You can also start by watering down your beverages by 1/2.

Now when I drink a soda or other beverage, it tastes too strong and/or too sweet.

Please don't take this as being harsh, because I totally don't mean it that way.

Drink it anyway.

I used to not like water, too, but I made myself drink it... and now I find I crave it all the time.

Something that might help is either buying bottled water or getting a Brita filter, or maybe try adding lemon or lime slices to it?

you just need to think about how good it is for you because i used to HATE WATER. i had soda all the time and only had a water when i was forced to and now i drink 10+ a day on a good day. i promise that you will get used to it. just slowly start having one cup, two cups, and i bet it will become second nature. i've just added a lemon in my water and it gives it more of a flavor.

Honestly, it's one of those things you're just going to have to accept and learn to like. I was a strict soda drinker for a long time and switched to water full time overnight. At first I didn't like it, but now water is virtually all I drink and I love it.

As for the increased volume of liquid, maybe you just need to give your body some time to adjust. I've always been a big liquid drinker though, since I dehydrate easily, so I'm sadly not much help there.

Biggest bro-science myth of them all:

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18563_162-3991145.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

I don't like water either and I hate all the diet add ins for water...they taste like crap to me. What I have found is that I like TruLime packs and it gives just enough taste to the water that I don't mind it. I'll never be a huge fan of wate but I do my best to get my 64oz in daily. Sometimes I do better than others but I just keep trying. It has been a few months since I started the water thing and it's better than it used to be. If I drink a coffee or a diet soda or ice tea then the next drink I have is water. 1 for 1 sort of thing. Good luck!

Please don't take this as being harsh, because I totally don't mean it that way.

Drink it anyway.

I used to not like water, too, but I made myself drink it... and now I find I crave it all the time.

Something that might help is either buying bottled water or getting a Brita filter, or maybe try adding lemon or lime slices to it?

This is what I was going to say: Drink it anyway! If you were drinking milk on your cereal, a coke for lunch, and a glass of water at dinner, you've been walking around chronically dehydrated.

Another thought: We're talking about 64oz a day spread out over about 16 hours that you're awake during the day. That's 4 ounces/120ml a hour. That's not that much.

I drink a water called Fruit2O. There are several flavors. If I get tired of it, I switch to another brand of flavored water. You can also drink unsweatened tea, or coffee. If you are using the restroom a lot you might want to take a look at your sugar intake. Sugar will make you go more frequently. I stopped drinking soda all together, and it's all I used to drink. It was very hard to stop! But my dietician is adamant about not drinking your calories. I carry a bottled water with me everywhere, and before I know it I've had 5 or 6 16 once bottles for the day. I don't like warm water either, so if my bottle gets warm I grab another one from the fridge and put the warm one back in.

It is hard, but you can do it!!

I am exercising but not burning calories....could it be from lack of water. How do I find out how much water I should be drinking?

My doctor advised that I should drink enough that my urine was never darker than a light lemonade. If you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated. If you feel hungry, sometimes it is actually dehydration instead.

If you're exercising, try to drink a glass or 2 of water before, a glass during for every hour you work out and a glass or 2 afterward. It really helps my workout when I'm well hydrated.

There are lots of theories on how much water we should drink. I've always been a fan of water so it's not hard for me to drink it. That said, I have ways that help me drink more of it. I always pound an entire glass when I wake up. And try to have two more before I leave the house for the day so I am already up on my water intake. It also helps to find out how you like your water. I prefer mine cold and from glass. So I got one of those glass water bottles from Starbucks to carry around all day wherever I go.

Nooooo! How can you hate water...it's sooo delicious!! lol (So Serious -- Everyone says I drink water like a fish smh) ..but I'd just say add those flavor things to your water. I don't like them but a lot of people say they are good.


Good luck

mio, crystal light, cucumber, limes... All these things will make them taste better

Black coffee. One pot a day minimum.

Please don't take this as being harsh, because I totally don't mean it that way.

Drink it anyway.

I used to not like water, too, but I made myself drink it... and now I find I crave it all the time.

Something that might help is either buying bottled water or getting a Brita filter, or maybe try adding lemon or lime slices to it?

This is what I was going to say: Drink it anyway! If you were drinking milk on your cereal, a coke for lunch, and a glass of water at dinner, you've been walking around chronically dehydrated.

Another thought: We're talking about 64oz a day spread out over about 16 hours that you're awake during the day. That's 4 ounces/120ml a hour. That's not that much.

Chronic dehydration is no joke. I was like the OP for the longest time...then I landed in the ER with a 14mm (roughly 1/2in) kidney stone. I had to have THREE procedures over a 3 week period to get rid of it--a stent ( tube from my bladder to my kidney), lithotripsy (the shock wave therapy), AND a scope/laser combo. My urologist did 48 hour urine test AND a 24 hour urine test...and concluded that my main problem was that I don't drink enough so all the minerals concentrate in my kidneys and form stones. I've learned MY lesson, and I aim for 3-4 liters of water/crystal light per day.