Challenge, Set, Match!

Busy, busy, Dodgie bee!

Today was all Derbalife and league homework! I evaluated all of the fresh meat, replied to a million emails, have a profile to do in an hour, and am TIRED AS FUCK! Yes, I said it. I am also DESPERATE for a night out. I know I'm going out tomorrow, but for the first time in God-knows-how-long, I feel like getting wasted and dancing. And, trust me, I can not, and do not, dance well. Unless it's Irish dancing. But I have to be proper drunk for that. I think I just need to get off the couch and out of my head. Blergh.

You know, it has been a really good day. I'm going to flash back to Midnight Fury's point about taking note of the positives. Everything I did today was great, and for a good purpose, I am just really drained.

Step was not really hard today, so I did some weights, too. Tomorrow is the second SSRG bout of the season, and my first day at my new job! Hooray! Up suuuuuper early, and home suuuuper late. Aw poop. But hooray!

Food Log
7:00 Shake: Herbalife Formula 1 Berry with berries and rice milk; apple
10:30 Half a carrot, small serving frozen corn
12:00 Shake: Formula 1 Berry with berries and half an apple in rice milk - fyi, not a great idea
3:00 Doritos (flavourless, snackie, my house is practically devoid of food right now, especially of the gluten and dairy free variety)
6:30 Dinner - ??? Probably a glass of wine. Might as well curb the urge, without giving in completely!

Slackar!

Oh, how busy I have been!

This week has been filled with Derbalife joy, getting people registered and ready for the first ever Skate Faster Challenge in Australia! I've also been out job hunting, and scored one back at my place, Nude Cafe, only now I'm in Cotton Tree - which means I can skate to work! BOOM!

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Mumma's Back!

Oh Gracious!

Shocking!! Two days off of a whole month! Ridiculous!!!!!

So, what have I done for a month? Well, I spent the first two weeks in LA – but you knew about that. It went like this: sleep, shop, Herbalife, roller derby, drinking, after-party, star-struck, roller derby, Herbalife, Venice Beach, lion cats, Hollywood, shopping, roller derby, roller derby, swooning, roller derby, drinking, roller derby, roller derby, full-body pain, Venice Beach, airport, sadness, sleeping.

Coming home looked pretty similar. Sleeping, sickness, roller derby, sickness, Herbalife, sleeping, roller derby, sickness, roller derby, laptops, and Derbalife ass-kicking!!

With all of that Herbalife and sickness, I've been relatively slack with my own routine. I sick-ate crap, interspersed with Herbalife for sure, but I could have been a lot better behaved! And the sickness kept me out of the gym all week. But I'm feeling much better now, and what better way to celebrate than with a Spin class! My first ever! And man, was it nasty! Not as bad as I thought. Actually, I think the more I go, the more I will enjoy it. Mainly because I can be competitive there with others, and myself. Hehehe!

Today I started to advertise for the Derbalife Australia challenge. It's all happening, baybeee! I'm so excited. It's going to all come together like magic... YAAAAY!!!

Sorry I left you high and dry, blogettes. I promise to be back online from now on. It is amazing what a difference being accountable makes you – no food log = eating shit, that is a fact!

Food Log

5:00 Pb on rye

7:30 Formula 1 Cookies and Cream with blueberries

10:30 Pb w rye

1:00 small handful mixed nuts, small bowl frozen corn and peas

3:00 Formula 1 Vanilla with blueberries and mango

4:00 Kit Kat Caramel fingers – hey, I'm getting back on the wagon! Truth, my mumma brought it home in celebration of my Dad having an amazing work day. I could have said no. I didn't want to.
6:00 Quinoa and chickpea salad

That's all for today folks. But I promise to be back from now on!!!

The Last Day!

Oh, The Last Day! Stress eating, nom nom nom. I'm reeeeeeally excited, Krissy is going to take me under her Derbalife wing when I'm over, skating with her at OCRG, Tara Armov will be screaming her guts out with me, catching up with Betty Bamalam, hanging out with Bonnie Thunders and OMG WTF, and that's BEFORE I start camp! Reeeeedonkulous!

I feel super-prepared. Everything is ready to go, sitting by the door, ready to roll out. BRING IT ON, LOS ANGELES!

Food Log:
8:00 Shake - Formula 1, protein, pineapple, mango, greek yoghurt, milk
12:00 Shake - Formula 1, protein, blueberries, peaches, banana, greek yoghurt, milk
3:30 Rye w pb
6:00 Wagon Wheel (stress eating)
7:30 Shake - Formula 1, protein, pineapple, mango, mint, greek yoghurt, milk

Workout:
None!
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36 Hour Countdown Begins. Shit.

I hid from the real world today. Sat on the computer and spoke to people about my trip. Oh, and beat myself up about being an asshole at BCR scrim.

5:30 Pre-workout Almonds
8:00 Shake: Formula 1, protein, half a banana, blueberries
10:00 Corn thins & pb, coffee
12:30 Open sammich w salad and tuna
2:00 Apple
4:00 Nut bar
9:00 Enchilada Pie - OMG GREATEST MEAL OF ALL TIME. Totally ruined my hard resolve to have my Derbalife smoothie!

Workout:
AM: 45min Body Step class followed by:
•Chest Press 10 reps 8 kg; 8 reps 9kg. Flies: 10 reps 6 kg x 2
•Side & Front Lat Raises: 10 reps 4 kg 2 sets each
•Bicep & Hammer Curls: 8 reps 6kg 2 sets
•Back Flies 3 kg x 10 x 2; Bent Over Row single leg 6 kg 8 reps x 2
•Shoulder Press 7kg 8 reps 1 set; 6 kg 10 reps 1 set; High Pulls 7.5kg 12 reps 1 set, 10 kg 10 reps 1 set
•Cable Skull Crushers 1 set 23kg 15 reps, 1 set 28kg 10 reps; Laying V-Ups 15 reps 1 set; Oblique Crunches 20 reps each side 1 set

Ouch.
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The Final Countdown!

Hiiiiiii bloggettes!

Wow. Wow wow wow. Tuesday is GET ORGANISED DAY. Lists were made and crossed off. I packed and weighed my luggage and I have THIRTEEN spare kilos! I'm a legend! Hehehe. I'm like 80% ready to go, FRAK YEAH!

I foolishly challenged Tara Armov, the red-headed Queen of the Banked Track, notoriously the loudest person in roller derby history, to a Heckle-Off at LA v GGRD. I didn't really mean it, but it's out & all over facebook now and I'm going to call Derby Deeds this arvo and have a go at sledging ;-). Honestly I only called her out because I want to meet her! Hehe!

I went to BCR scrim and had a little tantie. It wasn't really a tantie. I just jammer really badly and I did, to be fair, chuck it when I got sent to the bin for a Blocking To The Head major (on Bandsaw, totally unintentional, she leads with her head!) then upon returning to the track I got smacked in the head twice and nothing was called. And the Head Ref came over to tell me that when I asked him who I hit in the head, he would have called Insubordination if it was a bout not a scrim, because I should have got a captain to question it, even though I was alternate. Grrr. So I chucked it. But if I was a smarter girl I would be celebrating my first scrim back in four months, AND that they kept asking me to pivot because I was doing a bloody good job of it! Talking, pushing, and wailing on jammers in the back of the pack seems to be my specialty!

Food Log:
7:30 Shake
9:30 2 pieces of rye w pb
12:00 Spicy beans with chicken
3:30 Protein bar
5:30 Protein bar (I got caught out!)
10:00 Large choc sundae from Macca's with a flake - because I spat the dummy at scrim!

Workout:
1 hour Body Balance
Running around like a madwoman all day
1 hour scrim, 40ish minutes training
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Four Sleeps To Go!

Wow! Great day! I went for my first outdoor skate since my accident today. I was a little shaky to start with, but I remembered Entropy telling me about how it was a freak accident, and I'm a good skater so I will be fine. And as soon as I realised it, I was hopping and jumping and skipping and squatting and soaking up the gorgeous day! Delicious!

I hung out with a friend I haven't seen in ages, too. We went and saw Gnomeo and Juliet. It was cute, but not amazeballs awesome. I liked it because I'm a big nerdy Shakespearian and dug the references.

