Fit with Ruthie

Yep.. I like it :) its darker than its ever been.. but i like it.. tad of red thrown in :) Just finished a 2 mile run with my daughter :) then i did some abs, bis and tris :) the run was good.. I was spose to do 6 or 7 today but having to rethink all that since my foot is still being a pain :) >> I had issues with the bottom of my foot, then the next run, it was my shin.. i couldnt get it to loosen up.. then to day.. same foot.. but my ankle.. so i decided to call 2 miles enough :) I am so ready to be where i was but know its just a matter of one day at at time and not quitting :) Progress not perfection :)

I actually made myself take a rest day yesterday. I felt the need when i was driving home from teaching to go for a run but i resisted and just rested. I will run today at noon and do some upper body work. Now that I have been back at the working out for a month and have a good pattern going I have decided there are somethings I need to change as far as diet.. here are the goals for the next few weeks: no more white tortilia chips (I have been eating tortillia chips instead of making my on out of wheat flour tortilias.) I will be switching full time over to only whole wheat bread. I have been trying to save $ by eating the cheaper wheat bread. I will be adding more water to my ice tea. and make it a goal to drink 6 glasses of plain water a day. I will cut the sugar in my tea in half (eventually getting off white sugar in my tea all together) I know i am making progress... I know I dont eat near as bad as I use too.. but I can still fuel my body much better than i am now. I do have some...

Dec 28th Jan 28th Dec 28th Jan 28th Progress feels great :) 6 total lbs gone.. but can tell muscles are coming back :) YIPEE :) I started out a month ago at 144lbs. Currently I am 138. My goal is to get to 129. Just 9 to go :) will do lower body today.. more later after the workout :) UPDATED: I just finished a leg workout lunges, squats, deadlifts, ouch. ouch ouch :) my abs are so sore.. but good sore :) legs will be tomorrow :) off to watch lost :) cya

I am happy to report i lost another 3lbs! I set a goal to loose 15lbs on the wii fit.. only 9 left to go :) I just got off the treadmill.. ran sprints.. i couldnt sprint as hard as i usually do cause my foot hurt but i made myself stay on 2o mins :) then I did 3 sets of too many to count exercise ball crunches :) starting to really feel the changes. I am soooo ready to get the rest of the weight off so i can have happy feet!

just finished upper body and abs. I did 12.10.8.6 and 24 for burnouts on bicep and chest I need to go up to 25lbs on bis and chest but dont want to do that on the exercise ball which is what i am using instead of the bench right now... next workout i will move the bench inside :) 4 sets of 14 on shoulder flies with burnouts 4 sets of 14 on tricep with burnouts I also did abs.. 2 sets on the ball and 2 sets of planks... will do a few more sets in a few :) Before i lifted I walked 2 miles inside the gym while our track team ran inside. I was walking with a friend who last longer legs than me and she kept me going fast. I havent walked that fast that far in like 5 years :) LOL I will run on the treadmill tomorrow depending on how my foot feels.. if its not good i will figure out something for cardio ... pushups? laying bicycles? dunno.. maybe hula on the wii :) eats were good today :) and.. i havent had a soda since Jan 3rd! getting close to a month with NO sodas :) yippeee.. watched the ...

Obesity can be "caught" as easily as a common cold from other people's coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists are set to declare today. The condition has been linked to a highly-infectious virus which causes sniffles and sore throats. Professor Nikhil Dhurandhar said the virus, known as AD-36, infects the lungs then whisks around the body, forcing fat cells to multiply and also causing sore throats. "When this virus goes to fat tissue it replicates, making more copies of itself and in the process increases the number of new fat cells, which may explain why the fat tissue expands and why people get fat when they are infected with this virus," Dhurandhar said. click here to read the rest and by they way.. the yellow we got is way to bright.. will doing a do over in the next few days......

well I was geared up and ready to run today.. the weather was beautiful and i was looking forward to a long relaxing run. I started having foot pain (my right foot) within the first 10 mins.. I decided to run a bit and see if it would work itself out.. I stopped and stretched twice.. but finally gave up and called it quits at about 2.75 mile mark. I turned around and walked another mile home. the foot hurt more when i walked than when i ran.. so it was a painful walk home but i didnt want to put more stress on it than was nessesary. I iced it when i got here... and gave it a good rub.. but know that the only thing to fix it will be rest and to hurry up and loose the extra pounds i am carrying. I am off to paint my kitchen 1960s yellow :)

