Another $500 Winner From Crystal Light!
Congratulations to Micha for winning the random drawing in the $500 giveaway! Thank you all for participating and thanks to random.org for giving me a means of picking a random winner! Mimi, I’m sending you an email with instructions on how to get your address to me! Thank you, Crystal light!
I’ve had a GREAT week drinking more water! The difference is pretty profound, both in my performance level and in my wallet. I ended up drinking about 80% less carbonated beverages and actually found myself craving Crystal Light over my usual drink.
The one thing I noticed a significant change in this past week was sleep quality. I have pretty frequent bouts of insomnia, mainly because my mind just won’t shut down: so much to plan, so much to do, so many projects I want to tackle. When I lay down in bed, that is often the only time during my day that I have a bit of quiet with my thoughts so they tend to take over.
This past week, however, I slept deeply every single night. It was stunning. I’m not sure if this was due to being properly hydrated for the first time in a decade or more, but since that was the only change I made, you gotta wonder. Also take into the account the amount of caffeine I normally ingest versus drinking only Crystal Light and I feel pretty confident the water made the difference.
I did fall off the wagon a time or two and go back to drinking diet carbonated drinks (As a lifelong Alabamian, I can bring myself to say “carbonated beverages” but just can’t form the word “Soda”!) but when I did, I felt at once sluggish as a result. I know this was a psychological thing and I’m not quite sure at what point I decided to go cold turkey to Crystal Light this past week but it did happen at some point and I’m awfully glad I did.
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Coming off of a rabid caffeine/carbonation was not easy. Thank goodness for Crystal Light Energy! I discovered the individual packets of this in Wild Strawberry and used them to flavor my bottled water when out and about or to start my day off. They added a bit of caffeine to help me get over the hump.
Will I give up my carbonated beverages? While I don’t see myself giving them up entirely, I have cut down from eight to ten a day (I know, that is an awful number) to one or two a day and my water intake has increased substantially. I am easily meeting or exceeding the 8-10 glass recommendation.
My skin looks better, my energy level is better, my sleep is better, and my overall performance is definitely at a new high – which I’m gonna need!
Water has made a difference and I’m won over.
Now, how about one of you being a winner? Last week’s $500 Visa Gift Card giveaway had over 540 entries. I used random.org to draw a number and the corresponding comment belongs to: Jackie Medows!
“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!”
I will email you, Jackie, with instructions on how to get me your mailing address.
Who wants a chance to win ANOTHER $500?
Tell me how your week of drinking more water has gone for a chance ot win another $500 Visa gift card in the comments below!
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~It has been my pleasure bringing you this post, sponsored by Crystal Light.~
Crystal Light Lemonade is my favorite and I have been drinking it for years. I buy the individual bottles of spring water, drink a few gulps of the plain water and then add the lemonade mix to the bottle. For some reason I have always had a hard time drinking a whole glass of water, let alone 8-10 glasses, whether plain or with the mix…so I play games with my mind and drink the individual bottles of water and end up getting more than my daily requirment of hydration. (know it sounds silly as I’m nearly 70 but it works.) I try to drink 8-10 of these bottles a day and always feel blah if I fall below that amount.
My husband has to stay hydrated with water due to problems with kidney stones. Since he is constantly drinking water it encourages me to do the same. We are amazed at how much money we save just by drinking water when we go out to eat. Crystal Light was a life saver for me when I was pregnant this summer and knew I needed to drink water but didn’t really want it that often!
I’ve been drinking my water more for the last couple of weeks. I mix the Crystal Lite Lemonade and Strawberry together. I have a hard time drinking just water without it. I have cut back to almost no colas.
I got some Crystal Light Lemonade this afternoon. Can’t wait to try some tomorrow.
I have never been a fan of soda & drinking Crystal Light is such a nice treat instead of drinking plain water!
We are still drinking plenty of the Crystal Light pink lemonade each day. Also, I cooked your “grilled” chicken tenderloins yesterday for lunch and they were delicious! I have really enjoyed this recipe and have shared it with several people! It is one of our favorites. My guests enjoyed them, too!
I love the idea of sleeping better. I’ve been having bouts of insomnia lately. This week has been much better!
I learned to drink water when on one of those miracle diets, the diet worked as long as I starved, but I have to tell you the habit of drinking the water stayed with me. Water quinches my thirst better then anything else liquid. The habit of drinking water has never left, and yes I do enjoy Cystal Lite on the Go…Raspberry or Lemon. I have some deep health problems and each doctor tells me, drink plenty of water, its a life saver. I have had Gastric ByPass surgery 4 years ago and I am able to drink more water now, at first it was teeny tiny sips, and oh how I missed it…but I am still drinking my water