THEN I had a good ol' chat with my mumma and got all of my 'paperwork' in order and made day-tackling lists for tomorrow. How exciting!


Food Log:
7:00 Pre-Workout: Rye toast w pb
10:00 Breakfast: Shake - Formula 1, protein, milk, half a banana, 2 apricots
11:30 Snack: Watermelon & almonds
12:30 Cinemas: Popcorn
3:30 Lunch: Shake - formula 1, protein, milk, watermelon, passionfruit, peaches
6:30 Dinner: Grilled chicken, chili beans and oven-baked wedges
9:00 Hot chocolate (made on the stove, mmmmm)

Workout:
Skate to and from gym. My absolute heaviest weights, 6-12 reps depending on fatigue
•Seated Row and 7's (21's, whatever)
•Chest Press & Flies
•Shoulder Press & Stability Ball Planks
•Tricep Cable Pull-Overs & Hanging Crunches

I'm pretty sure I did other stuff, but I can't remember now! My arms are sore from the heavy lifts. And I spent half an hour on the massage chairs. Bliss!

Off to sleep, busy day tomorrow! Starting it off right with Body Balance, calm the mind before FREAKING IT OUT!


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The Last Weekend!

And again, what a maaaarvellous weekend it was! I pulled the same old eating-well-but-constantly Saturday trick. Shit happens! And it was dayum good!

Saturday:
Workout - 1 hour Boxercise (including body checks to punching bags, because I'm a derby nerd like that), followed by 3 sets of approx 10 reps of the following, with my heaviest weights:
•Chest Press and Flies
•Shoulder Press and High Pulls
•Tricep Kickbacks and Cable Skull Crushers
•Side and Front Lateral Raises
•Bicep and Hammer Curls
(I think I'm missing something, oh well)
Food:
6:00 Pre-Workout Snack: 2 rice cakes w pb
10:30 Breakfast: Shake w formula 1, protein, mango, peaches, apricots, milk
12:00 Lunch: 2 rice cakes w cheese + chicken breast
1:00 Lunch2: 2 rice cakes w cheese + chicken breast
4:00 Chocolate Craving Killer - Choc Mint Mini Protein Bar (failed to kill cravings)Dinner: Shake
Movie Night: 1 x double choc Subway cookie, popcorn, crunchy M&Ms (omg soooo good!)

As you can see, I spent Saturday turning in to a hobbit and indulging in Second Lunch, and Elevensies. Yuech. Actually, not yueck, coz all the portions are teeny tiny and I lurved every minute of it.

Sunday
10:00 Breakfast: Shake
12:00 Snack: Rice cake & pb
2:00 Mid-Training: Nut bar
9:00 Dinner: Chicken and salad

Workout: 4 hours skating (2 hours coaching, 2 hours hardass training with Princess Chaos - loved it!) AND oh my god, wheelgasm! I know what I'm getting now. I was like the muthertruckin DodgeBot on them bitches. Whoolah!

I got to bed at 2am on Sunday so I slept in and didn't eat properly, nor did I prepared properly, so I dropped off at the end of training and couldn't stay for Freshies. Cry!

Overall, I'm pretty happy with where I'm at at the moment. I've been training hard, and eating pretty well, and my body is certainly starting to show it. I'm very proud, and feeling a lot more prepared for the States! WHICH IS HAPPENING IN T-MINUS 5 SLEEPS!


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It's Britney, bitch

Oops I did it again.
I forgot to blog. Well, not really forgot, I just didn't have time. Life gets in the way. Soz blogz.

Turns out my awful week was all PMS. Oh, sweet ballsup girlie problems, thanks for effing with my miiiiiiiiind!

I have had a pretty rad week. On Thursday night I made the EPIC journey to our sister league to skate and smash with my schweethearts down there. And smash indeed! Training was taken by Alison Chainsaw. It was great, her American accent makes everything sound more legit! It was focus scrims with emphasis on getting the jammer through and switching from Offense to Defense and back again. Really cool. I was on the track for most of the time. I fell a lot. And I jammed back-to-back for most of it. That was surprising; I thought Entropy would pull me out and put me in the pack to protect me but I really respect that he let me find my own limits. I called off the last jam of the night near tears of frustration, because things were getting slopping and as I fell I coped a kick to the fingers and a few kicks to the shins (I have the bruises to prove it!). Oh, and I picked up loads of minors, mainly for cutting track and one for skating out of bounds. Entropy also pulled me up for being on my outdoor wheels, he thinks I need something harder to get steppier. He's on Witch Doctors and is swearing by them, saying he was trying to get speed to see if he would slide out and couldn't. To be fair, the floor was particularly sticky, a welcome change from their usual icy concrete, but Entropy's speed and agility aren't reeeeeeally comparable to mine, even with a broke ankle ;-). He did get me thinking that it's time to shed my baby steps of outdoor wheelies, and I'm looking in to Juke 2.0's. I've had my eye on them since they came out, but with my trip to the States looming, I'd luuuurve to pick up a pair from Ivanna S Pankin at Sin City Skates, SD. I want to see if she remembers me! I doubt it, it was a pretty whirlwind trip and I was very nervous and a whole lot shier then! I'm thinking about alloy hubs, too. They would be super sweet. But there's about a $30 price difference. OH SHUCKS I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF!! Money is going to be suuuuuuuuper tight when I'm there, I should probably focus on EATING, not omfghowmuchawesomefancyshitcanIbuy? I'm already getting the cheapest plates available (fitted by the babeliest babe around, swoon) and was considering not getting toe stops but now I realise I need to because mine are so worn I can feel the metal getting ready to poke through! And I'm not even that good on my toe stops!!! My auntie offered to send me my birthday money early so I could spend it when I get over there. That will help me so much! Fark. Am considering selling my body for the next week for some extra cash. Or when I get there - prostitution is pretty rife in LA, right? And I might pick up a celebrity. It could be worse.

Speaking of focusing on food, my focus hasn't been that strong for the past few days. It always happens around this time of the month though. I still eat predominantly healthy (80/20 at the least), but I eat incessantly! I spoke to Krissy today and she said I can bring my Derbalife stuff over so I'm going to ask my Mooma and Moopa if I can take our stab blender with me too so I can whip up shakes at my hotels. They both have free continental brekkie so I can swag some milk and fruit and I'll be sorted for half the day! Then I will just have to watch my snacks and my one meal will be a goodie. Or two meals, I guess, if I'm skating for like 8 hours a day! Oh, and the drinking. I will have to try to be light on that!

I had a smaaaall glass of wine last night; we had a big bbq around here and it was hard to avoid cheese. And my wine ended up being started and finished with about an hour break in between while I spoke to my auntie. It was a pretty rough day of eating. I spent the night at my brother's in Brisbane and spent the rest of the day on a train. It was sorta like this:

• 6am - Apple
• 8am - Egg and bacon sammich
• 12pm - Pretzels (train station. end of story.)
• 3pm - Derbalife yogurt - nonfat Greek yog + banana and honey yog + quarter banana + Formula 1 + protein powder - could have been thicker.
• 6:30pm - Rice crackers with cheese and guac; grapes
• 8pm - Grilled chicken breasts and lotsa salads.
• 9ish - tiiiiiiny cuts of macadamia slice and mint slice, and 1 red Lindt ball

It was delicious. And for being on the road all day, I truly tried to eat as well as possible! So now to ramp this shit up for teh next week - am's and pm's, Debalife for life, and super-strict on the cash! AAARRRGGGGGHHHH I'M GOING TO LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Breaking Point - Seen It, Broke It, Moving On

Ah, there it is, the day I was looking for, the point I knew was coming - breaking point. I felt like ass all day yesterday. Thankfully, a hell of a lot more awake than last week, but miserable. Fed up. Work crap, sleep stress, derby stress... It allll came raining down. And was plugged up with food. See, I'd been doing extremely well at ignoring it, and had been very strong, but now that The Bad Day has happened, I can give it a nod and move on. I feel NO guilt for giving in. Otherwise, it would keep haunting me in smaller fragments and keeping me consistently low. Screw that. I'm better than letting bullshit hang over my head, and my waist line! That said, I don't want to log my food today. Not online, at least. I'll keep that to myself to look at when I feel like a binge again, and remember how completely unhelpful it was.

