Originally posted by slleipnir
I've heard that ice cold water can help you lose weight. I don't know what truth there is to it, but if you drink it, your body tries to cool it down, hense doing 'stuff' to help lose weight...that and water has like nothing in it to be fatty which helps.
I just read an article about this in CosmoGirl. Your body tries to warm up the water to body temperature, but it doesn't burn off enough calories in one time to have much of an impact. Water is great for you, though!

Even though water is great for you, it doesn't contain any vitamins and nutrients. It's just water. Drink plenty of water, but I also suggest things with antioxidents. Do you take vitamins everyday?

I don't think I can add any drinks to the lists above. If you drink soft drinks right now, defintely stop. You said you hated water - try drinking no sugar, no calorie flavoured water. It's very good. It has the same nutritional value as a diet soft drink, but it's not as bad for your teeth and mouth. Also, a lemon in your water will help. Sorry, I'm of no help.