Fit with Ruthie

If I was allergic to peanuts, or chicken, or cinnamon, or any other various foods it would be easier. It's not easy because I am allergic to the things I loved all my life. How can we LOVE a food? What does that mean? It's such a norm in our culture but its not healthy. Should I LOVE food? Well, it depends on what that food does for me. For me food has always been where I went when I was frustrated, sad, happy, excited, and most often that not.. what I went too to find energy. Food.... has always been a drug for me. I remember as a elementary student daydreaming in class in the late afternoon, feeling exhausted and in a fog dreaming of the 7-11 down the street and the bike ride and brought the glorious Slurpee and 3 musketeers bar my way..... then knowing hours later i would reach for a box of saltines and a glass bottle of coke mom had in the fridge. Food got me thru my day.... It cured my lows and made me high! This was my life for 40plus years. Sugar, Gluten, sugar a...

 I am just home from a 2.5 miler, it was not what I expected.... but then again when is running ever what we expect? I haven't run much since my 4 half marathons in a row, so this morning when I woke up with a craving to go for a run I went for it! I loved the idea of 13 half marathons in 13 month but I came to realize that dream was a great one but just not the right time in my life. I became focused on the 13.1 for the goal sake and lost sight of the joy of running. Since becoming a Zumba Instructor I have thought a lot about how to balance running and zumba. Zumba is so fun and at the end of an hour class I am left soaked in sweat and happy! I LOVE teaching zumba... but I find JOY in running. I find a peace, a relaxation with running that I havent found anywhere else. Running balances my life. It gives me my alone time, time to focus on whats bugging me.. it helps me figure out my problems and reminds me of the blessings in my life. After my run, as I was walking just a few...