I didn't get to exercise yesterday because I was wrangled in to a committee meeting I wasn't particularly interested in attending. I should have claimed a Mental (and Physical) Health Day but no can do. Derby 101: Don't tell your prez you can't do something. She'll supply you with at least 3 options to make it do-able.

Tomorrow brings training with it, so it's hard not to be pumped. And I am ready to roll!
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Keeping My Head Above Water

Oh my thiiiighsssss!!!! I'm so tired still. I need to switch up my routine - meals at lunch and smoothies for dinner. That's what Krissy does (yep, new hero) and it works for her! Hehehe.

My frozen legs and last week's performance really let me down so I took today off exercise. I feel like I'm so close to the line, my trip, and my body is starting to give up on me. Just keep chuggin', lil' body!

Food Log:

6:00 - Shake with banana and cinnamon 10:30 - Almonds and an apple
12:30 - Smoothie w banana and berries
2:30 - Macadamia protein bar and sugar-free Red Bull (I need to stop doing that)
6:30 - Pork chop, corn on the cob and salad
8:00 - Nut bar
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Jammin' Weekend

Jammin' as in rad, and jammed right in! Wow! It broke down like this:

Saturday
4:30am - Skype date with Krissy Krash
7:00am - 2 corn thins with pb, coffee
8:00-9:00am - Hardcore circuit with Dollslayer. I ran for the first time since my accident, yay!
10:00am - Half a shake, slammed down and left at home :-(
10:30am - bought a smoothie to have while getting my hair cut (squee!). It had a protein shot in it, decent protein, but not really filling
1:00pm - Other half of smoothie. 2 corn thins with hommus and tuna. Slice of rye with pb. REALLY big lunch, none of which was filling, but most of which was in my meal plan. Needed more vegies.
3:00pm - vegies + popcorn. Pretty slack, but there is a party at my house watching LA v Legit. Snacks happen.
5:30pm - Derbalife smoothie.
6:00pm - SSRG first bout of the season. Awesome game, much screaming
10:30pm - Grain Waves - munch munch munch!

Sunday:
6:00am - Coffee + corn thin w pb
9:00am - Derbalife yoghurt
10:00am - Intense outdoor off-skates session in the sun with freshie - awesome!
12:30pm - Derbalife smoothie + an apple
1:00-3:00pm - Jacks training
3:00pm - Protein bar
4:00-6:00pm - Queens training
7:00pm - Half a roast chicken

So great! So sore!


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TFIF!

Oh, sleep in! You were a genius idea! It was a far more productive day than I have had all week. I booked my accommodation, got my visa, and sorted out everything in between. Score!

I took a rest day today, the ol' bod needed it. Food log as follows:

•6:00am Shake: Formula 1, protein powder, 3 tbsp mixed berry yoghurt, lactose-free milk, ice; coffee
•9:30 Protein bar (9.4g of protein, 84 calories)
•12:30 Shake: Formula 1, protein powder, 1.5 pineapple rings, half a banana, lactose-free milk; handful of blueberries
•3:30 Apple; Coffee
•6:30 Almonds
•7:30 Home-make pizza with spinach, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, pineapple, chicken, pine nuts and cheese
9:00 Corn Thin w pb
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Thursday Food Log

Silly phone.

•6:00am Shake: Formula 1 Vanilla, protein powder, half a frozen banana and 300ml Zymil lactose-free milk
•10:30 Carrot with hommus
•12:30 Vegetable and beef stew with half a cup of brown rice
•2:00 Protein bar and emergency sugar-free Red Bull
•5:30 Shake: Formula 1 Vanilla, protein powder, half a frozen banana, watermelon, ice - tastes EXACTLY like a pink Donut King donut
•9:30 1 slice rye bread with natural peanut butter

I have a super awesome jam-packed weekend coming up, and you know what? I'm really really glad I have Derbalife so I know what and when and where I'm going to eat, so there are no nasty surprises, and no nasty Beenleigh cafeteria foods!
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Pushing, Pushing, Pushing...

In the end, I did wake up early on Thursday, and did about half of the Roller Derby Workout. I got up to the same part - EstroJen's Booty Call, where you take off your skates. Apparently, when I am pressed for time, off-skates is the first thing to do. Who'da thunk? It's a shame really, because Punk N Da Trunk's off-skates component at the end is really great rehab for my ankle.

As such, I was still a complete wreck at work. I caved to the awesome power of a sugar-free (not that that makes it any better) Red Bull at lunch time. And I'm so glad I did, because it saved my ass. I was peppy pep peppy all afternoon, and evening, hooray! I *will* sleep in on Friday though. I can't keep relying on the artificial shiz to keep me pumped up!

In the evening I went to see Black Swan. Holy mumma. It was amazing. And so ... I don't know. It was intense the whole way through. I kept doing little OCD things and had to remind myself to breath A LOT! Woah. Crazy dreams certainly followed.


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About Last Night...

Here it is. I cheated.

I wrote my blog in the morning yesterday, telling myself that pre-planning is the way to go, as it keeps me accountable and I don't have to worry about what I am going to eat. Which is totally true! And has been helping me big time. But it doesn't end up being a true reflection of my day, which is sort of cheating.

I tried to drink my protein snack but it was JUST AWFUL! So I picked up a protein bar and an Ice Break, because coffee during the day is still making me queasy. Then I remembered that Ice Breaks have more calories than my protein bar, so I chucked out the half I had left. I was okay energy-wise for most of the day. I think the combo of extra protein (almonds) with fruit helped. I started to peter out at around 3:30, which I think is because I was bored senseless, so I went in to the disabled toilet and did a round of jumping jacks to wake up!

I found out from S!mm Vicious (ENRG) that the reason I've been feeling so lousy is because my body is going through a detox. Not that I was hugely toxic before, but 'going clean' means that my body is supposedly flushing everything else out. S!mm did the Derbalife program, which I am starting on today. It's pretty much Herbalife with a different name. I know, some people freak out when they see the word "Herbalife", but it seems totally legit so far, and I have been wanting a totally structured approach to nutrition for ATHLETES for ages. And that's exactly what this is, with some derby flavour. I plan to do 2 shakes a day, plus one meal and two snacks, until I drop my tummy, which is probably a total of 12 weeks, then I will most likely drop back to 1 shake a day, just like I have been doing, only with a constant hooked-in support line, and additional supplements to help me reach my athletic goals. And who knows, maybe I will fall completely in love with it, like Krissy, and do 2 shakes all the time and be a crazy devotee and wear t-shirts and become a coach. I will only know through trying.

On to the real cheating. As you now know, I start Derbalife today (Thursday 10th of Feb 2011). And as you also know, failing to plan is planning to fail. So I came home from training, completely dog-ass tired, and didn't have a sufficient food plan, or food in the cupboard, to fill up before bed. So I had some pb on rye. Yum, and acceptable. Then, I had a trail mix bar. Also yum, and, singularly, aacceptable. Then I had a piece of rye with Vegemite and cheese. And then I had about 12 spoonfuls of ice cream. It was like I opened Pandora's box. I don't feel awful for doing it today, I think I just needed to recognise my failure, and own up to it. But it certainly wasn't the best move I've ever made. Especially after sweating out all the toxins and good stuff at training. I suppose some feelings of inadequacy from training helped. It's pretty silly: my number-one competitor (in my mind) skated harder and faster than me; she did more push-ups, on her toes, than me; and she skated beautifully. Then she went and threw up and had to go home because she hadn't eaten properly (sound familiar?) and she was super wiped out. I feel terrible for her, really I do, especially now that I've been there and done that, I know how suckey it is. But it's really, really hard to shake the feeling that you can't even match up to your best competition on their worst day. And yes, even if it WAS your second training back where you were allowed to go all out after an injury! I do know that it's silly to feel this way, but I do.

Anyway, back to food, baby did a bad, bad thing, very close to my leaving date (15 DAYS!!) and I will pay for it mentally today. I have issues with letting things go. But I promise you, blog, and faithful reader, that it will only make me more determined to work faster, skate harder, and eat better, to shave off the last few kilos and look hotter in my hotpants in the U S of A!

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Wild Wednesdays!

