Day Seven/Thirty-

Holy failure, Batman!

 delicious and pure evil...

the cupcake, not the girl.

So, the past few days have officially been a food write-off.  Yesterday we had an amazing time at Alex having a skate.  We hit the skate park, much to the chagrin of the young bloods already skateboarding and biking there.  Oh well, it was quite fun.  There was much skating, promo, laughs and, oh yeah, food!  I honestly can't remember all that I ate.  Suffice to say, it can be summed up in two cupcakes topped with yellow icing, marshmellows, smarties and hundreds 'n thousands.  Urrgh.  I could feel my stomach growing under my tiny pirate dress which, unsurprisingly, got shorting as the day progressed and my tummy swelled.  I had to come home and sleep off my food hangover.  Sugar no longer perks me up, it drives me in to a deep crash and all I can do is sleeeeeep.  It makes me grumpy.  I try to eat it in the company of others sometimes, either because it looks good, or I don't want to be rude, but I always feel awful immediately after eating it.  Hopefully I will learn from this experience, it's been quite a while since I've gone the sugar binge and I feel I will certainly learn from it.  Rolling around like an awkward pig, being unsocial and being unable to do the things you want (I cancelled plans I was really looking forward to, as well as not skating up Alex Hill which is a major self-challenge of mine) really opens your eyes to the damage you cause with all that sugar.  My tummy's not too swollen today but I know it will be tomorrow for weigh-in.  The other annoying thing is that yesterday after I munched all that sugar I was still hungry, hungry for real food, nutrients, and I couldn't eat for fear off exploding.  It was really unacceptable for my whole body.  Today I'm not really hungry.  I'm kind of avoiding food, sticking to whole foods more and more, and while I've had a coffee I'll definitely be on the green or peppermint teas to swish out that horrible burning sugary aftertaste.

BUT ON TO THE GOOD NEWS! Today we start to SCRIM with BCR!!!! The ladies are coming up here to start training with us so we can work towards the bout!!  I'm particularly excited about getting to train with my league, but also am quite excited that this will really open some peoples' eyes, and they will hopefully be more open to learning about tactics!! YAAAAAAY!  We can start PLAYING ROLLER DERBY, not just skating and hitting! SQUEEEEEE!!!

I shall post food later depending on how I am feeling.  The smell of peanut butter is making me sick, hopefully I have finally eaten my fill and can swear it off my list, too. 

Hi-ho!  Gotham Girls Roller Derby intraleague championship final is about to start on DNN.  WOO HOO!

Dodge feelin' dodgy.

Day Three/Thirty-Seven

I didn't get a chance to post yesterday.  I kept putting it off until a "better" time for later, but that obviously all fell apart.  Had a bit of a strange day yesterday.  Had some fun internet-surfing time, did an assignment, worked towards coaching then BOOM training was cancelled.  AND, awesomely, on Tuesday I didn't get to go to training, either.  BOOM.  Sucks.  So I sat on my ass all day feeling like crap.  Therefore I'm calling in sick to work today and heading down to skate with BCR.  Gosh I love those ladies.  I'm concerned that our league may one day fall to the wayside, but the more I speak to our ladies the more I realise that isn't going to happen.  Geez I wish I could be bi-league-al.  I love each crew equally.  And I can't wait to skate tonight though!

So this is what my Tuesday (Day Two/Thirty-Eight) looked like:
Derby: Outdoor skate, 2 hours
Workout: Body Balance and extra ab work at home

Breakfast: Porridge
MT: Coffee and PB on rye
Lunch: Salad
Dinner: Tuna, broccoli and chilli stir-fry type thingo with wholemeal pasta
Snack: Nuts

And Wednesday went like this:

Workout:Step (particularly hard sesh so boycotted weights: yes, naughty, but see Tuesday's "bad funk")
 
Breakfast: Porridge
MT: Coffee and PB on rye
Lunch: Curry with brown rice
Pre-Derby Snack: PB on rye (then derby was cancelled....dammit!)
Dinner: Cheese and crackers x 6
Snack: Handful of chips

 So far, today has run like this, and I do intend on sticking to it ;-)

Derby: Training including scrim, 2 hours
Workout: 15minutes on treadmill (2 min warm-up at 6; intervals 1min @ 11, 30sec @ 7, reached just over 2km); weights session with only 2 sets of a few exercises due to time constraints.


