Fit with Ruthie

So, I think this past week was the worst week I have ever had since January as far as eating. Want to know a bit of what I had this week and the price and I paying? Brisket bbq, tators, fries, tacos, chips and hotsauce, french toast, a bit of soda, a blizzard, ....yeah = Sluggish digestion, tummy aches (ate gluten), restless sleep, no energy, wanting to nap after meals, weight gain in my tummy, headache, no energy, no energy no energy.  bad. week. Is it as bad as I use to eat? of course not... but bad for the way I have been choosin to live since January. Did I sit and eat a whole roll of crackers? or drink 8 sodas? or have ice cream every night before bed. no. I was reminded this week its not what you know but what you do that matters :) Sometimes I feel like the devil is just sittin there saying eat this or eat that cause he knows how it makes me feel and it makes me feel awful. The spiritual side of this is so important... no matter how we want to deny it .. we are sp...

eat well.. feel great eat not well.. feel not great run.. feel great trim, slim, strong do not run... feel not great.. chubby, sluggish, and weak. hoping to eat well and feel strong tomorrow. Today is done. the 90 % 801010 thing isnt going well.. Have decided to look at doing 1 meal and 1 snack a day cooked veg. bought rice and beans and other stuff.... thinking  my transition into 100% 801010 needs to be just like my transition out of sugar and junk and meat every day... gradual.... and patient. .....oh the ups and downs....... such is life.

So after my blog therapy session yesterday I was determined to do better  :) I have been very happy with today.... It was a busy day and my last day to teach co-op. Afterwards we went to a new store Natural Grocers. LOVE that place. So nice to have another store where healthy things are easy to find. I stayed on track today with 90% raw and feel great.. except for being tired from last week (I lost sleep last week and have yet to make it up)... If you don't drink caffeine and you don't sleep.. then you are left feeling tired even though you have energy. I know its strange... but thats how I feel. I am looking forward to a month or so of finding new ways of doing things and learning some new tricks... including non-cooked meals :) I need variety. I am excited about some links I have found. I know this raw vegan things seems weird to lots of people and I and trying to stay level headed about it all. I am going to eat what makes me feel good for now but I know life is bound t...

Well, I guess you have kinda noticed I am back to blogging a bit. I always come back. This blog has helped focus and encourage me in many many ways.  This thing of health isn't always easy. Like being in a foreign country, I live among a society with completely different views for the most part. Being in and among this culture which we call America means I am constantly surrounded by materialism, gluttony, and all those other extremes that seem to be so prevalent in our culture. Because we are free to live as we choose... it seems most of us choose the path to destruction. I lived that life for so very long. Not caring who I really was. Just surviving until the next food high. I lived in denial for 40 years. I denied what I ate mattered... I denied that I had a responsibility to my family to try to do my best to feed them well.... I denied that I was leading by example. In most peoples eyes it probably seems that I have "made it". I can run 13.1 miles with ease compared...

OK... I have made some decisions. First, I really want to run another 26.2 this year. I wanted to do this July 4th but there are some reasons I should postpone it to the fall. First is because of the weather. Its hot in July here.. of course i love it hot... but if I did 26.2 here in july it would require me to start running at 3am. I dont think my hubby would like that too much.  Second is because of my diet. I have dedicated 40 days to be 90% raw. Over the next 40 days I need to focus on my diet and making it something I enjoy and food that I love. I know if I ran 26.2 miles 90% raw at this point I would worry I would not be able to keep up my caloric intake.. something that takes a big of practice. I am getting to be better at eating a LOT of fruits n veggies... but I need my single intake volume to increase a bit before I try 26.2. So.. I plan on doing 2 half marathons in  July :) One on my own in hopes of getting under 2 hours (last time I missed it by just a few minu...

What a crazy few weeks I have had around here.... good news is some things are finishing up and will leave me more time to blog and coach and educate my kids and clean  house and organize and .. and.. and... Let me do a short recap: 1st I COMPLETED ANOTHER HALF MARATHON!!! I did this while pacing 2 gals I have been training over the past few months. They did GREAT. What joy it was! Julietta finished in 3hr 4 mins and Joelle finished just shy of 3:15. Both had major improvements in strength and i am so very proud of them! What a blessing they have been to me! Both are still in training and will complete another 13.1 miles on July 4th... during the "freedom half" which is also the Race to Rescue event. We hope to raise funds for Rescue Her... an organization that helps free women and children from slavery in India and Columbia. http://rescueher.org/ On the "life" side of things... I have almost finished up my responsibilities I had for a local homeschoo...

This morning I woke up and really felt like I had the flu. What in the world? the flu? But I knew what it was... it was all about what I had eaten yesterday evening. YES... I went for a burger, onion rings and a BLIZZARD ... (well.. I split the blizzard with my hubby)... I knew full well what I was doing. I knew it would make me have a tummy ache, and feel sluggish the next day.. but I did it anyway. To my surprise I had flu like symptoms. Aches, hot and cold, nauseated on and off ... so strange. By mid afternoon I was feeling better... and this evening after a grulling 4 mile run I feel GREAT! and oooooooooo weeeeeeeee I STUNK after my run!  Serious BO from this half pint of a woman!!! What in the world did I do to myself! ha...... I am what I eat. I am what I eat... Lesson learned (again) I love the fact that I felt awful .... love that I am in tune with my body and what it works best with.... OK.. so the 4 miler... was great and.... well.. NOT so great. the first 2 ...