Fit with Ruthie

Yes.. today's workout wasnt perfect but I got it in.. 20 mins on the treadmill.. walking with a incline.. will have to do for today. busy day with coop, plus.... Jo (my middle son) woke me up at 345 last night running fever and a sore throat.. DH is not 100% but started taking tamiflu last night.. so hopefully if it is the flu it wont be as bad as it was at christmas. (ugh) i cand believe I just typed.. flu again.. it seems like we all just got well! Jo either has the flu or strep. .. what to do.. but wait.. and make him rest I just didnt feel like cardio today. I am tired from little sleep and working all day... I ate cruddy today.. should I list it? ok.. here it goes.. you thought YOU ate bad today? looky here ladies..... ! cheerios with whole milk pb&j, plain layes chips, dr pepper almonds and choc. water homemade sub sandwich, CHEETOS, sprite cheery sours (3) pound cake, strawberries with sugar, cool whip.. (two serving) HEY.. it was bad yes.. but did you notice? .. SIX MEA...

spent most of the day at the hospital with my mom and dad. (thought of you Suzette) He is fine.. had another "spell" with his blood pressure.. he will meet with cardiologist tomorrow. Nothing like spending the day in a hospital and seeing sick people coming in and out.. to motivate you to get fit! I am not kidding! from the extra wide wheel chairs, to the three people i saw with oxygen tanks.. to seeing the extreemly over weight mother bring her sick child (the child had hospital bands on .. was about 3 years old).. to the vending machine to get her SICK child a COKE and CHEETOES! .. wow. It was just another AH HA moment for me.. to re-direct my thinking and rededicate myself to eating healthy and takin care of this old body. Makes me want to scream (to them and MYSELF) DONT YOU REALIZE YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT? YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO? so I am off to lift weights (day three of my blitz) and drink some more water.... and focus on progress.. not perfection. Life is way to short to tr...

not feeling frustrated after reading this (click here) there is a video on the left.. just makes you change your perspective a bit huh? we are so blessed!

thanks for the gentle kick in the pants gals.. I just finished my workout. I waited until 245 or so and it was nice and warm in the garage with my layers and thick sweatshirt.. :) the sun was beaming in through the garage door and it hit me perfectly as I did bench press! I was toasty warm! I feel so much better.. than I did.. I knew I would.. working out is so important for me.. because it de-stresses me and awakens my positive self talk :) .. I did the whole workout and did pretty well.. I can tell I am stronger than i was last time around .. so thats good! I am tired.. and thats good! Eats have not been perfect today by any means.. but I am eating every three hours and plan to have a nice big salad for supper :) I cant do this for a lifetime if I expect myself to be perfect and to have a positive attitude the WHOLE time.. heres to progress..not perfection.. and fantastic blog buddies! thanks. Ok.. being totally honest here today.. topic: Frustrations: I am frustrated with winter. s...

8.46 am.. run complete! (goal meet!) In honor of Sara I did some Russian Twists! ( you must see her post about her hike .. she was FANTASTIC!) Click HERE to see her post AND video! The last one has the twists! I will do my strength test later this afternoon. a great start to a great day! Here's my stats from yesterday: measurements: hips 39.5 waist: 35.25 (this is at my belly button.. my saggy belly button :) thigh: 23 bi:11.25 shoulders:40 weight: 134 My goals for this months blitz: Loose the Muffin top would be nice to see the weight in the 120's Loose the Muffin top increase strength by double in legs and by 25% in arms, chest etc. Loose the Muffin top (my muffin top is actually my baby belly skin.. its only in the front.. so we will see if I can make it budge a bit this month :)

I decided to give the ole video posting a try again :) I am off for my fun run! yippee ! ok .. just back from my fun run.. and UGH.. I feel better now.. but boy howdy I have lost some endurance! .. i did 3 hard sprints at the end (i know i said i wouldnt run sprints but it just felt good at the time .. sort of :) .. .. My Plan: blitz starts tomorrow.. with a run on the treadmill. will drink tea no sodas eat on plan Goals for this week: no missed workout workout before 9 every morning eat on track no sodas all week (more over all goals posted later.. maybe tomorrow :) blessings r

