Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 gag. i hate water. i've always hated water. (coincidentally, my pee looks like apple juice concentrate...) i've slammed down 16 oz so far today, and have another 36 cooling in the fridge. i've tried lemon juice and oregano oil (not at the same time... double gag!) in my water and nothing helps. is it really that big a deal to drink plain water instead of herbal tea or something like that? seems to me that at least i'd be getting some form of liquid in... i mean, i rrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllly hate water! help! rona. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 Rona, to function properly your body NEEDS plain water. In drinking other liquids, your body has to " do something " to glean the water from that other liquid. You may think you enjoy the other beverages and hate water but your body does need plain water - every day. Try *working on* your water consumption. 8oz today, 16oz tomorrow, 24oz Wednesday etc, and before you know it, you'll be drinking it with no problem. I'm not saying it will be easy for you at first but I'm confident you CAN do it :-) Just take it in baby steps. Mind over matter, you CAN do this! -Marlena 214.5/165.2/150 > >Reply-To: Atkins_Support_List >To: Atkins_Support_List >Subject: water problem >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:31:26 -0700 > >gag. i hate water. i've always hated water. (coincidentally, my pee looks >like apple juice concentrate...) i've slammed down 16 oz so far today, and >have another 36 cooling in the fridge. >i've tried lemon juice and oregano oil (not at the same time... double >gag!) >in my water and nothing helps. >is it really that big a deal to drink plain water instead of herbal tea or >something like that? seems to me that at least i'd be getting some form of >liquid in... >i mean, i rrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllly hate water! >help! > >rona. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 I was the same way when my Naturopath (who loves this diet, BTW) told me to drink more water. Here's what I do: I drink herbal tea, but it's not " full-strength " and it isn't very fruity (like some of the Celestial Seasonings teas). I put one bag in a pot that holds about 6 cups, pour the hot water in, and that's what I drink from 8:30am until about 1:30 pm. Then I'll have club soda or fix one cup of tea. When I reached one of my goals, my reward was a Seltzer Bottle - you make your own fizzy drinks!! It's fun, a little scary, but fun (the carbon dioxide makes a big noise when it first " goes " into the bottle). Plain water never tasted soooo good. Hope that helps! Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 > Rona, to function properly your body NEEDS plain water. In drinking other > liquids, your body has to " do something " to glean the water from that other > liquid. You may think you enjoy the other beverages and hate water but your > body does need plain water - every day. Try *working on* your water > consumption. 8oz today, 16oz tomorrow, 24oz Wednesday etc, and before you > know it, you'll be drinking it with no problem. I'm not saying it will be > easy for you at first but I'm confident you CAN do it :-) Just take it in > baby steps. Mind over matter, you CAN do this! > > -Marlena > 214.5/165.2/150 I know about the not liking water thing. My hubby's that way. He would only drink water if it were the last thing on earth, and he'd do it grudgingly. While Marlena's right, here's something you might try in the interim. Make yourself some herbal iced tea, and slowly make it weaker and weaker 'til you're used to drinking just water. Water is an " acquired taste " , and if you never acquired that taste while you were young, you have to " teach " yourself to like it now. Make sure though that you're using good filtered or bottled water. Try several different kinds to see which one's LEAST disgusting. Also, drinking really COLD water might help to make things easier for you. You have to start somewhere; your body really does need that water. -- in Indy (262.5)253.5/216/150 3/26/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 Rona -- If you can tolerate the carbonation how about flavored seltzer? Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 > If you can tolerate the carbonation how about flavored seltzer? I think it's been mentioned before. (I've slept since yesterday, so... ) Carbonation is VERY bad on your kidneys, not to mention the fact that it actually makes you retain water! Your body has to work SO hard to get what it needs from carbonated water. And you have to watch out for carbonated drinks with phosphoric acid. THAT's the chemical that helps to leach calcium from your bones. And phosphoric acid doesn't necessarily HAVE to be accompanied by caffeine. -- in Indy (262.5)253.5/217/150 3/26/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 >Rona, to function properly your body NEEDS plain water. i got down 58 oz today!!! and my pee is pale yellow for the first time in memory!!! i put a teeny bit if atkins syrup in 17 oz bottles of spring water and kept them in the fridge til i drank them... it was good!!! rona. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 Glad to hear it!!! -Marlena > > >Rona, to function properly your body NEEDS plain water. > >i got down 58 oz today!!! and my pee is pale yellow for the first time in >memory!!! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 > i got down 58 oz today!!! and my pee is pale yellow for the first time in > memory!!! > i put a teeny bit if atkins syrup in 17 oz bottles of spring water and kept > them in the fridge til i drank them... > it was good!!! AWESOME, Rona! IMO, that little bit of syrup is FINE when it helps you to get plain old water down. WTG!!!! -- in Indy (262.5)253.5/217/150 3/26/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 ok ok ok you guilted me into going to the water cooler again! Becca _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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