Day 21 - Just don't give up!

Short Version
Finally moving up from the G team to the PG team!
All because I did not give up!

That headband is completely sweated through. I wear one every practice because if I don't sweat runs in my eyes and I cannot see. But it is so gross.

My favorite treat these days is coconut water after a tough practice. I leave one frozen in my car and it is so hot that it is the perfect thawed slushy-ness when we are done. And I did so awesome today at endurance practice that it was pretty much a group decision that this is my last session as a G skater and I am movin on up to PG.

Tonight when the fastest girls were finishing their 20 laps I was on 16. It used to be that they were finishing and I was on lap 6. They were 14 laps faster than me. Now it is only 4!! That is a crazy amazing increase. I almost can't believe I did it.

The only down side to getting promoted is I have to figure out how to add one more practice a week to my schedule. Maybe the kid will have to come with me sometimes. Maybe it will be worth babysitter money sometimes. But I some way some how have to make it happen. Because I have not come this far to give up now!

So a shout out to my other two G teamers who did not quit!!! You rocked!! You are getting faster!! Just don't quit.

Peace Out - C

Day 19 - Life!

Short Version
1. So life gets in the way of your plans.
2. You have to kick it in the rear and keep going.
3. We had a great weekend.

Girl Scout Camp selfie. 

M & I went to Girl Scout leader daughter weekend and we had a blast.  First I have to admit that we stayed in a cabin with AC because Mama is not sleeping in a tent in GA in August. Only way that will happen is if Zombies have eaten y'all and I am the only one left. Then I will sleep in a tent in August if needed.

I say life gets in the way because I also have to admit (thank you for the reminder "Gal Pal") that I ate a doughnut on Saturday. Our stove is out and I just could not think and we got doughnuts for breakfast. Oh well.... Revolution Doughnuts makes Gluten Free and Vegan doughnuts. But let's face it they are still doughnuts, so that will be a very occasional treat.

Also I was eating camp food. I am pretty sure it was not vegan. I am pretty sure there was butter in the mashed potatoes and green beans. I had more store bought veggie burgers than I would have liked. But just because I am working on being healthy does not mean every situation will be perfect or easy. But I can say I passed on the peach cobbler and the S'mores so there is something to be said for small victories.

I did not want to go to Roller Derby today, but I did. And I am SO GLAD I did. I totally rocked it! Tara and I were the "couple of you have got this" so here, do something harder. And we did! It was nice to have a practice buddy. We were also partners trying whips and pushes. She was a great partner! Quad said she was going to "go easy" on us, I really want to see what she sees as a full on practice.

Hope you had a great weekend and are getting ready for the week ahead. I am in a bit of a "when it rains it pours" situation and will be pretty busy. But honestly busy makes me happy and keeps my hands out of the cookie jar.

Make good choices!!! The only one stopping you is you!

Day 16

Short Version
1. It is So HOT!  
2. I feel like I am melting.
3. Did I mention it is hot?!?

So these are capris that I have not worn all summer. I have not worn them because they were too tight. I wore them today and they were pretty comfortable. I am really looking forward to wearing shorts next summer! I cannot imagine having to make it through another summer without shorts. 

Day 15

Short Version
1. The food part of this is getting easier. But I need to cut back on sugar! That is my goal for this next week.
2. Yesterday I skipped writing, I just didn't have anything to say.
3. Not adding anything more just need to stay the course.

I think I have the eating more good stuff down. And I am eating less over all. But I still have a bit of a sweet tooth that I am working to concur. I am trying to be a little easy on myself because this is a lot of stuff to cut out all at once. So I will ease out the sugar. Until I can just quit it all together.

Yesterday I skipped writing but I went to Roller Derby practice. I just didn't have anything to say. I like writing about all this. I think it helps me stay focused, but some days are just regular old days.

Practice last night was hard. I only stopped one time when it was not an official break so that's not too bad. But eery inch of my body hurt at the beginning of practice. Other people on my team felt the same way so maybe it was something we did on Sunday. Maybe it was just something in the air. Whatever it was I was wobbly and felt weak. But I pushed through.

When we did our final 20 laps, I was slow. Not as slow as I used to be, but slow. When the first person finished 20 I was on 12. So I did my 8 more laps. I was the last one to finish. But at least I finished and I counted out all my laps. Next week I want to be on lap 13 when they are on 20. And then one day I will be as fast as some of them.

I am still feeling low on motivation in other areas of my life. But I am going to have to let that be ok. I have spent lots of time being motivated about sewing and stuff and not enough time motivated about my health and sanity. So I am going to try and just stay on track and stop beating myself up about all the other things I could be doing. I am doing what I need to do for now. Things will get better and easier and my motivation will come back. Somehow it will. And until then I will just coast on focused on being a better me. 

Be the best you that you can be!

Day 13 - Not very exciting

The Short Version
1. Finally an easy drop off this morning at school.
2. Got to snuggle with my kiddo.
3. I think I have broken my night snacking habit.

So the kid is finally seeming to adjust to school drop off. I hope I am not jinxing it and I hope it goes as smoothly tomorrow as it did today.

