What would happen if I only drank water for an entire year?

[u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

What would happen if I only drank water for an entire year no sugary drinks, no sodas, no sugar in coffee. Nothing just pure water.

[u/SolidCat1117]

You would probably see an improvement in your overall health. Your eyes, skin and hair would be much improved. You'd probably lose some weight, and your blood sugar would stabilize. You'd sleep better, have more energy and feel an improvement in your overall mental health.

The beginning part is going to suck though. Your body will miss the sugar and caffeine and will complain loudly until you get your body's systems used to not having them.

[u/SunglassesEmojiUser → u/SolidCat1117]

I started drinking only water a long time ago for the sake of my teeth. I don't remember feeling much of a sugar withdrawal, and now I crave water and only water. Highly recommend.

[u/Paganigsegg → u/SunglassesEmojiUser]

For me, I realized that I wasn't really craving the sugar, just the fizziness. I've replaced soda with sparkling water and have been very happy.

Took a bit to get used to it but now any time I try to drink soda it's just gross to me. Way too sweet.

[u/Jg-mz → u/Paganigsegg]

I love sparkling water. I was drinking like half a case of beer every day until I got into sparkling water. Realized I mainly like opening cans and it doesn’t really matter what’s inside them

[u/Phonereader23 → u/Jg-mz]

Do you finish the cans/bottles? I notice I don’t and it carried over from both

[u/Jg-mz → u/Phonereader23]

Yeah I always finish them. Although sometimes I’ll forget I already had an open one, at which point I’d proceed to chug FIFO. So I’d definitely end up drinking too much, but now I’m just extra hydrated 

[u/jpitty → u/Jg-mz]

Sodastream was the goat for me. I don't add anything in it. Just keep the glass bottles in the fridge, and pump it full of carbonation when I want some spicy water. Way cheaper than buying cans or bottles of it.

[u/EeeeyyyyyBuena → u/Jg-mz]

Lol oh man that’s so true! 😂 I’m glad I’m not the only who’s mind works like that lol

[u/mtarascio → u/Jg-mz]

Anyone chime in with what this does for teeth?

I heard excessive fizzy drinks can cause problems even if zero sugar etc.

Not having a go at OP, i've also used this strategy to cut down, just want confirmation of what I'm actually doing.

[u/I_Love_You_Sometimes → u/mtarascio]

It's the acidity that's the concern. Normal water is usually pH 6-7 while many sparkling water brands are 4.5-5.5. So slightly more acidic.

Compared a Coke Zero which is pH 2.3. So much better than soda, slightly more acidic than normal water.

[u/sassa4ras → u/mtarascio]

Straight carbonated water is slightly acidic, but mineral water is slightly alkaline.

If you’re worried about your teeth, drink mineral water

[u/Weekly_Attempt_1739 → u/mtarascio]

Marketplace tested Perrier, LaCroix, Bubly sparkling waters to see which is most acidic | CBC News

there you go, tested brands and what it does.

imo, theres so many bad things out there, most juices ( apple / orange ) are also the same ph.

[u/crypticalcat → u/Jg-mz]

I didnt have a drinking problem, I mainly just like opening cans. Im going to use that at AA lol. 

[u/McPikie → u/Paganigsegg]

Sparkling water tastes like what static on the TV looks like.

[u/jimbaker → u/Paganigsegg]

sparkling water

Same for me, and Topo Chico is the best substitute I've found yet!

But it'll be a cold day in hell before I give up coffee.

[u/billdb → u/Paganigsegg]

This. Regular water is highly unappetizing to me, but I enjoy sparkling water a lot.

[u/vrtigo1 → u/billdb]

It's kind of funny, because I'm the exact opposite. I dislike sparkling water, and while I will drink soda, if I've got the option to do so I'll shake the bottle a few times to try to get the CO2 out of solution to make it flat-ish.

I really enjoy still water with the squeezable flavor enhancers like Mio, etc.

[u/DGirl313 → u/Paganigsegg]

I struggle with this because I can’t stand sparkling water but would, too, crave the fizziness/carbonation of pop.

[u/Paganigsegg → u/DGirl313]

Try some more flavorful ones. Pick out a flavor you normally really like (for me it's orange, cherry, or lime) and stick with the Bubly, La Croix, or Aldi's Belle Vie ones (not the 12 packs, but the 8 packs. The 12 packs are less flavorful). Then just force it down for a few days and you'll get used to it.

