Fit with Ruthie

Yesterday was amazing.  IT WAS HALF MARATHON DAY HERE! I was able to see one of the runners before the organized race across town but had to leave to head back to campus for our Cool Runnings half. It's what I call a "solitude half". No time chips, no race numbers, no official start and end time. You come, you run or walk, you go the distance and you conquer 13.1 miles. I am sad I didnt get to see the other part of the gang that raced across town and wished I could have been in two places at once. I hope to get photos from all the half marathoners and create a video this week but for how here are a few shots from yesterday. when I grow up I want to be a trainer and help folks do marathons :) What a blessed day. What a joy! Loved every minute of it!  Now that my long run meets ups on Saturdays will be over I plan on focusing the next 2 months on training for a full marathon. My goal is to do 26.2 before Dec 31st. With my long term goal of doing atleast one full ma...

I have had a sensitive tummy for years. For most of those years I just thought that was the way life was suppose to be. There are some things a lady just shouldnt talk about.. but suffice it to say that my stomach and its demands have left me frustrated, sleepless, and driving too fast down the road to find a restroom QUICK. My tummy issues got MUCH better when i started cutting out junk food. When I started body for life way of eating (eating healthy during the week  - where i ate lower amounts of breads, no cereals, cakes cookies etc-- and having a freeday on the weekend) I noticed a HUGE reaction to how I felt. During the week I felt so much better.. on the weekend.. after i would eat however I wanted, I would end up spending a LOT of time in my least favorite room of the house LOL. The tummy trouble continued on the weekends until finally had no desire to eat really bad... I stopped going "whole hog" most of the time so I could avoid the tummy problems. Then I beg...

want some??? its yummy! :) 1 whole sweet potato roasted in oven, mixed frozen veggies, and organic brown rice :) I am off to lift weights :) then clean the kitchen. 6pm: well... I cleaned the garage, then the kitchen, the cleaned the garage so more, THEN worked out LOL chest flies, tri extensions, bi curls 12 reps in each set one exercise right after the other then rested for 1 min and did it again 4 times. increasing in weight going up to 20lbs (only 15 on extensions) then abwork, incline situps lots and lots then 10 pushups (mens) and 5 one legged pushups with each leg.. then leg raises and hip ups all in one. It was a quick workout but I am all icky and stinky and even my abs feel like jello ... good right? today's eats were great. feeling good no bread today, havent missed it. so happy my stomach feels so good. amazing what water, hot tea,  fruits, lots of veggies and nuts, oatmeal and brown rice will do for you! I took my vits today too! GO ME! I REMEMBERE...

In the beginning going for  a walk, eating right... just the basics of moving more and eating less was HARD. It was such a struggle. I hated it.  I  have been thinking about how this blog all got started and how its kept me on the road to progress. Tonight on my run (logged about 5 miles tonight) I remembered how hard it use to be. It wasnt ever easy in the beginning. I thought it was but it wasnt. It was hard and then it was HARDER. The cool thing i have learned with the "starting over" concept is that we all are always starting over. But everytime we start over it DOES get easier and easier. It like this big circular escalator. It goes like this: step 1: you want to workout and eat right because you feel fat and lazy and are determined to change. You pull yourself up by your bootstraps and no matter how difficult it is, no matter how hard... you START. step 2: you keep going despite how hard it is. despite how many people will run past you on the trail and desp...

I made it until Tuesday! woowhoo! I wasnt perfect but if I have learned anything over the past 4 years is that I cannot do this and be perfect. Yesterday I had 2 slices of bread with my hot tea as a snack. So my goal of going three full days with no slice bread didnt workout BUT I did do much better than I thought I would. The biggest surprise is that I haven't craved the bread! I have been really surprised how much i havent missed it. THIS coming from a gal who, when doing Body for Life, once ate a whole loaf of garlic bread all by myself on my free day! I also haven't missed the meat. Its just soooo nice to have a stomach that is happy with me all the time! I wonder, after years of misuse if my body has reached it's tolerance level  for harsh heavy low energy foods. After feeling so wonderful the past 3 days I have decided to stick with my no meat, no bread transition. I know some of you think this is extreme... I will continue to eat a bit of fish, eggs, beans and ...

It feels like summer in Colorado this morning! The windows are open and the cool crisp clean air is flowing in! Our Tree (to the left.. is starting to loose its leaves :( .... Winter is on its way I know... I have to get ready. I had a great run this morning.... SPRINTS.. yikes. Nothing like a beautiful sunrise and a nauseating sprint workout to make you day start off fantastic!did abwork when I came home and will do pushups after I eat my breakfast :) I am happy to report my stomach is feeling GREAT! I had oatmeal for supper last night and a bit of a protein shake before bed. It is amazing to me the difference I feel when I eat right! When I eat the way I know I should. Which is radical compared to the rest of society!! ... When I eat small amounts, very very little meat, lots of veggies/fruit and whole grains and nuts.......I feel fantastic! Breakfast this morning was whole grain old fashioned oatmeal cooked with water and added a tad of milk after cooking, honey, sprinkly of ...

my stomach is soooo happy. I havent been perfect but have been determined.  Heres the latest supper last night Salad and half a slice of pizza (not much cheese just the bread part) Shake bfore bed This morning woke up too late for breakfast... had hot tea, a very large honey crisp apple and almonds in bible class while everyone else had donuts. Sunday lunch- tortillia soup and cornbread (i use to make my cornbread with an extra 1/4 cup of sugar added to the recipe... not today. and oh my goodness it tastes sweet!.... ) snack: blueberries and almonds with tad of readiwhip (need to get off the redi whip.. i am working on it!!! and it actually didnt taste good to me today) snack: frozen pinapple I am happy with how I have done. I have energy, My stomach hasnt hurt once and i just feel durn good! I like the fact I eat until I am not hungry anymore. I have energy when i am done... and my tumtum is happppy! more later!