Happy October!! One of my favorite months of the year!! The weather turns, the leaves change, and the air smells crisp. I love FALL!! I’m going to make October my healthiest month yet! I LOVED my 21 day challenge of healthy eating, so for OCTOBER, I’m back at the challenge. This one will be for 31 days!! I have a few additional rules and goals attached to this one. My diet will include everything from the 21 day challenge. I will only be adding 2 servings of fruit a day and 2-3 servings of starches. Starches include: sweet potatoes, oats, legumes, brown rice, quinoa etc… Bread will be out for the month and most dairy. I’m not a dairy fan anyway(besides ice cream)! No white sugar or white flour. My favorite saying! AND…I’m going to be following Jamie Eason’s Live Fit weight lifting plan phase 2 and 3. I’m only taking TWO days off!! One will be when I go to St. George and the other is on a friend’s birthday! WISH ME LUCK!!! I love seeing the results of eating healthy and lifting weights, but more than that, I love how much better I feel!
I have a race recap to share from this last weekend. Me and a few friends ran the Huntsville half marathon. Our friends have a home up there. It is such a beautiful place. I love being there. The run was perfect. Can I tell you how much I love HALFS?? The day was rainy which turned out being a fun twist to the day. It was still beautiful. I loved the views, especially at the finish line. I felt strong and happy! My kids like to lay out all my medals over the years. I need to take a snap shot of them. I’m sure I have over a dozen. I’m grateful for a healthy body that can RUN!! Here we are at the start line!
After the race I immediately wanted to get back home to shower and warm up!! Of course AFTER a 13 mile run through the beautiful mountains I would LOVE to add a warm bath, snickerdoodles by the fire, and a crisp walk through the FALL leaves. Heavenly day!! Look for the good and the happy around you. My sweet friend has already got me excited about another FALL race at the end of October that I’m contemplating doing. Crazy me! Another half marathon down another favorite place of mine. Provo Canyon. We’ll see about that! WORK HARD, PLAY HARD!
I also need to add a little music in here. I love love my new ipod and have added a few new songs on it. I was having a hard time keeping my ear buds in during the race with all the rain. My son showed me some new ear phones he bought called Beats. I didn’t know they were that big a deal until I listened to them. Oh my!! Incredible sound. We listened to a few One Republic songs. Listen to this one on some Beats if you have them. Geez! Do people run in these??
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