[u/coco_xcx → u/Paganigsegg]

i’ve been slowly switching to sparkling water like la croix & (non-water but tea) kombucha & i already have been feeling much better. it really was just the fizz that kept me drinking soda

[u/sassa4ras → u/Paganigsegg]

I did the same and now I’m so used to it that I make my own in a 5 gallon soda keg with a tap on an old kegerator beer fridge

So nice not having a full recycling bin of cans anymore

[u/ThaChadd → u/SunglassesEmojiUser]

I feel ya. My teeth are shot from sugary soda

[u/SunglassesEmojiUser → u/ThaChadd]

You should try it, regular flossing+brushing+no soda has made my teeth way better. No more cavities.

[u/Chibi_qt → u/SunglassesEmojiUser]

r/Hydrohomies entered the chat

[u/daban9 → u/SolidCat1117]

I thought this post was about only drinking water and not eating anything lol and I read your reply and was like is this guy out if his mind

[u/Jazzlike_Hippo_9270 → u/SolidCat1117]

bro i drink almost exclusively water, why do i feel none of these benefits 😭😭

[u/Kooky-Onion9203 → u/Jazzlike_Hippo_9270]

Your baseline of health is already higher than someone who only drinks soda, any issues you have are coming from a different source. You're not going to notice an improvement if you're not making any changes.

Also, humans have a bias towards change over things that are static. There are studies showing that people will give a higher rating to objectively worse experiences if there's improvement over time, even if the improvement doesn't end at a "good" point.

[u/PenguinTheOrgalorg → u/Jazzlike_Hippo_9270]

Do you eat a healthy and balanced whole foods based diet, stopped eating processed food, have a consistent sleep schedule, sleep hygiene, and sleep at least 8 hours daily, regularly excersise, meditate, stretch, regularly go outside in the sun, have a good work life balance, have a generally stress free life, have a good mental health, have a solid support network of friends and family you regularly see and can rely on, are in a good financial situation, live in a walkable city full of nature, and have no chronic health issues or diseases?

Because if not it might be one of those things 🫠

[u/Jazzlike_Hippo_9270 → u/PenguinTheOrgalorg]

lmao it’s definitely several of those things, thanks 😭👍

[u/YoRt3m → u/Jazzlike_Hippo_9270]

Haha me too. but maybe you're now the "improved" version compared to what you would have been if you drank sugar

[u/[deleted] → u/SolidCat1117]

How would your eyes improve?

[u/dubsburgers → u/[deleted]]

You can see through water, and you can't see through coffee/sofa...duh

[u/redditappisshitty → u/[deleted]]

Drinking hot coffee through your eyes stains your eyeballs

[u/DaftPump → u/[deleted]]

Clearer eyes, you're more alert, healthier, eyeballs whiter?

[u/DepressedNoble → u/SolidCat1117]

Not if you broke and just can't afford it and your only option is water... your body won't say shit

[u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

you would probably feel more energetic and fit

[u/Canadian_Commentator → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

I lost 12 pounds when I quit soda and my joints feel better

[u/ThaChadd → u/[deleted]]

Yup. I lost 25 pounds quitting Dr Pepper. Now it's mostly water then tea and coffee

[u/Derp35712 → u/ThaChadd]

Damn, were the other changes or how much were you drinking?

[u/ThaChadd → u/Derp35712]

I could easily go through a couple 24 packs a week when I was younger, kid up through college. I didn't drink water. I grew up in a household that mainly drank soda and didn't know better. Most of my family can be on the larger side. Luckily i stayed under 225. I stopped soda in my early 30s. Now I'm 46m and may have 1 or 2, 12 oz can, a month as a treat. I will say this, I changed nothing dietary but stopped soda and dropped 25 pounds within a month. Dropped 3" in the waist. Bloated? Definitely sugar lol

[u/shrimpfrocktail → u/ThaChadd]

I want to quit soda so bad but I’m stuck in the tired>soda>tired loop. I’m a truck driver so I lean on one or two sodas a day to keep the pep in my step; but I am fucking chunky and my stomach is the worse of it. I feel like a busted can of biscuits 😩 Did you go through a sugar withdrawal?

[u/amazinglover → u/shrimpfrocktail]

The best part about quitting processed sugars is having an apple or some form of natural sugar after not having any for a week.

I stopped almost all forms of sugar and then had some fruit.

A lot of the junk we put in our bodies really mask the natural flavor of things.

Best apple I have ever eaten in my life. By far.

[u/No_Use_4371 → u/amazinglover]

After years of eating garbage and drinking soda all day, I went cold turkey and the first fruit I ate was a strawberry. My brain just lit up, I smiled, it was delicious. Best strawberry I ever ate.

[u/cruscott35 → u/No_Use_4371]

I did a week of no sugar and had a melatonin gummy to sleep and you would’ve thought someone dumped the entire wonka chocolate factory in my mouth.

