Fit with Ruthie

Well.. didnt sleep at all last night cause the sleet kept hitting my window.. wokeup this morning to a little bit of snow on the ground. Roads were icy so they cancelled most schools for the day.. my kids wish we could cancel their school.. .. but no doing.. we have too much work to do :) I have more pictures and will put those on my family blog.. needless to say the kids had fun getting out in it.. getting really cold.. and then coming in for hot chocolate. I stepped into the garage this morning and its WAY to cold in there to run.. (mostly because I am a wimp).. so I will do some jump roping in the warm living room.. probably while watching a bit of tv :) Todays HI .. 32. (its a heatwave down here compaired to your area Josha.. but I am not a tough mountain woman like you! I am sure you have already gotten you snow shoes on and taking a brisk hike up the mountain huh? .. Angell.. watchout.. heard this is heading your way! :) More after cardio! ------Yet Again Angell to the rescue!---...

Well. I dont know why I REALLY dont feel like working out but I have a idea it might have something to do with the weather. Cloudy overcast day with freezing rain called for tonight. ITs just one of those days where I want to just sit and read to the kids, or work on my art alllll day. BUT.. I have done it before and I guess I will do it again.. gona force the workout. Gona make myself just get in there and get it done.. afterall.. its only 45 mins.. right? and I will feel so much better afterwards.. right? for some reason I think working out through the winter months is so much harder.. It is during this time that I usually quit. Its during this time of year that I loose focus and give up.. ...... I want this winter to be different. NO excuses. I want to atleast keep what I have worked so hard for.. I dont want that old body back... so.. Here I go.. will post more on this after I am done. ----- YEP.. I do feel better.. I know I know.. YOU TOLD ME SOO! .. heres what I did squats 12.10....

A Little Blog Celebration for Josha! Here's what you did.. and I have quoted your blog to prove it! WAY TO GO! ***You didnt feel like it but you did it anyway... and you inspired us all! "Just didn't feel like it. Did it anyway," (josha's blog) ***You Hit you high points and inspired us all!: "so I am concentrating on making my highpoints trully highpoints. It felt good. As I reach the end of a set, Kaegan says, "Got it!" Hearing that from a little boy who was supposedly not supposed to be aware or be able to talk is quite inspiring!" (josha's blog) ***You over came the wilds of the back country to complete your challenge, cold weather, bears, dogs and all! : (you inspired us all!) "By the time I got back home, it was almost 9. I was going to go to the treadmill because it was a cold morning with ice on the ground and I'm a wimp, but by this time, it was warmed up some, so I ran outside. I was tentative to run outside very early a...

Well.. I did cardio this morning and I just had to take it easy. I am not having issues with shin splints. They have been bothering me ever since my hard run around campus on Thanksgiving.. so today I walked most of my "run".. with 0 hiits ;( I did 1.22 miles and tried to run three times but it was hurting too bad so I decided to take it easy and stretch a lot. After I got off the treadmill I did jump rope for a few minutes just to try and get my heart rate up.. that did the job! I did ab work also.. 15 incline situps followed right away by 15 incline twists.. I did 4 sets of those I then did hip-ups.. 4 sets of 24. I am a bit disappointed in not being able to run but I know if I treat it correctly that I will working my way back to that level 10 in no time. Trying to remember that the HABIT of exercise is the important thing here ;) I am off to get my first meal of the day.. and anxiously awaiting more posts from my bfl friends :) blessings ruthie

Well.. Lately I feel like I havent been make much progress.. I still cant get over how much of this challenge is a mental one! I do understand that will not feeling 100% my self talk will be a bit off as well. So.. I am just trying to plug along through this challenge and hope for the best. I feel I have pretty much hit a brick wall as far as my fat loss.. but I will just keep plugging along.. realizing this is more about being healthy than being a "whatever" size. I could have just hit my natural body weight.. which is fine by me.. I would love, however to start seeing a bit more definition in my muscles.. BUT .. its all about progress not perfection right? I did ok on my eats today.. stayed on program for the most part but went a bit over on carbs.. I am happy however that I did not have any form of caffine until almost 1pm today! .. Now thats a record!. So.. for this week I have a few goals. 1. realize this is my last week of my 2nd challenge and be proud I have come this...

Only seven days to go. Time sure has gone by quickly. I just finished my workout for today. I actually did pretty well considering I am not feeling to good. Heres the Lowdown: Chest: on smith machine 12.10.8.6. with burnout's of mens pushups 3 sets of 10 Shoulders: Press 12.10.8.6 with burnout's as straight arm flies 24 Tris: Press 12.10.8.6 with burnout's on smith machine tri pull downs. I LOVE this day cause it is so much shorter! Here is my plan for eating today: Meal #1 water and marathon bar (only half) -I had this before my workout- Meal #2 Shake Meal #3 Turkey burrito or egg burrito tea Meal #4 peanut butter crackers water tea.. an apple Meal #5 spaghetti with turkey steamed veggies, one piece of garlic toast (no butter) Meal #6 Shake (banana puddin) Thats it for today.. will post my actually eats this evening.. keep on trucking! PnP! ruthie

ok.. so here I am.. feeling a bit tired, and a bit under the weather. I have had a sore throat all day and feel just a bit "off". I have put off my workout until I felt better.. and right now I do.. so I am fixing to go in and do my cardo for the day. I am sure it wont be as great as my last workout but I am going to atleast do what I CAN do. I am hoping that I am not getting sick. I will be so upset to be sick on the last week of my challenge! .. we will see I guess. more after I get cardo done ********* Just got cardio done. I didnt do that well.. BUT atleast I DID it! .. I only ran five times and spent the rest of the time walking. 1.36 miles in 21.11 mins. UHG> Ab work was ok.. just 100 incline reg situps, no twists, no hipups. BUT atleast I DID it. On days like today .. when I am no where near 100% I think back to my softball days. I think.. If this were 22 years ago and I was feeling this way and I had softball practice.. would I go? There was no question. I would h...