Fit with Ruthie

Through out my journey here I have tried to be open, honest and straightforward. When I stumbled I always came back here and explained, shared what happened and decided to start over. This isn't about waking up one day and being a size 4. This journey isnt about running 13.1 or 26.2 and all the sudden you are healthy forever. This is a continuing journey that will NEVER END, I will be 90  years old and still trying to be healthy in a world that screams at you that it really doesn't matter what you eat.  Its like realizing once you have your first baby that you will NEVER go anywhere alone again. (well, unless you get a sitter). I remember strapping my now 14 year old in her carseat when she was 6 weeks old and relizing that my life would NEVER be the same. No matter what I wanted to do. ... the reality was that I had to sacrifice my time and energy to make sure she was taken care of. What I have realized is that if you have unhealthy habits, changing them to healthy ones ...

Wow, I missed the milestone I have been waiting for. THANKS Honey for always thinking I was beautiful no matter what size I was! My 1500th post! You've got to be kidding me. I did some figuring and if I spent an average of 15 mins writing these posts then it would be 375 hours of blogging! That's about 16 days of my life typing away. I think 16 days  spent blogging, reporting in, doing blog therapy, writing about my frustrations and victories, is worth it. 16 days over the past 4 years has been worth the time and energy. Blogging has kept me on track, gotten me back when I have fallen off and inspired me to keep going when I wanted to quit. This isn't just a place to write about myself... its where I get held accountable, inspired and refocused through the encouragement and dialog between me and you. To Celebrate.. Here's My first post from 06: ___________________ The act of making something different Modification: The act of making something different...

Yes, I turned into a mad woman. "MOM, (my daughter says).. YOUR vacuuming at 11pm!" ... (pause).. "ARE YOU OK?" Do you see my floors? spotless. Vacuumed and Mopped. Kitchen bleached and beautiful. Patio table cleaned and furniture rearranged. Dishes washed. Laundry going. Oh yeah, I hear the applause.. the woowhooos for a clean house.. But, dont you wonder what happened to me? Well. I WAS ON DRUGS! seriously Its a brown syrup called Dr Pepper. ..... You see.. I have been off caffeine for over a month and my sugar is so limited as well that WOWZER it took me for a ride. this is me without dr pepper. Image what I am like with it! I had been working (cleaning windows) at the rent house for about 4 hours. Hubby n I decided to order hamburgers and onion rings and the thought of that made me want a soda. So .. I thought.. I have been so "good" for so long... It won't hurt to have a little dr pepper. WRONG. You see... the thin...

OH MAN! my running is SOOOOO much related to the weather outside! how sad is that. Its been UHHHmazing this week and wow I LOVE IT! come on Spring! wowhoo! it was so hot I had armpit sweat! HA! I did 4 miler on Tuesday night after track practice and then again Thursday night.. tomorrow is spose to be 4 miler long run but I think I will bump it up to a 6 miler... then back down to 4 miler next weekend. The run on Tuesday night I ran the first mile in 7:30! .. then the last 3 backed down to about 10 min per mile... I felt so good I just wanted to run FAST! :) I have been so surprised how quickly I have gotten my endurance back.. and I believe it has a LOT to do with how well I have been eating. LOTS of fruit :) Leaving me more hydrated and ready to run! :) The really really cool thing is I havent been sore. I have been really pushing myself and usually I would be sore.. but not this time around. It MUST been cause of my nutrition! I have ordered this book from our lib...