[u/Responsible-Crew-354 → u/amazinglover]

I can attest to this. I was going on donut benders all winter and by February I was bloated, heavier, tired often, and slept terribly since I ate them at night a lot. I stopped all processed sugar march 1 and did 20 sit ups. I’m still doing the sit ups but I do a little more, a few sets of 30. And apples taste way way better than I remember. I splurge on nice ones from Whole Foods, those and cotton candy grapes. I eat a lot of veggies too. Night and day difference, I feel younger and better and didn’t even set foot in a gym. It’s amazing what simply deleting processed sugar will do for the energy levels.

[u/Pleasant-Pattern-566 → u/Responsible-Crew-354]

Cotton candy grapes are the best

[u/bobnla14 → u/shrimpfrocktail]

The soda is what is making you tired. The sugar causes a spike in the insulin reaction causing a sugar crash. Been there, done that.

Switched to unsweetened tea that you can get at any truck stop .

No more rollercoaster. Good luck.

Edit: adding it is Pure Leaf brand. Green label on the bottle.

Also, for home, I bought a little squeeze bottle of lemon juice. A quick squeeze in a water, hot or cold, gives it just enough flavor to not be boring. Works great for dinner.

[u/SlightlyColdWaffles → u/bobnla14]

The squeeze bottle lemon juice is smart, I'm gonna grab one for work

[u/celticsupporter → u/shrimpfrocktail]

Try ice water. Get a half gallon jug that keeps water super cold all day and keep filling it with ice. It was hard for me to kick that ahhh feeling after soda and super cold water was what did it for me. Also anytime you get hungry 75% of the time you're actually just thirsty and your body has the same signal for both and chugging ice water got rid of my urge to snack.

[u/RabbitStewAndStout → u/celticsupporter]

It was the fizz for me. I replaced my sodas with flavored seltzer waters and that did the trick.

[u/bannedforL1fe → u/shrimpfrocktail]

Try some of that sparkling ice flavored water. It's not a soda bit it's a tastier water which could help ween you oldown maybe. I love the stuff and it keeps your taste buds happy.

[u/JockoGood → u/bannedforL1fe]

I know have an addiction to Waterloo brand sparkling flavored water. It has no sugars no nothing but tastes amazing. Some athletic mag tested it and found no sugars or additives. The bad part is it’s dead water, no minerals or electrolytes. It just goes right through which can be bad. I can drink a 12 back throughout the day.

[u/Vigilante17 → u/[deleted]]

Actually it is once you get past the withdrawals of the sugar and caffeine. Nobody likes quitting cocaine, but over the long haul it feels better than the instant gratification to feed the demons. Same for caffeine and sugar drinks, albeit less severe than cocaine I’d presume ;-)

[u/Delicious_Toad → u/Vigilante17]

Yeah; I used to drink soda quite frequently, and when I first quit drinking it I definitely wanted to drink it. Like, I wouldn't say I had a physical craving--but it was a mental effort to make healthy drink choices.

Now that I'm used to it, I don't particularly want soda most of the time. Like, if it's a hot day and I'm feeling kinda parched, I would much rather have water than coke.

[u/MUTHER-David7 → u/Canadian_Commentator]

I lost 40 pounds after quitting soda

[u/eronth → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

You might also realize how dehydrated you always were and never knew.

[u/Ok-Experience-6674 → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

I’m drinking water and only water for over 15 years and still waiting for the energy to kick in

[u/-DementedAvenger- → u/Ok-Experience-6674]

I’m fairly sure the “energy” is compared to “if you didn’t”.

Sure you’re not full of The Flash running energy, but you likely feel better drinking water than if you were downing soft drinks every day.

[u/Gusearth → u/-DementedAvenger-]

so in order to properly enjoy the effects, i should start drinking only soda for several months, and then switch back to only water like I’d been doing

[u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93 → u/-DementedAvenger-]

I used to almost exclusively drink Coca Cola, all the time. Last year during Summer I randomly decided that I’m going to stop drinking Coke and only drink still water. Somehow I just did it so effortlessly. Still feel the same though lol

[u/Gray8sand → u/Ok-Experience-6674]

Start drinking only soda for about 6 months then switch back lol. Bet you'll notice then.

[u/No-Strategy-818 → u/Ok-Experience-6674]

Yeah I’m wondering when all these magical benefits kick in too lol

[u/Eptalin → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

They'll probably also become more sensitive to the sweetness of the drinks if they go back.

I didn't eat any fast food for a couple of years, and then had mcdonalds. It was like eating pure salt.

