Pledge To Drink More Water With Me For A Chance At $500 from Crystal Light!
Life isn’t slowing down for anyone. My own life seems to have the fast forward button permanently pushed in and with trying to keep up with work, my house, and the ever blossoming social life of my kids, most mornings it seems like my day has started without me and I have to hit the ground running just to avoid being left in the dust.
Since we can’t slow our lives down (I’m gonna assume you have all tried just as I have!), our other option is to try to be in our best form. One of the key ways to do this is also one that is so simple it is often completely overlooked – especially by folks like me who have a habit of grabbing a drink from the fridge and paying little attention to how many tin cans pass through my hands during the course of the day. Ready for it?
Drink
More
Water.
Seriously, it can be that easy. Need more motivation? These figures made me really sit back and think:
50-75% of our bodies are made up of water
Blood is 95% water
Skin is 70% water
Our brain is made up of 75-80% water
(THAT’S where all my brain cells have been going, they’ve been dying of thirst!)
~blinks and picks her jaw up off the floor~
Wow. Please hold while I go drink a glass and issue a formal apology to my body…
Did you also know that being dehydrated (which I can pretty much guarantee I am right now) can cause joint pain, lethargy, and irritability? Drinking enough water can help eliminate all of these problems and add more benefits such as improved concentration, too! It’s simple really, our bodies function on water, rely on water, and when we don’t give them enough water we can hit some substantial ruts.
So why don’t we drink enough water? Well I have one complaint about water. It tastes like…umm…water. Seriously. Can you get more blah?
This is where Crystal Light comes in. ~smiles brightly~
I’ve been a Crystal Light drinker ever since it first came out. That was back when Linda Evans did the commercials (We followed Dynasty, too). Honestly, Crystal Light is about the only time I do drink water, but I still haven’t been drinking enough – not by a long shot. Did you know, though, that people who drink Crystal Light ended up drinking an average of 20% more water than folks who just drank their water plain?
At this point in my life, I could use a little high performance and I think drinking more water might be just the boost I need to help me accomplish my goal of feeding the world homemade banana pudding.
So for the next week, here’s the drill
Water…
Dump…
Stir…
Enjoy.
Come on in, the waters fine!
Join me in pledging to drink more water.
Leave a comment below with your own pledge for a chance to win
a $500 Visa Gift Card from Crystal Light!
After you make your pledge, join me back here next week to read about
my progress and tell me about yours for a chance to win another $500
dollar Visa Gift Card!
It has been a pleasure bringing you this post, sponsored by Crystal Light.
For a delicious Crystal Light recipe, check out my StrawberryAde!
*Winners will be chosen at random from among comments on each post.
Posted by Christy Jordan
on Aug 11 2009. Filed under Misc.
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I love Crystal Light!! Just bought some Original Lemonade yesterday.
So much better than the others….
Shannon
Yummy! I love Crystal Light & I love drinking water. I will definitely drink more…I am officially thirsty after reading this post!
I have totally given up soda, so I drink a lot of tea and water. Some days it is hard to get the water down, so I tried Crystal Light in a 24 oz. cup and even add water to that and staying hydrated is a snap. some good coupons would be nice. I love the variety of flavors and buy a new box or two every time I hit the grocery store. I found that store brands are not as good and the money you save is not worth it.
Don’t know if you tried the Crystal Light bottle packets. I love them as they are so convenient to use. I keep bottles of cold water in the refrig and since I don’t always like to drink plain water, I just open a bottle size packet and empty into the bottle and off I go with a nice cold flavored drink. I do like my plain water at night for some reason and always have a thermal glass with ice next to my bed for nighttime sips.
i pledge to drink more water.i love crystal light lemonade!!!!
Now that school is back in- or at least for some of us- I always keep a box of the little on the go crystal lights in my desk and a bottle on my desk- I pledge to get back in the habit of drinking more water-
I am making this pledge to drink more water for myself and my kids. We can all use the benefits. Thank you for the contest!
