Fit with Ruthie

Well I got up this morning and DD and I took the puppy for a long walk.. it was a great morning.. misting rain and no wind! just perfect! ... That was about it for my exercise today.. but better than nothing.. Tomorrow I plan to do lower body.. figuring that its better to lift than do cardio.. trying to at-least keep the muscle I have gained .. I know next week hiits start again.. so its o.k :) .. I must admit I really do miss feeling good. this low impact cardio doesnt give me the rush and stress relief I am use too! I had an idea tonight.. I am going to plan my weeks meals and post them on the side bar of my blog.. I think it will do two things.. 1. it will motivate me to actually plan a whole week.. 2. it will help me stay focused and motivated to stay on track if you gals out in cyber space know what I have planned. .. So.. my goal.. by this time tomorrow night.. have my weeks worth of meals posted. .. Then Sunday go grocery shopping.. for the much anticipated start day MONDAY! yip...

oh.. I am so ready for the CH3 to begin. I have seven days off from working out and eat correctly and I just dont feel good. Low energy, tummy aches (last night at 230am) and back problems are really mentally getting me ready to get back on track. Having these days off makes me remember what I use to feel like all the time! I dont like it one bit!. On the home front.. Yesterday the DH and I worked on cleaning and organizing but the biggest news is we got the garage back to being organized yet again.. with both treadmills and the new to us weight bench.. I will have to post pictures later.. but it sure is more motivating to go workout when you dont have to look at xmas decorations and oil cans all the time :) I have the eating for life book on hold at the library and will go pick it up today.. I also have cooking lites cookbook and they have some good recipes too.. I am going to try and make our menu plan for the first week and try some new recipes every week.. with the plan to have a ...

well.. as I sit here in san antonio I breath heavy in the exaustion of the christmas classic sprint competition. I am happy to say. .that I did pretty darn well against my 14 year old nephew... the first sprint .. he won.. only because I slipped at the beginning and started laughing.. the second sprint.. I declare was a tie!... not bad for an almost fourty year old mother of three!.. Our pushup contest ... nephew.. 26 huffin and puffin.. this hot mom.. 25.. not huffin and puffin.. I could have done a couple of more but decided to quit :),,, what fun this has been... an of course I have easter to look forward too.... for our next competion :) I have had a great christmas... but havent felt as good as I do right now.. in a bout four days... its amazing how great i feel when I excersise! SO.. I will go for now... so looking forward to next week.. and the start of CH3.. merry christmas.. and if you are feeling old..go pick a kid and run sprints against him.. even if you do lose. atleast y...

Well.. I got up this morning and after eating breakfast took the puppy for a long walk. She is the funniest thing.. she HATES leaving the house.. and pulls back against me refusing to come with me.. She does this for the first 5 min or so.. when she finally figures out that I am in charge and that she is not going to win she walks great.. but when we turn home.. boy.. she wants to get out in the lead.. which is a no no.. Anyway.. I love the fact that she is a home body and I think as she gets older she will enjoy walking. BUT.. I feel so bad cause when I got home she was licking her paws.... ends up she has four little soars on her her four little paws... :( from resisting the walk.. .. On the great side of things she has tons of energy and loves to run.. so I think she is going to a great encouragement for me to get my runs in .. and may even motivate me to run more.. :) Well.. I mentioned on joshas comment that we just got a treadmill given to us. DH has been wanting another treadmil...

OH I am feeling so good right now.. I just finished my workout and I am getting ready to go do some running around with the family. I wanted to post before i left. I am so much happier knowing my workout is completed... and I feel like I have finally woken up! .. I think working out in the morning lifts my blood pressure.. I just feel so good afterwards. Heres what I did: legs: Lunges: 24 (12 on each leg alternating) Quads: Leg extensions 12.10.8.6. Hammies: Dead lifts 12.10.8.6 (I did no burnouts cause after my lunges my legs were like jello:) Back: Lat pull downs 12.10.8.6 with bent over rows as burnouts Bis: Preacher curls with preacher curl bench that adds on to our new weight bench. 12.10.8.6 standing bumbbell curls as burnouts. We have yet to move the treadmill inside but I think i might see if the DH will help me do that today. I think I would be more motivated to run if I have "its too cold in the garage" NOT as an excuse anymore. :) ---------------- Heres a poem by B...