I injured my toe yesterday more than I had realized. So I decided to rest it and loose one day to resting rather than work out today and hurt it more and loose a whole week or something. It is feeling much much better and I am sure I will be able to skate on it tomorrow.

Since I was resting my toe, kiddo and I watched a movie after school today. She and I snuggled and hung out. Most days after school she ditches me to go play with friends. So it was actually pretty nice to have her all to myself.

I think one way I gained all this weight that I need to loose is that I used to nibble at night, quiet a bit. I would watch TV and eat something and then something else and well you see the pattern. I think this was my worst habit. Over the past two weeks I have managed not to do this. It is a little weird but eating better has made me less hungry physically and mentally.

However I am having a new problem. With all my motivation dumped into eating well and exercising I am not feeling very creative. I am hoping it is just temporary but I have not felt like working on anything at all. Fortunately I have some client projects coming up. I am hoping they will spur me on to get back to some creative pursuits.

I feel like I am in a weird holding pattern waiting for something to happen. I have some volunteer projects coming up and soon it will be that time of year where everything feels like it is on fast forward. I am planning to have my new ways ingrained by then so that I will not have to think about them so hard.

Hope you had an ok Monday.  

Day 12

Short Version
1. It was crazy hot in that warehouse today, but I made it through another practice.
2. I made this amazing Thai rice for dinner. It was delicious.
3. I am getting stronger every day.

Sweaty & Awesome!

It was 90 degrees today and I spent two hours skating in full gear in an un-air conditioned warehouse. I was completely soaked through all my clothes yet again. But I have a new trick that made me feel better after practice. I froze a coconut water and left it in the car to thaw. It was the perfect slushy-ness to drink and cool off and re-hydrate after practice. I highly recommend it for fluid replacement. It does have 70 calories so I will save it for days like this when I really need to replace fluids, but it was good. I also drank two big bottles of water.

For dinner I made a recipe I found here on the "inter-webs", good old Pinterest to be exact. Here is the link: http://blog.hostthetoast.com/thai-cashew-coconut-rice-ginger-peanut-sauce/


I did not use green pepper because hubby is allergic. For the peanut sauce I sadly did not have any fresh ginger, I think it would have been great. But I did add more vinegar and added some soy sauce and more lime juice because I thought the sauce was too think. Hubby also does not like peanut sauce so I left it off of his. I just used a bag of broccoli slaw instead of shredding my own carrots and cabbage. But it was crunchy and tasty. There is plenty left over for me to eat for lunch a couple of days.

Back when I first started Rec League I could barely walk after each practice. Now I barely have any trouble recovering. Which I think means I need to make myself work a little harder. Today I was trying stuff I have been too weak or too scared to do before and I fell about 8 times. One fall a fellow Recker said "that was a great wipe out"! But on another fall I tweaked my left toes and right ankle so I am going to rest them a little tonight. Derby is the kind of sport that you don't give up unless you are like "for REAL" hurt.

My goal for tomorrow is to walk to Jazzercise, well as long as it is not raining I will walk. About two miles each way, with a one hour class. And I found a babysitter for Tuesday so I have to go to endurance practice Tuesday night.

Do something hard tomorrow!!!

Day 11

Short Version (all positive since Michael nominated me for the say 3 positive things on FB thing)

1. I survived back to back Jazzercise classes today. 
2. M & I got to spend a couple of hours with two of our favorite friends. 
3. I realized today that I like sticking close to home more than I used to and more than I ever would have imagined. 

Sitting in my "comfy" chair. 

I woke up this morning at about 4:14, and have not been back to sleep since. I used my being awake as motivation to go ahead an hit the 7:15 Strength class at Jazzercise. And then I stayed for the 8:20 class, nothing like dancing to some Snoop Dog, J-Lo, Pit Bull and Miley Cyrus on a Saturday morning. However when the hardest song ever came on again during the 2nd class I did groan. I did not give up, I did not miss a beat. I counted out the 32 squats with an arm fly, I did all the curls and such, and then I counted out the remaining 16 squat/fly's and was very happy for that song to end, again. I was proud of myself for accomplishing this two Saturdays in a row, but I was also happy to head home. 

I hit the shower then kiddo and I met some friends at the park. We walked along this path that is super close to our house but I never even knew existed. Well I had heard of it but never been there. When we have extra time my hubby likes to hop in the car and drive an hour or two away to hike and explore. But honestly I would rather be in the car for ten minutes before doing my exploring. Which is why I really liked what we did today. There are so many things close by that we over look them. 

We spent the afternoon hanging out at home. A neighbor kid came over. I made from scratch muffins and pizza dough. E & M went to the pool with the neighbors. It is sort of amazing how far you can stretch a day when you are enjoying all the things in it. 

I admit pizza with just tomato sauce, zucchini and caramelized onions is not everyone's idea of a great dinner. But I enjoyed it. I think the from scratch dough makes it good enough to not need cheese and pepperoni. However it did smell good on the other pizza I made. 

Today E had just one Pepsi at lunch rather than two. So I guess my healthy eating is rubbing off a little. Tomorrow my only exercise plan is a two hour roller derby practice. I guess that will be enough. But I really hope to get more sleep tonight. 

Do something hard, just to prove you can!