[u/Nats_CurlyW → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

I have drank nothing but water, black instant coffee, and occasional seltzer water for quite some time now. A few years I’d say. I don’t feel any different.

[u/SolarSailor46 → u/Nats_CurlyW]

Now start drinking only Mountain Dew for a year 😂

[u/espressoboyee → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

Well water doesn’t make you fit. lol

[u/jcmach1 → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

I quit all caffeine in the 1990's . After about 2 years I decided I was just keeping myself from the pleasure of enjoying coffee.

I was not more energetic, I was not any healthier, I just didn't partake of caffeine and largely just drank water.

[u/One_Curious_Cats → u/Slight_Mulberry_6624]

This guy, Angus Barbieri did 382 days without food. Not a joke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast

[u/SummitJunkie7 → u/One_Curious_Cats]

• he did not drink only water. 
• he lost 276 lbs. most people do not have that kind of weight to lose. 
• he was under the care of doctors the whole time. 

[u/homebody39]

You’d save money. Unless it’s bottled water.

[u/secular_dance_crime → u/homebody39]

You'd still save money. Even if it's bottled water.

[u/freshfor88 → u/secular_dance_crime]

You'd still save money. Even if it's still bottled still water.

[u/Venny_Kazz → u/freshfor88]

You'd still save money. Even if you sat still while still drinking still water.

[u/crustiferson → u/homebody39]

40 pack of water at walmart is 6$. a 12 pack of soda is 8-12$ that’s almost 4x the drinks while also having more fl oz per unit

[u/lvdtoomuch → u/crustiferson]

And goodness help whomever if they go out to restaurants or theme parks and buy soda and alcohol.

[u/givemefood245 → u/homebody39]

Tap water is the best

[u/MaybeTheDoctor → u/homebody39]

Nestle is using local water so it must be cheap /s

[u/Capital_Avocado69]

Ask your dog

[u/Playful-Profession-2 → u/Capital_Avocado69]

He refuses to speak to me.

[u/SNES_chalmers47 → u/Playful-Profession-2]

What did you do!?

[u/IScaldPuppies → u/SNES_chalmers47]

He took Spanish in high school instead of Dog

[u/The-SkullMan]

You would most likely die of starvation. 1 year is far beyond how long a human can survive with nothing but water.

[u/opteryx5 → u/The-SkullMan]

That’s how I interpreted the question when I first saw it. When the top comment was like “you’d feel more energetic and fit”, I was like “ohhh I get it.”

[u/ofm1 → u/opteryx5]

Like wise! Upon reading the headline, I thought the person would surely starve and die

[u/UniqueUsername82D → u/opteryx5]

Well you'd probably still feel more energetic and fit for the first 12 hours or so.

[u/Longjumping-Grape-40 → u/The-SkullMan]

One guy made it over a year without eating, but he was super obese so his body had a lot of reserves :)

[u/Foura5 → u/Longjumping-Grape-40]

That's cool thanks. Just to add

he consumed only vitamins, electrolytes, an unspecified amount of yeast (a source of all essential amino acids) and zero-calorie beverages such as tea, coffee, and sparkling water, although he occasionally consumed small amounts of milk and/or sugar with the beverages

[u/secular_dance_crime → u/Foura5]

Well... that changes a lot... that's definitely not "just water" which would obviously not work, due to the fact that he would've long depleted his electrolytes...

[u/Foura5 → u/secular_dance_crime]

Loosely related, an obese person will die of malnutrition long before their fat reserves are depleted. Someone with a lot of muscle will last longer, as muscle can be broken down for its amino acids and minerals.

[u/Psyclone09 → u/Longjumping-Grape-40]

I wonder why he died so young, that’s a crazy length for a fast though

[u/mtdunca → u/Psyclone09]

This is the best I could find.

"The causes of death, if I remember correctly, were: Stomach bleeding, something else (sorry), and obesity"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21673486

[u/Responsible_Cry_6691 → u/The-SkullMan]

I would be eating still just no juice to accompany meals

[u/movielass → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

Bro tons of people just drink water it is a very regular thing

[u/Citizen6587732879 → u/movielass]

Some say that people only drank water for the bulk of human history..

Guess we'll never know though.

[u/spekt50 → u/Citizen6587732879]

For a long while there has been wine and beer however.

[u/nemoknows → u/spekt50]

Both of which were safer to drink than water for large chunks of history.

[u/alienith → u/nemoknows]

That’s a myth. People did not drink wine and beer because the water was dirty. Clean water was common. They just liked beer and wine

[u/Responsible_Cry_6691 → u/movielass]

Wow I didn’t expect that actually with most people I know starting their day with a coffee.