I'm adding more protein to my snacks today, to see if that gives me more energy. I considered sleeping in, but I am having 8 hours sleep and eating well, whatever is fighting against me from the inside will just have to stop being a princess and suck it up. I read something on Frida Beater's blog that said too much calcium blocks your intake of iron, so I wonder if all the smoothies are leaving me iron deficient? I'll do the eyelid test when I get home and see. Hopefully the steak last night pumped it up. I have a Skype date with Krissy Krash, Fountain of All Things Holy Healthful, I think she will be able to help me a lot. She's so clever, dammit! Plus I have derby training tonight, which should boost me along. I'm wearing my derby gear under my uniform; I feel like a superhero!

•6:00 Smoothie: whey, banana, Zymil, non-fat Greek yoghurt
•10:30 Apple and 12 almonds (protein!)
•12:30 Chickpea curry with brown rice
•3:30-4 Protein shake: powder + water
•9:00 Something small and protein-ie, maybe a nut bar, for after training.

If I still feel totally dead by tonight I will sleep in tomorrow. That'll men a whole rest day, mid week, because I'm doing normal non-derby non-workout things that night! Eeep! Call a doctor, this lad must be ill!
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Trying Tuesday

I don't think these 4am workouts are working out for me. I am so buggered by 4! I asked Krissy if she has any suggestions, maybe I will cut it down to 5am starts and shorter workouts, and another workout at night.

Workout: 45minutes tae bo

Food Log
•6:00 Smoothie
•10:30 Apple
•12:45 Chickpea curry and brown rice
•4:00 Protein shake w powder, 100ml water and 100ml Zymil
•7:00 Steak w a little bit of cheese, spinach, tomato, mushroom and cucumber

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Monday Fryday

Monday...ugh! I do not blame the day of the week, I blame myself. Riding high on the joys of Sunday, I kicked my ass outta bed for tae bo. I got all of 2 minutes in to it before I realised I was dog-ass tired and wasn't going to be any good to anyone! So pilates it was, and I still nearly fell asleep doing that! Obviously my body wasn't healed and ready after yesterday's Great Skate. That set the tone for the rest of the day, literally battling to keep my eyes open at work. There was a funk in the office where everyone was in a sleepy spell, which didn't help matters at all. And when I came home I completely passed out. Nice. I must have needed it, and if it's me healing, I'm all for it - as long as it stays at home!

I think that a big contributing factor was my carb-heavy breakfast. I left my protein powder in the back of my wifey's car so I returned to my old brekkie, porridge with berry yoghurt and a piece of rye with pb as I was running out the door to keep me chuggin'. Krissy Krash told me that oatmeal/porridge turns to sugar in your bloodstream within about an hour (carb to glucose, I think, I'll get back to you) so I think that my body, being completely un-used to it now, peaked out and crashed down and stayed WAY down. Lesson learned! As I type this, a little lightbulb went off in my head: "uh, duh, use egg whites!". I have a feeling we were out of that too, though. And my long life milk was with the protein powder. And my second Emergency Coffee at about 10am killed me and made me feel really queasy all day. Suckah.

•5:30 Porridge w cinnamon and berry yoghurt
•6:30 Rye w pb
•10:00 apple that was GROSS and I only ate half
•12:30 Salad and a big hunk o' salmon - nom nom yum - and a Pink Lady Orgasmapple
•6:20 Trail Mix nut bar
•7:00 Chickpea curry with brown rice - heeeeeaven!

I tried to not have another snack as I'd already had the one-and-a-half apples and the pb, however due to my timing it was pretty counter-productive. And, let's face it, I was tired-eating, and it kept me away from the chips.
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Weekend Wonderful!

Oh dear! Is it bad that I am so full of the excitement of Sunday that I forgot what happened Saturday? Okay, I'll try.

Saturday morning I worked. I got up at 4:30 and was pretty tired and my arms were still to sore to pump, pump, pump it up, so I took a "rest" and did pilates instead. It was a nice workout, but didn't cause me any difficulty. Then off to work for the morning, like this:

•6:00 Banana smoothie
•11:00 Pear
•1:00 Salad with tuna
•4:00 Mixed nuts, a carrot
•7:00 Pork stir-fry with brown rice
•9:00 Glass of milk (killing ice-cream craving)

Sunday has been AWESOME! I was woke up by a call from Amanda Jamitinya kicking me out of bed and telling me to go for a run. Pfft. It was totally raining! But I was up so I did arms and abs (see how I'm trying to be all smooth?). It was good, but now that I've had a taste for heavy weights and low reps, oh mumma, I wanna hurt!

Two sets of all of these, weights at 5kg, supersetted, listening to Derby Deeds with my own sweet shout-out from Megatron:

• Warm Up: 30 Jumping Jacks, 10 Burpees, 40 Mountain Climbers

• Bench Press w Tricep Extension, 12 reps; Push-Ups on Ball x 12

• Plank Jumping Jacks, 10 reps; Walk-Out Push-Ups, 6 reps; Shoulder Press, 12 reps

• Dumbbell Flies, 12 reps; Plank to Shoulder Taps, 20 reps

• Bicep Curl, 12 reps; Hammer Curls, 12 reps; Dumbbell Upright Row, 12 reps

• Single Arm Bent-Over Row, on ball, 12 reps each side; Tricep Dips on ball, 12 reps

• Seated Pull-In, Back Extensions on Ball; Weighted Crunches; Reverse Curl w Ball + Thigh Squeeze; Scissor Kick; Oblique Crunches on Ball

Oh, and four and a half hours of skating! In which I booty blocked like Frida Beater and kicked ass and took names! Wut wut?! Fuck yeah. It was....the greatest in my entire life. Definitely.

And I was clever enough to eat well! Like this!

• 7:00 Smoothie: Zymil, protein powder, frozen strawberries, non-fat Greek yoghurt

• 9:30 Rye w pb and coffee (pre-training ritual)

• 12:30 Smoothie: same as above, but only a half serve, as dairy was not great in extreme heat

• 2:00 McDonalds ice coffee (skim w espresso shots, the real stuff), Snack Wrap without dressing – basically a piece of seared chicken with lettuce in a wrap

• 6:00 Handful of mixed nuts, 2 rice cakes with peanut butter

• 8:00 Tiny bowl of peas

And off to bed for sleepy times! I'm on such a derby high!

The Day That Was... AMAZEBALLS

Okay, today might have almost been the perfect day. I was woken up by Penergy and Bonnie Thunders, so I was pretty much unbreakable then, even if it was 4:30am. Then I went to my first Step class back since injury. Everyone was really excited to see me, I felt great, I did the Level 2 workout instead of Level 1 like I told myself I would do (duh, like I know how to go down a level :-p) and it was a fabulous workout. I felt at home, I hardly skipped a beat, and while I was a little slow at times, it was still awesome.

Then there were the doctors. I went and had an x-ray and the lady who did it was the lady who took my first x-ray and was really upset when I broke down and was so upset when she told me it was broken. She was so sweet and really happy to see that I was all better. Then I went to the surgeon, and waited an hour for him to tell me that he can't see the fracture and I am full healed. So I missed a few hours of work, which was frustrating, but I kept flashing back to Bonnie and it was all better ;-). I was supposed to see the physio at 12 but since I only got in to the office at 11:30 that would have been pretty rude! I made an appointment for Monday but couldn't shake the feeling that I'd be cleared for contact if I just asked. So I ran down and ended up going to see him at 4. He told me he was really proud of my progress and that in the start he wasn't sure he could get me to where I need to be for RADness and I have healed so fast he has no worries about me. AND he gave me the letter! The golden ticket letter that says "YES, PLEASE hit Dodge, she looooorrrvveeesss it!" Hooray!

And the icing on the Bonnie Thunders-topped cake? My passport arrived, and my travel agent sent me my tickets. Boo-mother-truckin-yea-yeah!

So obviously workout was 45 minutes high intensity Step, food as follows:

•4:45 Pre Workout: Rye w pb - strange note, I used normal peanut butter, and it made me feel unwell all morning, and I was burping sugary salty pb for the whole class
•7:30 Unfilling Breakfst: Shake: whey, mixed berry yogurt, strawberries and Zymil's
•8:40 Trying to fill up: Trail mix bar
•11:00 Morning Snack/Wake Up Sugar Booster: Apple
•3:00 Home made fried rice with prawns
•7:30 Home made pizza - spinach, chicken breast, feta, pine nuts, olives, cherry tomatoes - deliberately sparse so I could eat and enjoy more!

