Hey there! How is everyone doing? Cannot believe tomorrow is the last day of July. Soon it will be August. To me August means back to school; I am ready but also not ready to go back.
This week’s Tuesday Topic: What are your favorite summer drinks to stay hydrated? You can write about this topic, or feel free to post any running related blog post. Remember to link-up with Kim and Zenaida! Visit at least two of the other linked posts – the more the merrier! Remember to come back for later linkers!
The number 1 item on my list is water. Thankfully I am on summer break and can drink as much water as I want to. During the school year is when I struggle. Well, drinking water isn’t the hard part, it is finding someone to watch my classroom while I run to the bathroom. Luckily the bathroom isn’t too far from my room but I either have to call the office or ask my coworker.
Something else that I am enjoying is hibiscus tea. I drink mine cold and it is delicious. My sister brings the flowers from Mexico and I make it several times a week. Some benefits of drinking hibiscus tea are that it may lower blood pressure, reduce blood sugar levels, and also lower cholesterol level. A friend of mine also mentioned it is good for the swelling in my feet. Not sure how accurate all of these reports are, but I drink it anyway because I like the flavor of it and it gives me a break from drinking just plain water. <
I fill a pot with water (I think the one I have is 8 cups) and add 1/2 cup of dried hibiscus flower. I let it boil and then let it steep. Once it cools down, I then pour it in a plastic pitcher. This pitcher usually lasts me a few days and then I make more. You can also add honey or sugar to sweeten it but I prefer to drink it without it.
I don’t drink milk but do add it to my cereal or when making a smoothie. A few years ago I switched to almond milk because cow milk would leave me bloated. No bueno. A couple of months ago I purchased almond milk chocolate milk and liked it a lot. Sometimes I use it to make a smoothie or I add it to my coffee instead of coffee creamer.
While it maybe not be the best way to stay hydrated, sometimes I like to have a beer or wine. 
A nice and cold beer with a burger is so refreshing after a race or a run. Oh and I like apple martinis too!
Beer or wine? Both? Have you tried hibiscus tea?
Sounds like you and I like the same hydration!!
Yes!
I have not tried hibiscus tea, but ti sounds good (and has some great benefits). I’m currently doing Invisalign (orthodontic treatment), so I can’t drink anything other than plain water unless I plan to brush/floss immediately afterwards.I have never been a plain water gal, but it has been a much easier transition than I’d anticipated.
How long will you have Invisalign? I got braces and glasses towards the end of my freshman year in high school. Good times!
That hibiscus tea sounds delicious! Love that you’re able to make it fresh with the leaves from Mexico.
I am running out. My cousin is going this week so I am going to ask him to bring me more. I know I can buy it here but it is more expensive…I think.
Hibiscus Tea sounds delicious! I’ll have to try it! Thanks for the recommendation!
Let me know how you like it.
I start the day with coffee. I put almond milk in my oatmeal. I do love chocolate milk in my coffee too.
I’m not great drinking water but that’s the only thing I drink while I run.
Then there’s wine in the evening lol
Do you make your oatmeal with water or milk? I make mine with water but if it is too think, then I add milk to it.
Yes to the wine!
I make it with water but then I add Almond milk to it.
I love hibiscus tea — it does, indeed, have a lot of health benefits. But I like mine warm.
I drink almond milk, but I mostly avoid the chocolate kind because of the sugar in it. There is an unsweetened chocolate almond milk — can’t remember the brand, probably Almond Breeze, and I have used that sometimes.
I am mostly water/tea.
Interesting that I have never had warm hibiscus tea. Sometimes I do get the unsweetened milk but that is not always available.
It’s yummy! But I know I’m strange, most everyone I know loves iced tea. It took me a long time to actually like regular tea — my parents were/are big tea drinkers & growing up I just hated it; I think mostly because they just drink black tea for the most part, which I’m not as fond of.
Oh, I love hibiscus tea… and I love that you make it fresh (I always have trouble finding hibicus tea in prepackaged form). It’s so refreshing!
My sister is a teacher and she has kidney problems and is supposed to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, but she has the same problem that you have that she is reluctant to drink a ton during the school year because she can’t just run to the bathroom any time she wants. It’s a dilemma!
That is one of the things I struggle with at school. I wish I could leave them alone in the room, but I can’t, and just go use the bathroom. I know you can buy hibiscus tea from Amazon.
This is so funny – I had never heard of hibiscus being used in any kind of drink! But on Saturday, someone said they were going to start making juice using carrot and hibiscus; and now I see you use it in tea! The universe is clearly telling me I should try it!
Haha, exactly!