I am so excited about starting up again tomorrow! We went to Abuelo's today after church and after eating all I wanted I sat there and thought "I cant WAIT to get back to my routine!" The forced rest has drastically increased my desire to get fit! to be healthy and to get to that 40th birthday in FANTASTIC shape. Plans for today: 1. measure 2. weigh 3. do a strength test 4. go on a fun run (its BEAUTIFUL and 67 degrees here!) 5. get my blitz workouts on my mini calender 6. set my goals for the next 4 weeks I will post my goals later tonight after my strength test and fun fun this afternoon :) blessings.. r

Its been a very interesting few days.. I decided to take off until Monday on working out. I have been having issues with feeling motivated and to be honest i just felt tired! I decided to listen to my body .. and my mind.. and take it easy. After the last few days off.. and NOT feeling guilty about it in the least... And eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. I have found that as of this afternoon I am "craving" a good workout again! Yes.. "craving" and workout in the same sentence! :) I also had that awful episode with the lovely blue bell m&m milk shake.. and THAT my friends has thrown me back to never wanting ice cream again! I am really looking forward to Monday.. and getting this old body up and going again! :) .. I might .. MIGHT run tomorrow because it will be so beautiful outside.. but it will only be for fun.. no hiits involved :) sometimes .. time off IS good. blessings r

yeah.. tired. who would have guessed it? .. no sleep then coop. (which was great by the way).. but lack of sleep makes for a tired mom. I have about decided to just not worry about this week. take a break for a few days and get baack at it on monday... I am so completely off.. and now I am exhausted.. .. I will probably run tomorrow.. but will take it easy from lifting.. and get organized and geared up for monday. if you havent watched the video below about the cheeto's .. do.. i think it is so funny. (could be i am just weird though) :) more tomorrow after much needed sleep :)

ok.. yeah..now I remember why i dont eat ice cream and m&ms anymore. I had TOTALLY forgotten about how eating off program makes me wake up in the middle of the night going.. OUCH.. my stomach hurts! I had totally forgotten what it was like to be awake for 30 mins and being so sleepy that I could just fall asleep on the toilet! I had forgotten that just when I think my stomach is happy again.. BOOM it hits me again. .. and how I dont want to go lay back down in bed cause I will just as I am dozing off to sleep I will end up getting up again for another 15 min reading session in my beautifully remodeled bathroom. (oh hey.. there's a possitive.. quiet reading time.. no questions from the kids and complete and utter silence!..) yeah.. I had TOTALLY forgotten.. I am what I eat. but now.. its fresh in my memory. sorry.. so short.. gotta run :) r

I posted this here because of the last half of this video.. he talks about food.. oh its good. "bless this Cheeto" R

Exercise Plan Hiit training done before 9am ( DONE 9:02 ) Upper body this afternoon Stretch Eats: NO sodas today (DONE) eat on track (NOPE) Eats List: 1.peanut butter on toast, tea, water 2.almonds, water 3.chicken hot wings, potatoes (fried :() 4.salad, tea 5.shake.. yes.. a shake.. but it was blue bell ice cream and m&ms.. WHAT? yep.. I caved! Other things: I love the layout that Janelle using so I am stealing it for a while.. It did feel so good to put a big red DONE beside those things I accomplished. ;) My plan for the week is to count yesterday as my day off from working out.. My goal is to have 6 days a week with no missed workouts until June.... I will float my day off as needed but I must get 6 days in :) I am running this morning because I am SOOOOOOO sore! I want to be able to walk today:) I never did do my strength test so I will do that Saturday when its a bit warmer and that will be my strength test for the next blitz. I am going to get my calender out today too and ...

Well I finally did it! I am officially in a shop! worked most of the day getting things ready and about 2 hours getting my area set up.. I have pictures but no time to post them. going for a bit of a girls night out tonight! :) I have not done cardio today.. might do it when I get home but today might just have to be a miss.. the main thing is I accomplished something today I have talked about doing for YEARS and never had the confidence to do! It was sooooo cool to drive off and see my artwork in the display window our front with all the other cool stuff this store sells! eats have been good.. had a miss while working at the store.. and had a few sips of coke to "tide me over"... but other than that I am on track.. YIPPEE!!! pictures later! r For more pictures including he newest Fleur-de-lis window click here :) I know this is a workout blog so i will list my workout for the day ZERO. but tomorrow is upper body and I wont miss! and I plan on getting cardio in too! I really...

