✋STOP and DO THIS NOW✋ STEP 1) Look in the mirror. STEP 2) DO NOT say a single negative word about what you see. STEP 3) Tell yourself five things that make you beautiful JUST THE WAY YOU ARE! 👇ARE YOU IN? #lovetheskinyouarein Before we can ever change our bodies (you don’t need to change by the way), we have to love the body we have now. If you don’t love your "before," you’ll never love your "after." Guess what? It’s going to be hard. Loving yourself - it’s a difficu

I did a lot of thinking on the airplane yesterday and these are some of those deep thoughts. Enjoy. Dear Women of the World, Let’s talk. There are a few things I need you to know about this photo. While I think it’s super cool that I have photos like this, and NEVER in my life did I think that I’d be capable of looking like this, this is not my every day reality. I can’t speak for other “fitness people” who have professional photos, but I can tell you that getting in this

I'm calling for you to take action today. I don't want you to simply read this. I want you to read it and share it, because Lord knows we need a little more love in our world today. Today our social media feeds are filled with thoughts, prayers, opinions, and stories from the devastating school shooting in Florida. Normally, I don’t follow trend and post about tragedies after they take place. I watch. I listen. I feel. But for some reason making a social media post simply sta

Am I the only person that can look at pictures from years ago and remember exactly how I felt about my body in that moment of time? I do this with so many pictures. I look at them and can remember if I felt pretty, uncomfortable, chunky, thin, or just "blah." The picture on the left is from Fake Patty’s Day 2007. I was at my heaviest. I remember being incredibly uncomfortable and insecure with my body that day. I tried layering on multiple tight undershirts to see if that’d m

And, no, I'm not talking about when you are sleeping. I'm talking about creating BIG DREAMS and PLANS for your life. When was the last time that you let yourself do that? Some of you just wrote me off as crazy. I'm okay with that. The truth is that a lot of adults don't dream. We are stuck in the monotony of every, boring day. Before all of this coaching stuff, I had dreams. But never in a million years would I have actually acted on them. I was way too scared. I mean, what

"There is nothing as powerful as a change in mind... if you don't change your mind the same experience will perpetuate itself over and over again because everything outwardly changed, but nothing inwardly changed." - Unknown This video explains the mental transformation that I've experienced this past year with my fitness journey. The quote above really sums it up. Love yourself - before and after. Xoxo, Ruth #LoveYourself #SelfLove #BodyTransformation #BodyImage #Dieting #We