Due to the high number of comments on my original post for the Eight Glasses a Day Challenge (Join Gather in the Eight Glasses a Day Challenge. Win Gather Points™ and Crystal Light!) I've created this new one so that your page loads faster! Log your results in the comment field of this post.
What is the Eight Glasses a Day Challenge?
It's a challenge for the Gather community to drink more water. For eight days straight, from Tuesday, May 26th to Tuesday, June 2nd we want the Gather community to drink eight glasses (8 oz per glass) of water a day. Each day of the challenge come back to this post and share with us how many glasses of water you are drinking daily.
Specify the amount of water you drank in either oz or glasses. (Glasses or cups will be counted as 8 oz each.) Please only keep track of the amount of water you've already.
The benefits of taking part in the challenge and keeping track of your water consumption are that:
- You'll keep yourself hydrated
- You can provide and/or give advice to your fellow participants
- You could win Gather Points™!
- 20 participants will be drawn to receive 50 Gather Points™ each
- 10 participants will be drawn to receive 100 Gather Points™ each
- 5 participants will be drawn to receive 500 Gather Points™ each and a sample of Crystal Light
Those taking part in the Challenge who want flavor added to their water, we recommend trying Crystal Light!
Comment each day of the challenge on this post and you'll have more chances to be drawn to win these Gather Points™. (We'll only count one comment per day, and you can only be drawn once to receive Gather Points™.)
All comments must be posted here by Wednesday, June 3rd.
You can keep a journal entry of your progress too! Read Gather members' journal entries about the Eight Glasses a Day Challenge in DeliciousChange.gather.com.
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I just finished my 5th glass of water for today. It's only 1:30 here - so I know that will increase by the end of the day! I've really noticed a difference this week in how I feel!
So far today I'm up to 4 Glasses. It's getting really hot outside.
I tend to add some fresh lemon and/or lime to my water when it gets boring. Definitely keeps me interested. Also, Use Ice cubes with Frozen fruit in them.. works great and you get a surprise when they melt.
I've just finished my 8th glass for today....hoping to have one more at dinner too.
I have only had 3 glasses of water today. :(
Day 4 for me - today I hit and exceeded the eight glass mark. It's hot here and when I work in the garden I need to drink extra water.
I haven't been back every day to log in. Geezz....I have been drinking a lot of water, with and without Crystal Light and I wrote it down but I didn't always get online. I drank today - so far - 6 glasses - 8 oz each. Yesterday I drank 5 as I forgot and drank a bit more coffee than usual. All the rest of the days I drank 6 glasses, according to my notes. That is 48 oz each day for the first few days, yesterday was 40 oz and today so far is 48 oz.
glass 5 of 16 ounce bottles... It was so freaky hot while doing errands, I had two glasses of tea,too.....3 more bottles to go today, three more bottles to go...right now is 80 ounces, by tonight will be my usual 128 ounces....
I have now finished 5 glasses 8oz glasses today.
Everyone is doing so good I had 4 glasses today but I have to drink them down fast and hurry to get some tea lol after 8 or so I will try and get in a few more glasses
I have just finished my seventh glass of water so maybe I will drink more then 8 today!
8 glasses for me and my grandfather
Yeah, I drank a cup of water today! Can I be allowed back into the aquafold?
it's a cool idea . But I am aware that human must drink at least 2 litres of fluids a day ( water, juice,milk,etc...) I drink a Litre Mineral water every day and tap water sometimes but not that much ... Juice three times a week 2 litre packs
I am on my 3rd water bottle (16,9oz each). I do not use Crystal light as it is made with aspertame and I am allergic to it. Wish they would consider splenda or stevia.
As of 4:30 central I have had a little more than 4 8oz glasses two of which were with Crystal Light added. In a few minutes, I plan to go outside and work a bit, so hopefully that will increase to 6 in a couple of hours. I will be up late so I believe today I will make up for doing so terrible yesterday! I only finished the day with 5 glasses yesterday.
I got all eight of mine in today!!! Yeah! Almost forgot to come back and post it!!
3 32 ounce glasses and 8 cup pot of coffee.
This is for yesterday
so far today
I drank my 8 glasses already today.
I have already consumed my 64oz today!!! Working with toddlers gets me tired and therefore thirsty!!!