Must do today: bring weights inside DONE lower body workout DONE eat clean DONE no soda's DONE boy all those "DONE"S feel great! Eats: Water before and a bit of fruit before I lift (WATER DONE no on the fruit) Oatmeal with peaches, water salad with turkey breast, tea taco stew left over, cornbread, tea protein strawberry flaxseed banana shake had water all throughout the day.. felt sooo much better today! YIPPEE! Looking forward to a successful day today.. the start of a week of progress:) workout was great! brought in my dumbbells .. i actually was able to work up a sweat cause I wasnt freezing :).. I feel sooooo good now!!! Lunges, dead lifts, squats and ab-work :) YIPPEE i have it done and now I feel sooo good.. and its not even 10 am yet!!! HOORAY for me! great way to start out my week. oh I also grabbed a mason jar to drink my water out of.. goal is to get 4 down today! I bet that will help with my energy levels! I think i just havent been drink enough water and so i...

ok. so I am planning on staying on track this week.. NO EXCUSES It would seem that after doing this for so long this all would be so easy. but .. its not.. well.. it IS.. but it ISNT. It is easy in the fact that I have the habit and feel "bad" when i dont workout and eat right. But that still doesnt make its totally easy. I still let other things get in the way every once and a while. I become "lazy" and wish I was "naturally thin and in shape" but that is a big fat lie that I get in my head. NO ONE who is in shape and healthy comes by it by being lazy and eating junk food. You are what you eat AND what you do. simple as that. I always have problems in the winter.. and OH its felt like the coldest winter ever to me the last few days. :) I know its no where near as cold as other parts of the world.. but for me .. ugh.. its like the north pole! I have no desire or motivation to go workout in the garage/gym when its below 50 degrees out there. and THAT ...

9.32 and just off the treadmill. 9 HIITS! yes I said NINE! busted my rear and got into gear! I feel GREAT! why .... I ask.. why do i fight the early morning workout (well.. early for me anyway?).. I just dont understand why I can remember every morning what I feel like AFTER I workout. ..... OH I just feel GREAT! Destressed, relaxed, full of energy, breathing deeply, .... ahhhhh.. when I was running I this scripture came to mind: Romans 7 :15 "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." we are all so human and so NOT perfect. so heres to three days off and not feeling bad about it.. but feel GREAT that I started my day on a FANTASTIC note! (now I am off to make bacon, eggs, buscuits, gravy... its free day!) did you workout yet? if you didnt.. DO>. you will feel soooooo great afterward! "I am hanging on.. Nothings gona stop me anyway!"..

yeah.. well so I lied.. didnt mean too.. sorry Janelle.. I didnt mean to lie but I did. I totally meant to workout today but it just didnt happen. so three red marks on my calender now! This was my third day in a row to miss.. and that my friends is the limit.! so what happens now.. well I get up and run sprints first thing in the morning to remind myself not to miss again :) and that I love being in shape.. and that it destresses me and makes me feel wonderful! I ended my blitz in a big fat BLAH. but thats ok .. cant wait to start another one in a few days. Winter is just really really hard for me anyway.. and with all the new things that are happening (art getting into a shop, coop, parents moving, oh yeah.. and educating my three kids.. etc etc).. its just been a bit of a challenge for me to make the time. Please notice I did not say "find the time" the time is there. Always has been .. always will be.. the issue here is that I didnt MAKE time to get it done. I...

just wanted to let everyone know I meet with the store owner and I plan to get some things in by Monday or Tuesday! I am so excited! heres a few pic of the place. I will cover the wall with fabric and have a space thats 10ft across.. I took a few windows to see how many and how much space i thought I would need. The shop is the one with the large green awning ..second building from the right. now workout yet.. but will later tonight .. I am off to paint my parents house :).. blessings ruthie

well.. another day passes and I didnt workout.. today was co-op and very very busy but a very good day. I did get a bit of sprints in today running up and down the stairs at co-op until i was huffin and puffin.. but only short bursts as I was between classes :) .. Looking forward to tomorrow.. and getting to REALLY workout :) .. this way of life is just a habit now that I know I will NEVER slip back into my old ways. two days maybe three in a row missing but never again 6 months with no workout:) and that feels GREAT to say. I have a meeting tomorrow about getting my windows in a neat shop downtown.. its in a old building and has a sandwich shop (like a tea shop) upstairs.. .. goal.. Feb 1st to get something in :) more tomorrow after working out.

