Fit with Ruthie

Do you ever wonder if it makes a difference if you post? Do you ever wonder if anyone is there for you? Do you ever wonder if anyone is noticing you accomplishments.. no matter now small? Do you ever wonder if YOU make a difference? Well.. HOT Moms.. stop wondering.. because you do! Your posts make a difference to ME Your being here for me makes it all the more important for ME to be there for YOU. Your accomplishments are noticed by ME (Josha-not missing a workout.. no matter how busy. . Sarah- making such amazing diet changes that brings me encouragement to know I can change too. . and Angell.. knowing you are still making working out a priority even though your whole family has been sick and you have been caring for them all! ) YES>. your posts make a huge difference to ME.. giving me hope, encouragement, and desire to not give up even when I have been sick for four days. I cannot thank you ladies enough for being here for me and being that support and encouragement I needed to ...

well I am feeling a lot better today.. I am planning on doing my workout at 400 this afternoon. I was able to go deposit my check from the artwork I sold yesterday and then went straight to hobby lobby to buy some supplies. It sure felt good to have a check handed to me after all those hours of work :) My eats have been ok so far today.. and I plan on staying on track. The last few days I have had little appetite so I haven't done too bad..eating lots of apple sauce and oranges :) I dont feel like running today which is what I am suppose to do so I will just do the 3Bs instead and run tomorrow.. which will switch my schedule up .. but thats ok. I told DH this morning.. I have to work out today because I cant break my record. The longest I have gone with out working out since June is 3 days in a row. (and I think that was just once) so.. heres to progress.. and not giving up. blessings ruthie

Well good news is DH is much better.. Bad news is I feel bad. That blowing sand really did a number on my sinuses. I doubt I will work out today.. I will have to wait and see how I feel. I have a deadline of 5pm to finish some artwork.. the client is coming to pick it up then.. so I will be working on that, cleaning the house and schooling most of the day. the thing about being sick..it makes me appreciate how long its been since I felt bad.... I am thankful its me that is sick and not DH or DKs. (dear kids) .. more later.. and as josha said.. tomorrow is a new day.. (thank goodness)

not much time.. no workout today. DH is pretty sick.. I think food poisoning.. I am hoping he is over the worst of it now.. just alternates between being hot and then cold. I always get worried when he gets sick.. he has landed in the hospital for 4 plus days three times since we have been married.. and I would rather not do that again. The wind blew like a hurricane today.. literally. Four about 4 hours or so we watched Lobbock blow by! (60 plus mph winds)The sky was red and the shadows that the house and trees cast were even red.. it was strange. As a result of the dust blowing I now have a sore throat and sneezing issues. I just ate a huge orange and hope that helps the sore throat.. so far it is better. But last time it did this .. this bad.. which has been years.. I got pretty sick.. SO.. I hope today isnt the start of something worse. So.. no workout today. Family first. I hope you are all well. blessings ruthie

Puppy who love to Run 2.5 miles around campus. PLUS 70 something weather PLUS too many carbs today EQUALS an amazing hard run with to many sprints to count and a hot and sweaty mom! ABS? yes.. outside on back porch.. on incline bench two sets of 25 reg. and 1 set of 15 twists followed up by the Buffmother dance. My eats were not good at all today.. which is funny RIGHT after issuing the Patty day challenge. Not THAT bad in light of how I use to eat.. a couple of starburst "fruit" and food coloring chews and a glass of coke. So.. for tomorrow I will be focusing on my mini challenge instead of other things.. and here are my Challenge answers. 1. The Missionary I am dedicating myself to over the next few weeks is Jessica. Her and her DH arrived in China yesterday. I dont know how much farther a person could get from home. Language, Food, Smells, Traditions.. all different. So..when I wish to have a bite off my plan I will remember her.. and how she is sacrificing many many ...

