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.~
I must confess it was pretty easy for me because I’ve always been a big water drinker. I usually drink about 4 cups of tea during the first couple of hours I’m up, but it’s been so hot and muggy this week that I switched to ice water after the second. One tip: if you have a problem with the taste of chlorine in your water, put two full containers of the amount you think you’ll drink in a day in the fridge and leave them for 24 hours or so. As you finish one, refill it and drink the other. For me, it’s 2 gallon milk jugs. For some reason, the chlorine dissipates over that period of time.
Chlorine evaporates and the 24 hour period is perfect to let it all dissipate. I had learned this trick a few years ago from another health nut like me! 😉
Thanks for sharing the trick! 🙂
Confession time………I must have my cup of coffee in the morning………you just can’t mess with my coffee. I really enjoy the flavor variety so you don’t get bored. We drinks so much CL that my husband mixes it by the gallon! and often combines flavors for even more variety. For us seniors you can’t get better than CL!
I didn’t know Crystal Light made energy drinks. I must try it!
I’m having a hard time getting back into my water drinking. But I feel so much better when I do drink lots of water.
Christy,
I can really tell a difference in the way I feel when I drink lots of water and Crystal Light. I have cut back to one diet Pepsi per day, although I still like a caffeine free diet Pepsi late in the afternoon! The Crystal Light Natural Citrus Splash is great! Thanks for the encouragement!
I have stuck a few in my purse and when I am tempted with a soda, I can just pull one out and have a no-calorie-low cost drink and not feel bad about it.
Saves quite a few WW points and it doesn’t make me feel like I am missing out on anything. My favorite is the white grape.
I love to develope “check points” during the day to remind me to drink a glass of water; such as 1 with breakfast, 1 during my favorite cooking show, 1 with my medicine, 1 while cooking dinner,1 with a mid day snack, etc. before long I realize my body responds to the routine and “it” tells me when I’ve missed my water.
Over 50 days of 100 degree heat this summer,
Frankie from TEXAS
I have 3 month old twin girls that I breastfeed. It is CRITICAL that I drink enough water to keep up my milk supply – and drinking plain water can be pretty boring! I like the pink lemonade Crystal Light, it keeps me interested in drinking water. Also, I don’t mind giving it to my two boys since it doesn’t have much sugar, but tastes like it does!