 Here it is... my long run schedule :) maybe this will do the trick for finally getting 13.1 in under two hours.. I was so close last time !!! 2-19= 4 miles 2-26= 3 miles 3-5=   6 miles 3-12= 4 miles 3-19= 8 miles 3-26= 4 miles 4-2=   10 miles 4-9=  6 miles 4-16= 12 miles 4-23=  8 miles 4-30= 14 miles 5-7=  8 miles 5-14= 5 miles 5-22= race day 13.1

Made a fast trip to Houston this past weekend.... Came home to beautiful weather! 77 degrees and a slight breeze...HELLLLOOOOO SPRING! LOVE it! My son and I couldn't get out of the car quick enough and headed up to run the trail. 4.25 miles.. with a 9 year old thats been in a car for 6 hours is an experience! ... He talked the whole time! It was GREAT!!!! we had so much fun! I have missed my smoothies like crazy the past 2 days. My plan was to go to the store and get some frozen fruit on the way but somehow it just didnt work out... and with how busy we were I dont know if I would have had time for the blender... so.... I made the weekend with canned fruit! .. Pineapple and peaches and night before bed and in the morning for breakfast. It wasnt enough calories and of course was hungry a hour and half later so I had bacon and eggs one morning  and ham and cheese this morning. It was a very nice surprise to realize how much I miss my fruit! wow. ME... Craving fruit!!...

quick note: 2 mile run complete... on the treadmill while watching Blind Sight. I am not finished with the movie yet but its so good. I can't wait to see how it ends... here is the trailer for it. Its instant download on netflix if you have it :)  After my run I did a bit of Coach Dancing and running with the kids at track practice... so fun! Eats are on track! Feeling GREAT! I also watched this short clip about adversity... a MUST see!

What's 2011 going to be like? That's a great question. Of course I cannot predict the future. I have also learned no matter what I have planned God might have other ideas :) Despite not knowing what the future holds, I am never the less going to make some BIG PLANS for the upcoming months. Wanna know what I have planned? HERE you go: 1. Run my first half marathon of 2011 on May 21st 2011. I will plan to go to Lake City Colorado and run the half there... but just in case gas prices are 5 bucks a gallon... I will set my back up plan to run it on the 21st. I start training TOMORROW! 15 weeks to get ready!!! :) I also plan to run it in under 2 hours this time! 2. During my training I will be pushing myself to eat whole raw foods. The past 4 days I have relaxed on my raw food adventure.. (as you can see from the post below).... While its been fun to eat a cookie here or there, have some Mexican food, and not "worry about my eats" .. the truth is I dont like the wa...

Ok... so like I have said I have been about 90% raw for the past 3.5 weeks. So what was the Experiement you ask?  To eat "regular" meals for 24 hours and see how I felt. I ate "normal" foods like taco stew, corn bread, eggs, a few cookies (yes, cookies!). This morning I woke up and decided to have some hot decaf tea, eggs, and while my breakfast tasted yummy.. it was no where near as tasty to me as my all fruit breakfasts I have been having. About an hour later I was CRAVING fruit! I also had a slight headache. :( So I grabbed an orange. Later for lunch I had left over taco stew, come corn chips.... and again, while it tasted ok.. was nice and warm .. it left me wanting... CRAVING..  fruit. I also had.. you guessed it... a headache. Also.. last night... I woke up HUNGRY! I havent woken up hungry since giving 801010 a try. Going into this process I didnt think I would last 2 days. After making it over 3 weeks and having amazing results I have just been so shock...

The Kids were playing. I was cleaning. The phone rang. "Hello" "This is her" "OH. Really, the Dr disagrees? Really?" I go to the bathroom, close the door. "No, I  have never had surgery, No, I don't know a surgeon" "ok.. ok.. hold on.. uh.. I need to call my husband and call you back" "ok.. .. ok.. bye" The shock and anger was so intense its hard to describe. My  kids laughter from the other room was flooded away by the tears as I sat, alone.. in the bathroom wondering why. Wondering... what if? I was angry, I was confused, I was so worried. Ten days earlier I was getting dressed for bed and found a lump in my left breast. It was LARGE. There was no wondering if it was a lump, the question was why did is show up so quickly and how.  I made an appointment that day for 4 days later with my doctor.  He ordered a mammogram and sonogram and said "It is so large I probably needed to have it removed". He se...