you know wednesday's are just busy. No excuses here.. I just didnt make time did dishes, cooked, cleaned, laundry (still) schooled the kids, library, church.. the list goes on and on.. but I should have made time.. so.. oh well.. I have coop tomorrow and it will be a challenge to do weights tomorrow.. our HIGH here is 34 tomorrow .. which means my garage will be fffffffffreeeezing! so.. I will run or do pushups or something.. a good day.. lots done and I did GREAT on my eats today (finally!) just no workout :( hope you did well..

ok so I am all confused. I got my blitz workout schedule out and I am on workout #19.. spose to be legs.. but I am so sore still from sunday AND dancing there is no way I could do a squat like I need too :) Also.. this is my last week on the blitz.. it flew by.. and this workout #19 is to be my last.. .. its just all messed up.. so here is my plan for the rest of the week: Today: Cardio, pushup training Wednesday: Legs Thursday: Upper Friday: Cardio Saturday: Strength test According to my schedule friday is to be the strength test.. but I need to push it back one day cause I would like to fit in one more upper workout before i test eats are ok today so far.. cheerios with low fat milk, small orange juice almonds with a few dark choc chips (2 oz of DP) Turkey tacos with tomatoes and water cheerios (no milk) and 8oz of oj salad with chicken, no crackers :), water, and pineapple for desert :) will have a shake before bed _heres to better eats today :).... OH.. I took progress photos this...

ok first of all ladies.. WOW.. thanks for all the comments.. i am telling you gals.. I am soooo blessed to have yall.. you keep me going, encouraged, motivated and inspired! What a huge blessing you all are! so cool.. second no workout today either.. I was so sore from yesterday.. that i planned to just run today anyway.. but as it ended up I just danced for 2 hours instead :) .. and my legs felt lots better BUT after a sat for about 30 min when we were done.. UH oh.. sore again! OH We worked out the kinks on our 2step and then learned the waltz! .. LOVE the waltz! so fun. I am so surprised how inspired I have been by the people at the class.. this one lady must be in her 70s.. and OH my she was waltzing all around like she had done it all her life! so cool.. so inspiring.. i want to grow up and be just like her :) not sure what i will do tomorrow..but I will do somethings :) might just be another session of cardio and then back on track for Wednesday :) blessings to you all! ruthie

yes I did.. Hersey chocolate and almond bar.. bad I know.. I also just finished off the last of my 20 oz coke I had since yesterday. and thats IT for me. I get so frustrated with myself. I wonder why it is so hard to eat healthy. Its like I get in a cycle of sugar and caffeine and before long I am breaking out of yet another round of bad eats and not sleeping good. .. .. I sure admire people who can break away from how the rest of the world eats.. I guess I need to set some goals with my eating too.. short and long term goals. so again.. I am off the cokes. today will be busy (again). we have schooling (done) and library, shopping for my middle child a coat and the dreaded grocery shopping. then tonight is our 2nd dance class.. and hopefully no cameras there :) more later tonight.. OH.. and I will squeeze in a mill workout before we go dancing.. i am soooooo sore from yesterday and I need to loosen up :)

Does carrying wooden/metal folding chair pews count as a workout? Today after church our family helped dismantle the churches pew chairs. They were wooden and metal and 48 years old! We carried them out of the building and loaded them on to flat bed trucks and 2 semis. I also helped unload at the ware house.. It took 6 people or more per pew they were so long and heavy. This workout was 2.5 hours or so. I WILL be sore tomorrow i am sure because I used some muscles I didnt know I had and that would never get worked out with a blitz lift session :) so I am very tired! but it was great fun to work hard for a change instead of doing housework :) also pretty cool that all these big burly strong men were .. at first.. trying to come over and help me and the other few ladies that were there to help carry.. but after a while they saw that I could keep up :) .. Yet another reason to be in shape! To help when needed! what a blessing! On the homefront.. I worked on art today too.. heres one pictu...