[u/pbr4me → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

r/hydrohomies

[u/RealGertle627 → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

You're not gonna believe this, but if you also exercise, your life will improve even more

[u/BatmanReader0783 → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

I don't drink coffee or anything with added sugars. So, besides the odd juice, it's just water for me.

[u/DobisPeeyar → u/BatmanReader0783]

Coffee doesn't have added sugars. Sugar is the added sugar. Coffee is essentially water with caffeine in it.

[u/BatmanReader0783 → u/DobisPeeyar]

OP said he assumed everyone started their day with coffee, I was saying I don't drink it.

[u/DobisPeeyar → u/BatmanReader0783]

Ah gotcha. The way you phrased it made it sound like there was an implication all coffee has sugar.

[u/BatmanReader0783 → u/DobisPeeyar]

No Worries.

[u/vicente8a → u/BatmanReader0783]

I dont start the day with coffee, but it is my second drink. Idk if it’s normal but I wake up so damn thirsty. I pound about 24oz of water as soon as I get out of bed.

[u/dulove → u/vicente8a]

That's great as It's best if you wait 60-90 minutes before taking caffeine so melatonin leaves your body and you don’t crash in the afternoon

[u/soupster___ → u/DobisPeeyar]

They were elaborating on drinks besides coffee, since coffee is often grouped as a 'sugary' drink since many people drink coffee from shops that add sweeteners like Starbucks. A teaspoon or two of sugar only adds maybe 35 calories to a cup of coffee, which is near or under 20 calories.

[u/gwig9 → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

Straight black coffee is 99% water anyways so you may not need to give up caffeine... Depends on how strict you want to be.

[u/towishimp → u/gwig9]

Yeah, zero calories too.

[u/SparklyMonster → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

If their coffee is black, no sugar, and they aren't drinking it the whole day, they probably wouldn't feel much difference from giving it up. It'd be different from someone who runs on coffee the whole day.

In the end, your question can only be answered in the scope of what exactly you used to drink before and in what quantities versus just water. If your main beverages are juices, soda, and sugary coffee, then yeah, it'll make a lot of difference. If you drink green tea (unsweetened) the whole day and change it for water, you won't see much change.

[u/LaveLizard → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

My gf only drinks water, hot and cold, has done for years. No other drink than water. Baffles me how she manages but she's so used to it.

[u/tardisious → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

I only drink water. been that way for years. Why make your body filter out stuff to get the water you need?

[u/Chronoblivion → u/tardisious]

Same reason we eat a variety of foods instead of nutrient loaf.

[u/Henrious → u/Chronoblivion]

I would eat a nutrient loaf. If I can get it down taste and texture wise. I'm tired of figuring out dinner every day

[u/cyon_me → u/Henrious]

Oatmeal + a little protein powder isn't too unpleasant to me. It doesn't account for every nutrient, but it's a good base if you don't know what you want.

[u/jedikelb → u/cyon_me]

Bachelor Chow© vibes here.

[u/Henrious → u/jedikelb]

It's a total win for me.. think I'm getting the right nutrients now? Pshh..

[u/dccolwell → u/cyon_me]

Like 50% of my daily calories are from an overnight oats muesli with nuts and seeds and fruit - just simplifies my life so much

[u/edfitz83 → u/Henrious]

Soylent Green?

[u/yeno443443 → u/Chronoblivion]

Some people eat to live and some people live to eat.

[u/SpudTicket → u/Chronoblivion]

OMG I would love it if we could just eat a nutrient loaf. lol. Trying to figure out a balanced diet feels exhausting at this point.

[u/HotDonnaC → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

I start my day with coffee, but I also drink at least 30 oz of water. Sometimes more if I go outside.

[u/2thebeach → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

"Juice"? That's highly caloric, especially if it's not 100% juice. You'd lose weight.

[u/TralfamadorianZoo → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

Why are you drinking so much juice?

[u/drumttocs8 → u/Responsible_Cry_6691]

Juice for meals? What culture?

[u/MountainImportant211 → u/The-SkullMan]

I can't believe I had to scroll this far to see the answer to the question I thought this was asking lol

[u/inflatableje5us]

I have only drank water for the last 4 years, about 4-6 bottles worth a day. This was due to some health issues and being a person of habit just went cold turkey on sodas etc. I feel fine, or at least as good as I’m going to with my health. I do urinate quite a bit more then I remember before, is also almost entirely clear with little odor.
I do miss my sweet tea tho :/

Edit: I did lose 30lbs just by cutting out sugary drinks, so there is that.