Super early morning coming up tomorrow, can't wait!

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Oh, I had such an amazing day again! I'm so knackered now, my aaaaaarms!

•6:45 Smoothie: The banana biznezz
•9:45 15 Almonds
•12:30 Enchiliada Pie (yaaay!) w Mexican bean salad
•4:00 Apple
•9:00 rye w pb, 2 slices of watermelon, 5 blueberries


Workout AM:
•30 minute Jillian Michaels dvd - wholey moley, it waas tougher than I expected! Man did I sweat!

Workout PM:
•5 minute warm-up on spin bike
•Chest Press: alternate arms, 3 sets, 10kg
•Superset: 3 sets, Chest Flies x 10 5kg; Push-Ups on toes until fatigue, then on knees till fatigue
•Superset: 3 sets, Side Lat Raises alternate arms, Front Lat Raises alternate arms, 10 reps
•Superset: 3 sets, Standing Bicep Curls, alternate arms, 10 reps, 5kg; Seated Hammer Curl, alternate, 10 reps 5kg
•Superset: 3 sets, Tricep Kickbacks, both arms 10 reps 2.5kg; Cable Tricep Pulls, 10 reps 20 kg
•Superset: 2 sets, EZ-Curl Bar Forearm Curls, 10 reps, ?? weights; Straight-Arm Weight Roll-Ups
•Superset: 3 sets, Shoulder Raises, EZ-Curl Bar, 10 reps; Clean and Press, 10 reps, w weighted bar
•Stretch
•Go home and die
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Excitement and Anticipation!

Oh, Krissy Krash was wonderful to talk to! She said so many things that I completely agree with, and I'm so excited about working with her and hanging out with her in LA!

The rest of my day fell somewhat flat... But not to worry! I had training tonight that I was SUPER PUMPED to train at. And then we had no coach so I was subbed in, along with my gorgeous derby wife. That's okay, I guess. (But, y'know, not really. I'm pretty disappointed that my second session back as a skater I had to coach... But whatevs, it's over and done with now). The megheatwave didn't help matters, either.

I've decided to add times to my food log, as Krissy would like to see mine and seeing as I already post here, it's convenient to check in to.

•4:30am A handful of almonds and a coffee
•7:00am Shake: protein powder, mango slices, passionfruit yoghurt, milk, extra icy
•10:30am 12 almonds
•12:15pm Grilled Moroccan chicken breast with too-small salad :-)
•2:30 Apple
•4:00 Protein bar
•9:00 2 x Corn Thins with Peanut Butter

Okay, I chose to leave what I wrote about being mad about derby, but I went, and I coached with my wifey, and it was an EXCELLENT session. We had so much fun, it was super sweaty and we did a whole lot of team building and working together and I could see how far all our skaters have come - oh! It was wonderful. I had the biggest smile of pride on my face. So big I could barely blow my whistle!


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Home!

The owners of my housesitting house came home today - which means I can go home too! Hooray!

I also discovered today that my gym has started charging me again - unhooray! I was hoping to put that off until I come back from LA. It's money that I'll be wasting because I won't have time to get there and back every morning. Yes, I hear you, make time, but it will be nearly impossible for me to do it without a car/lift and still fit in the workout I want. Plus there's the lugging-stuff-around issue. I think I might just quit if I can't suspend it for that long. I know, I love it there, but I've been really enjoying being in control of my own workouts, and I would rather have the money in my own pocket, thankyouverymuch!

I'm really nervous too. Tomorrow is my Skype date with KRISSY KRASH! Holy moly! She's such a legend... I feel a swoon coming on! She wants to talk to me about starting Derbalife over here in Australia. I think it's a great idea, as I could happily live off shakes and smoothies, but I don't know if anyone here would give it a go. I would have to try it for myself and see results before I could endorse it. Plus, I see it as something to improve athletic performance, but I'm not sure if many girls around here are that in to the athletic mindset. Oh well, we can only talk about it and see how it goes. I am beyond excited at this point. KRISSY KRASH!!!!! If you haven't read her blog yet, do yourself a favour.

I was supposed to go to boot camp tonight with a girl from work, but we have both realised that we can't really afford it! Instead I went back to my gym for the first time since my injury. It was swell, and I will go again on Friday, but I truly can no longer afford it. I was restricted by time as the gym was closing soon, but I pounded out what I could and supersetted for time.

•Bike: 15 minute intervals - 7.5k, 165 calories burnt!
•Superset, 3 sets w 15 reps: Seated Row 18kg and Crunches with Medicine Ball Press 5kg
•Superset, 3 sets w 15 reps: Cable Tricep Pull-Down 18kg and Hanging Leg Lifts, body weight
•Superset, 3 sets w 15 reps: Chest Flies and Seated Shoulder Press, on ball, 4kg for both
•Superset, 3 sets each: 21's (bicep curl to waist x 7, waist to shoulder x 7, full curl x 7) 1 set 7.5kg regular grip, 1 set 7.5kg overhand grip (ow!), 1 set 10kg regular grip (different weights from different barbells); Single Leg Lateral Raises, alternate legs, 10-16 reps of 6kg
•Up-Dog 30 seconds, Single Leg Drops 1 set of 10 reps

•2 eggs with 2 tablespoons leftover lentil bake
•coffee
•Grilled chicken breast with stir-fried vegies, nekkid (I can't remember the word for 'no dressing' right now!)
•Apple - also known as Orgasmapple, for their deliciousness
•Half a shake: protein powder, banana, passionfruit yogurt, milk. Something tasted off so I didn't drink the whole thing.
•Tiiiiiiny chicken breast piece w Moroccan seasoning.

The highlight of my day was probably all of it. It was great, I had fun at work, I am getting better at my job and am feeling fit and fabulous! And I had energy at the end of my day to work out, which is highly unusual!

Early a.m. Skype date! Squeee!
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Back On Track

Oh, how I love the roller world! I read some more of Krissy Krash's blog today (hotterinyourhotpants.wordpress.com) and every time I read I am SO inspired! She's a gorgeous person, so clever, so sweet, I am LOVING everything she writes! And I am SO excited about our Wednesday morning Skype date!

I woke up with a queasy tummy today, so had a rest day. I am finding rest days so frustrating! Now that I am allowed to exercise I feel like making up for all the lost time! And I am on such a roll, literally and figuratively. However, what goes up must come down, and there's no way I wanna come down this close to LA.

I watched Charm City play Rocky Mountain this morning. Oh jeebus. They're so awesome. And tonight I watched Gotham vs Philly. Such strong leagues, such great teams. The way they move is incredible. And every time I watch them skate I learn so much.

I digress! Food log:
•3 rye Cruskits with 3 slices of turkey and 2 boiled eggs
•apple
•Subway 6 inch Veggie Patty on wheat with lettuce, cucumber, carrot, olives and jalapenos
•Kate Morgan banana shake
•boiled egg
•Baked Honey Lentils - lentils, water, garlic, soy sauce, dash of honey, frozen peas and corn. Tick of approval!

I got home tomorrow from my housesitting job. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I might be doing a boot camp class with a friend from work too. How excitement!

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Rough but ready

Today was a bit iffy. I got to go back to training, which was partly great and partly quite difficult. There was a bunch of things I struggled with that I hadn't expected. It was somewhat demoralising and I had to keep shaking myself out of the mental funk and realise there will just be some things that I don't rock at this stage. It was tough. But now I know what to work on this week and I will get there, sooner rather than later.

I was also quite malnourished today. I didn't eat enough before training which ended in a total burn-out midway through Hour Four, when I was coaching, and a mega-puke when I got home. It is silly that I didn't think to accurately fuel up before training, but I've never felt the crash like that before! Wowzahs. I will definitely be making a point of it to others from here on in.