It was 81 yesterday.. this morning.. 24 on our therm. crazy west texas weather. I was to run 7 miles today.. but am going to put it off until tomorrow.. high then will be 65 :) perfect i think :) part of a free day today... ate too many lucky charms to count.. those things are addictive :) more tomorrow after the run. :)r

well.. I DID want too.. but I was just tired. little sleep last night cause all that partying i did with those kids :) LOL didnt fuel good today either before.. bacon and toast isnt a good breakfast for a work out.. but.. when i took the kids to track I walked-jogged 3 laps then ran sprints UGH .. 5 50 meter sprints.. THEN I did walking lunges. 12.10.8. 6 with my back knee going almost all the way to the ground. thighs gona be sore tomorrow.. but i am happy. i feel LIKE A DIFFERENT person after a workout :) ok you moms out there.. ever feel like this: on a "side note" i am soooo ready for my baby belly to reduce itself again like it was before i got hurt LOL,(back in my 120ishlbs days). now that i know what it feels like to run with a tiny pooch in my belly (skin) i am ready to have that smaller version of my belly back... that jiggly jiggle is like URGH when i run .. almost makes me wanna get a running girdle LOL now to go load my nike plus mileage .. which didnt register co...

I had planned to run today.. but i should have known better.. esp after last thursday and how tired i was after teaching all day :) so.. I will run my 50 mins tomorrow :) this might push my long run to Sunday.. but its all good.. as long as i stick with one day a week then i am just fine with being flexible on my thursday :) eats were good all day today and i felt great. UNTIL we got home i was i tired and we decided to order pizza for supper THEN we made homemade brownies and ice cream after that! .. its all in a good time cause we have some guys spending the night with the boys tonight.. how fun its been for them .. and a joy to hear :) the boy things that go on :) so.. today was "good" and "bad".. but ... i am not upset or worried. or frustrated... no biggie.. I am on track.. i will make progress.. :) i am thinking i might stop lifting weights on lower body for a while though... my legs and tushy are getting good muscle.. but they are getting bigger and not smal...

ok.. I had track today with the kids.. I did a mile walking and running to just loosen up.. did a few pushups.. but it was all mostly to just get loose cause i was so sore :) I just finished upper body workout.. bis, tris, chest and back.. all great... getting stronger... I took pictures.. if you are interested in progress photos.. I love i am seeing progress :) click here :) off to get ready for the evening and tomorrows teaching :) blessings r

I felt bad all day. no energy... wanted to just crawl in bed.. had to make myself do everything that needed to be done today... I am tired of feeling this way... i want my energy back. fast forward a whole day to 630pm... and i feel GREAT. full of energy.. a good but energetic tired feeling. .. how come? cause i just finished a 4.5 mile run. when will i learn that if i feel awful i need to get on the treadmill or get outside and get some heavy breathing going in those lungs! I dont know whats going on with me.. but told DH i was giving it 3 weeks .. if my energy levels are not back to normal then i am headed to the dr for blood work. OH.. and i started taking my vitamins iron and all again... see if that will do the trick. wanna see my newest art project.. click here for video from today

1020pm... just finished a FAST weight lifting session I did: lunges 12.10.8.6 squats 12, 10, 8 burnouts on legs was pile'squat I also did some upper body since i missed it friday chest press 12.10.8.6 highest weight was 20lbs each hand-- no burnouts bi curls 12.10.8.6 highest weight was 20lbs each hand--burnouts 15lb and 10lbs standing curls tri extensions 12. 10. 8 with burnouts as standing over head extensions back bent over rows 12. 12. 10 no burnouts I did all this in about 25 mins.. I did sets in this order.. lunges, chest fly, tricep ext. , curls, squats, back. ... then i would rest about a min in between. .. it was FAST and effective. My muscles are tired and I am all sweaty :) I also measured on the wii fit. and to tell you the truth i feel like should have gained some weight. you know how there are some days where you just feel frumpy? well thats been my whole weekend :) LOL .. but i wanted to measure. .. I have lost 1.1lbs in the last week. which is a good pace of loss.....