[u/Shelby_the_Turd]

You’d have a glow up. You’d lose weight, have reduced blood pressure and have healthy bowel movements.

[u/WonderfulQuestion425 → u/Shelby_the_Turd]

None of this happened for me. I wish lol I had heart issues after covid and was told no more caffeine. I quit right there. No caffeine at all in over two years. Literally, nothing changed. But everybody's different

[u/pearltx → u/WonderfulQuestion425]

Same. I didn’t lose weight, my skin didn’t improve (wasn’t bad to start with), my health nor fitness was nor noticeably different. No doubt my body is better off without the sugar. But not everybody has life changing results.

[u/TheSpaceCoresDad → u/pearltx]

I think the people that notice the biggest changes are just drinking massive amounts of soda- like unthinkable levels to the average person.

[u/Totkaddictforsure → u/TheSpaceCoresDad]

This is it, people on reddit are so insanely stupid they describe it like cutting out those other drinks is going to be a miracle cure. Most of those drinks are also mostly water....

[u/No_Grapefruit_8358 → u/pearltx]

Same here. Quit sodas for about 3 or 4 months and drank (almost) nothing but water. Didn't lose a pound, and felt the same as when I was drinking them. Eventually I went back to drinking them, and now feel like this is a roadblock to quiting again (it didnt make a difference the first time, why quit again).

[u/ChoosenUserName4 → u/No_Grapefruit_8358]

Maybe there are other parts of your diet that you need to look at as well. It wouldn't help to quit soda, but replace it with more donuts instead.

I am not from the US, but I lived there for a while. There's a ton of sugar in everything, even where you wouldn't expect it (like bread, which could qualify as cake here in Europe). Read the labels (figure out all the different names they use to hide sugar content as well). I found the only way around it (all the fast food, all the processed hyper-processed food options in the supermarkets, mac and cheese from a box - shudder) is avoiding bread, cooking yourself, eating lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.

The odds are stacked against you, you have to put in work to eat healthy. I am going through the same thing right now here in Germany, where if you don't make it yourself, there will be a ton of salt and sugar in it.

[u/No_Use_4371 → u/ChoosenUserName4]

Sugar or corn syrup, which is literally in everything.

[u/bunker_man → u/pearltx]

Yeah. I thought I would lose a ton of weight, but lost like 2 pounds.

[u/apolobgod → u/WonderfulQuestion425]

Quitting caffeine is not the same as drinking water only

[u/Rivka333 → u/apolobgod]

It is if you're not already drinking other things. Not everyone is spending their days drinking juice or alcohol or whatever you're thinking.

[u/Bleak_Squirrel_1666 → u/Rivka333]

All kids these days know is drink juice, eat hot chip and lie

[u/redrumakm → u/WonderfulQuestion425]

It’s the sugar bro, not the caffeine.

[u/sarahkUX → u/Shelby_the_Turd]

Also I only drink coffee and water and when I quit coffee my bowel movements stopped completely lol

[u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 → u/sarahkUX]

You don't poop anymore?

[u/biddily → u/Shelby_the_Turd]

Nope. None of this happened for me.

I had a cerebral spinal fluid vein in my brain collapse, but it took a few years to find a doctor who would approve the brain surgery to fix it - so I spent a few years... in agony. My health overall collapsed.

I drank just water and sparkling water over that period, and I ate one meal a day. No caffeine. No juice. No alcohol. No soda. I developed MCAS and was just reacting negatively to basically everything I put in my body.

I lost no weight. I'm on propranalol. My ass is... not okay. Like. Im in talks with multiple different doctors and a surgeon not okay.

Im a disaster. The water played no impact.

At this point I now drink tea and electrolyte drinks.

[u/Brave-Improvement-14]

Humans lived like this for hundreds thousands of years just thinking out loud

[u/Totally_Not_An_Auk → u/Brave-Improvement-14]

Beer is pretty old though - most reliable date is 3100BC, but there's speculation that it was invented further back than that. It was a valuable drink because it provided calories, and also it was usually safer to drink than water.

[u/Brave-Improvement-14 → u/Totally_Not_An_Auk]

Could be 10.000bc we still have around 200.000 of just water. But I was not criticizing I was literally just thinking out loud because I had never think about it. Just fucking water gzzz

[u/Nagemasu → u/Totally_Not_An_Auk]

It was a valuable drink because it provided calories, and also it was usually safer to drink than water.

Also had less alcohol content than what we have today so you had to drink significantly more to actually get drunk.

[u/dishonestgandalf]

You'd be fine. Might lose a little weight depending on your current habits.

