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.
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I, too pledge to drink more water, and use Crystal Light as a boost. I know it would be better for me than the diet cola and iced tea (but what can I say, I’m a southern girl and won’t be able to eliminate iced tea from my diet altogether)! I enjoy your blog and have “spread the word” whenever I have an opportunity. I especially enjoy hearing about your family/traditions; keep up the great work!
Hey maybe that is why I think at times that my brain has left me, I’m not drinking enough water!! I’ll be drinking more water!! Crystal light sounds very good and refreshing, I’ll have to try it.
I have always been a diet drink person. Doesn’t matter what kind. I am old enough to remember and drank Fresca (I know this is a really big confession!). Crystal Light is always in my pantry and I love trying the new flavors as they show up on the grocery shelves. I will give up my diet cokes (we know all drinks in a can are “cokes”) this week and will drink Crystal Light only!! This means bringing my pitcher to work..you know I’m serious now!
I AM TRYING TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT AND CRYSTAL LIGHT HAS HELPED ME TO GET MORE WATER DOWN. SOMETIMES I NEED SOME FLAVOR. I PLEDGE TO DRINK MORE WATER
Wow that will buy a lot of crystal light. I wonder how many days worth of water that is? I have been workin on drinkin more water for the past 2 weeks, that sure would help.
Water is something that I have a real problem with! After reading your post this week…I decided to go the store and buy some Crystal Light and give it a try. I decided to mix it in a very pretty pitcher the way you did. Today was my grass cutting day and so I mixed it up, and went outside…I found myself coming back in to drink the crystal light because it was so good! I always drink diet coke while I am cutting grass and I know that isn’t good for me. Needless to say my grass cutting went so much quicker because I was well hydrated all of because of Crystal Light! Thanks so much Christy for the heads up on Crystal Light…I love it! So yes I pledge to drink Crystal Light every day!
I love to drink water but sometimes get too busy and forget. Thanks for the reminder.