What a JOYOUS day! 80 degrees and working out in shorts.. at last.. could it be that spring is here? I dont think so yet but this is a great preview of things to come! I just finished the best workout I have had in MONTHS! really! My legs were worked so hard they are like mush. yipee! I LOVE to sweat! love it love it love it. Maybe it is because it reminds me of all those long HOT days I spent hours and hours in practice or games in catching gear and sweating like a fountain .. loving every minute of it. I think I love to sweat now because it reminds me I am not as old as my age says I am.. I am youthful and strong enough to enjoy the heat and a hard workout! OH what a wonderful day! While I was working out we opened both garage doors and I let the kids play in the front yard -driveway while I lifted.. they had a blast and enjoyed using equipment they havent seen in a while:) here my workout: squats, deadlifts, a few lunges lat pulldowns for back preacher curls for bis. My eats have be...

Just finished my run for the day feel good . 7 hitts. finished with three mins remaining so I just walked the last three to cool down. While I was on the treadmill I got to see a grandma and her duchshund go walking slllllooowwwly by, a college girl running by as she checked her watch and another college girl riding her bike.. its a amazing 70 something degrees outside but too windy for me :) the sun was shinning in on me through the window so i felt like I was outside. :) I am sore from my workouts.. chest, tris, abs, shoulders.. all sore.. not too bad though but I can tell I tore down some muscle! and thats good. I had cat take some pics of me doing crunches with a towel. I dont remember who told me about this but it really helps to support your neck while doing crunches. You just have to focus on keeping you neck relaxed and use your abs to get your head up and down. this shows the position of the towel where I like to have it. this is a funny pic but shows how the towel supports ...

I just finished my workout. chest press with smith 3 sets of 15 shoulders-flies 1 set of 15 and pullups 2 sets of 15 tris laying extensions abs side to side twists with curl bar on shoulders then I did as DH calls it.. "the buffmother dance" .. gona be sore tomorrow. :) My eats today werent that great.. had a coke and crackers as a snack! what was I thinking! Schooling this morning and then art this afternoon at the church throwing together this bulletin board for the ladies class they are having on thurs. glad to have it done.. I just painted it really really fast and tried to not be a perfectionist about it.. think it turned out ok.. I will spend the rest of the night working on the other art trying to finish it.. better go.. taking dog and DD on a walk before dark. blessings OH>.workout with the garage door up.. it was windy today but beautiful! 70 something degrees! yipee! I feel spring is on its way!

just got home from superwalmart. (UGH) could we please just go back to the days of super duper and 5 and dime mom and pop stores please? Going there is always depressing to me. (more on why later). Today I am not going to run. I am so sore from yesterdays workout that its not even funny. (which is good) but today with church and then working on a project for church all day and then the grocery store.. PLUS DH having to work most of the afternoon which meant I couldn't go run outside like I had planned.. things just got crazy and I have just given up trying to get it in today. I will probably get up and run or walk tomorrow morning to loosen up my legs cause I know I will be really sore in the AM. and will then do upper in the afternoon. ON a side note a new family has been visiting at church.. they came to our class today.. I spoke with the sweet wife.. anyway.. her husband is a marathon runner.. and just did a half marathon today.. she said he LOVEs to put together programs for pe...

Well.. here I am again.. wishing my workout was complete but its not. I have worked allll day on my canvas's and they seem to be going so slow.. I am doing "cleanup on the edges" work and it just seems to have taken a lot longer than I planned. good thing is that I am learning from my mistakes and by the time I do the last one it wont take me half the time :) All that to say I am tired. DH has worked pretty much all day and wont be home until late tonight so our free eats day really hasnt been that free. I think I might just take tonight off and veg. I will have to give myself some time to think about it and decided if working out would make me feel better .. or worse. I will let you know before I go to bed if I decided to or not. (40 mins later) 7:59pm OK.. real quick before DH comes home with free day food and a movie to watch! I did my workout.. and I feel better. Buttocks: squats and dead lifts Back: Lat pull downs Bis: curls Obliques: twists with the curl bar on my ...