I'm still hooked on sweet tea, which has water in it, but I'm trying to drink more plain water. I drank one bottle of my homemade tea this morning. I also drank a bottle of 16.9 oz. Propel today and a 20 oz. bottle of Le Bleu. The Propel tastes better than plain water, but I am not a big fan of artificial sweeteners, and Propel has sucralose in it. If it were not for the sucralose, I would be drinking it a lot more often.
I have had 5 glasses of water so far and will drink 4 more before bed time. It is before dinner time...
I will bring my bottle with me in the car tomorrow. I have a bottle in the refrigerator and it is ready to go for tomorrow. I put an ice-thing in it and then we go. It keeps it nice and cool for hours-on-end. I refill it and put it in the refrigerator when I return so it is ready for the next day.
Yesteday I 64 oz
Today I am at 64 oz but it is still early so I anticipate that number will go up a bit.
as of right now I have drank 2qts of crystal light and 6 20oz of water
I am so full, but I am glad it is not from food but water. As of 6:30pm I have drank 5 glasses of water. I filled my bottle once more which means that by bedtime I will have drunk 7 to 8 glasses.
Gessy, I'm full too!
well, today I had a ltr of crystal light, and then 2 64oz jugs of ice water! I think I am going to float LOL
I feel great though :>}
Day 4 is the best one yet.
I dranked 3 ~ 24 ounces of water today.
I dranked 2 ~ 8 ounces of coffee today.
I dranked 1 ~ 16 ounce bottle of the Wild Strawberry Light
I dranked 1 ~ 16 ounce bottle of the Lemonade Crystal Light
Total is 104 ounces of water today, plus 16 ounces of coffee.
Day 5 totals are:
32 ounces of Lemonade Crystal Light
32 ounces of Wild Strawberry Crystal Light
48 ounces of H2O (plain, water)
20 ounces of Sunny Delight (Fruit Punch Flavor)
A Grand Total of 132 ounces of Hydration!
Another totally successful fully hydrated day!
Day 6 Totals are:
3 ~ 16oz of Lemonade Crystal Light (48 oz Total)
1 ~ 15oz of coffee Total
1 ~ 34oz of H2O Total
Grand Total Hydration for today was 97 ounces.
Day 7 ~ Totals:
2 ~ 16oz of Crystal Light Lemonade
1 ~ 16oz of Wild Strawberry Crystal Light
1 ~ 18oz of coffee
1 ~ 24oz of plain H2O
Grand Total = 90 ounces of complete Hydration.
Day 8~ It has finally arrived. Bye bye to journaling. ~ LoL ! Hello to hydration!
72oz of H2O
32oz of Wild Strawberry Crystal Light
8oz of coffee
Grand Total = 112oz of Total Hydration!
Plus 16 oz of Lemonade Crystal Light that my wife sampled today!
I drank 36 oz of crystal light
12 oz of water
and some tea today
I'm not going to make it today. I got one of those huge Sonic cokes at lunch and that carried me through the afternoon. I'm drinking a 16.9 ounce bottle now (with grapefruit crystal light...very good!), so I hope I'll get six classes in today.
I drank 9 glasses of water today.
I'm there with Sandra, 9 glasses!
I drank approximately 140 oz. of water today!!
working on my fourth bottle of water that has 2 servings in it !
Because of a neurological illness causing swallowing problems, it's so hard to drink plain water without choking. But adding a little flavoring to the water adds a little bit of thickness to make it go down slower and make it easier to swallow without choking.
57 oz and counting...
8 glasses today...I think I'm going to float away!
I slipped today, only four glasses. I was feeling bloated and had to give up;(
Glad we got a new page, lol! 6 p.m. and 4 - 20 oz's down, figure one more before I call it a night, it's a hot one!
I drink water all day long at work so on May 26th I had 10 glasses.
On May 27th I only had 8 glasses.
On May 28th I had 12 glasses.
Today May29th I have already had 8 glasses and will be having at least 2 more.
Today 91 oz. of water. Does coffee count? If it does, I hit the 80 oz by noon everyday!
65.3 oz of water so far today
i had 7 glasses today
ive had 10 glasses of crystal light today - mm mm good - and i always take a glass of water to bed - so probably 11 by morning!
today I had 9 glasses of water and 2 crystal light green tea
I had 8 glasses of water today :)
I've finished 7 7oz glasses so far today, should have 2 more before I end up going to bed.
I am drinking 24 ounces of water with Rasberry Lemonade Crystal Light in it right now. I drank about 12 ounces earlier today w/o Crystal Light.
The rasberry lemonade is so good and very thirst quenching.
