This is a compensated review from BlogHer and Crystal Light Water Way Challenge.

Edited to add: here’s my day two update on the challenge.

Here’s my day three update.

Here’s my day four update.

Here’s my day five update.

Here’s my day six update.

Day Eight Update

Day Nine Update

Day Ten Update

Day Thirteen Update

Day Fourteen Update

Day Fifteen Update

Day Sixteen Update

Day Seventeen Update

Day Twenty Update

Monday, June 1, 2009

A couple of months ago Jenny from BlogHer contacted me to see if I’d be interested in participating in the Crystal Light Water Way Challenge. The premise was pretty simple: she’d send me some samples of Crystal Light, and then I’d use those samples to replace two of my normal daily beverages with Crystal Light.

It took me all of two seconds to reply with Um, yeah.

Because have I mentioned I have a bit of a, um, FONDNESS for a certain diet cola product? A maaaaaaajor, hey-I-don’t-like-to-think-about-it-but-it’s-been-going-on-for-almost-twenty-years-now fondness?

But here’s the thing: when I was a teenager, I was a Crystal Light fanatic. I drank Crystal Light lemonade like there was no tomorrow, mainly because I find that water is always more tasty when it has some flavor. Drinking Crystal Light lemonade makes me feel like I’m 15 all over again, only this time without all the drama and angst. And also without the ginormous bangs.

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been sampling the Crystal Light Strawberry Orange Banana flavor, and it’s so delicious that my little boy thinks I’m making it just for him. You know it’s tasty if a six year-old is requesting to drink it WITH HIS BREAKFAST, MY WORD.

So for the next three weeks, I’m going to be replacing this:

with this:

Twice a day, that is.

And if you’d like to join me in this little challenge, that would be oh-so-delightful. All you have to do is sign up for the Crystal Light Water Way Challenge Group at BlogHer.

I’ll be writing an update on my Challenge progress every single week day, so be sure to check in and see how it’s going. It’ll be a barrel of laughs watching me shake and twitch, now won’t it? My hope is that by the end of the three weeks I’ll have cut back to only one delicious diet cola beverage a day. Right now I feel like The Little Engine That Could; the only problem is that my engine usually operates on a whole bunch of caffeine. So I imagine that there are a few adjustments in store.

You can visit the official Crystal Light site if you’d like more information.

See y’all tomorrow!