Ok.. all day today I was thinking .. I need to work out.. I need to work out.. but then.. tonight at about 6 I remembered.. TODAY IS MY OFF DAY!.. I will do my three Bs tomorrow and probably take the pup for a stroll as its spose to be nice but windy here. I did well on eats today.. enjoying my last shake of the day as I type.. so thats going good too. This is a busy weekend for us as things are busy for DH at his work.. he has to be in at 630 tomorrow. so we are ready for next week when things calm down a bit :) I have been staying up way to late reading Pride and Prejudice (LOVE IT!) and hope to stay up late tonight and finish it.. even though I shouldn't.. I just cant wait to see the end! All day tomorrow will be artwork (after my three bs that is) .. Looking forward to finishing this project so I can restart Mirandas name. Hope things are good with you all. OH.. by the way.. ABS ARE SO RIDICULOUSLY SORE its not even funny! did lots of stretching today. :) blessings r

treadmill 2.6 miles (correction: 1.6 miles! silly me I typed it wrong..thanks Josha:) 20 mins 7 Hiits at level 10 last one at level 10 plus highest incline Feel good. abs- 60 reverse crunches and 40 hip ups pushups 3 sets of 10 with thirty second break between sets. Today.. I have made progress.. feels good to be done.. now I can work go on art :)

Well. I didnt get my upper body done yesterday. no excuse really. just didnt happen. DH has been having to go to work early to open the building the last three days so our schedule is off a bit. I got up this morning at 6 and made him breakfast before he left and after he left i just crawled back in bed. I should have gotten on the treadmill then but I was so tired! I plan on running this afternoon. So dont worry I wont miss another day. I will also do push ups (to make me feel better about missing yesterday) and ab work. Eats were bad too yesterday. Two examples of what I ate are below.. def NOT on program! I also just got a call from my mom about Peter Pan Peanut butter causing a salmonella outbreak! I had TWO jars with the product code 2111! Josha has asked.. and I am sure you are all wondering what i am doing as far as my nutrition side of my program. Well.. I was off sugar completely for 4 days. Which is a major record for me. BUT Sunday I had a soda with the idea that I ...

Please excuse the heavy breathing.. I just finished running. 6 Hiits-two of those on my Josha Mountain.. the rest flat. feels so good to have it done before I start the day. My school schedule will be off a bit but I have decided its more important to have a less stressed teacher than be exactly on time :) How many days have I been doing this challenge.. i dont even know! I just checked my calander and we are at day 44! thats over half way in this challenge! I cant believe it! yipee! Go us! so.. with lots of energy and a zero stress level-- I leave you now to start the mother-teacher-cook-cleaner-artist part of my day. blessings r

Today I was just stressed ALLL day.. I dont know why.. probably because I didnt run yesterday and relieve my stresses from yesterday too.. seems I just feel better when I workout.. mentally and physically. Today seemed like a long day.. dont know why.. it was a good day.. school and house cleaning and artwork and superwalmart (at8pm) and home to work out.. but I am so glad I got it done.. I feel so much better. Heres what I did: Legs: leg extensions 3 sets of 15 squats 1 sets of 15 then i went up on my weight and did 2 sets of 12 leg curls (for hamstrings) 3 sets of 15 Back: Rows on the smith machine 3 sets of 15 Biceps: curls 3 sets of 15 and Obliques : standing twists with the curl bar on my shoulders. (i havent been doing abs on cardio day so I decided to get back in gear.. PLUS my back popped so many times.. it was a great stretch!) Eats werent too got today.. not bad.. but not perfect.. I think its time a Posting the Positives: (i need it) * I have only missed one working since ...

well.. guess the cardio ain't happening today... after church we went out to eat with g-parents. then i was home all day working on another project.. "Savannahs Scripture" I am so glad I finished it.. just has to dry overnight so I can clean up my pencil marks. two down and one to go :) I will just have to say I missed a cardio day.. its alright.. looking forward to the 3Bs tomorrow :) Off to clean the house up a bit before bed so our Monday can start off right :) blessings ruthie

HI.. this is a short post. Free eats day today-Olive Garden to celebrate V-day. yummy. No sugar until about 7pm tonight- choc. covered raisins and 15oz dr pepper. Back off sugar tomorrow. Feeling good. Worked out- chest, shoulders, tris. will be sore tomorrow :) Feeling good. More artwork close to completion! Feeling good. sleepy. sweet dreams r

Well.. I decided to officially make friday my day off from workouts. so I painted today instead. I had been working on a name for Miranda.. which is like a year late.. but I reached what I call artist block and had to put it to the side.. I am hoping things will start coming easy again after I finish these canvas' .. Heres the largest one.. its for my clients kitchen.. this one is just the scripture: the canvas is 9 ft long and two foot in height Here is a shot were I have added a construction paper cross to give her an idea of what it would look like if she wanted to add it.. I am waiting to hear back from her so I can finish it.. of be finished if she doesnt want it added :) I am so happy to have one of her canvas' almost complete.. it seems like I have had this project for 6 months just waiting on me.. it was around the first of december that she delivered the canvas' .. I projected to have it finished by Jan 16th.. but life, chicken pox, dentists appointments, and scho...