I will try to post my water intake over the weekend. I drink lots of water daily anyway. I think it is good for our skin too.
I agree, it is good for our skin
I will have had 42 oz water...and an unknown amount of pop (Mr. Pibb), since I was at a movie and shared one with my daughter...I just knew I drank too much.
I feel so bad, I've only had 4 cups today, when I'm not home I don't drink as much and I'm not a big drinker, I hope I can do better tomorrow.
It's Friday night, and today I made the 8 glasses of water, probably with some to spare. I just hope I can measure up again tomorrow.
I drank my 8 glasses + today.
I drink at least 8 glasses of water every day. Have done so for many years!
Great idea! I already do this and I am glad that others find it so important. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my coffee! Water comes in first though!
8 glasses!
20oz today.
I hit 84.5oz. of water today.
I drunk atotal of 10 glasses of water yesterday it is 3:00 am here in indiana and I have had 3 glasses of water so far this morning
Friday = 1 liter
Ok, so it's just after 3am and I am just ending my day. I had a whopping 13 glasses of water today. It was hot. I avoided all caffiene today and ended up taking some ibuprophen for a headache from lack of caffiene. I've been cutting way back on Caffiene and drinking more water.. MANY frequent visits to the restroom, but it's all worth it. I've been feeling great drinking more water. Eating less and hoping that I'm losing some weight in the process.
On day 3, it was a bit of a struggle with the rainy, chilly weather, but I did have eight glasses :)
On Day 4, I cut down my coffee and still had eight glasses of water. I felt a loss of energy by the end of the day and think I will have two cups of coffee along with the eight glasses of water instead of cutting down to one. My skin looks clearers and my digestion seems better.
I forgot to report yesterday that I had more than 10 glasses (8-9oz each) of water on day 4! I've figured out that I am more willing to drink water if I have a pitcher of water (or Crystal Light) ready and waiting in the fridge. Then it's nice and cold and as easy to get as grabbing a can of soda. Another thing I realized is that if I just have a small 8oz glass in front of me I have an easier time drinking it all, than if I have a huge bottle in front of me. It's like it overwhelms me. The bottles are better when I'm running around, but when I'm at the computer I am better taking baby steps with my drinking.
Today I haven't had anything to drink but I'm getting ready to get myself the first glass as soon as I hit submit!
lost power yesterday so I couldn't post! I drank about 5 glasses of water yesterday.
I have had 2 glasses of water so far today and yesterday I drank 9 glasses of water for the day!!!
.... going going gone ... mmmh water!
I have had 3 glasses today and will make my goal today.
I finally finished my 8 8 oz glass well into the night last night and so far today I am on glass 4
On Friday May 29th I drank six glasses of water.
I'm up to seven glasses for today!
I have only been getting about 3 a day. It is hard being at school. When school is out next week it should be easier.
For day 4 I did about 120 Ozs. I was very thirtsy yesterday.
Only managed 3 so far today. It's much easier during the week when I'm sitting at a desk all day and not out and about.
Here's my status update:
Day 1: 32 ounces
Day 2: 48 ounces
Day 3: 32 ounces
Day 4: 64 ounces
Day 5: 19 ounces and counting
I need to get busy drinking, its already after 5pm!
Just back in from mowing the lawn, it's hot out. For today I'm now up to 54 ounces!
That is GREAT Matthew! Outside work does make up have to have that H20!
Thanks Merry! I think I will try to reach 80 ounces today.
2 cups so far
I've drank 124 oz. of water today...pretty hot in Florida...
Goodness! I would be sitting on the potty all day!! lol
Fantasic!
fantastic... lol
I sometimes feel like I do.:-)
7 glasses today, it was hot so it wasnt too hard for me to drink that many
Darn, here I was coming to brag about my 6 glasses so far, and look how much some of the others have drank already!!
You guys are doing great!
7 glasses so far today, it's been a long, hot day!
I made my 8 cups today.
MADE MY 8!!! :D
Today I had 9 glasses of water but, still had too may diet cokes
I've had 69 oz of water so far today.
I had my 64oz of water finished about 4pm plus I had some extra.
I drank 48 ounces today to be sure. I filled my 24 ounce filter for good water bottle up twice today and yes it had the Rasberry Lemonade in it.
I am so proud of myself, I have finished my 8th glass of water early tonight and I just might drink another one. I did notice that I also do not feel as hungry when eating today.
I am only on glass 5 for today