no workout for me today.. unless you consider the massive house cleaning, artwork, and getting the gray out of my hair a workout :) I am happy that the house is now back under control and if in the next few days I can conquer my famous frightening laundry monster then life will be grand :) hehe.. I am so thrilled that the house is now to the point where I feel like I can work on some art projects.. I have set some goals for getting a good stock built up so we can either sell at a store or go to canton in a few months.. i am in talks with a store owner and hope to have some things in there by the end of this month if we can work out the details :) .. will lift tomorrow.. so no worries.. today was free day.. makes me ready to get back to good healthy eats.. I have NO energy when i eat like I want to:) .. blessings on a blitzful day tomorrow :) ruthie

yes.. I JUST finished a cardio session at almost 9.30pm!.. crazy huh.. but hey at least I got it done. I have been busy allll day working on the house and trying desperately to gain control (again) of my house. I got a twin bed frame from my parents and fixed it up for my son, cleaned the massively dirty kitchen (twice) .. made homemade pizza and cinn sticks for the family instead of ordering out tonight, did laundry... cleaned out my closet (UGH), and organized my bedroom. .. my feet were tired from all the standing I did today (most of it) and I truly did NOT want to workout tonight. I had already missed Wednesday.. so I knew I really didnt want to miss today.. but I sure was tempted.. and then I talked to my sis-in-law Angell .. and she has not missed a workout this week at the gym! .. she had excuses today.. but she didnt let them stop her.. and then I got a nanny nanny boo boo from Josha .. and sure enough.. SHE had gotten it done today too.. snow and all!. so I strapped o...

(just wanted to mention that my key board is acting up and sometimes doesnt put the letter down when I type it.. or it wont capitalize when i need it to .. see ".. so its not just me.. its the keyboard.. sorry if I miss a few typos.. sometimes i cant get it to fix.. ) Best Co-op day I have ever had.. and it all comes down to the fact that i was organized! .. what fun we had! stopped and got a slurpee for the kids on the way home.. and I just couldnt resist a small one.. (well i could have but i didnt want to).. so i am not fully energized on sugar and fixin to head to the garage for my workout. i am so lost on my schedule i dont know what i am doing. I will post after i am finished in a few minutes.. and really wishing would make myself get a handle on my eats and be consistent about it.. man. eats is where i struggle. I am MUCH better than i use to be.. but would love to be better.. its lake of planning I know.. need to make time this weekend.. precook some meals.. and get back ...

ok.. so I am feeling good this morning.. plan on doing workout around 5 tonight:) .. we are all happy to start coop again:) .. just hope no one brings the flu :) have a great day! more later ruthie

I give up for today.. I just need to go to bed and rest and start over tomorrow.. busy day.. had lots to do.. but I was successful in other areas. one area is creating a area in my den (again) where I can create my art. I must get some space together for myself so I can make some product to sell.. AND I MUST get focused on making TIME to do my art. So.. today was my first step. I also got things together for tomorrows coop.. making tomorrow less stressful. meals made, schooling done, laundry, and a bit of grocery shopping.. I could have run after church tonight.. but I am exausted. I know why too.. last night on our shopping trip we went to the mall.. we all got pretzels (use to be my favorite.. and i use to eat these things many times a week).. It had been so long since I had one (over a year).. that when I got the pretzel. I HAD to have a coke :). .. yeah. so.. what was I doing last night at midnight? typing on the computer.. instead of sleeping.. I did get to sleep until 2 and now ....

While at Church the speaker was talking about the parable of the Talents . This lecture got me thinking again about MY talents. (yes, in the story a "talent" was money, I know.. but this parable can help me think, again about my "talent" and what i am gifted at and how to use it.) I know this is a fitness blog.. so I wont go on and on but here a just a few thoughts: Everyone is good at something, right. Everyone has something they LOVE to do dont they? Drawing, fishing, needlework, holding babies, walking dogs, working out... the list goes on. How many people do YOU know that do what the LOVE everyday. Does that person seem happier than most? How do we figure out what our Talents/Gifts are? I know what my talents are by they way time evaporates when I am involved in them. Time stands still for me when I am reading to my kids, learning with my kids, painting, and exercising. If you have something that does that for you.. then its probably your gift. :) When we figu...