OK..you wanta join me for a run on the mill? Here we go.. (my boys took the pics so they are a bit fuzzy:) Ready? Get set.... ok.. we are half way.. .. come on.. lets go.. ! OH yeah! we did it! Wondering what you did: 20 mins 1.68 miles 6 Hiits--- one for Angell, one for Sarah, One for each of my kids, (all of those were flat.. level 10 mph), one for Josha (the last one was on the "mountain" 15% grade level 10.) So.. now for some fun! tonights bicep picture.. thinkin those pushups are getting me a little more cut.. see how strong my hubby is getting? he made me walk on the ceiling! You should of heard us all laughing! .. I was the last to go.. the kids LOVED walking on the ceiling.. I have pics of them too but will post those later on our family blog.. I just had to share this silly on with you! Have to go make a shake.. hubby calling.. better go.. no sugar going good.. had tons of energy today.. woke up this AM and I was actually awake! and rested! did have some chicken on m...

It's what you do that matters." Tell the headache to go away! ... I just finished my workout.. working through the pain of a headache that pounded with each squat, extension or lift. But I made it through. Heres my workout: legs: Squats: 3 sets of 15 on smith machine legs: Leg extensions for quads: 3 sets of 15 the last set I held 5 for as long as I could. I should be sore tomorrow. Back: Lat pull downs on Smith machine 3 sets of 15 I didnt do as high of a weight as I usually do because I am still so sore from my push ups.. I dont know why i get sore in my lats from push ups but I do. Bis: Hammer Curls followed by Curls where my hands are farther away from my hips.. 3 sets of 15 I am so tempted to go run tonight.. its 70 degrees here and gorgeous.. but cold weather is on its way :( .. i do feel spring is just around the corner though!.... I know its not good to run tonight because my body needs to rest. So.. I will hope for not so cold weather tomorrow.. and if it IS cold .. ...

Good morning. I thought I would post before we started with schooling.. I have just a few mins. I was asleep last night by 830.. if you dont count the few interuptions from the kids and the puppy I was actually in bed for 11.5 hours! Crazy huh! I really think all my issues were caused by not having sugar! Isnt that just crazy! heres a list: Headache Chills Hot flashes Stomach cramps Exhaustion I sure felt like I had the flu.. but. "In the case of sugar, withdrawal symptoms can be about on par with a flu, and last several days - not debilitating, not something you need to be strapped down for, but it still sucks." "White refined sugar is not a food. It is a chemical. It is an addictive drug. Yes, that’s right, an addictive drug and when you remove it from your diet you can experience withdrawal symptoms as excruciating and serious as alcohol withdrawal, including tremors, FLU like symptoms, headaches, and...

quick short post. feel bad. I cant decide if its withdrawals or the something else. I am sooooo incredibly sore from yesterdays workout.. lats, tri, screaming sore. I have had the chills most of the night. so I dont know whats going on.. I am pressing on though.. the most sugar I had was a little bit on the raisins in raisin bran..(no milk, dry) thats it.. I have been consuming sooo much sugar ( mean girls my tea was like syrup!).. maybe going cold turkey wasnt such a good idea.. but I am going to bed right NOW>. its 8:10 pm and hoping tomorrow I will wake up a new woman. I have come this far.. pretty proud of resisting as much as I have.. maybe this is the bad part .. will let you know turn in tomorrow.. same bat time.. same bat channel for the continuing story of the "hotmom" who tries to kick the sugar habit.