Well.. today had its ups and downs.. but I am feeling so GREAT right now .. mostly because I cleaned out the garage so I will feel like going in there and working out! .. With the construction on the bathroom (sheet-rock etc) and the Holidays (decorations etc) .. and DH selling his old car (all the contents of the trunk).... and getting out the kids winter clothes from the attic (bags everywhere).. my workout area was in a shambles. .. Its now swept and vacuumed and ready to go. .. ..Its funny.. its like i get stressed out when I dont workout now.. .. like its a habit or something! weird. We will go to eat a DHs mom and dads tonight for stew (DFiL makes great stew).. and I will lift when I get home. I was spose to have done Chest, shoulders, and tris yesterday but I skipped it.. so instead of cardio today.. i will lift. (i did take the dog for a walk.. does that count for light cardio?.. even if I was having to drag her most of the way?).. .. so.. I will post later tonight.. Adding to...

I always had the 6th month milestone in my mind and with the reaching of that milestone I would take one week completely off from hard workouts. I would give myself a whole week off. Well.. now that I am here.. I have decided to change it up a bit. I will give myself 7 days to use between now and Jan 1. Those seven days will be used for days to have as no workout days. No mind you I WILL do some form exercise.. just not as hard. I think what will end up happening is I will do low impact cardio.. like walking the puppy.. instead of Hiit running. So the Habit of exercise is still in my day. I think this next challenge I will try and add in some flylady techniques into my day. I want to become more consistant and habitual when it comes to house cleaning. I also want to incorporate reading some bible study type books during this challenge. here is two I would like to start with. You can check them out on amazon if you like. I have read both about a year or maybe longer ago.. they are both ...

This is me last December. And again in July of this year. Below you will see me after six months of work. I cannot tell you how surprised I am that I actually didnt quit. I had two missed days. One day was made up for on my free day that week. and the other day was just a miss. Heres a bit of fun trivia: 6 months=26 weeks=183 days. All the weeks had six workouts except for ONE.. which had 5 workouts. I have done: approx 40 upper body workouts, 78 cardio days, and approx 37 lower body workouts. .. if I was REALLY good at math I would figure up how many squats. .. but I will just leave it be. :) What good does looking back do? It reminds me of the person I use to be. It keeps me focused on my goal to stay fit and healthy. And it makes me so very thankful that I have made such great progress towards becoming the person I know I was ment to be. Full of energy, strong, happy, able to leap over kids and puppies in a single bound! :) .. (or pick them up when they are hurt)... Yep.. Thankful. ...

I can not believe tomorrow is the 18th! I have been so busy this last week with keeping up with things.. or atleast trying to.. that I completely forgot that tomorrow is the day! sweet. for todays workout I did this: cardio: two walks with the dog with fast runs built in between.. and ab work .. LOTS of abs in the floor while watching 60 mins with DH. I am re-energized realizing that tomorrow I reach my goal. now to go finish watching survivor. :) more in the morning after my lifting. blessings

Well.. today was my families christmas.. everyone except my brother and his family came to my house.. it was fun. A day full of cooking.. (eating) and laughter. I didnt workout yesterday and decided to post right now.. to keep me motivated to go workout. I will have mine done no later than 830.. even with company. :) I am really tired.. but I know I will feel so much better after I lift. .. just the way I work these days i guess. I am REALLY looking forward to Challenge 1 of 2007. I miss my schedule. it will be nice to be back in a routine. --good news.. my size six are still zippable. my goal is to make it through the holidays without gaining a size (something I have not done in years!).. almost there! OK.. enough for now.. going to lift.. I will add my workout to this post afterwards. thanks for being here to motivate me to geterdone. :) ---- update: 831pm (not bad huh) Workout Chest: incline press and flies as burnouts Shoulders: press and flies as burnouts tris: press with over the...

