Fit with Ruthie

My before pictures are the final pictures from my 6 month challenge. ( I should have taken an actual start photo for this challenge because I took two weeks off from working out and got a bit out of shape compaired to this) Final Picture after reaching 6th month goal. Jan 29th Picture Feb 22nd Picture final picture from my 6th month goal Jan 29th Picture Feb 22nd Picture

The run this morning was ok.. I didnt feel like I had much energy.. I woke up or got woken up every 1.5 to 2 hours last night so didnt get much sleep.. its become a habit now to just get up and put on my workout clothes.. funny. I ran 1.5 miles on the mill and then biked a mile or so to cool down.. I REALLY wanted to quit with 7 mins to go on the mill but I thought of julie whitt and it made me keep going.. This link is from Julies body for life tracker webpage.. a journal she kept while completing her challenges...(Julie is the first bfl champion to pass away) http://www.bodyforlife-tracker.com/searchprofile.cfm?id=10815 "I've been living the Body-For-LIFE/Eating-For-LIFE way of life for two years. At age 19, I had lymphoma and the treatments nearly destroyed my lungs. I developed interstitial lung disease, a permanent condition. Through the years I've been plagued with serious lung infections, the last one culminating in pneumonia. I was on life-support and in a coma for...

UGH.. yesterday was difficult.. I was craving a big mac, fries and a coke all day! and I NEVER eat that.. I mean literally its been probably 4 years since I have eaten a burger at mcdonalds! .. wierd.. I stayed on program with the exception of some extra carbs (toast with butter) and about 20 oz on dr pepper/coke (I know I know.. ).. anyway.. progress not perfection.. some good things that happened yesterday.. I did cardio first thing in the morning.. had 10 min on the treadmill and my feet started hurting so i switched to the bike and did the rest of the cardio with that.. def got a good workout.. I also talked with my hubby and he help me figure out that I was getting frustrated with the food side of the program cause I dont have a meal plan layed out.. You see what I have been doing is buying foods to make certain things (Tuna, Chicken, etc) but not deciding until right before I eat what I am going to fix.. I think it will work better if I take the guess work out of it.. This mornin...

Its been a week since I started the bfl program.. Its gone by fast! I have been feeling great and I am already starting to see and feel a difference. I had my free day (food) on Saturday and had my day off from working out on Sunday. I think one of the hardest things for me right now is sticking to that ONE day free meals.. .. working out is not a problem for me.. but once I start eating like I use to.. its like those cravings come right back and the following day I am wanting ice cream, cokes, bacon, butter etc.. but this time.. once i got through my evening meal on sunday night.. I was fine.. no more cravings.. So.. heres to putting one week behind me and looking forward to finishing the next 11!.. Progress.. NOT perfection! "dont let people tell you .. you cant do it!" Positive pressure brings out the best.

Things are going great so far.. I had a few moments of not being perfect on the eating part .. but progress not perfection right? Meals yesterday: shake (after workout) jasons deli shame on me wich (it had cheese and bacon! oops) boiled eggs for snack drank a ton of water and had about 20 oz of coke.. ate chicken fajitas (one) with tortillia and a few baked chips.. ................................................. so what have i learned.. planning ahead is the key to success! being able to grab something on the go is also important ----------------------------- todays meals so far shake this morning.. with ice, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple and protien powder lunch: tuna with egg and wheat thins.. 6 oz of coke (I should get off those durn cokes.. but i am out of caffine pills.. if i dont have some caffine my blood pressure is too low... so.. i figure if i am drinking LOTS of water hopefully i will still see results) ------------------------------ Just returned from the library.....

Said many times today.. "They wouldnt call it a challenge if it was easy!" The day started off by going to bed the night before REALLY late (due to husband having to go to work late).. The plumber showed up this morning around the time I was getting ready to workout.. surprise surprise.. we went expecting him until tomorrow! .. so it was off to lowes and home depot to get the tub and shower stuff .. Long story short.. as I stood at the fridge thinking about breakfast and that I couldnt workout this morning.. I SOOOOO wanted to grab a coke and head to McDonalds.. but NO.. this was the first time I thought.. NO>. That is why they call it a challenge" .. So with success of my first day behind me.. 6 meals down.. a clean and organized workout garage.. and a leg workout that came at 9PM instead of 9 AM... I am thrilled that I made it through without cheating (no cokes) and feeling GREAT!.. I will post meals later.. I MUST get to bed so I can get up and run in the Morning ...

Starting over.. seems like I have done this a thousand times.. Tomorrow is Day 1 ... I will complete this challenge in September just a few days short of my birthday.. a gift to myself.. I want to complete this 12 weeks this time.. I have no excuses... no good reasons for stopping my last go round.. i just quit. so... heres to not giving up and for getting back up after been knocked down! -------------------- I went shopping today.. took 2 hours.. but I have meals planned out for a whole week.. I will have a section on here devoted to free day meals, and plan to post my meals and workout everyday.. I dont know how much i weigh.. or what my measurements are.. I will do that in the AM... before I workout..