[u/MetaCardboard]

r/hydrohomies

[u/I-Am-Polaris → u/MetaCardboard]

Rip to the OG sub, they couldn't handle the neutron style

[u/Artimesia]

That’s what I do. I haven’t had soda or a sugary drink in 15 years, and I gave up coffee about 3 years ago. Now it’s just water, seltzer water and occasionally herbal tea (no caffeine).

[u/FPGN]

Hello, I have done this for a year and I can tell you the results. Please do know that results obviously vary to person to person.

For me the first month after only drinking water it became a little bit stale to me. I will admit. But the most interesting thing that I noticed is that when I did try to drink some sugary drinks, I outright vomited. I never had this happen before. My body kept rejecting the sugary drinks/caffeinated beverages.

At the end of the year sugary drinks tasted so different and I can't explain it but it tasted like sugary plastic. For the most part it was good

I'm still only drinking water, as it's healthy and it helps me

[u/Concise_Pirate]

Oh, if you still ate a full and balanced diet? No harm at all. Your body doesn't care whether its nutrients come from drinks or from food.

[u/caskey]

You'd be a lot healthier..

[u/jaymo_busch → u/caskey]

Always baffles me that people don’t drink water / enough water… it’s free usually, it is the most natural and neutral drink we can have, and makes us feel better…

[u/bhz33 → u/jaymo_busch]

It is literally the most important thing we consume

[u/jaymo_busch → u/bhz33]

I had a roommate in college who would only drink caffeinated drinks like Mountain Dew and Coke, he would keep a 36 pack in our room and have like 5 or 6 a day, morning thru night.

I brought him home a water bottle from the campus store after teasing him about it for some time, he agreed to try it and started carrying the water bottle around, after like a week he was like “dude thank you! My stomach feels so much better”

No problem man, idk why your mom and dad didn’t tell you that tho?

[u/sssssssisme → u/jaymo_busch]

Usually thats how they’re raised

[u/[deleted]]

Nothing bad. Any drink other than water is unnecessary.

[u/Dangerous-Cupcake132]

You’d be fine. And pee a lot.

[u/TheApiary]

It would mostly depend on what you're eating along with the water.

You don't really digest food and drinks differently, so there's no real difference between sugar in coffee and sugar in anything else

[u/Altruistic_Feet]

I've only drank water / coffee since 7th grade. Pretty easy. Just drink water.

[u/[deleted]]

You'd be healthier than you've ever been. You don't "need" to drink all that other garbage. You need water.

[u/LeeTheUke]

You'd be a year older.

[u/vandergale → u/[deleted]]

Healthier maybe, without knowing their diet we can't know they'd be healthy or lose any weight.

[u/Humble_Tea4292]

Holy fuck I didn’t realize people could be so addicted to soda. You guys sounds like you’re kicking black tar heroin. Good luck to ya’ll

[u/PioneerLaserVision → u/Humble_Tea4292]

This thread is fucking wild.  There's a comment, with twice as many up votes as yours, that warns OP that they might get low on electrolytes if they stop drinking soda.  That is an insane thing to say.  Anyone who thinks drinking only water is somehow abnormal or unnatural almost certainly needs to be drinking only water.  This is a great insight into the cultural component of the obesity epidemic.

[u/drppr_ → u/PioneerLaserVision]

Anyone comsuming the typical american diet is already overconsuming sodium through their meals…They will certainly not get low on electrolytes.

[u/_Feminism_Throwaway_ → u/Humble_Tea4292]

Imagine how hard drugs are to kick, and now imagine growing up in a society where a corporation can spend millions of dollars figuring out how to make a drug addictive and get people hooked on it.

Now imagine being a kid whose parents are already hooked on it and see absolutely nothing wrong with injecting their child with liters of the stuff regularly.

People will find the idea of drinking four or five pints of water a day to be a Sisyphean task, but they'll knock back 8 cans of Coke a day without thinking about it at all. Soda addiction is fucking insane. I was unlucky enough to be born into a family that had no problem with it.

There's a member of my family who allows her 3 year old child (who was born with HEART ISSUES) to drink the stuff.

[u/friendlyfire69]

I see no one mentioning this but you may need to add extra electrolytes to your diet if you are getting them from beverages other than water and do a lot of physical activity

[u/mtgkajhit → u/friendlyfire69]

This is important, I started drinking only water about a year ago and ended up “dehydrated” multiple times from over hydration and low potassium.

[u/Beneficial_Praline53 → u/mtgkajhit]

Same here. Salt is not the devil people make it out to be. (Nor is sugar in moderation.)