Well... short post for tonight.. company is on its way.. and I have floors to mop and supper dishes to clean.. I have not worked out today (unless you call housecleaning workin out)... but I have a plan for tomorrow.. I will have today as my free-off day from working out.. and I will do my lifting tomorrow after our family eats its big breakfast... OR after we eat the big lunch (around2pm).. goal is before bed tomorrow night I will have done my lifts i missed today. (chest, shoulders, and tris).. then Sunday I will do cardio.. that way I have not "missed" a workout for this week. :) I fixed FISH tonight for the first time.. it was whiting.. tasted a little fishy but it has 21 grams of protein.. I also had mixed veggies cooked in a skillet.. and BOY was it good (zucchini, squash, onion, mushroom, red and green bell pepper, garlic salt, a bit of season salt, YUMMY!).. I had three helpings! :) now its time to go clean up my mess! .. good news on the BFL energy front! .. ITS BACK...

Well.. just got my cardio finished. I was going to run on the treadmill but the garage is a mess (one of my many projects today) and it was colder in the garage than it was outside. So.. I got creative and ran from corner to corner in my back yard.. then hit the alley and ran sprints. I do think the neighbors dogs enjoyed barking at me.. and the kids thought it was funny. Who knew that cardio could be entertaining as well as good for you!.. After I did 5 sprints in the alley.... I was huffin and puffin.. I came to the patio and did "step ups" on the wooden chair. .. then I jumped rope a few minutes.. I will do ab work in a few minutes but thought I would post while I caught my breath. Eats are going good so far today. I am hoping this time tomorrow my body will be back to "normal" and I will have that body for life energy back. I'm keeping this one short today.. to much cleaning to do! keep on truckin! ruthie

Well the little prayer for self control came in handy today! The scriptures fresh on my mind and spirit helped me get through the day without stumbling. Heres the eats so far and what I plan for tonight and tomorrow. Sorry if these "eats" posts bore you.. It does me good to get it down and stay accountable. :) Meal #1 two eggs made in pam spray (instead of butter) two toast with apple butter (instead of butter) WATER! yes.. you read correctly.. water. Meal #2 left over program speg. sauce (no noodles) and two toasts with garlic salt only (no butter). Tea. Meal #3 Almonds and water (oh.. did I just type water again! wow.) [please note that meal number three was while I was out shopping.. at drug emporium actually buying protien. I looked and looked at the protien bars and found 0 i liked.. so i decided to grab a snickers and only eat the peanut part (i give the nugout part to the kids) .. but the candy bar looked like the package had been opened when i got to the car. . so i d...

I just finished legs, back and bis. I think I will be sore tomorrow.. esp my bis. I love our new weight bench! Using the incline feature is so nice! I promised a short post after last nights book I wrote.. so thats it for now. I have to clean the house, do some school work and go across town to get some protein (i am completely out!) More later. My verse for the week: 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; blessings PnP ruthie

Well.. I am 170 something to 2. I figure six months with only 2 missed isnt too bad. So.. today goes down as a miss. I am finally feeling much better after a about a week and a half of PMS! YES.. you read it right. PMS and I am NOT talking about Progress Meals and Success here! I am talking about carb craving, sugar addicted, water retaining, tummy bloated, zero energy.. cranky as all get out-bite your tongue.. PMS. I havent felt that bad in months. I know why too.. I know its all my fault. I did it to myself. So..no fussing or complaining here.. the 10 lbs I have gained over the last three weeks is all my fault. No two ways about it. I know I have been feeling so bad BECAUSE I have NOT been eating correctly.. and I have NOT been pushing myself hard on workouts. I have become a slacker ladies.. I really have. SO.. what to do? heres the list: 1. tomorrow its back on program eats.. no if ands or "butter" about it! 2. tomorrow its back to working out first thing in the morni...

I gave up the workout today. It is ok though.. looking forward to tomorrow anyway. =) Our sunday has been good. DH stayed home from church with the boys. Nate has a stuffy nose and a sore throat this morning. no fever. I think its allergies AND the fact the bathroom remodel has made out house very very dusty! We went over to a dear friends house to play today.. he only sneezed once while there... walked into the house when we got home.. sneezed 6 times straight. I vacuumed today but its just hard to keep-up with. We have insulation in and hopefully before the week is up we will have a ceiling and sheet-rock! yippee! I have decided I really need to measure and take some more pictures as well as write my specific xmas challenge goals. I guess I will do that tomorrow or wednesday. .. so check back soon =) . I have still be craving carbs like crazy and my eats have been pretty bad for me the last three days. I need to toughen up! Need to refocus.. Sounds like I need to get the BFL success ...