It was HARD but i made it. It was amazing weather outside this afternoon... a bit cool.. but nice. heres the highlights :) I could feel my ponytail hitting the back of my head (guess my hair is getting long!) I loved the music i switched too... mostly techno picks... stuff i use to run too this past summer :) I made the mistake of wearing my thin thermal long sleeve top UNDER my so cool short sleeve 1/2 marathon july finishers shirt that josha made me. It was perfect for the first mile.. after that. i was HOT. so i had to get rid of the shirt... so.. I did what any runner would do.. I took off my thermal long sleeve while at the same time keeping my short sleeve shirt on :) ... no place to change . you gotta do what you gotta do .. right :) I forgot to bring water.. shoot.. and had cotton mouth the whole run! UGH i really needed to spit.. but couldnt. I hate that feeling .. must remember to bring a long the H2O next time :) I wanted to quit at mile 5 and just walk the rest of the way.....

Eating is so important.. esp if you want to run distance. .. I taught at co-op today.. took my lunch as always.. but took a new sandwich... a ham sandwich with THICK ham steak. and EEEEEOOOO I didnt like it one bit.. took 2 bites and that was it. so i ate what i had.. a few chips and some low fat graham crackers i brought for the kids. i then missed a snack and got home STARVING.. grabbed thw quickest thing i could find.. a bowl of plain cheerios and milk. I scarfed it down and felt better for a bit.. then a hour and half later i ate supper.. turkey taco meat in a salad ... it was healthy but dont know if it was enough.. i let my food settle and hit the treadmill.. and after 1.5 miles running i started feeling bad.. then it got worse.. and i felt shakey and like i was going to fall over! kinda like passing out kinda feeling.. I know its probably blood sugar related and the fact i was so off on my eating today has a LOT to do with it. so i stopped at 2 miles.. drank some OJ and ate som...

What fun surprise! Today I received a finishers t-shirt for completing the "Mom's Freedom Half Marathon Run" that I ran on July 4th of 08 :) Sweet friend Josha made it and sent it to me! I LOVE IT! I think this calls for a tradition.. Every year July 4th "Mom's Freedom Run Half Marathon" will take place! Make plans to join in on the fun this July 4th and celebrate! Run where you are and join fellow Moms in your area.. and .. shoot.. who knows.. we might even have cool t-shirts like this one! Thanks Josha.. YOU ROCK!

k.. so here is my before bed post post :) LOL just wanted to say that i did legs today at track.. walked half a mile did bleachers did more bleacherish stuff .. like step ups or whatever they are called did walking lunges.. over and over till it burned. great workout.. will be sore.. eats have been GREAT I have been totally off sodas for like 3 weeks! no junk food this week :) .. eats have been clean :) working on being patient... i really want the weight to start dropping more quickly but i know its just a matter of time... my clothes are fitting lots better... just trying to keep my brain focused on the positive :) .. aint gona happen over night .. unless you are getting your butt kicked by jillian and have over 100lbs to loose .. like on the biggest loser :) k i am off to bed.. :) dont quit.. get up get going.. get over it and make it a great day :)

I dressed and left to run at 5pm tonight.. but i didnt make it out of my front yard. I am a wuss.. yes I know.. but it was 53 degrees and I didnt want to be cold .. so I turned around and walked back in.. dog and all. (su was disappointed) then.. I made supper. then .. I ate supper. then.. I read science and did spelling with the kids then.. I wanted to go to bed. but I didnt I decided to see if the biggest loser was on the computer yet.. and the first episode WAS! so i set up a neat little table so i could watch the show with my headphones no less! and run at the same time! what motivation that was for sure! I got almost halfway through the show.. 4.15 miles 50 mins. .. a bit slow for me.. but it was one of those nights where I just wanted to get the mins in I just didnt care how i did it. :) I feel better NOW than i have all day. and its time to go to sleep. bummer. :) I am so very happy i did it! YIPEE!