So my workout was 3 hours of derby training, plus another two hours on skates, although it was just drifting, some hitting, and a lot of lying down. Food is like this:

•latte
•apple
•Kate Morgan Mint-Choc mel replacement shake (very tasty but not for derby days. In fact, I would definitely rate them as pre- or post-training meals, or a part of. That's cross training, not derby!)
•carrot
•latte
•carrot (to ease pukie feeling)
•tiny apple & some chocolate peanuts (very pukie/wiped out at this stage)
•loss of apple + peanuts (sorry :-p)
•2 rye Cruskits with 3 slices of turkey
•Roast potato, chicken breast and peas, corn & carrot with drizzle of honey

My dinner has a few things I wouldn't typically endorse, like a hunk o' potato lateish at night and the honey EVER as it's purely sugar, but I planned it strategically to replace what my body had lost, what it needed for recovery and what I had neglected to eat earlier in the day. Same goes for the later snack, that was an after-chuck thing. I need to stop referencing vomit so I'm off. Peace, blogosphere.
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P.R.I.D.E!

I am SO proud of myself! And what's better is I've never felt so supported in an endeavour of fitness and wellbeing as I do right now. The only minor hurdle still is my office, but that's only to be expected. Yesterday I went to a very important league meeting that went all day. There was no coffee, but there was an abundance of food, good and bad. I steered clear of all the bad food (I had one mini-Toob), and the post-meeting wine, and felt all the better in myself for it. I went for ice cream after a social skate and munched an apple. I saw I Heart Hiroshima in the Valley on a whim and drank water. And I did not feel deprived at all. I feel extremely pleased with and proud of myself. Sometimes it's difficult to say no, not necessarily because you want whatever's on offer, but because it's a social norm eat up and drink up when you're offered, and even when I'm a megabitch I pride myself on the manners I was raised with and find it hard to reject people in any way, shape or form. But the truly great thing is how supportive people have been of me the past few days. My leaguemates have told me they think it's inspirational and strong that I am doing this. My back-in-the-day booze-swindling best friend told me she has a lot of respect for me to have my convictions and to be sticking with them (as we watched an ex bash her heart out on the drums). She also accidentally reminded me that there is a Sober February push going on, so if I ever doubt myself or feel like I am struggling to say no, I can always fall back on that. I am proud of myself and feel good in my body that I am doing the right thing. I can see changes I haven't seen previously in my shape. I feel strong and fit and ready to tear it up. And I am genuinely excited about the rest of the month.

Here's what I ate:

•Smoothie: grapes, banana, whey powder, non-fat Greek yoghurt and Zymil's milk
•Popcorn (about 5-6 handfuls)
•Carrot and celery sticks with hommus
•Kate Morgan caramel meal replacement bar (it has chocolate! So long, craving suckahs!)
•Smoothie: vanilla creme whey powder, mixed berries, soy milk
•apple

It looks like a lot there. I was somewhat grazing all day due to the semi-structured flow of the meeting. Oh! Oh my gosh! By the way, Kate Morgan is rad. The bar was reasonably filling, but I would say it's more of a Decent Snack Replacement than a Meal Replacement (I would recommend it for pre- or post-training nutrition), but ooooooh the shake! This blog is for Saturday, but it's Sunday morning now and I just tried the Mint Choc shake and it is HEAVEN! It's the right consistency, it tastes GREAT with water (as opposed to shakes that say are great with water and actually taste like crap without milk), it dissolves really well so it's not 'bit-ie' (I hate that) and it tastes like Peppermint Aero in a shaker. I will see how long the feeling of fullness lasts, which is the real test, but right now I think I might be on to a real winner.

For my workout, I did a warm-up set of 15 at 3kg, then two working sets at 4kg. It ran in a circuit like this:

•Seated Shoulder Press
•Upright Rows
•Bent Over Lateral Raises
•Bent Over Single-Arm Rows

Followed by supersetting 8-Beat Bicep/Hammer Curls* x 16-20 and Tricep Dips for 3 sets. Followed by almost all of the Roller Derby Workout DVD. I was short on time so I skipped EstroJen's Booty Call in order to do the Off-Skates with Punk In Da Trunk because I find it great for stretching my ankle in different ways. I also attended a Flood Relief Social Skate at Albany Creek Skateaway from 7-9:30pm but probably only skated about an hour to an hour and a half for talking, too. Plus the rink was INSANELY busy and in my state, plus my leaguemate Bermuda Rose having busted both bones in her leg to a crowded rink, my nerves were pretty shot. I didn't feel agile enough to battle the kiddies for some of the time, but I was there for the socialising more than the skating anyway.

*8-Beat Bicep/Hammer Curl explanation: with an underhand/regular grip, hold weights at hip-height, curl up halfway & hold for 2 counts, curl up to shoulders and hold for 2 counts, curl down to waist and hold for two counts, then to hips and reset at 2 counts. Switch to Hammer Grip and repeat, alternating each time you curl. Going slower increases the burn and ah lov et.
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Willpower Queen!

I am she! I am saying no to everyone, to the chips and the biscuits and wine and the low-cal low-carb gluten-free whatever chocolate bars, no probs! Of course, it's only been two days, but I was hungover for one of them and I will keep saying no. Like a boss ;-)

I can't remember what I ate yesterday, but trust me, it was pretty darn good. I also did two sets of an extended arm workout, which didn't feel that burnie but was hard because the weights were much heavier. Today was like dis:

•brekkie smoothie (yay!) w half a banana, grapes, whey powder, non-fat Greek yoghurt, and Zymil's
•apple
•smoothie (store-bought) w yoghurt, aloe vera (um, LOVE!) mango & pineapple
•2 rye Cruskits w turkey meat
•falafel in gluten-free wrap w stir-fried vegies and hommous
•popcorn

For a workout, I did a 40 minute Tao Bo sesh, and an hour social skate with a friend. Tomorrow we have a big strategic planning session which will involve high stress & high snacks. I'll pre-package my own healthy options (like boiled eggs & maybe some smoothies) and I'll be on my way. Then a Flood Relief Social Skate with all the rollergirls from far and wide, and spending the night with my dearest Didgert!
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One month to go!

Australia Day! What can you say, eh?
 
EXCEPT that it is time to ramp this shit up. I have less than one month until I fly out, and now I am also meeting up with Krissy Krash, 2010 captain of the LA Ri-ettes (All-Stars), health and nutrition coach, and Derbalife creator and founder. Holy hell, do I wanna look good or what?!
 
So, I drank yesterday, and I probably had all 6 beers of my six pack. And I enjoyed every one of them! Next weekend is a great champion roller girl's birthday, and if I drink at all, it'll be vodka soda's for me, although I'd prefer not to. It's like liquid potatoes, and I really don't need that at this stage of my journey!
 
I'm really missing my shakes recently. The RDWC doesn't really allow for them. I have to admit, I've been using the challenge as more of a guide than following it super strictly. The workouts are good, but not really enough for me, so I have been doing my own, and using the meal plans occasionally, more as a motivator. I think it's time to bust out the ol' blender and get back in to the shakies, though. They're low-cal, cheap and sooooo filling! And delicious. Crazy delicious. Did I mention that? 
 
My workouts are definitely working for me. I don't seem to be shifting the scales, but I am seeing growth in the right places and reduction in others. Except for when my belly is full of beer. My legs are getting sexy and defined, especially in the thigh region, or "derby powerhouse", as I have just decided to name them. "These static holds are really burning my derby powerhouse". "My derby powerhouse are straining my short shorts!" Much more motivating, no? My arms are getting some sweet shape too and I can feel mega-abs waiting to be released from their fat-encased home. They've been sore all last week and I've only just started working them again. Silly core! I need you to kick some ass! 
 
So again, I am resetting my resolve and preparing to enter this last stretch of hardcore hottness and continuing to fuel my derby powerhouse - the whole lot of it - on this downhill stretch. Pre-planning my meals has been a great step for me, I was never completely in to it before but it has helped a lot, curbing my eating habits and letting me know what I have to look forward to and controlling m behaviour there. I have been the Queen of No Sugar in my office, now I will step it up and be the King of Eating At The Right Times and the Ace of Less Mindless Snacking. Ah yes, derby has gotten me in to this, the references will keep me pushing through!
 
So farewell to you for now blogety blog, until tomorrow. There will be a large hangover breakfast, healthy of course, then you'll see that when Dodge&Bolt says something is going to happen, it's damn well gonna happen!

