i skate. i drive. i live.
I’ve been hoping to have more time to blog about things lately, give reviews on new objects I’ve acquired (such as Avenger plates!), and it’s been quite a busy few months! This is a good busy though.. and I have been working on a new project with my friend Rin, and we’ll be debuting it in the next month or so!
Derby is awesome, 2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the OKRD and I look forward to leading the K City Rollers to awesomeness, more to come later!
I guess it’s been a while since I’ve updated my weight/measurements and everything that I’ve done in the past while. I can openly admit that I really gave up. I felt as if there was no result, no weight lost… nothing.
… but everyone knows that it’s a lie.
I spent 2011 learning and growing as a skater.. on and off track, I tried to balance my home and derby life. I’ve come so far, I jammed in a game.. actually, more than one game, I’ve become a leader.. and confident in my skills.. I could spend this entire post looking back on my experiences in 2011.. but that would not be the point of this post. read more »
I haven’t really been updating my measurements and weights lately.. and I’m not going to lie.. it’s been hard to get motivated to do it.. but I will update my weight and measurements on Monday again! I promise!
I wanted to post about my 2011 year in derby… a year full of many defeats, but more importantly many personal victories. The OKRD’s 2011 season has begun to wind down, and now we focus on training our new skaters and setting our league up for a bigger, and better 2012.
What has this 2011 meant to me? well.. first, and foremost.. the growth and evolution of the OKRD into a real league with 3 house teams an an All-Star team. I had the amazing good fortune to be placed on the K City Rollers this year, likely the BEST house team I could ask for. Their encouraging words and smiles keep me skating, I know that we’re going to be amazing in 2012!
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My weigh/measure updates have been a little MIA as of late.. but I have a good explanation!
I have poked a hole in my tongue!
Even as I sit here with a piece of metal in my mouth, I too, question my motives for doing this… random act of rebellion.. my brain did nothing to stop the needle from going into my tongue region… and as I laid on the piercing table, adrenaline pumping through my system.. mind blanking out… I realized one thing… I defeated a fear. I did it, and that was all I wanted to prove.
My life has been a series of battles… battles within myself, battles among people, battles within family… and at the end of the day, the most important thing I walk away with.. is that I have something to prove.
My husband will always tell me that I don’t need to prove myself to anyone… the thing is, I”m not proving anything to anyone… I’m merely proving to myself that I can rise above the expectations that people have of me.
So, when I walk out of a piercing studio with a stud in my tongue and a smile on my face, it’s because I have proven to myself that I can step outside my limit.
… however, on a crappy note… the day after I got my new piercing, I acquired a really terrible cold and was sick for a week after the piercing. Needless to say, I lost a bit of weight being unable to to eat and unable to function, but this is unhealthy weightloss and being that it is Canadian thanksgiving.. a weigh in would not be a very nice thing right now.
that said, I’m feeling really good about getting back into the swing of things after this 1 week break and look forward to keeping the universe updated on this journey 
Week 9 is here, and I’ve been eating a lot of fruit and veggies this past week. I’ve been trying to keep my meals balanced and properly sized this week.
I’m also super proud of myself because I’m running twice a week regularly and working myself up to 3 times weekly.
Here we go with his week’s results:
so this is week 8, meaning I have been tracking my progress for 2 months, and with that, the final Bout of the Peach Tarts’ 2011 season is over. It’s strange watching footage of yourself, I find myself not moving throughout the pack as much as I want to be, but I’ll have more thoughts on that further on within this entry…
Here we go with his week’s results:
Back into the work week, and working hard on training up for the Peach Tarts Vs. the Riot Girls coming up on September 17th. It’s going to be a fun game, and I know the Peach Tarts are really looking for a victory on Saturday.
I’ve been working out more in the mornings, adding an additional day to my workout which is helping me out greatly on the track. I really need to focus this week and channel my energy into better track focus.
So, here we go with his week’s results:
Since Monday was a holiday, I decided to give myself a little bit of a break and enjoy myself for the weekend, it was lovely weekend full of car shows, doggies, friends, derby.. and good fun.
My lack of progress that I had been feeling in my last post has since subsided, I realize that this is not an immediate change, and that good things will happen over time.
Today’s weigh/measure was done post-derby practice.. so a few numbers may be a little skewed.
So without further ado, this week’s results:
Monday, back from the dead!
I’ve gotta admit, I’m starting to get a little frustrated that not much has been changing as far as my body, but I think it’s really due to me having to make even more change towards diet and exercise.
So without further ado, this week’s results:
