Crystal Light Soda

"Water is sooooo goood for you...." say all the websites. Yeah, I can't argue-they're right, and as much I try to drink only pure water, I sometimes find it hard to motivate myself to drink it. I recently discovered flavor waters which I like a lot. But the way I used to hydrate myself was with crystal light (any brand of low cal drink mix would work well). I think it tastes goood! My favorite is the Ruby Red Grapefruit Sunrise flavor. And unfortunately, sugar alcohols don't always agree with me (aka stomach bloating and discomfort) especially when I drink the whole mixture (8 glasses). A way I use to lessen the effect while still being able to drink it is after preparing the mix with water, I drink glasses of half seltzer and half crystal light. (Seltzer is carbonated water or club soda). This way, I for the same 8 glasses I only get half the sugar alcohols I was getting and all of the flavor! And if you are a soda fan, I imagine this would a good sort of substitute. This 'trick' clearly isn't for everyone since some people also have problems with carbonation, and I'm sorry I don't have an idea that would work for everyone- but I'll keep experimenting and hopefully find something. And if anyone has any other ways they use crystal light or any other low cal drink mixes I would love to hear it!