first of all .. thanks for all the sweet encouraging comments on my last post. Yall are great! I have finally decided what to do about the cardio part of my training. I have been debating as to just do hiits for the next 16 weeks or go ahead and train for the half. After reading a bit on the transformation site .. It seems what most people do who want to train for marathons and do bfl is just incorporate hiits into thier training runs. So i will just do a few sprints probably close to the end of my training runs during the week... not on my long runs though :) You can see I am on week 3 of my training so that means 50 min runs during the week :) More later today after I do schooling with the kids and get my workout in :) UPDATE: 137pm just home from track practice with the kids... i ran 3 laps at a easy pace and then did 6 killer sprints... urgh... I will each lunch and then lift weights.. more after :) UPDATE #2 I am so excited! I JUST finished lifting.. UPPER BODY I am back up to us...

Well.. I laid down in bed last night and couldnt go to sleep. Tears started rolling down my face. I got up and sat in front of the fire and just thought and cried. It was like 6 months of frustrations came out last night. I find the emotions that come along with getting-staying fit so interesting. There was one other time that I felt this way. That was 2 years or more ago when I first started this blog. I determined then that this journal would be one that was honest and open. And.. here I sit.. the day after a night of tears.. to tell you the story. Emotions come in all forms. I have been in a grieving mode, I will admit, for the last 3 months as a result of the temporary loss of my fitness and all that it entailed. You see .. for me.. working out, eating right, taking care of myself, makes me into a better person, a more willing participant in this thing called life, the aches and pains that I use to have were gone when I was fit and life was great. I had it in my head, MY PLAN was...

I think there is some progress here ... I decided i will take progress photos every two weeks and then .. use my imovie to morph them together at the end :) dec 28th 08 Jan 10 09 Jan 21 09 Jan 28th Feb 11th Dec 28 08 jan 10 09 Jan 21 09 Jan 28th Feb 11th I did get my workout done eventhough i dont feel like it :) squats, to burnouts lunges 12 on each leg deadlifts too!!!

Tonight i am tired and just dont want to workout. but i WILL anyway. more after i lift -r

Decided to run tonight and NOT do legs until tomorrow.. a cold front is coming through and the HI is 50 tomorrow :) so i took su and we enjoyed running under the full moon and a amazing cool night .. when i started it was 70 and when i came home it was 62.. just PERFECT for a 4 mile run. 4 miles in 44 mins! pretty happy with that. :) started to really feel like I am going to get that old fit self back :) yippeee

Why .. does it always have to be a choice? does it always have to be a mental thing before its a physical thing? when life gets busy we do dont want to do the things we know we should do to feel our best? is it going to be a struggle ... always... to be healthy? is it so hard to live in this world and be healthy and fit? I know the answers I have to these questions..... but I would love to hear YOUR answers first :) now.. I am going to lift weights :) UPDATE: OK.. i just finished and i got it in before 9pm tonight! wooowhooo today was a long day with teaching co-op but i was determined NOT to miss today :) I am so excited! I went up to 15lbs in each hand on bicep curls! .. did all 6 of them. ... I also did burnouts... burnouts on ALLLLL the exercises!!! Bi curls shoulder flies and press chest flies and press back flies and rows I cannot remember the last time i have been able to complete lifts plus burnouts! i am so excited! I know its been since my injury (s) .... feels great to be ma...

today was a no go full day of stuff.. i am tired from not much sleep last night so i am heading to bed instead of staying up and working out... DH has to got to work early tomorrow and i have to teach all day... thurs spose to be my day off but i will do today workout tomorrow (upper body)HOPEFULLY before class :) drinking my protein before bed ! ... eats have been great all day despite craving powdered donuts and a blizzard (bad i know) LOL hope you got your workout in today! blessings r

