Swimmer963 comments on How I Lost 100 Pounds Using TDT - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Swimmer963 15 March 2011 07:44:49PM 4 points [-]

Have you ever tried adding a drop or two of lemon juice to water? Or (and this might sound weird) plain hot water? It depends on how hot it is where you live, of course, but my ex-boyfriend's entire family used to drink plain hot water, and after thinking they were very odd, I tried it and found it quite soothing.

Comment author: Alicorn 15 March 2011 07:50:30PM 0 points [-]

I don't like it when they give me lemon slices in my water at restaurants. Plain hot water sounds fantastically unappealing.

Comment author: BrassLion 21 December 2012 06:50:45AM 2 points [-]

You should try the hot water thing if you haven't actually done so. The cost is pretty much zero.

Have you tried filtering your water, or drinking it very cold? Water tastes like what's in it, and the taste varies depending on the source. Most city water tastes like the chemicals they use to clean it, while water from a cheap filter tastes like nothing. Cold water also seems to have less taste, or at least I've found I can't detect the taste of cold water (as in, with ice in it, not just cold from the tap).

Seltzer (Or whatever they called carbonated water in your part of the world) is another "almost-water" drink, much like tea. No calories, enough taste to notice, feels like soda.

Comment author: Alicorn 21 December 2012 03:57:42PM 0 points [-]

I like filtered water less than regular tap water from most taps. (I have blind-taste-tested my ability to distinguish them.) Cold water is better. I can't bear to drink anything carbonated; it makes my mouth hurt.