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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