Drink advice - healthy alternatives

Xaine

Hi all,

To quickly provide some context - I've always had a healthy BMI untill recently when I deliberately put on about 30 pounds for a role in a short film (I work in the film industry as a Production Coordinator, and act in my spare time).

I'd never tried method acting to that extent before, and thought I'd give it a go - why not.

I'm now slimming down, so I'm hitting the gym 3 times a week - I've cut all sugar from my diet etc.

I've never really had an issue with self control, but what I am looking for is something other than water to drink. If I have to just drink water for the next 6 months, I'll probably need a straight jacket before I'm back down at a regular BMI.

I've been looking around at drinks powders that you add to water, that give additional flavour/nutrients without throwing too many calories into the mix.

However, most of the things I'm finding are either the 1-a-day variants that taste awful, or the pre-work out supplements that have creatine in them etc.

I bought a tub of 'G-Fuel' which is marketed very heavily (suspiciously heavily) as an energy drink without the sugar. It's 25 calories per 450~ ml/16oz servering, and has a bunch of added nutrients - but is also full of caffeine, and other less positive stuff as you might expect.

Does anyone have any recommendations for healthy powders that you can throw into water, that will provide some flavour and health benefits - that you could drink a few times per day?

Thanks for any help!