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 just LOVE Crystal Light go packs! They have LOT’S of flavors and I always have several flavors on hand for the little one’s who visit!
Within the past six weeks or so we started drinking Crystal Light with our meals instead of cokes. Not only is it healthier for us, our soda pop bill has gone down tremendously. I think we’ve found a new, healthier way to get the water we need. Plus, it comes in a ton of great flavors!
I am so glad you did this post. Last week i started trying to drink more water,and less soda. I have done pretty good. I love adding flavor to my water. Crystal light is a great addition. thanks again.
Ok, you’ve convinced me or reminded me to drink more water! I will, I promise!
I definitely pledge to drink more and more water. Great Giveaway!
I love this stuff! I love the to go packs, I can take them with me everywhere.
It’s also another way I can get my son to drink more water each day!
I’ve heard a lot about Crystal Light but I’m not sure I’ve ever tried it. I have read many other blogs where writers are taking the Crystal Light challenge and have been very successful in increasing their water intake. Maybe it is time I give it a shot. Lord knows I drink way to many sodas and could use the extra water but the thoughts of increasing water plain isn’t appealing at all. Maybe I can do it with Crystal Light. I pledge to give it a shot and see how it goes.
Hi Christy!
I love your site and I especially love that my goals to live healthier and be a little better to my body can coexist right there next to my love for homemade banana pudding! I pledge to drink more water with ya! Thanks!
yummy Crystal Light! Some days there is nothing better than ice cold water. I pledge to drink more water.
I pledge to drink as much water with Crystal Lite Peach Tea Mix, as I can get my hands on! Crystal Lite has been my choice of drink since it’s been on the market. I am totally addicted to al of the flavors and my kitchen cabinet and fridge are proof!
Not a problem for me–I already drink Crystal Light–love the little individual water bottle size packets!
I love Crystal Light – instead of using the packets to go, I have been using the container to make a big batch in a pitcher and going ahead and dividing it between reused water bottles (each tub make 4 16-20 oz water bottles). Then it is ready to go and cold. (I’m cheap! I know.) But if you buy them when they are BOGO its even better. Do you know one container (12 quart) makes 24 16 oz water bottles – yet the to go packets that are usually the same price only make 10-12 16 oz water bottles.
Anyhow, I need to start replacing more of my Diet Dr Pepper with Crystal Light. Thanks for the challenge.
Thx for reminding me (and all the rest of us) the importance of drinking water….I’m off to the store right now to buy Crystal Light and fill up all of my water bottles! Love your picture!
Ruthanne
I have a ton of this stuff from when it went BOGO at Publix. My hubby loves it! I pledge to drink more too!
Thanks for the reminder to drink more water! I also enjoy Crystal light in it too!
Ok, I’m in! I know I need to drink more water. Will go pick up some Crystal Light as well. I’m not a fan of the blah taste of water either so maybe Crystal Light will do the trick.
I LOVE the Crystal Light Peach Tea!!! I pledge to drink lots and lots!!
Even though water is what quenches by thirst, I but find myself grabbing diet sodas (out of habit) instead. I pledge to drink more water… perhaps with some Crystal Light Lemonade- YUM!
I’m with ya sister! I’ve found that it’s much easier to maintain my girlish figure if I’m drinking 80-100 oz of water every day, so I’m in! And I’m seriously hooked on Crystal Light’s Green Tea in Honey Lemon … I start every single day with 20oz of this stuff (and a Curves chocolate & peanut bar) and have another 20oz as my mid-afternoon snack.
By the way, my grocery store has stopped carrying the Honey Lemon Green Tea and I’m in a slight panic wondering if Crystal Light is discontinuing the flavor or if it’s just my grocery store?!? So I’m buying up boxes and boxes and boxes anytime I run across it at another store and am hoarding the stuff like an addict. I even have friends looking for it for me!
I will pledge to drink more water and less soda.
I’ll definitely pledge to drink more water! (especially since I’m pregnant!) And yes I do rely on Crystal Light to help me drink all the water I need. I’ve been so sick with morning sickness that water just by itself grosses me out. Thanks Crystal LIght!
I LOVE Crystal Light! I always take the individual packets with me to work, esp. the lemonade flavored one. Have some in my pantry already.
Since I just bought 2 containers of Crystal Light yesterday and I am already a huge fan of this product, I will certainly participate in this challenge. We have had CL Pink Lemonade several times a week all summer long. We all- grandkids included- really like it and would not consider another brand. However, we do drink a lot of water, too, since the doctor advised my husband to drink more water after a kidney stone episode several years ago.
Great idea!
Increasing our water “intake” is so important even if you are not one of the bazzillion of us who are trying to lose a few pounds.
I am going to try to consistently (here’s the key word) drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day. I do love Crystal Lite (we have all kinds of flavors in both the tubs and individual tubes for water bottles) so hopefully between those and your challenge I can be much more consistent this week – and then on to the following week when I am on vacation lounging in the sun……….
Good Luck to all!
I have serious water issues – it just doesn’t taste like Diet Coke or Diet Dr. Pepper! (Isn’t there water in those drinks? Does that count? Hello?) I also like Crystal Light, especially the one for energy that has all the caffeine added to it. I’m not sure that’s really healthy for me but it is more water. So I, along with all my other dehydrated brothers and sisters, pledge to try to drink more water.
I try to drink lots of water during the day. If I pass by the fridge, and remember, I grab a swig from the water dispenser.
Just last night I told the kids enough with the sugary drinks and I made Crystal Light Strawberry. They loved it. After spending over $100 to have a cavity in my 6 years olds mouth last week. We have changed our thinking about living healthy. We had to make a change. Thanks for the giveaway.