I have been wanting to post about this for about a week or so but I went to buy protien powder a few weeks ago.. (last week maybe) and I discovered they had gone WAY up on price! a large tub use to cost about 30 bucks and now its 50 something bucks! I am so frustrated because I love this protien.. I just dont know if I want to pay that much for it! .. UGH> so those of you who use protein powder.. what brand do you use and why? does it have an aftertaste? does it have artificial sweeteners? (its a no go for me if it does.. those ASweetener throw me for a loop!).. I made the decision a few weeks ago to try something new in the way of eats.. and here are some products I have found that I love. Bear Creek Soup mixes >.. they are good. I have tried the Tortilla soup mix and have in my cabinet minestrone and chili to try.. they come with everything you need.. just boil water and add contents.. i also add meat (chicken or turkey).. I was surprised how good they tasted! and FAST to fi...

ok.. I just finished .. chest shoulders and tris.. pooped out! but it feels great! we are heading out to do a bit of shopping.. so more later.. (have to go make a salad before we go) if my arms are shaking while I am typing.. is that a good sign? .. i think so :) blessings r

this is an answer to Janelle's tag that was "what do you do when a bad mood strikes" First of all when I have a bad day I know the LAST thing I need to do is miss a workout. My workouts do many things for me but one of the greatest is that it de-stresses me. I also try to focus more on how blessed I am. I struggle sometimes with wondering if I am making all the right decisions. But when I take the focus off of me and look at other people I realize I have it pretty good. When I say other people I mean: Stories I hear from people at Church who are missionaries or have gone on medical missions to Africa. Stories about people.. real life walking around people with names, kids, and worries. People who will stand in line for DAYS because they have 4 or 5 teeth that need to be pulled, or a baby that has been sick for months and they have no medical care, or Mothers who are expecting and are standing in line waiting for a small bar of soap and a razor blade so they can keep the n...

WEll.. I thought I'd chicken out. I almost did.. but I didnt cause I dont think DH would have let me. If you dont know the history behind this.. .. dancin was WRONG in my family when i was growin up.. so I had lots of voices yelling at me while I went through this process. It was a fun and very funny night but DH and I had a great time. We learned the 2-step first thing, then how to turn (didnt quite get that down) and next was the girl getting "twirled".. (we got that).. but while we were dancing a News Anchor Lady showed up from one of our local TV stations. She was here to do a story on a lady (more on that later). Anyway.. next thing I knew we were dancing towards a tv CAMERA!!!!!!!! I started to laugh and go OH NO!.. and started to leave with DH to go get a drink of water.. but the Dance Instructor guy I guess thought we were just messin up real bad so he said "HERE.. LET ME SHOW YOU" and he grabbed me and started dancing me right in front of the TV Camer...

Do you consider yourself inspirational? Do you see yourself with the ability to inspire someone esle? I mean.. right now.. how and how you are right now? If you say "NO" ... well.. my Friend.. you are flat out dead wrong! How do I know.. because I didnt ever think I would inspire anyone, shoot.. I couldnt even inspire myself. How could I .. or YOU be Inspirational with who we are and what we are today? I might have a different outlook on things .. or.. you could just call me weird.. but here is my list of acts that inspire me: A 300lb plus woman or man walking around the 2 miles track that goes about campus. As I run past them with my dog and my ipod.. do they know they inspire me? Do they know why? Of course not.. They probably think.. "there goes one of those naturally thin, workout-aholics." These two people inspire me because I know how hard it is to get up and just get your shoes on must less to actually go exercise out in public.. and yet.. THERE THEY ARE!.. T...