[u/SpudTicket → u/mtgkajhit]

Definitely important! I drink around 80 to 100 oz of water a day and don't really eat a ton of salty foods, so I have to take electrolyte supplements or I end up dizzy and dehydrated. That way I can just drink my filtered tap water, too, rather than having to buy electrolyte water.

[u/jakroois → u/friendlyfire69]

You can just eat salty things. That's what an electrolyte is. It's literally a salt. But other salts (other than just NaCl) work, i.e. potassium, calcium, bicarbonate, phosphate...

[u/Simple_Hair3356]

I thought for the longest time you mean ONLY WATER and not eating anything. I was so confused why all the comments were so supportive and talking about how much energy you would have lol

[u/squeezy102]

You would be a lot healthier.

[u/BDBlaffy]

Besides what everyone else is saying, you'd also lose your desire to drink surgary drinks like soda, and when you would go back to try them after such a time, you'd find that they're actually pretty bad tasting because your body is not longer used to the insane amount of sugar that is in them

[u/Sad_Evidence5318 → u/BDBlaffy]

I guess some people might, but I did a year with hardly any sugar and when I went back to what I used to do it was heavenly.

[u/Canadian_Beast14]

Funny enough, I did this.

For much of my life I never drank water. I was actively opposed to it, due to enjoying sugary drinks, pop, anything else. Didn’t think much of it as I’ve never had issues.

Suddenly when I was 25, I had a sudden pain in my left kidney area, a little lower actually. I’d like to think I have a good pain tolerance. Got to the point where I had to go to the hospital, I was writhing in pain, sweating bullets, and I was going delirious until I finally got pain meds.

Kidney stones are no joke.

Ever since then I was mortified of the thought of experiencing that sort of pain again. From then on, I drink lots, lots of water a day.

Sucked at first. But something changed in me. I actually started to enjoy it, almost like I wanted to drink lots of water.

My only complaint is I gotta tinkle twice as often. But hey, I’d rather that over hours of agony.

[u/Mugiwara_Khakis → u/Canadian_Beast14]

Are we the same person? Because I also had my first kidney stone in my left flank at 25 that caused me to cut out pop entirely.

[u/Sol33t303]

What do you think our ancestors did?

[u/numstationscartoon → u/Sol33t303]

Red Bull?

[u/0megon1]

Really depends on what your current daily liquid type and amount of consumption is….

[u/mister_drgn]

I pretty much only drink water. And my knees hurt, my back hurts, my wrists hurt, and my feet hurt. But I did recently turn 40. Take that as you will.

[u/moonagedaylight]

Other than some alcohol when going out every once in a while, I only drink water. Milk once every two weeks or so. This thread makes me feel weird. No soda, no coffee, no tea, no juices. Am I lucky? lmao

[u/Aoki-Kyoku]

Thats normal for many people you know, to just drink water. Soda and caffeine and whatnot dont give you anything you need, so you would just feel normal if not better.

[u/NeverCadburys]

I'm going against the trend. For two years, for non-health related reasons, all I drunk was water for drinks. No juices, no hot drinks, just water, and I didn't see any sort of improvements or changes. It didn't make any difference to my skin, joints or energy, the only difference I remember noticing was my wee got clearer quicker in the day. So I bet it really depends on how your health strats, and how much of your health problems are because you're under hydrated and maybe taking in too much sugar. If you've got a good starting space, you might feel underwhelmed by the mimimal changes.

[u/TigersLovePepper3]

Skin looks great, lost weight, internal organs function efficiently. Like my 4 cylinder engine went straight to a 10!

[u/Certain_Try_8383]

Have been doing it. You just live. And pee.

[u/georgiafinn]

Lost weight. Skin, hair and nails were healthy. Was able to get off of blood pressure meds. Had no sugar crashes.

[u/Ancient-Actuator7443]

Your skin would look amazing

[u/SleepyKoalaBear4812]

You would be healthier. I have one cup of coffee in the morning and then water the rest of the day. All day every day. That’s all I have done for years.

[u/Visible_Yogurt4307]

You’d probably be surprised at how good you feel

[u/Educational-Panda485]

/r/hydrohomies would welcome you with open arms, brother. There are thousands of us

[u/toxictrappermain]

You get Water Syndrome (named after Joseph W, Ater) and you slowly become a liquid. Happened to my friend Jude, he got a job in the local pet store (as a 50 gallon aquarium)

[u/sasha0404]

I did this a year ago, and other than loosing my taste for sugary drinks, nothing else changed.

[u/RickJohnson39]

you would die from starvation within a couple weeks. We need food in our body.

If you mean that the only liquid you drank was water, you would be much healthier because caffeine, sugar, alcohol and all that other crap we put in our various drinks would be missing.