1 Cardio? done. 2 Ab work? done. 3 Laundry? not done. 4 supper? nope. 5 bathroom insulation? almost. 6 bathroom wiring? done. 7 Miranda art name final sketch? done. 8 New weight bench? YES 9 How much for the weight bench? 10 bucks-college kids garage sale. 10 Josephs lost coat at Target? found. 11 six meals today? nope. 12 exercise turning to habit? slowly. 13 Watched part of Iron Man? yep. 14 Get inspired? yep 15 Gona do a Tri? nope. 16 Like survivor? yep. 17 Think Ozzie is next? yep. 18 Nate hurt his finger today? yep. 19 Is his Fingernail still on? halfway. 20 Trying to pick xmas puppy up early? yep 21 When? Mon or Tues if possible. 22 Love reading BFL sisters blogs? YEP! 23 Wonder if they worked out today? yep. 24 Wonder if they had doughnuts like you? nope. 25. Like 25 questions? ubetcha!

Yes I am back! Just finished Squats with burnouts, Leg extensions with burnouts, Lat pull downs with burnouts, and bicep curls with burnouts. Feels good! REALLLLLLY GOOD! So.. following in Angells footsteps heres my "perfect" day: Roll out of bed at 815 this morning. Get the family ready (including DH who is off on fridays until Jan.. he has vacation to burn).. We head to get breakfast. Mcdonalds biscuit and gravy for me.. and a coke. Then we go to DHs mom and dads and get to visit NaNa and see her wonderful christmas tree. While there I get a call from Angell and we get to visit for a bit. We then head to the Library so i can get some reference material for a art work I am working on . Next is Target where DHs buys me some THERMAL UNDERWEAR!.. (I am determined to get warm and stay warm this winter.. :).. While at Target J. looks at me and says "Hey.. wheres my coat.. I put it in the cart when we were on the other side of the store!" So.. we head off to look for the...

ok.. so here I am again.. Its 8pm and still no cardio workout. no good reason really.. Its been a busy day with dr appointments, selling Dhs car, cooking, cleaning.. you know all the reasons that get in the way. I decided a few minutes ago that it just wasnt worth the workout. I mean.. come on.. I wont finish until 10pm at this rate... .. well.. I am still debating.. wondering if I want this day to CHOSE to not workout. check back soon to see what happens next on "AS the treadmill turns!" the contunuing saga of the Mom who wishes it were easier to workout :) 10:36PM The sign says it all.. I have made the conscious decision NOT to workout today! How does it feel? Well.. first of all I am cold (spose to get to 21 here tonight) and second of all.. I am tired. Third.. I am soooo sore in my ribs and back from all those pushups yesterday I dont think I could run if I tried.. OK.. well.. maybe if DH was chasing me.. :).. But.. NO I am not disappointed in myself. I know I am not goin...

Ahh.. the ups and downs of my Body for Life. Today has been going good so far.. I did start the day by grabbing a dr pepper and a marathon bar and heading out the door to take DH to work and the to Hobby Lobby. I took two sips of the DP and couldnt stand the taste! .. ate the marathon bar. Got water when I got home. Well.. I havent been feeling that energetic today.. I think its cause of hormones.. but who knows. I started fighting back a headache about an hour ago.. and decided instead of going in and eating a bunch of carbs (crackers) I would make a shake. (guess what kind?).. well.. as I sit hear drinking it.. I am feeling so much better! .. so far +).. I wanted to post my meals. I seem to be really struggling with getting totally back on track.. During the winter months I just want to drink hot chocolate or apple cider and eat short bread cookies or texas trash! (my favorite!).. so.. I think posting my meals will help keep me accountable again ... to you .. (please keep asking abou...

