Question about water flavoring packets???

[BarbinVA]

Like many people, I don't like drinking water. I was addicted to Pepsi, but not anymore. But I buy the cases of bottled water and add flavoring to them. I like Crystal Light single packs of Wild Strawberry, but my favorite is the WalMart brand of Apple. It makes a bottle of water taste EXACTLY like apple juice. I drink like five or six bottles of this a day. The Crystal Light and Walmart brands are both sweetened with aspartame. I'd appreciate any opinions on the flavoring packets. By the way, I also like that I can carry them in my purse and add them to drinks when I go to restaurants. Very convenient.

I lost 11 pounds the first two weeks and now an additional 5 pounds in the last two. Not bad, but am I slowing the weightloss with the flavorings???

[Ryan.Stoeppel]

Re: Question about water flavoring packets???

Aspartame can be a staller for some people, but not for all people. I'm sure most people here would tell you to cut it out due to that. Just keep in mind that each packet still counts as 1 carb towards your daily limit, of which you are only supposed to have 3 total. Whether you continue to use them is really up to you, but there is no way to answer your question whether you are holding yourself back by taking them or not. The only way to know that is if you cut them out. Also keep in mind adding the flavor packets to your water means that those bottles no longer count towards your water intake for the day. You need at least 64 oz. of PURE water...not flavored "water".

[Desertthorn]

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Believe it or not, you can't count those as your water intake. I hate water and would surely doctor them if I could.
Also there is the issue with the Aspartame
You just can't tell what would have been if you had just used water, maybe a lot and maybe nothing.

[BarbinVA]

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Thanks. I'll cut out the flavorings and see what happens. I didn't have any idea that adding that little packet would eliminate them from being counted as daily water intake. I may be sabotaging myself here without even knowing it.

Thank you so much!!!

[imagood1]

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I drink like five or six bottles of this a day. The Crystal Light and Walmart brands are both sweetened with aspartame. I'd appreciate any opinions on the flavoring packets.

Like you've been told by Ryan and Jimmie Jo these all count as 1 carb - they do not count toward your daily water intake....so instead of having 5 or 6 veggie carbs you wasted them by "doctoring" your water.

Dr. Atkins said in the DANDR book that induction is the time we are retraining our bodies and ridding ourselves of addictions. I didn't like water either and did anything NOT to drink it before I started Atkins...now, I drink AT LEAST 150 ounces of pure water a day, every post I make to newbies tells them about pure water intake daily and I host the water challenge each month. I'm glad to see in your later post that you have stopped using these -- it's too bad you'll never know how much better you could have done without them, but at least you are on the right path now.

Dr. Atkins said low carb, water and exercise -- you need to do each of these facets to truly be following the plan as it is set up. I wish you much luck.

[Georgiana]

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Like you've been told by Ryan and Jimmie Jo

Jimmie? Where's Jimmie? :P

Barb, you've got some great advice here. Congratulations for the weight lost!

[imagood1]

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Jimmie? Where's Jimmie? :P

Barb, you've got some great advice here. Congratulations for the weight lost!

OK I was tired when I typed that...sorry Lynne for calling you Jimmie Jo!!!!!

[liv]

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Carole - you need a new title. Something like "Queen of Water" "Water guru"

[imagood1]

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Carole - you need a new title. Something like "Queen of Water" "Water guru"

I tell you Atkins has really been a life changing experience for me and I can't tell people enough about the importance of drinking water!!! LOL -- my family says I'm a broken record!

[sugarfreeone]

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In the past when I have needed flavor in my water, I have used some lemon or lime wedges...which are legal You arent really getting the juice as much as the rinds / peel have citrus oils that actually make the water have a little zing to it! Try putting a pitcher of water in your fridge overnight with lime and lemon slices floating in it and put that in bottles. I bet you would like it better than the plain water! You could even try some orange slices, but not too many , you arent going for orange juice, just water with a hint of the flavor....

I used to be hooked on those flavor packets that you mentioned from walmart..I lvoed the strawberry lemonade flavor......I tapered myself off by using maybe a quarter of a packet to flavor the water and then gradually none at all. Now I drink perrier or water flavored with Lime wedges and if I drink anything else it does not quench my thirst at all.....Funny how our tastes can change over time!

[msanjelpie]

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Does the walmart brand in general taste better than the crystal light? What are your favorite flavors of each brand?