Comments on: Random Reader Questions

By: V

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:26:26 +0000

I LOVE brewing a few bags of herbal tea in a couple of cups of water – raspberry or strawberry or anything fruity – as if I were making hot tea, and then pouring lots of cold water (enough to fill up a pitcher). You can sweeten while hot with honey or succanat or whatever, but with time you can get used to having it unsweetened. Like anything new, it just takes a while to get used to the change but after a while you don’t notice the difference.

By: Janel

Janel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:26:19 +0000

I think the water makes a big difference for me. We have a water filter system in our house. Before that we just had one for our drinking water. It is so clean tasting.

I love to add lemons, oranges, limes and mint to it.

I also love a sparkling water mixed with some fruit juice. Trader Joes carries a lot of fun waters if you have one near by.

We also drink a lot of tea – I always add a 1 flavored bag per 4 bags to mine, ie: 3 black tea bags and 1 Peach tea – it’s a family fave. And I do use sugar in my tea but I cut back the amount from what we used to use and figure it’s better than a soda!

By: Alexia

Alexia — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:30 +0000

I still haven’t managed to convince myself that water is a good drink anytime LOL I’m working on it.

Tea (made at home) has definitely been a good alternative when I just can’t stand another boring taste.

One of my readers also suggested adding pieces of cut up fruit (any kind) to your water glass to liven it up. I haven’t really played around with this idea much so I can’t tell you how it works

By: mary b

mary b — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:25:28 +0000

I don’t mind plain water, but will do a slice of lime now & then.
When I want something different (usually in the summer) I will go with flavored seltzer (unsweetened) in lime, lemon, or pomegranate.

I have heard of freezing chunks of watermelon & dropping them in your water as ice cubes.

By: rachel

rachel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:10:54 +0000

Cucumber water! I make a 1/2 gallon in the morning – 8 slices cucumbers, and a slice of lemon, ice + water. Tasty and naturally made ‘vitamin’ water. Cucumber + pineapple is good, too.

By: mary kathryn

mary kathryn — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:15:47 +0000

I love tea, and there are SO many varieties that almost anyone can enjoy tea during the day: caffeine or not, iced or hot, fruity, black, green, flavored, etc. Try some sampler packs of hot tea till you find one you enjoy. I drink hot tea all day, most of the year. We also keep a pitcher of cold tea in the frig.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:14:21 +0000

I switch to hot or iced tea (both green and black), when I’m getting bored of water. I like the chlorophyll idea – I’ll have to look into that.

The majority of ‘flavored’ waters are essentially crystal light without color. You pay a premium for bottlers to add water (which is, uh, free) and mix with flavor and other additives. There are some that are just flavor and water (no sweetener) and I think those are a lesser evil than the sweetened (whether with HFCS or artificial, non-nutritive sweeteners) and flavored waters. Still, plain water is by far the best and towers over all other drinks.

Thanks for yet another good post!

By: Meeks

Meeks — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:55:38 +0000

I agree, that it is what the water comes in that makes the difference. If I can grab a nice cold water out of the fridge in some sort of sippy bottle, that is quick and easy…I tend to drink more water. Just like the other readers…it’s weird, but it seems to work. We have a filtered water tap next to our normal tap, so we just re-fill the sippy bottles as needed.

By: Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates

Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:09 +0000

Lovin’ this post and the comments! I went “off” diet soda in January – was quite miserable without it the first 3 weeks, but now have no real desire for it. I do like to drink iced tea and lemonade, but still need to drink more water (didn’t like water even when I was a kid). I like all the flavor options that have been suggested!

What has really helped me to drink more plain water though is just making it a goal. I was participating in a 10 week healthy challenge on my other blog and included drinking 3 12-oz glasses water per day as a goal. I know that sounds small, but I wasn’t drinking any and needed to build the habit. I actually had it written down daily and checked off each water I drank. I now am drinking 3 glasses per day consistently and actually crave the water when thirsty. I just started a new challenge for the next 4 weeks and I’m upping my water to 4 glasses per day. Eventually I’ll get to where I need to be! And when I’m busy trying to get my waters in, I don’t have “time” for other types of drinks – LOL!

By: Lynn from For Love or Funny

Lynn from For Love or Funny — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:32:48 +0000

How ’bout steeping some tea and keeping it in the fridge? There are so many tasty decaffeinated teas out there – a nice alternative to plain water.