Days 39/30 & 38/31

I took a weekend away from the computer to catch up with some awesome people, so this will be a little hazy. It wasn't a great weekend but it wasn't a total blowout, either. I'm blogging for the record, not so much the pride!

Saturday
Workout: Circuit with former Australian Judo Olympian. Good times! After a 10 minute walk/jog (yes, I jogged, and loved it!), the first round was done for one minute with a 30 second break, and the second was higher intensity for 45 seconds with a 15 second rest. Let me just say, ouch.

• Cycling - standing, on a RPM-style bike, increasing intensity as we go
• Elliptical machine
• Sumo squats with kettlebell
• Boxing - with a punching bag on the ground, we sat on it and did 20 punches, then jumped up, sit back down and repeat
• Rower machine
• Medicine ball throws - throwing the ball down as hard as possible, to the side, in the middle, and to the other side
• Roll-Ups - you held a stick out at shoulder height, it had a long string tied to it with weights at the bottom, and you had to roll it all the way up and back down as fast as you could. Doesn't sound like much, but holyjeebusshitehole it was not fun!
• Tricep Dips
• Ball Tuck - feet on the stability ball, in a prone plank position, roll your legs in to your chest in a crunch/curl/tuck
• Ball Chest Press - standing chest presses with a large weighted ball
• Walk-Overs - holding two 7.5kg weights (I pussied out and only held on because it kinda hurt my ankle to have that much weight on one side), step up onto a box from the left, then down, then back over on the right etc

Wholey moley!  I thiiiiiiink my food was like this. I'm probably being kind :-p

• Pre-training cruskit w pb, coffee
• Porridge w blueberries
• Carrot
• Cookie
• Slice or rye w pb x 2
• Thai takeaway - Spicy Tofu w Vegies (yuck, by "vegies" they meant onion and some carrot
• Weight Watchers White Chocolate and Raspberry ice-creams

Highlights included spending time at the shops with my mummy, seeing my friend Amy for the first time in ages, and playing with my little doggie Buster. Oh, and a muscle soak bath, well needed!

Sunday
Sunday was Funday! I got to train for the first time (yaaaay!) and meet all the fresh meat! Sadly Jacks and Queens training was cancelled, but it was kind of cool because it meant Dee Dee Dainja, Buzza, Bloody Fiasco and I got to go to the pub and have a post-training beer! Down side was that I ate really badly. Whatever. I was literally stranded for a few hours, so shut up. Tbh I didn't really care :-p

Workout: Two hours of freshies, planks and push-ups in the morning

Food:

• PB & rye, coffee
• Apple
• Nut bar (totally approved by Good Health & Fitness Magazine, which always surprises me)
• 2 x rye & wheat pitas w nothing on them
• McDonalds (!!!!! I don't even like that shit! I was stranded and STARVING) Seared Chicken Deluxe burger, small fries, Coke Zero
• Cruskit w turkey and cheese

Highlights: fresh meat!!!!!, beers with the laydeez, car rides with Buzza to avoid awful bus times, brekkie with my folks, and unexpectedly cheap fruit and vegie shopping before settling in at my Noosa home again.

Day 40/29

So, I swore I wouldn't be one of those people, but I'm really glad the working week is over. I don't exactly have a relaxing weekend planned, but it's all set to be a goodie anyway!

Seeing as I had a little spaz of overeating yesterday, I am attempting to make up for it today. I brought a particularly small lunch in to work today, so added my almonds to it to beef it up a little, and was hungry later. I guess that's the thing about portion conrtol - I always worry about my meals being too big, but I also need to keep an eye on not making them too small, either.

It's funny, this little bloggrety. There are a lot of things that I write that are totally common sense, I know them, I tell other people about them, I read about and discuss them constantly, but this is the first time and place that I actually take stock of the ways that I do not apply them in my daily life. That is the reason for keeping a log though, and from my mistakes, like I wrote earlier, I learn. Oh dear. The Fridge Philosopher strikes again. Whatever, suckitup, reader.

I did a Tae Bo dvd today, the first time I've done an advanced one all the way through.  I usually do the beginner, but seeing as my ankle has been coming along really well, I decided to amp it up. And boy, was I amped! The ab sections aren't exactly ideal. there's a lot of thrusting and pushing and going really really fast, but 'we' in the exercise community have obviously learned a thing or two since the mid-90's, and now know that taking it slow increases the burn. So I do that, but because I am using the dvd as cardio, sometimes my muscles are still sore from the beating they've taken earlier in the week, for example, my still-twingie abs (they are stil getting worked, pain is weakness leaving my body, blahblahblah), and my freakin' sore booty, courtesy of EstroJen. But I did it! I also went to the physio, he's pretty happy with it, but not, like, over the moon, so I will work it extra hard all week, and deal with the swelling, so that on Friday when we go at it again it will be much, much better. He also laughed at me and my awful hand-eye co-ordination, which, if you've ever seen my play dodgeball on skates, is nonexistant.  Food's like this:

• Cheese srambled eggs w one eg and two egg whites
• Slice wholewheat w pb
• Way-too-small portion of turkey chilli w almonds thrown in
• 4 pieces of raspberry licorice - eaten before I registered what I was doing and cut it the hell out!
• Smoothie w banana, blueberries and acai berries
• Cruskit w heese + turkey
• Roast chiken breast with a roast potato and spinach, carrot and tomato salad.

Tomorrow I am off to see my derby friend Dollslayer and do a circuit with her house mate, who is a personal trainer. I wonder what they have in store! I want to talk to her about doing personal training sessions too and what I should do to bust outta my gut-rut!

Day 41/28

This turned in to a cheat day. I had a god-awful sleep as I came under attack by the heaven's and dog (tried to jump on the bed while I slept, scared the crap outta me). Woke up totally out of it, couldn't bring myself to do cardio but I did my new shoulder/back/arms routine and was rocking shakey wrists from the get-go. I knew I'd worked them hard but obviously not as hard as I thought! Same as the big abs circuit I did on Monday, I thought I was all over that and was kind of disappointed they didn't hurt more but MAN were they aching when I tried to engage them! Felt sickly again, and finally made the tomorrow (Day 40/29 in Blog World) connection that I usually snack on some protein before I do an intense workout. I used to do that, then stopped when I wasn't working as hard, or was doing pilates and it's not advisable to eat for a few hours prior, so I'll make sure I have a few almonds before hitting I tie up my joggers from now on.

As for eating yesterday? Holy hell. I was a machine! I obviously needed the food for recovery, my body was all over the shop, sore and tired. I'm quite proud that with the exception of two bites of a caramel slice and half a home-made organic nut-filled rocky road my never ending hunger was filled with predominantly good foods. I just at a lot of them. It went a little like this.

Actually, before I start, I'd like to point out that I'm not proud of this, but if i don't log, I'll never learn, right? I have to conceed my triumphs and my failures, or something. Okay, here goes:

• pb & rye Cruskit
• Cruskit w turkey & cheese
• half a cup of porridge
• turkey, spinach and tomato on rye wrap
• 1/2 rye wrap with Vegemite
• choc attack (see above)
• smoothie w pineapple, guava and mint
• 12-15 almonds
• rye Cruskit w pb & honey (lame attempt to curb sugar craving way too late)
• Turkey hotpot w 1 slice whole wheat
• 80g popcorn, lite butter

Yup, that's what I ate. Somehow it looks a lot less scary than I expected it to. I think burning calories is makin' me a hungry lady. I just gotta make sure I'm not undoing all the hard work!

Day 42/27

Yet another ass-kicking workout!  I did the Roller Derby Workout dvd all the way through, something which I've not done before.  I was SHAKING at EstroJen's Booty Call.  Phew!  And I was sweating!  I did up the abs routines a little, and used weights where I could.  For example, I used a 4kg weight on my back for the plank, and did a prone plank to do the skate tap thingies.  I did a big ab day on Monday to try and exhaust my abs, which I didn't think I did really as they weren't particularly sore yesterday or today, but Bio Diesel's workout that is usually fairly easy was quite difficult today.  Score! 

