Fit with Ruthie

hey girls well they say its a 60% chance of rain today so we are still in limbo as to when we will leave. The good news is .. I got my workout done: squats, lunges, leg extensions, leg curls, bi curls, lat pull downs, bent over flies.. all good. I am so sore from my Monday workout.. and I am steadily seeing progress! Today when I was lifting I saw mus def in places I have never seen it before! THATs always exciting! My plan for our camping trip? to stay on program eats. I am taking the blender and shake stuff. The only two "bad" foods we will have is hotdogs (yes I bought real and veggie dogs) and smores. Its funny cause I really dont like either of those .. so I think eats will be great while camping! as far as workout.. I will do cardio there either running or biking (if we can figure how to get our bikes there??) and for upper body on friday I will do a "drill sargent" program.. with pushups, dips on the picnic bench and maybe try and find a place to do pull u...

shake (after workout) 2 low fat motz sticks, apple, 3 pretzel rods hamburger from sonic, meat bread only, and too many chips (waited too long to eat) shake tea and water today. not a good day for eats.. didnt fit it in.. but the good news is.. when i started to get stressed about packing and getting things ready to go camping.. and not being able to find the keys tothe camper.. instead of grabbing food.. I did 10 pushups! .. now thats progress! k.. bad news is we wont leave tomorrow to go camping .. spose to rain allll day.. good news is ... I have no reason to not lift weights tomorrow!

I thought it would be neat to take a weekly progress photo this time around. I have seen other bflers do this and then morph them so its a "transformation before your eyes" kinda thing.. It is encouraging to see some progress :) Remembering that its the habit of eating for health and physical activity for FUN that I am looking for in my lifestyle. Check the weekly photo updates on the side bar.. good news.. bike store called.. and she's ready! Just in time for a ride tonight I hope :) signed. your friendly health nut

a little inspiration for you:)

I was going to jump rope, ride my rec bike and do a few "lines" on the driveway while the kids played this morning.. but my ipod needed charging.. so.. while I charge it for a few minutes I found this site which talks of roadwork where you "burn fat like a blow torch":) ok.. all for now.. more after cardio.. by they way.. did you know cardio comes from the Greek word :Kardia.. meaning heart... Cardio actually means "of the heart". (yes .. we had a little greek lesson a few minutes ago.. after the kids asked.. "what do you mean you are going to do cardio?") UPDATE: just finished cardio... I road my recum bike in the garage while the kids played in the driveway with the next door neighbors kids.. I rode for about 5 min then I tried to jump rope.. sad to say.. my feet cannot take the jumping of the rope.. so... back to the bike for another 5. Then I alternated about two min. of riding and then doing 25 incline situps, then back to the bike.. etc.. ...

I have been doing a bit of thinking over the last few days. I have been really happy with my workouts and eating . for the most part. There are always areas on which I can improve on. But lately I have been really really frustrated with my body and the lack of progress I am seeing in my abdominal region. Most of you already know that I had two c-sections which resulted in two very large baby boys :) .. I dont know if this happened to you when you had babies or not.. but after I had Cat (natural birth) I was horrified when i looked down and saw my belly was so huge AND I had a belly button the size of a donut! I was in no way prepared for this site and wondered if my body would ever be the same. Then .. two children later... add a scar going horizontal and a scar going vertical and you have.. my friends.. a most magnificent child birth map. Please don't misunderstand me here.. I am so very thankful for both c-sections because I know very well that I would have died if I did not have...

workout: chest press with the smith machine12.10.8.6 hipoint: 80lbs 6 times burnouts mens pushups 12.10.8.6 (with about 30 sec rest in between) shoulder straight arm side raises12.10.8.6 hi-point: 10lbs each hand 6 times twice burnouts-seated double arm should press with 10lbs 24 total tris: tri pulldowns concentrating on slloow movements 12.10.8.6 hi point 35lbs burnouts - tri dips on the bumper of joels car :) 1 set of twelve with knees bent.. the last set with legs straight :) and.. finished it all off .. another set of mens pushups could only do 9 this time.. my arms and chest were just mush.. with a capital MU. Eats (completed are in pea green) shake low fat cheese stick and one tortilla 12 peanuts and 1.5 pretzel rods yogurt cup with granola (right before workout) hamburger patty, 1 slice bread, two slices tomato, small amount of ketchup, 4 chips shake OK.. now that the business is out of the way.. here are the highlights of the day have had TONS of great energy with my smaller m...