Just had to post an update to motivate me to keep going. I have had ZERO sugar today. NONE in my tea or anything else. I started having withdrawals a few minutes ago but feel better now.. After reading over some info that Sarah sent me I have decided to not go completely cold turkey on the vegan end of things.. I 1. am not adequately stocked up on Bananas etc and 2. think I shouldnt try to handle sugar AND cold turkey raw vegan right now. So.. heres what I did today. (eventually I want to be OFF caffine (tea) AND sugar) Breakfast: water 11ish Protein banana shake (ice water protein powder and a banana) 1ish Tuna with wheat thins unsweetened tea (and unsweetened tuna for that matter.. I usually put sugar in my tuna! ) I will go to the store this afternoon (HEB) and get some friuts and veggies like and finish the day off with a fruit, salad, and a shake. I really feel good so far except for a bit of a headache :( progress not perfection.

10:27 PM. Monday NIGHT. like very NIGHT. .. LIKE DARK outside for the last 5 hours DARK NIGHT! .. but .. I feel nothing but LIGHT! . just finished workout.. heres the lowdown: PUSHUPS 3 sets of 15.. well almost.. 2 sets of 15 and ONE set of 14. I was literally screaming those last four out. .. felt good. ok.. so if I add all those up.. thats like.. what? .. like.. uh.. 44 pushups! only six shy of my 50 goal.. of course I do rest for one minute in between.. uhm. wonder if it would still count. SHOULDER SIDE RAISES 3 sets of 15.. last 6 were tough but I made it.. OVER HEAD EXTENSIONS 3 sets of 15.. the last set was tough too.. I think it was good. My arms feel like .. well.. its hard to "splain" (thats ruthie for explain) --------- Taking a trip to the vegan lifestyle for a few days. YES .. its true.. for various reasons.. most being a bit of a health issue I have been having for a week or so.. PLUS tummy aches as of late.. PLUS not making any progress in ...

not much time.. tired.. busy day.. ran last night with dog 2.5 miles 5 hiits walked dog today 2.5 miles briskly (feet hurt from wearing my HIGH heel boots to church AND ca re group. .. too long :0 lifting in the morning. more then blessings r

Well. I guess if I miss four Fridays in a row and make it up on Sundays that its a sign that Fridays are the day I need to have as my off day from working out. I "missed" yesterday for various reasons, mostly having to do with my family. So I decided late last night I would lift this morning and run on Sunday. So thats my plan. Heres my workout from today: squats 3 sets of 15 deadlifts 3 sets of 15 back bent over rows 3 sets of 15 bis hammer curls 3 sets of 15 I have been really surprised at the fatigue level my muscles get to with using the lighter weights and very slow reps. My bis right now are just shaking! I think I will continue the three sets of 15 for two more weeks and after pictures see if i want to change it. so thats it. I am hoping to get some artwork actually done today. Our house is clean execpt for the kitchen so hopefully I wont feel distracted by it. (someday it would sure be nice to have a studio :) ahh .. dreams. OK.. so now for somthing fun.. cat took pic...

Well. 9pm isnt anywhere close to the scheduled 8am workout I had scheduled for today but I got it done. Yeah for me! I did a bit over a mile and a half on the tread with a few inclines and ONE level 10 hitt.. it felt good to do a hiit again.. will have to try more next time. I was thinking while I was running (as most of you probably do) and here are a few of my thoughts: My 20 year highschool reuion is coming up in september! Is it possible that I could workout 5 days a week until then and not miss? what will I wear? Ahh.. running makes life so much less stressful. oh..was that my shin hurting? .. naaah.. itll be ok. oh.. I love this part of the song "Here's to anyone who never quit when things got hard You'll never let them say you'll never get that far." I wonder what the kids are doing I wonder if the dog is asleep I wonder if people think I am crazy for homeschooling I wonder if the people we see running outside or in the gyms really like it or just do it bec...

Well I have some good news. Our new internet provider came this morning to set us all up.. so I wont be out of service after all! yippee! I am killing time until 830pm tonight so I can run on the treadmill. Today was thrown WAY off by the internet man showing up this morning.. with 10 mins notice.. so I didnt get my workout in. YET :) I will post after the run.. I promised myself NO misses between now and the 14th.. and thats what its gona be. hope everyone is trucking right along. blessings ruthie