Catch up and Update!

Wowzers!! Summer has Flown By!  What I had intended to be a weekly or biweekly post has now gone months with no update. So let's catch up!!

Running:
So If you remember, I had promised my oldest we would run a race. The color run came to Peoria in June or was it July... this summer anyway. It is a 5K. I was not as diligent about running and practicing as I wanted to be prior to the race. Since I had signed up for it, we were doing it even if meant we were walking most of it. My brother in law and sister in law also decided to join us.

If you have never done a color run, I highly suggest it, especially with friends. You get packets of color in your race packet. At various points they 'spray' color on you. Then at the finish line there is a dance party where everyone throws the color at each other. We had such a good time. Trey left me behind shortly after starting the race and ran ahead. I ended up running more of it than I thought I would because I was worried about him being ahead of me. I was so proud of myself. I felt great crossing the finish, completing

a goal and fulfilling a promise to my son. Notice that after the race I have a purple tutu. I tried to get others to have tutus but no one wanted to do it with me. So after the race they were giving away things and Trey decided he wanted to win me a tutu..so he did!  I didn't really get a ton of color until the dance party. We want to do it again and we are thinking about doing the neon version where it's at night!


Plexus:
  I am still taking plexus products. I love my pink drink. I have it every morning before I eat. I recently added the multivitamin, xfactor. I think that this vitamin helps me have improved energy through out the day. I also added pro bio 5, the probiotic over the summer. This has improved my sleep and also impacted my energy. I am feeling more and more like the pre-kid Brandie. I enjoy life more. I can laugh more. I can smile more. I can handle my stress a lot better. I am not where I want to be yet but I am so much closer than I have ever been before. I can't wait to see what another 4 months brings!

This is my 2 month update I did in July! I plan to do another update on my birthday at the end of the month. The scale says I am down 10 lbs but my clothes say I am down 3 pant sizes!!  3 Pant Sizes!!!!  The fit of my clothes is more important to me than the pounds anyway!!!


New Goals:
So I have had this wild and crazy idea for a while. Only a few of my closest friends and a few family members knew of my secret goal until recently. I am intrigued by the sprint Triathlon. I decided a few years back that I would do a sprint triathlon because they can be done as a relay team. I would start practicing and eventually give up. Since starting plexus, and working on my health and wellness, I returned to swimming. I love the water. I love to swim. Well, I managed to get my brother in law and one of my best friends to catch my crazy vision. They agreed to join me and we became a team. Now, we all intended to practice and train for this triathlon but much like my blog, summer got away from us. However, We did register. We are going to do this. We are going to cross the finish line!  I have been swimming every morning before work (read up at 5 am swimming in a cold lap pool at the gym while everyone else is warm and cozy in their beds). I am actually starting to enjoy being up early, wait..did I just say that, yes enjoy being up early. I get a few things done after I get home, shower, get ready, wake up kids, put out their clothes and get to work a little early to get a few things done before anyone knows I am there.

Taking care of me one day and one pink drink at a time. Stay tuned. I promise to write more.