water consumption

I keep a 24 oz water bottle at my desk and fill it several times.  Now we are heading into Fall and as I sit here with a sweater on it's hard to keep up the motivation to drink cold water.  How does everyone else deal with this?

Herbal tea (unsweetened).

Original Post by amethystgirl:

Herbal tea (unsweetened).

 i thought about something like that because I love tea but I thought you werent drink anything with caffeine it it for your water intake or something like that  (I could be wrong there I am not sure)

This is a duplicate thread... Try not to post the same thing twice.

Herbal tea is typically not caffeinated (green tea is, tho) and people grossly overstate the amount of water you need to consume.

Other liquids count, including coffee, although you should be aware that things like coffee might make you pee more, and therefore you'd want to up your liquid intake.  There is also water found in food, and that "counts" towards your total intake.

I drank coffee throughout my weight loss, and it didn't seem to to hamper my efforts one bit.

Original Post by amethystgirl:

Herbal tea is typically not caffeinated (green tea is, tho) and people grossly overstate the amount of water you need to consume.

Other liquids count, including coffee, although you should be aware that things like coffee might make you pee more, and therefore you'd want to up your liquid intake.  There is also water found in food, and that "counts" towards your total intake.

I drank coffee throughout my weight loss, and it didn't seem to to hamper my efforts one bit.

 thank you for the information.  I drink alot of herbal tea but never noticed whether it was caffeinatted or not.

From your duplicate thread that has been deleted:

Original Post by gi-jane:

If you're not thirsty don't force yourself to drink because it's pretty pointless.  And if you're not hot don't drink icy cold water.  You could drink tea, for example... much nicer on a cold day.  Or hot water with a slice of lemon in it is good too.  

Unless you're in a really hot environment or you're engaged in some really vigorous activity you typically only need 1 or 2 extra litres of fluid a day over an above your food intake (because food contains a lot of fluid)  Drinking more water just for the sake of it doesn't really bring anything useful to the party.

Hot water with lemon, as GI Jane suggested, is also supposed to be good for liver function, as it's supposed to help your body detoxify more effectively (I have no sources for this and do not claim that it is actually true).  Having a glass of juice (real juice, not 'fruit drink') has tons of vitamins, so once a day you could switch to that as well.  Sometimes, switching from water to something that has some other health benefits can be a good thing too.

Also, just as an FYI:  All herbal teas are caffeine-free, green tea is not technically an herbal tea since it's made from...well...tea.  Herbal teas are called teas because they are stuff in hot water, but they are not the same drink at all, since they don't contain any actual tea (which is a plant), they contain herbs, spices, dried fruits, etc.  So if your tea says herbal, you're safe.  And green tea and white teas have the most caffeine because the longer a tea (or coffee, for that matter) is roasted, the less caffeine it retains, so the lighter teas and coffees have the most caffeine.

Original Post by thermal:

Hot water with lemon, as GI Jane suggested, is also supposed to be good for liver function, as it's supposed to help your body detoxify more effectively (I have no sources for this and do not claim that it is actually true).  Having a glass of juice (real juice, not 'fruit drink') has tons of vitamins, so once a day you could switch to that as well.  Sometimes, switching from water to something that has some other health benefits can be a good thing too.

Also, just as an FYI:  All herbal teas are caffeine-free, green tea is not technically an herbal tea since it's made from...well...tea.  Herbal teas are called teas because they are stuff in hot water, but they are not the same drink at all, since they don't contain any actual tea (which is a plant), they contain herbs, spices, dried fruits, etc.  So if your tea says herbal, you're safe.  And green tea and white teas have the most caffeine because the longer a tea (or coffee, for that matter) is roasted, the less caffeine it retains, so the lighter teas and coffees have the most caffeine.

 I believe what you say about the darker a coffee is roasted, the less caffiene there is, but that's not what I've heard about green and white teas:

http://www.silkroadtea.com/tea_caffeine_conte nt.htm

I don't know why green and white teas have less caffiene than black teas.

Clint