(if you havent seen them.. I posted finish pictures on the side bar link to ch2.. also see post below) Heres the continuing story of the Highs and lows "as the treadmill turns". Yes. I did it. Heres what it took: one long sleeve running shirt one long leg running pant one fleece jacket one heavy coat one stocking hat two shoes two socks some really loud music the tv a cup of HOT tea (before) Heavy coat was off in 8 mins Fleece jacket was off in 10 mins hat and other items never came off.. I just couldnt run fast enough.. maybe someday =) hehe I did five "hiits" three at 7.5 one at 9.3 and one at10,, (having to work my way back up after not running since thanksgiving. ABs consisted of 25 incline situps followed by 25 incline sit ups with twist. (two sets of these = 100) 25hipups followed right after by 20 simple crunches (two sets of these) I will do my pushups later this afternoon.. I will do them in sets of ten through out the afternoon. just to build up stamina. A...

Ok. so I made it again to day.. I admit I DO have a problem. I an so addicted its not even funny. YUMMY! (please note.. as a reward for finishing my challenge #2 I have been letting my self go overboard on the cookies.. tonight was the last night for that.. .. as you will see from my pictures .. my cookies the last three days are going to my waist :) -----------Here are the after pictures. -------------- I will post these on the ch2 progress on the side bar .. so I can compare and see if I made any progress. So.. you thought I wouldnt get my workout done today didnt you! WELL I did too! .. BUT at 9:59pm I finally finished. Legs: Squats and extensions. curls and deadlifts for hammies Back.. lat pulldowns.. flies and bent over rows Bis.. hammer curls seated.. standing curls straight no twists. =) Can you tell I did biceps? huh? .. -----PLAN X_____ Here is my Christmas plan.. CODE NAME PLANX I will get back on program EATS with no excuses.. I must remember I CAN NOT eat like everyone else...

Yet another day when I exercised when I didnt feel like it. I really dont know what is wrong with me.. but I am tired of having to force those workouts. .. BUT .. I just keep telling myself that someday it will be easy to get it done again. Until then. I make myself keep going. Todays workout wasnt the best.. but at-least I did it. I keep telling myself its more about the HABIT of exercise than anything else. I know that when I am 60 years old I probably wont be able to bench press 100lbs.. but I will, hopefully, have a habit of exercise. SO heres the details for those who are interested. recumbent bike .. 20 mins.. 4 hiits.. most of the hitts were at a 17mph.. total miles done 3.7 abs: 100 crunches when knees coming up to elbows (are those called reverse crunches?) and 40 hip ups. I am not expecting much progress in my photos tomorrow. If anything I am expecting a bit of a slide back. Its close to TOM and I have been craving and eating carbs like crazy! .. OH WELL.. progress not perfe...

Well.. the bad news is I didnt do cardio yesterday. The good news is I finally finished Macys Name Art. YIPEE! .. Can you see her Name in there? I am excited cause I can now start on Miranda's name .. which is the seven wonders of the ancient world! :).. going to get started on that today. Its officially day 83.. which I just cant believe.! .. I will do cardio later this afternoon and abs too. Its seems to have gone really fast. I am looking forward to Jan and starting CH#3.. and I think I will really enjoy my week off at Christmas! More later after I do cardio! blessings ruthie

Another day without a schedule.. heres how the day went. Breakfast made for kids after seeing DH off to work.. .. thought about working out.. but didnt (too cold).. decided to go to super walmart instead.. then the library.. .. get home.. clean house.. leave to go with DH to Olive Garden and then to see Bond. Had a great time.. ate breadsticks and alfredo.. def. off program.. but this was the first date I have been on with DH in months! .. Bond was a great movie.. I liked it a lot.. (i can go into why later) So.. I had decided about 11 this morning to just have this as my free day and not workout.. or worry about what I was eating.. WEll.. it seems this life style is actually .. REALLY becoming habit.. forced habit sometimes but habit. I say that cause on the way home from the movie.. I had a urge to workout.. SO.. not 15 min after getting home.. I hit the weights.. Chest: flies 15.12.10.8.10.. with burnouts press 20lbs @24 times.. The 10 on the end of my set .. after my set of 8.. it ...