good morning.. well I took pictures first thing this morning.. click here to see the blitz progress photos :) We start back with schooling today.. so the morning will be filled with that.. I will go help Mom and Dad a bit this afternoon as well as work on my art closet at Co-op to get things organized before we return to coop on Thursdays. I also have the dance class tonight.. so the day will be pretty busy.. I plan on doing my lifting around 2 or so this afternoon.. and will post when I am done:) As far as my pictures go.. I can tell I am making progress and that is encouraging because I havent been "perfect" on my eats. :) .. .. yipee! Progress! blessings ruthie

well I just took a few progress photos and the lighting/flash washed out my white skinned body so they didnt turn out to good.. so I will take them first thing in the morning when I have some good morning light :) might not be able to post them until after DH get homes for lunch :) .. went for a walk jog mostly walk with Su and my DD.. was beautiful outside but I wanted to take today as a rest day :) so we went walking just for fun! more tomorrow..

Good Afternoon Ladies.. I have some random thoughts to share :) As I get closer to 40 I am realizing just how much I have stayed in my comfort zone over the years. I was raised to be ultra conservative in many ways. But as I grow (get older) and realize some of my "comfort" has led to my in ability to follow my dreams. So.. this post is to help get out of the comfort zone of me and help kick start the new improved me :) Creating this blog was a huge issue for me.. and sharing my experiences along this journey have not always been as easy as they are today. So this blog has helped and will help again to get me to journal and get my thoughts out in the open. I had real issues with posting my pictures for the longest time. I was raised.. as I said ultra conservative.... so I had to get over the "issues" I had with my body and that it was OK to show my belly button, or shoulders.... wearing a bikini was a sin and I still have issues with the bikini pictures but I leave...

Hello! .. not sure why this is underlining.. but I will go with the flow here. :) I loved seeing Janelles pictures of when she was in the military.. so cool.. so I thought I would share some "memory lane" pictures. . If you are reading this.. consider yourself tagged and post your own "memory lane" pictures :) . Played softball from K through 12th grade.. last 4 years played catcher.. .. this was taken my last year. Yep.. thats me.. drummajor. ..Sr year HS> dont you love the hat hehehe ! Freshman year in college.. 1987 This is my going away outfit.. this is the one with the 28 inch waist that I would LOVE to get into again.. not that I would wear it anywhere.. but.. the 80s are coming back into style arent they :) hehehe .. This is pregnant with baby #2 .. gained tooooo much weight.. but had a healthy baby boy.. who.. by the way is almost as big as me now.. and hes only 8. right before starting Challenge #1.. year 2000.. here I was a very very tight 16 and sho...

Today was yet another busy day! My workout didnt start until 8pm tonight.. which .. is just fine.:) at least I got it done:) Friday nights start our free day.. so I had 1.25 slices and 1 cinn stick.. plus 1/2 glass of coke. Funny thing is.. the coke gave me a headache.. so I have NO desire to have another tomorrow.. one a freeday is fine by me. (thought I would never say that!.. little miss 6pack a day here:) so.. after my high carb free meal I headed to the workout room (cold garage) and did my lifting.. Narrow Grip Lat Pulldown.. high point 8 reps at 60lbs Wide Grip lat Pulldown.. high point 6 reps at 50lbs Preacher Bench Barbell Curl.. high point 10 reps at 30lbs Incline dumbbell Curl.. high point 7 reps at 20lbs and 3 reps at 15lbs Abs on the blitz workout were leg lifts.. but I had a video I got at the library and so I decided to do it.. and UGH.. what a workout. I haven't done a fitness video on ages.. this one was GREAT.. I did the whole 32 mins! I know I will be sore tomo...

wow what a day! I have spend the majority of the day on my most challenging resolutions for this year. I thought I would post a little bit about my resolutions: To gain control of my grocery and "odds and ends" budget. To have a menu, shopping list, and spend only what I am budgeted. But my main goal is to SAVE money on this years grocery bill! I enjoy cooking but dont enjoy the pressure I feel to figure out what to eat for the entire family. I dont buy frozen pizzas, or other "quick" meals.. AND I try to stay on BFL program eats. So today I finally finished up my lists and completed my shopping for the week. This, of course will leave me doing my shopping on Wednesdays each week but that is ok.. better than fighting the crowds on the weekends. This month we have decided to NOT go out and eat as a family. This means that I bought for this weekend(our free meals) and will be cooking those at home. No more running to the local hamburger joint for breakfast on Sat mor...