P.S. Your Strawberry Ade is to die for!
I have just started drinking Crystal Lite since my cardiologist said to stop the coffee. I am trying to decaf. Ugh! Going cold turkey did not work as well as I had planned. Maybe today I will go half-caf and drink Crystal Lite the rest of the day.
I love me some crystal light! Raspberry Ice is my favorite right now. It really does help me to drink more water. I can tell when I haven’t had enough. My whole body gets out of whack!
I really enjoy Crystal Light products. Hubby and I buy tons of the lemonade during the summer months. Add a few fresh strawberries and its total refreshment.
I also buy lemonade and other flavors for my sister who is in the Peace Corps serving in Namibia. Since it is Sub-Shara Africa, the volunteers must maintain a good water intake. The water there is treated, but leaves a funny after taste compared to the American water treatment process. She ends up drinking a lot of sodas to make up for the bad water taste. Crystal light individual packages also travel very well. Anytime I send her a care package I dump a few in and shake so they fill in the empty spaces in the box.
Thank you Crystal Light for helping me help my sister half way around the world!
I used to drink like 5 to 6 cokes a day back in college. Due to a bet from my dad, ($100 to give up cokes for a month)I have not had a Coke since July of 2003. I just drink water and coffee. I love Crystal Light and love the to go packs to put in a bottle of water on the go.
You look great in your pictures. Great advertising!
Lesley in Alabama
what part of ala?
Love Crystal Light. I have been trying to cut down on pepsi products and the Crystal light really helps.
Thanks for tip! I have always been a big fan of Crystal Light. Love lemonade since I was a little girl where back yonder and when Crystal Light came up with sugar free lemonade, it brings back memories of ice cold homemade leomanade with friends and family!!
I love Crystal Light! Can’t drink much plain water.
I promise, I promise to drink more water. I don’t like our tap water so adding Crystal Light is a good way to add a good taste. I am on Weight Watchers, so this will help me get all my water requirements in for a day. Maybe I can retrieve some of those old brain cells.
I have a filter jug but I plan to get an undersink filter installed soon. It takes a little time to build up a liking to drinking water. In my mid teens all I would drink was juice and Coke and then as you do at that age, I started getting all self conscious about my skin and such so I began cutting out those drinks and having only water. I hated it at first. But after a few days you actually get used to it and now water is really all I drink all day every day. Honestly, I will have litres of water each day and my only non plain water drink will usually be one cup of tea. I still love Coke though, but now I only have it probably once a week.
I am right there with you Su! Mama used to make ice tea with saccharin, ugh…so in my mid-childhood, I switched to just water. I’ve been a big water drinker (filtered) ever since with sweet tea with mint or a coke for pick-me-up treat.
I will do IT!!!!
I’m not a soda drinker, but will drink more water! Thanks!!
I pledge to drink more water, starting right now!
I, Tula Graham, pledge to drink more water….and Crystal Light will make that pledge alot easier!! Thanks!
I totally agree we all need to drink more water and crystal light can make it so much easier. DMW (drink more water)
I see you found a glass picture for your tutorials yeah.
I pledge to drink water more than I am now. I already drink lots of water.
I have been on the Crystal Light bandwagon for years now! In fact, I would have to say that I am addicted to it! I take a 64 oz jug of it to work each day and drink the whole thing. (If I could find a bigger jug that would not look so obnoxious, I would do that!!!) I also order water at restaurants and wait for the fun to begin when the waiter/waitress comes back with iced tea for my refill!!! Or they come back with water and get a confused look on their face when they see my glass filled with tea. It confuses them every time!!!! I am the “go to” person if you want a pack to put in your drink. I normally carry about 20 of them at a time in my purse…we wouldn’t want to run out, would we!!!!! My back up stash is about 20 containers and about 18 packages of the singles, of course, all bought the southern saver way!! I challange everyone to bring their Crystal Light into their local restaurant and watch the fun begin!!!
(My personal favorite is PEACH!)
What a great promotion! I need to drink more water. I have never really considered adding flavoring, like Crystal Light to make the goal attainable. My pledge…drink 8-8 oz. daily…with flavor! How cool is that?!
Distilled water is what I love … tastes clean, tastes like nothing, doesn’t taste like the stuff you could cut with a knife that comes out of the tap this time of year here – and isn’t just some other place’s tap water put in a bottle, as so many bottled waters are.
Crystal Light is a nice treat, but watch out for those artificial sweeteners in something you want to drink a lot of. Try some distilled water… and not the old jug you’ve had for your iron all this time, that’ll just taste like the plastic it’s bottled in. Buy a new gallon of distilled. Put it under your desk. Get a nice glass or sport bottle, something you want to look at. Fill it with the water. Drink it down. Feel great. Repeat ad libitum!
Thank you, Lord, for the wonder of water! Thanks for all you do, Christy, you beauty!
Mrs. Welch
central TX
Thanks for reminding me of the importance of drinking more water, I know I don’t get enough daily, so starting today, I am changing my drinking habits from tea, to Crystal Light(love it).
I like Crystal Light in the peach iced tea flavor. As a retired nurse, let me also add to water’s benefits the fact that it helps stop constipation woes. My mother would have said that is not a ladylike topic but it is a true fact!
My problem with water is “no taste”. I really need to drink more water, so I pledge to drink 8 glasses a day. Crystal Light should do the trick.
I was looking for motivation to drink more water and I found it here! I pledge to start drinking more water today!
Thanks!
Dawn
Crystal Light is a great product. And I love adding it to my water. It does not have that funny after taste that you sometimes get from other powder mixes. And I love the flavors too. I am pledging to drink more water and more Crystal Light.
Christy, is that your new pitcher? Nice…
Debado