What are you drinking??

[Cris_L]

Man, there's so much information out there to dig through... So, I don't pl,an on giving up my one cup of coffee a day, but I would like to not have any more caffeine on top of that. What are you drinking? I normally live on iced tea during the summer, but I'm trying to avoid the caffeine, and there's SO much mixed information about herbal teas out there. I'm not a big juice fan, and since I'm already overweight I don't need to worry about extra calories yet, and try not to use up calories with drinks. But I'm so sick of water! So what do you drink?? I'm thinking about making some lemonade with stevia?

 

[Kittycat155]

I am a soda and beer addict lol. But I have cut out all beer and nearly all soda. I am drinking WATER!!! my husband always used to give me heck that I could go days-weeks with no water. I also got a bunch of organic or 100% juices and add a bit of water to them. Lemon squeezed into water too. No coffee but I do enjoy a coolata every so often and if I have one will just take a little and give rest to husband.

The day I found out I ran to store getting few juices and healthy stuff to snack on. I am a person who could live off vending machines pretty happily

 

[Rachel613]

I just discovered Naked smoothie drinks. They are SO yummy and full of vitamins. It says they are 100% natural with no added sugar of any kind! I also have been making smoothies as well!

I feel your pain though, I miss Iced Coffee's like its nobodies business! I heard decaf was bad too. And I have such a bad taste in my mouth that water taste digsuting although I still force it down!

 

[ItsAWonder]

I also drink one cup of coffee in the am so here is what else I drink.
Water w/ lemon
water w/ coconut water
straight coconut water
My doc is very against most herbal teas b/c many will not say anything about pregnancy and they still may not be safe. Any tea I drink she wants to research for me.
The approved teas are straight Raspberry Leaf tea and straight Peppermint - I try to get organic

Really, that's about it.

Re: Stevia or any other artificial sweetener - they are not recommended. Better to use sugar but, like anything, that is up to you and your doctor.

 

[loveforlife]

Im such a coffee addict!! and my doc told me to skip it 100% Im allowed to drink 1 cup of decaf a day..... Im not a huge fan of water either but sometimes i get so thirsty i just drink glass after glass.... My best option has been natural lemonade with just a tiny bit of sugar, you can also use honey or agave nectar to sweeten it.... I wouldn´t go for sugar substitutions cus i think they can be harmful to your health and your baby´s, but Im not sure on that...

 

[Cris_L]

Stevia isn't artificial, it's a totally natural sweetener, like sugar. Most things I've read say it should be fine in small amounts (and you really only need very small amounts, like 1 tsp for a whole pitcher of lemonade). So I'm not *too* concerned about that... tho a little honey or agave would work in lemonade too.

Good point about the Naked drinks! I forgot they make drinks besides actual smoothies, too (I usually have a smoothie a day, but don't really want more than that). Less sweet than other juices, which I like.

I also found these delicious juices at Whole Foods-the one I had as pineapple, apple and mint, and ALL it was was those 3 (organic) juices and water! So good... but kinda pricey for every day. Maybe we need to break out the juicer, I like juice better when it's fresh and no sugar added.

 

[Bonnie11]

I drink juice, squash/cordial, soda sometimes, I haven't really given up anything except alcohol. I don't drink coffee anyway but I have coke now and again, you have to drink quite a bit of caffeine to do any harm, a few cups a day I'm talking, so a bit of coke now and again I'm happy with xx

 

[Cris_L]

Thanks, you guys are making me feel better. I was just having a little meltdown... was SO looking forward to all my summer iced teas (didn't think I'd be pregnant this soon!), then DH brought me home a big Arizona iced tea without thinking, then I figured I'd drink seltzer water, and it gave me heartburn! Ha. So I was just feeling kinda overwhelmed... blame the hormones, right? But I know it'll all be worth it. having DH bring home lemons, and we're gonna unbury the juicer- one of those things we have and never use!

 

[lau86]

I drink a lot of water, water with lime or orange cordial, fizzy water, fresh orange juice, flavoured milk, coke, decaf tea and coffee, normal coffee sometimes
I just drink what I did before really, I try to drink less caffeine and more water but I'm by no means perfect!

 

[IsabellaJayne]

I drink what I want just changed my tea and coffee to decaff, cut out alcohol completely and i have the occasional coke

 

[iwannababe]

Fizzy water. Some cordial...the odd diet coke...decaf tea...mostly water... the odd beer maybe once a week x

 

[ecarroll2]

I no longer drink coffee or caffeine tea.. can't stand them any more tho i used to have a few a day previously I drink loads of fizzy water (helps my nausea), mineral water, juices, ayran (yoghurt + water, basically), loads of yoghurt drinks, milk. For two days running up to my exam will be drinking a small amount of RedBull ( a can or two a day which is within the caffeine limits).. Cos of the exhaustion am risking failing the exam..sigh..hope it works.. x

 

[loveforlife]

Ecarroll!!! So nice tu bump into you again!!

I´ve heard that some teas are linked to abortion, does anyone have any insight on this???

And also, if anyone is drinking soy milk, it´s better to switch to almond milk or regular milk because it has estrogens, even if it´s organic.... bummer.... i hadn´t drank milk like in 10 years cuz i´m vegetarian, but no more soy milk nor tofu.... funny thing now that i´m pregnant i´m kinda liking drinking cow milk :S

 

[Moom7900]

I'm drinking the occasional Pepsi, mostly decaffeinated tea, water, innocent smoothies, fruit juices, cordial.......and Becks Blue is the best alcohol free beer I've found. It actually tastes like lager, unlike most others, even my husband likes it xxxxxxxx

 

[letdoit]

This might sound crazy but I drink homemade milkshake (milk mixed with nesquick). I think I'm addicted to it . I bought 2litres of milk yesterday and finished today. not sure how many glasses I have had....first thing in the morning before breakfast , during the day and before bed time.....
Ahhh ,,,,i'm loving it

 

[katerdid]

Fruit Flavored Water is my savior!

https://fullbellysisters.blogspot.com/2011/07/homemade-flavored-waters-chug-lug.html <<<------ Great site with loads of ideas.

Also I make my own lemonade and limeade. Squeeze the fruit, melt some honey in filtered water and combine! Takes a bit of effort but it's worth it.

 

[Cris_L]

Fruit Flavored Water is my savior!

https://fullbellysisters.blogspot.com/2011/07/homemade-flavored-waters-chug-lug.html <<<------ Great site with loads of ideas.

Also I make my own lemonade and limeade. Squeeze the fruit, melt some honey in filtered water and combine! Takes a bit of effort but it's worth it.

Ooh thank you! I'll definitely check that out. Totally making lemonade tonight, too.

 

[Radiance]

I usually only drink water with fresh lemon, lime and mixed berries in it! Gives it a nice flavor, I can't drink plain water right now. Every once and a while I will drink a cup of ice chia tea.

 

[angelswings07]

I managed to cut myself down to one coffee a day, and now I've changed it to hot chocolate (i don't like tea!) Otherwise I mainly drink cranberry juice (I've been getting a lot of UTIs), water and ginger ale, with the odd caffeine free coke once in awhile.

 

[angelswings07]

Oh, and I am completely addicted to milk at the mo!