I felt pretty sick afterwards.  I was shaking, and felt pukie.  I had a bigger-than-usual breakfast which made it all better.  I think yesterday choosig celery as a snack was a good idea, but I didn't back it up with some protein, like hommus or natural pb.  Today I've packed 2 boiled eggs, some cheese and a rye-and-wheat wrap to munch before training!!! 

I did originally think that today should be a cardio day, which it could have been, but 2 hours on skates should kind of take care of that.  Plus, there's always tomorrow too!  I'd really love to do longer workouts, ramp up my weights then overload on cardio, but alas, I'm already up mega-early and I'm not terribly strong or motivated in the evenings.  I certainly do what I can, and I'm concerned that if/when I exaserbate my ankle in the morning, I am distracted by it all day, and don't focus on work appropriately. 

Speaking of which, my ankle is coming along quite nicely!  It is swollen for the better parts of most days, but as the physio told me, it never swelled before because I haven't asked much of it up to now.  But I'm very excited and proud of the movement I'm getting out of it.  Yes, mum, when it swells or hurts I back off, but I sure don't if I don't have to!

So my eating plan will go like this today:
Breakfast: 1 cup of porridge w half a banana, 2 rye Cruskits with pb (protein, I swear!!)
Lunch: Left-over turkey chilli, possibly on a wrap
Pre-training: 2 boiled eggs w cheese on wrap
Dinner: Chicken stirfry
Snack: ... gee, I haven't planned yet!  I'll take some almonds.

I hope you're having a magnificent day.  I feel excellent after my workout, and I can see some solid changes in my body.  What a great way to start the day!

Day 43/26

Okay, holy hell, I'm typing this as I eat my breakfast and just after finishing my workout, and I an barely lift my arms.  I don't want to forget what I did, so here it goes

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 2 x 10 at 4kg, 1 x 10 at 3kg
Dumbbell Upright Row: 2 x 10 at 4kg, 1 x 10 at 3kg
Lateral Shoulder Raise: 1 x 10 at 4kg, 2 x 10 at 3kg
Bent Over Lateral Raise: 1 x 10 at 4kg, 2 x 10 at 3kg
Dumbbell Curls: pausing halfway and at the top: 3 x 12 at 4kg
Chest Press w Tricep Extension: 3 x 12 at 4kg

If doesn't sound too insane when I write it, but trust me, I went to fatigue.  Ouch.

Food is like this:

Breakfast: 2 googie eggs (like hard boiled eggs but still googie, mashed in a cup, YUM), 2 rye Cruskits w pb (my bread is stale and there is no toaster)
Lunch: Tomato soup w rye Cruskit
Snack: Celery
Dinner: Turkey chilli
I was pretty disappointed with myself last ngiht for needlessly chucking down those water crackers w pb. I tried to avoid them but I think I reacted to my hunger too late with the tea.  I will drink green tea today in the office when I'm hungry.  I know celery isn't on the RDWC but I'm carrying a bit of water weight at the moment and am trying to encourage it to bugger off.  Plus it's delicious and doesn't make me feel bad about eating it.

Looking at hotels today, woo!  Can't WAIT to find something for the first few days that I'm there.  I'm officially sharing with a Canadian girl over RADness, which is mega exciting! It would be great if she was coming early too, I will keep you posted.  Eiter way, West Hollywood, here I come!!

Day 44/25

HOLY BEJEEZUZ! I GO TO LA IN 44 DAYS!!!

Yes, that's right. i have NO IDEA where my original count came from, but I have about HALF THE TIME of what I thought I had.  Awesome.

Well, if that ain't motivation to ramp it up, I don't know what is!

I ramped up the workout today.  Yesterday I skated for 2 hours coaching, did a little bit of training skating, but I stopped an hour early to save my ankle for today.  But, ooh, my crossovers were soooo much better!  I even did a mini plow stop.  Lateral movement in my ankle is delicious!

I took the dog and cat for a walk this morning.  I feel pretty bad for the poor things because I can't walk them far.  My foot plays up, which is stupid, but that's rehab, I guess!

The rest of the morning's workout was fairly intense.  I think I will go for a bike ride and hurt my abs for real tonight.  I was reading about how you should train your abs like every other muscle - all out until it hurts, and with rest days.  It went lyke dis:

30 minutes Tae Bo "Get Ripped" beginners, followed by advanced Advanced "8 minute workout"
Scissors - 2 sets of 10 reps
Plank with 4kg weight on back - 1 minute
Single-Arm Plank - 30sec each side
Glute Bridge with 4kg plate pullover - 2 sets of 15
Planted single-side bicycle crunches - 3 sets of 10 each side

And eatin'?
Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, slice of toast with pb
Snack: celery
Lunch: Chickpeas w spinach and tomato on rye wrap
After Work: 3 x rye Cruskits w pb
Dinner: Grilled chicken w cumin and cinnamon (um, hello, I am a genius), w celery, spinach, broccoli and pine-nuts
Just Now and Already Regretting it: 6 watercrackers w pb and a cup of English Breakfast

Yes, I do always get like this with a new tub of pb.  Especially when it was $6 and half of it tipped over and spread its sticky, asshole self all over the rest of my groceries.

Ankle is swollen after today and yesteray's workout.  Tomorrow I'm doing arms chest, shoulders and back to give my legs a rest.  I really wish I had a FitBall up here!

Hooray for pay day!

I’m feeling much better now, much more prepared to start the Roller Derby Workout Challenge for real.  I am looking forward to Sunday’s meal plan so I can stock up appropriately.  I am a week late, but I’ve still tried.  This morning I was woken at 4am but the animals I’m babysitting so I did one of the Tae Bo dvds.  It starts with a 30 minute beginner class, and I was sweeeeating after that, but I also decided I could push myself some more, so I did 40 minutes of the Advanced class that followed.  Holy hell.  I had to stop because my abs literally refused to co-operate anymore.  They’re not sore now, so I think it was just because of the speed and intensity, rather than the actual moves themselves, so I am sure that over time it will become much more manageable.  

And on the RDCW, I’ve decided that, for me, I won’t be eating the little bits of chocolate they allow.  It’s probably something about teaching you moderation, but seriously, I have no self control.  2 squares is always 8.  ALWAYS.  So I’m just not going to do it for the 7 weeks.  It’s really not that long, and besides, it’s like $4 more for LA BABY!  Plus, y’know, Bonnie ‘n junk.

I had a visit to the physio today.  I had to tell him I can only afford to come once a week, cry, how lame.  But I need the moolaf elsewhere.  He ot my jumping a doing cool stuff like that.  And ended up deciding we only need one session next week anyway, he seems to be pretty impressed with how quickly I'm healing, SCORE!

Due to my 4am wake-up barks, I was pretty well knackered by the time I reached the office, and munched down some pretzels (the whole wheat baked ones) to keep myself alive, or I might have died.  True story.   Things went like this:

Breakfast: Porridge w quarter of a banana; apple

MT: Coffee, pretzels

Lunch: Steamed vegies and a tin of tuna

AT: Pretzels (note to self, buy something better for office cravings!)

Dinner: Chicken and vegies

L Word Marathon: Popcorn

Day 82/20

I'm sorry, blog, but I"m going to stop apologising.  Sometimes life just gets in the way of blogging.  Suck it up. 

Yesterday was AMAZING!  I skated again for the first time.  Holy schnikies.  It was the BEST.  I can derby stop, cross-over and skate backwards.  I didn't try a lot of other things, but that was enough.  I was ever so happy! So exercise was two hours of skating.  SQUEEEEE!!!!

Eatin' was like dis:
peanut butter on rye (I was home!!)
coffee
scrambled eggs with another pb
smoothie with banana, pb and a dash of honey - store bought, I am broke as hell, and the nigght before I was flooded outof my house, so we do what we can, right?
4 cruskits
apple
8 squares 70% dark chocolate


Not the greatest eating day.  I have been totally butt-ass broke, but I get paid today so I can buy vegies for the RDWC and junk like that.  Very exciting.

OH MY GOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE I SKATED!

It was the best.  I'm so so so stoked.  I'm going to do teh Roller Derby Workout dvd today, so I'm getting on skates for breakfast stuff, then do the workout!  Oh, I LOVE roller derby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(all these exclamation marks and more are completely necessary)