Hi Gals. I just had to share what just happened. I just received a package in the mail! It all started last week when I posted a message on transformation.com asking about protein supplements and what everyone there uses. I use to drink myoplex many years ago.. but they switched the formula (after bill left?) to have aspertame in it. So I stopped drinking it. I have been using Twin Labs for half of last year and like it pretty well .. but the cost of it has gone WAY up to over 50 bucks a tub. so.. i asked what everyone was using and I got a variety of answers One gal.. told me if i sent her my address she would send me some samples of Right Nutrition Protein .. the new line that Bill has.. so I sent my info to her I never really expected to hear or get anything.. but today .. the package came I opened it and thought.. AWE.. she sent me some samples! wonder if she sent a note.. and to my surprise there was a note.. but it was from BILL! pretty cool. I can tell it is NOT computer generat...

yep... got up first thing.. got dressed.. had to iron dh's cothes for work... and then littlest had math questions. Math questions turned into more math .. and before i knew it.. I was a bit of a grouch cause i needed to eat :) so instead of running first thing i did math with littlest and ate eggs-toast :) I am not getting out of my running gear until after my run .. so i will post back as soon as i am finished .. a lunch run is better than a night run right? i also wanted to post my eats from yesterday eggs-toast salad with lean ham toast and pb speg with turkey meat-salad protein shake (after weights) pears and handful of cheerios not too bad :) and.. that shake did the trick.. just a tad sore today :) not as bad as i expected! wooowhooo! UPDATE Just finished a 20 min hiit session on the treadmill.. i got in 7 hiits! the last one being a 10 on the treadmill readout thingie :) i have missed sprints for sure.... and i am still trying to figure out how to do the body for life and h...

MY FIRST SHAKE IN MONTHS.. DOWN THE HATCH! YUMMY. Lesson learned to day (again) is "dont put it off!" I dont know if you are like me but if I dont get the workout done first thing in the morning then the whole day is spent thinking about working out. "I will workout when I get this or this or this done" and that is a day full of wasted mental energy. If i would just get up and get it done first thing then my brain is free to concentrate on other things :) So its 840pm and I just finished working out. A great lower body workout. I did squats with burnouts, deadlifts with burnouts, lunges (12 on each leg) and Pile' squats (24). I will be sore tomorrow.. :) I feel so much better! And to think how much better my day would have gone if i felt like this before I started with the housework, cooking, educating the kids, and so on!.. Lesson Learned. Mental note taken. Goal tomorrow is to get up and get going and get on with my day :) I am just LOVING the transformaito...

OK.. was to do 6 miles today but once i got out there and got going my hamstrings were so very sore there is no way i could do the 6 miles so .. I will settle for 3... I speed walked with my DH and his brother.. and ran a mile by myself :) I might have to rethink the whole half marathon.. lengthen the training time to allow for weight lifting soreness.. let me know what you think OH and i made it through a whole week of workouts no misses!!!!! i am so happy! :)

did wii fit 3 rounds of push ups and side plank combo :) first thing this morning before breakfast (i also did some yoga and a bit of weight "training" exercises. I just finished doing bicep curls with burnouts, back rows, and tris :) feels great to be back at it! :) -r

WEEK 1 12-28-08 to 1- 3-09 Sunday: Upper body (DONE!) Monday: run 40 mins (DONE) 5k Tuesday: Lower body (DONE) Wednesday: run 40 mins (DONE 50 min 4.5 miles) Thurs: rest (DONE) Friday: Upper body (DONE!) Saturday: run 6 miles ( Ran 3 miles DONE!) I could only run 3 miles cause my hamstrings were so very sore! Week 2 1-03 to 1- 10-09 Sunday: rested (traveled from houston) Monday: Lower body (DONE) Tuesday: 2o min hiit (DONE) Wednesday: upper (off) Thurs: lower body (Done UPPER) Friday: 20 min hiit (4 mile Run) Saturday: lower body (DONE) Week 3 1-11 to 1- 17-09 Sunday: rested Monday: upper body (DONE. plus hiits) Tuesday: 50 min run (DONE..4.15 miles plus abs) Wednesday: Lower body (DONE) Thurs: 50 min run (30 min run 2 miles felt bad food off ) Friday: upper body (missed) Saturday: 6 mile run (DONE 1hr3min 10:27 per mile) Week 4 1-20 to 1- 27-09 Sunday: rested Monday: Upper & Lower Body (DONE) Tuesday: 50 min run (DONE) Wednesday: Upper body (DONE) Thurs: 50 min run (...