Fit with Ruthie

I keep saying it and I am sorry if it is getting annoying. but my life is so drastically different without gluten (and low sugar)!  Its a whole new world!!! My post below about no tummy ache thanksgiving was just the beginning. What is interesting is the longer I go gluten free... the better I feel. I mentioned to my hubby  while traveling that I can never ever remember ****E   V    E    R*****   a trip that didnt involve a stomach ache. It usually went like this. Get up eat breakfast drive for a few hours.. stop for lunch (burger fries coke or other)... get back in car and drive. about an hour later.....WHERE IS THE BATHROOM! .. nothing worse than being on a road trip and desperately needing the toilet. I BLOWS my mind that I thought this was NORMAL. Now... I eat and I feel good. No cramps, no gas, no stupid stomach ache. No "oh no am i getting the flu" thoughts. .... Its crazy really. just crazy. To be on a road trip and to feel th...

I just have to write..  Just have to tell you... Today was the first Thanksgiving I can remember in allll my 42 years that I didn't have a tummy ache. I am NOT exaggerating either!  As long as I can remember. I was soooo happy and excited for turkey day. Cherry Pie, Rolls, and more Rolls, dressing, layered salad, turkey (just a little), corn casserole, rolls, cakes, cokes... i was in heaven! Then... every year... every single Thanksgiving.. 1 to 2 hours later.... sometimes sooner.... horrible stomach ache. I always thought it was just from over eating. Because of course I would over eat and then go back for more and more.....  but now i know... it was the sugar overload! .. it was the gluten! I cannot tell you how different it feels. To eat and not have stomach ache. (even during the week)... I thought eating meant stomach aches. I thought pains and  noises were NORMAL after a meal. I always thought after a Thanksgiving meal that stomach aches were just ...

thirty six degrees here this morning. I was still determined to get out and run. I have run my own turkey trot every thanksgiving since starting this blog. today I ran 5 miles and it was my first cold weather run of the winter season :)  My shoulder still hurts from where I fell... I wanted to run 6 miles but quit cause it was hurting and my hands were freezing. Praying another few days of rest and I can get back to my pushups :)  Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Here are a few shots stretching :) after... at home with the pumpkins :)       Su making me feel bad cause she didnt get to go with me

4.5 miler tonight full moon plus a wipe out glad i went? yes glad I wiped out? not so much scraped up elbow, knee and cracked either my shoulder or my back or both. I fell HARD .. stupid tree stump! :( gonna be sore tomorrow. now... as so not to let it get me down.. "its never too late to get back up again!"

So this is how it went Co-op is today... I teach one day a week at a homeschool coop you know.... well  today we were running late.... i grabbed my eggs and 2 corn tortillias and hot tea and headed out. Today was swim day... I grabbed a little something 2 hours after eating breakfast (a few almonds) and finished off my tea... After swimming for an hour and gettin gout of the pool I could tell my blood pressure and blood sugar were going down. I started to get shaking and feel like crap.... I was crashing....urgh I grabbed a dr pepper from the machine and took a few sips... felt better but still not good. I ate a late lunch and drank 1/2 a DP... still feeling out of it. finally after about 2 hours I started feeling better. The bad news was no I had a headache (from all the stupid low and hi) I  was sooooo low and soooo high today  it all sucked. tonight I felt better at track practice and wanted to run on the mill tonight but after getting home... started...

Su and I had a nice easy run tonight.... just 2.5 miles but was great. I am still having issues with fueling and today just couldn't seem to get my eats right... I bought gluten free bread mix yesterday and hope to make a loaf tomorrow.... Its oatmeal tonight for supper with nuts and honey and cinn..... Arms and back are sore from 100 pushups last n ig ht!!! woowhoo.... but not as sore as I wanted them to be... so I will be increasing to 150 pushups .. will do those on Thursday :) I MUST buy new pants... ran in my old nike pants (see in this photo) and they were just falling down as i ran tonight! I can't believe my medium running SPANDEX pants are falling down!  This is from last fall (i think) this is from 2night dont know if you can see how loose fitting they are in the legs here..... This is a horrible photo from tonight... makes my butt and legs look like an old lady!!! ha baggie butt! can someone say "pants on da ground!" here is a sid...

  Hello! :) I have been meaning to post for a few days but have been busy : )  I went shopping with my hubby a few weeks ago and got some winter clothes. This summer my hubby made me get rid of all my winter clothes becasue they were way too big :) So I had nothing but sweatshirts and long johns .... hehe... Here's a few photos of some of the outfits I got.. I love my new boots (i got two pair)... I love the fact I can wear any shoe without arch supports or aching feet!!!! woowhooo to being 60plus lbs lighter to make your feet happy!!!! above is a black sweater dress... and my other new boots :) Here is my hubby looking HOT in his "I love Ruth" tshirt :) ... .. he says its too tight.. i say it PERFECT :) below is sweater dress #2 ... with big collar and buttons :).. and here is a better shot of my other new boots... with three inch heals... not as high as I really like but they are fun!... and my tall daughter.. now towering over me even with boots on! :) yest...