Breakfast: Porridge
MT: Coffee + pb
Lunch: Curry OR Salad
Post-Workout: Protein Shake




Fingers crossed today works out well!  I'm going to ride my bike around looking for a new morning job so I don't have to do this night crap and can skate whenever I want!

Dodge on the run

Day One/Thirty Nine

Welcome to Day One of my official blog recordings.  I'd like to kick it off with the stats so I can follow my progress.  I'm pretty happy this morning because I've lost another kilo.  It's so motivating when I had a fairly down-on-myself day yesterday even though I did all the right things.  I've decided against photos until I'm happy enough to post them.  I'm keeping a record, just not publicly ;-)

Weight: 68kg
Bust: 93.5cm
Waist: 81cm
Hips: 92cm
Thigh: 57.5cm
Bicep: 29.5cm

I'm not expecting many or any changes you my hips, they're fairly bony, maybe a bit as the junk round the back melts off.  I didn't bother with my booty either, that's pretty much standard.  Bust probably won't change either, it's just for a guide.  I'm looking for my waist to shrink though, that's the part I hate the most.  They say that having a waist circumference of over 80cm increases your risk of diabetes and heart disease.  I'm really not in to being diseased so if I can shrink it that'd be ace.  I guess it's sort a proportionate thing, but my belly is definitely from when I was a naughty drinkie druggie girl and I'd like to rid myself of the lingering remnants of that waster lifestyle.

So the blog.  It's Day One coz it's the first day of my blog; it's also Day Thirty Nine as that's how many days there are until my first bout!! I'd like to be looking grand for that, as well as be super fit so I can rocket around the track and help my team and my league draw in some new players.  So exciting!  Bonnie Thunders here I come!  I plan to go for an outdoor skate today, but I do have to catch the train to Ipswich for training later.  Very sadly, I will miss Step tomorrow morning as I have to stay at my friends' in Brisbane because I'm a dirty slave to public transport and none of my Assassins can make it down to training tonight (and therefore bring me back home).  Instead I'll hit the gym when I come home and do weights and perhaps a little extra.  Plus training tomorrow night at Burnside is a hell of a workout in itself due to the floor.  I might also do some off-skates stuff around the house today just for the hell of it.  Food updates will come later, I'm just excited about my weight loss and wanted to post asap.  I'll forecast my food for today and change as necessary.  Sadly, I'm out of the "good pb" (love of my life), which is a great excuse to skate or ride my bike to the health shop and get some more!

Workout: Body Balance, 1 hour
Derby: Scrimmage training, 2 hours

Pre-Gym: Half an orange, coffee
Breakfast: Porridge w cinnamon
Snack: Protein shake w half water half Zymils, blueberries, banana, strawberries if I have them
Lunch: Tuna salad w cheese (I try to avoid dairy but it's supposed to be good for my bones and junk)
Snack: Pb on rye (for train, to eat pre or post training). Optional piece of fruit.

Tbh there's probably another coffee or two in there, too.  Hey, Women's Health and Fitness says it's okay, so I'm down with it.

Dodger roger. 

Day Dodge

So this is the first posting of my new blog.  It's the end of the day so I'm not comfortable posting pics and measurements, so I'll start that tomorrow.  I think this is a great opportunity to get control over what I eat and how much I exercise.  I'll be uploading from my phone so hopefully there's no issues, but I'm pretty keen to make this work.  My goal is to lose 5kg by Christmas.  That's like a month and a half away.  I've been plateaued at 70kg's for ages now and I'm ready to bust through that.  I've quit sugar from my diet to try and achieve this but it's still stagnant.  Although, when I was strict with it I lost weight, but when I waver in my commitment it's reflected in my waist.  Dammit.  BUT I'm a big believer in mind-body connection so I will persevere, especially with this blog to hold myself accountable.  It's sort of a private diary but I hope to achieve good things, maybe then I'll be happy to share it.

Dodge over and out.