Ill do it I like Crystal Light too, and have some! Sounds like a plan!
I pledge to drink more water from this point on!!! I love Crystal Light and already use it daily as I sip my water at my desk all day! Everyone needs a little H20!!
I HATE PLAIN WATER !! BUT I JUST LOVE CRYSTAL LIGHT. I PROMISE TO DRINK MORE. HEEE HEEE THIS GIVES ME PERMISSSION TO DRINK EVEN MORE.
THANKS CHRISTY!!
I too pledge to drink more water, I love crystal lite
I totally pledge to drink more…crystal lite! shudders at the thought of drinking plain water!!
I’ll join in – and I do love me some Crystal Light!
I’ve used Crystal Light for years to flavor my water but never the Strawberry flavor. I will now add it to my water so that I can drink more!!
How timely this is I just decided to drink more water this past week – and of course that means I use more Crystal Light since I do love it so –
So I will also join in on your pledge to drink more water .
Just got the Crystal Light fruit Punch and love it!! I’m going to try and drink more water.
I’ll drink more water. Until your reminder I had forgotten that Crystal Lite was one of my favorite drinks. I especially love their Crystal Lite To Go packets. It makes keeping this pledge so much easier when I am on the go.
I had a gastric bypass 2 years ago and no longer drink anything but water. Well, although I love water, sometimes I just need a flavor added to it and Crystal Light Peach Tea in the To Go packets are my treat to myself. I always keep some in my purse too.
I also like the individual tubes for a bottle or glass of water to allow more variety. If I’m out at a restaurant, I’ll add a packet of Splenda to make the water taste better.
We are finally having a string of really hot days up here in the Northeast so I need all of the water I can remember to drink. Also I always have some Crystal Light packets in my desk at work for an afternoon pick me up.
I’ll drink more water. Love my Crystal Light – always have two gallon jugs of Crystal Light lemonade in the fridge!
We love Crystal light. Especially the Lemonade. Other than morning coffee it’s my drink of the day. It’s also a great way to get my kids to drink more water without the struggle. It tastes good and they love picking a flavor to help make.
I too am a diet soda fanatic. Pledging to drink more water would be a great way to cut down! Thanks for the push.
am learning to drink water after having to give up colas and wonderful tea – too much acid and caffine
crystal lights certainly is a help in this effort
keep up the good work
i do feel better with water as my “drink of choice”
Ok, I used to be really good at drinking my water, and I have slacked off. 1 cup down so far this morning, and I *will* get my 8 glasses in today!
We find Crystal light to be refreshing hydration for the Dog Days of Summer! and any other time we need a water break too!
Crystal Light is the satisfying sweet treat while dieting that makes each of the required 64 oz of h20 somthing to look forward to!
Have you ever tried to drink crystal light mixed in with tap water? It doesn’t taste that great. I went out looking for a really great water filtration device that would make drinking water have less of a metallic taste. I would suggest Bauer Energy Design’s water filtration program. Has so many unexpected health benefits and no bio film. It’s worth considering. http://waterprocessor.wordpress.com/
Ok! I’m in!!!!!!!
I have a medical condition which causes me to dehydrate quickly, coupled with a medicine for another condition to help me get rid of excess fluid, it is essential for me to drink lots of water every day. I really feel it the next day if I don’t drink enough.
In fact, my father drinks Crystal Lite Lemonaide to prevent kidney stones!
Well, I’m off to finish drinking my glass of Kiwi-Strawberry flavored water!
Thank you for participating! This contest is now closed. Click the link below to see the winner!
http://www.southernplate.com/2009/08/500-winner-another-500-giveaway-from-crystal-light.html
Gratefully,
Christy
“As of today, Tuesday, August 11, I PLEDGE (with my right hand on my Southern Plate cookbook) to do my darndest to think about how much my overworked, under-rested body needs water!”
HAHA!! I LOVE IT!!!