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!

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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!

You can also join in Crystal Light’s Twitter Party this Wednesday, August 19th, from 8:00-10:00 pm EST for more great giveaways from Crystal Light! The twitter party is being hosted by @audreymcclellan of Mom Generations so follow her to participate! If you aren’t following me already, please do! @southernplate.

~It has been my pleasure bringing you this post, sponsored by Crystal Light.~

352 Comments

  1. My son is VERRRRY picky & Crystal Light has made my “summer” life so much easier! I use the “on the go” tubes all the time – so much easier than carrying around bottles of juice just to get hot. He also loves the Crystal Light popsicles from Granny’s. It goes without saying that having a picky 2 year old means you’re going to adjust your eating/drinking habits and my new favorite is Raspberry Ice – I don’t know how much better I’ve felt since making this change, but it sure has made my days easier in one aspect – happy boy/happy mama!

  2. I’m not sure if someone has already given this idea, but I’m making ice cubes out of the same Crystal Light flavor I’m drinking. If the day is especially hot or if when I decide to pour a large bottle of it to take with me, the melted ice cubes won’t water down my drink. You can also drink Crystal Light Lemonande and make Crystal Light Strawberry ice cubes. Of course it’s not as good as making Christy’s StrawberryAde, but it’ll do : )

  3. We’ve purchased a Brita water pitcher, its so much easier to drink water now and i love the peach tea and lemonade, the kids think it cool to use the “filtered water picher”

  4. Love Crystal Light, and I drink it everyday. It is so refreshing and not sickening sweet like some types.

  5. With the high temps we’ve been experiencing here in Texas, a cold glass of Crystal Light Lemonade sure hits the spot. I have a gallon in the frig right now.

  6. Christy,
    I was so dehydrated I was beginning to get really sick, you know, headaches, tired, tummy troubles. Then I started drinking more water and Crystal Lite, Immunity Flavor, Cherry Pomagranite. And I feel so much better, I have more energy and I don’t feel so sick.

    Keep Drinking, water that is!

  7. Hey there! *smiles & waves*

    I thought I posted and I may have(there are tons of posts!) It never hurts to make certain when a giveaway is involved, though. 🙂
    I feel I have been terrible about drinking more water, however, I suppose if you count non-caffeinated or carbonated beverages I have done okay. 😉

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