FEELING GREAT! WOW.  As I was running tonight i wondered how long it will take to get through my stinkin head that i am a runner.... I mean... of course I believe the Penguin's philosophy  ‎"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run." ---John Bingham   But you know those moments when you feel like crap and you just arent in the groove of running and its a chore to get out the door.... those days I dont feel like I am a runner.  today... nope not a runner. Well, not until I walked out the door and started .....RUNNING. I find it strange that when i feel tired and all i want to do is curl up in bed and watch a flick on netflix .... that when I wished I had the energy to go run but really dont want to... but when I DO IT ANYWAY I am ...

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. Jesse Owens GREAT run tonight. 4.5 miler. Dispite the wind. I hate the wind... durn wind... i would rather run in 28 degree weather than 70 degree and 18-20 mph wind. The wind here when it gets going doesnt stop.. we are windy all week ... bummer. It's crazy the difference in todays run and my last 4 miler. one reason it was better is because i am not sore from lifting and pushups :) the other reason is because I ate lots of carbs before I went. I think a big issue I am having with no energy on runs has mostly to do with fuel. The gluten thing has thrown me off... I know its a process and will take me a while to figure out what and how to fuel myself... but I think last week I simply wasnt getting...

I sat down at the kitchen table with my 2nd bowl of cherrios (plain) with milk and bannanas and lots of sugar. It was a school morning, so I was dressed in my ready to go to school clothes. I am not sure how it happened but I ended up dumping the entire full bowl of cereal all over me. I was covered head to toe in my favorite meal. I was so upset! .... not because I had made a huge mess of myself. Not because my mother was mad, or my siblings laughted at me (they didnt).... I was upset because I wasted a perfectly wonderful bowl of cereal. I cleaned up, got another bowl and finished the rest of my breakfast (usually 4 to 5 bowls of cherrios) and headed off to school. Little did I know.... but as early as 2nd grade, I was an addict and I was only 8 years into my 40 years of neglectful eating. The highs and lows of my day made school miserable for me. I was great until about 10am..then all i could focus on was the lunch hour. I hate school lunches. I hated the way the caffeteria s...

wooowhooo! I am so totally crazy sore its not funny! NOT FUNNY 100 pushups did the trick for the upper body lifting and runnings sprints did it for lower body and add in the wonderful fall oh yeah I am sore alllll over! I seem to have a deep bruise on the side of right thigh.... it hurts to lay on it, touch it... waaawaaa waaa but other than that i am feeling FINE LOL SORE makes me happy.. means I worked hard.... means I be getting some muscle and loosing some fat !!! I plan on atleast an 8 miler on Saturday... and just a few tomorrow... ON A SIDE NOTE.... PLEASE REMIND ME I LIKE RUNNING IN COLDER WEATHER............. PLEASE.

just finished a killer workout leg extensions leg curls squats 20 bicurls with light weight just to get warmed up for ONE HUNDRED PUSHUPS! yes. 100 mens pushups done.... not all at once... set of 20 then set of 15 then set of 12.... until all i could do was 7 in a row.....a min or less rest in between sets I didnt know pushups could make you feel like you can throw up.... :) arms are shaking... legs are wobbly... guess it was a good workout. Now to go have fun at track practice with the kids! woowhooo! OH MY GOODNESSSSS!!!!! just home from track practice... ran sprints.... leg workout before made the sprints interesting..... now I am officially super d duper giggly and prob wont be able to walk tomorrow... also.. I FELL DOWN!!! yep.. tripped like i was a contestant on WIPE OUT!!!!  I have a strawberry on my knee now and think i jammed my toe :( the coolest thing is that one of the moms and a little 6 year old precious girl was right there with me and saw th...

Dont u hate it when:: you go out for a great run, the first run of the "winter" ....the first run in your running tights from last year... only to find that 1. the tights are too big and bunch up and 2. the spandex shorts underneath the tights were not the ones to wear today... or ever again. That leads to what I wanted to be a 6 mile run turning into a 2.5 mile run .. and went home frustrated for situps.. yikes! is there any other sport where clothes are soooooo important??? hum. I am looking into getting new running pants for the winter... bah.....humbug.....winter. (no... no no no.. possitive attitudes now)... Winter: the time when running in the snow is amazing and you get to wear cute little hats..... oh.. yippeeee.. winter. Dont you just hate it when...... you start getting lean because of your new gluten free diet only to discover your baby belly skin gets looser and looser .....why isnt there non-surgical tummy tucks????  (please note photo is not m...