I wasn't always a "fat kid" but for most my life I have been. Lets face it, kids are cruel. Let me tell you a little story about this girl I knew. She always got picked on in school. Some made comments that she should drink Slim Fast instead of Slim Slow. Or threatened to buy her a subscription to Jenny Craig. For the longest time she took everything to heart. She thought she was a fat kid and not worthy of anything. Diets scared her because that meant everyone was right, that she was fat. This girl was always told by some people that were close to her that she would be beautiful if she was skinnier. She would be prettier if she was skinnier. Most of those things were told to her out of "love" and "concern". That girl is me.
Do you know how long it took me to overcome the things I was told when I was a kid? Me neither. I still battle putting myself down, thinking of myself as the fattest person in the room, and thinking I am not skinny enough to do something. When I walk in to a room I still compare myself to people, sometimes. I'm getting better. I don't think I am beautiful. If beauty was purely seen as under the skin I would like to think I am beautiful, but on the surface I am not. I don't think I am pretty either. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think I am ugly. I've gotten past that point in my perception of myself. I just am. I owe a lot of credit of me gaining self confidence to my boyfriend though. He may not always tell me I am beautiful, but he tells me I am perfect. That I am the one for him. You may think it petty but it makes me so happy when he sees a pretty girl, a skinny girl, and I say I think she is cute, and all he can tell me is what isn't perfect on her. That gives me hope. Sometimes I think he lies when he says I am what he wants, but I try everyday to believe it more and more. A lot of the credit goes to him that I am finally comfortable in my skin. I am not necessarily happy in my skin, but I am comfortable. I have accepted that I am a fat kid. And you know what? I'm okay with that. But what I am not okay with is that it affects me in things other than the size of my clothes.
My Dad and one of my brothers are both diabetic. And don't assume they both are type 2 either. My parents have lots of cholesterol, blood pressure, and sleeping problems. As of right now the only medical issue I have like that is Insomnia, but that may or may not be caused by my weight. I do have other medical issues that are suppose to "reduce" if I loose weight. Pain might go away, injuries might happen less, and I most likely will be able to keep my blood work good. I want to not have to worry about what may happen later in life. Part of my wants to look good for my boyfriend, part of me wants to be healthy, and all of me wants to be happy. I have a long way to go for all of this. And everything I do will help me with things I love. The more weight that falls off the better my knees should feel, the lower my derby stance will get (hopefully), and faster I will get.
My goal in life is NOT to be size 6. I don't want to weight 145 lbs. I don't care. Well, some of me does, but I don't want to. I want to be healthy, happy, and good at derby. I know I have lost roughly 35 pounds in the past year and a half. All I did for that was walk more at work, Zumba randomly with friends, and dance on the Wii often. But I switched jobs so I don't walk as much, Zumba was dropped for derby, and dancing on the Wii just didn't fit into my schedule anymore. I need help with this if this is something I am going to accomplish. I don't want to be a skinny person. I don't have the mentality for it and I am not a skinny person inside. I am a big girl and for once in my life I am that person and I am proud to be me. That being said I have an opportunity to better myself, not change myself, and I am going to take it.
It took me awhile to decide that I was going to post about this. It took my awhile to decide to open my blog up to my Facebook family too. But I did, and the response wasn't negative like I was afraid of. This blog is for me and maybe to help someone else if they need it, not for anything else. And for me I need to be able to talk about what I am going through in all things Derby and all things that affect Derby. And my weight loss will affect my Derby. Therefore I will put this on here. I am joining Weight Watchers. I need help with my weight and my health. It may not be for me, but I can't be scared to try. I can't let those cruel kids in my past influence what I need to do for me. I have talked with the leader of my group and I will not know my numbers. I don't want to know what I weigh today and I don't want to know what I weigh next week. I will know when I reach my "goal weight" of being healthy. I don't want to get stuck in the number game and get sucked into goals of what I reached and what I failed at. I take failure to heart. I don't want that to affect me in this. I need this to maintain being fun, my own choice, and not a have to thing. So I may or may not post my exact losses on here. That will have to be determined as I go. But I am taking the first step for me. I am and always will be a big girl, and that is okay with me. I just want to be a healthy and active big girl.
~ <3 Kiss My Blarney
This has to be one of the hardest posts for me at this point, but as with the lessons I am learning in life, sometimes you just have to go with it.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Product Review: Knee Pads
187 Pro Knee Pads: http://www.187killerpads.com/pro-knee-pads.php
Anyone who has ever skated and fallen on their knees know that your knees take a LOT of pressure on them.
My second day at derby I fell on my knee and bruised it fairly badly. It took several days, almost a week even for it to heal enough where it didn't hurt to get on my knees for stretches, let alone be able to fall on it. I was told that I really needed to get pads. I had no idea where to go or who to turn to. Online you have to know the correct measurements and I was afraid that because my upper thighs are bigger that a pad that would fit my knee wouldn't fit correctly. I was recommended by a fellow skater to a skate shop in the 'big' city. I went in and the lady that owned the skate shop was awesome. She let me try on all the pads to figure out which ones fit best, had the most cushion, and what was in my price range.
Knee pads come in MANY styles. You can have ones with rivets and without. if you skate on a hardwood floor rivets can destroy it. Some knee pads have more padding than others. There are ones that slide on and ones that Velcro on and many combinations there of. I tried on Triple Eight knee pads first. Their sizes are a little smaller than 187 in terms of how big they go. Again, I am a big girl, I need a bigger size. The 187's of course won b/c they had a size that fit. But between the two of them here is what I was told and what I thought. 187's had more padding on them. When you kneel down on them it feels like you are kneeling on to a mattress. Don't get me wrong Triple Eights have padding, just not what I was looking for. Also remember I was doing this WHILE having a bruise on my knee so I was a little pickier than I might have been otherwise. Some people don't like that 187's are so much thicker. A major complaint of girls is that during crossovers their knee pads hit each other and affect their skating. Since I had to relearn how to crossover on corners I wasn't too worried about that. I like the Triple Eight pads and I knew that I wanted the wrist guards that they make. I hate mixing brands, but that's how it worked out for me. 187's where the best option. In terms of their knee pads they have more than one. I opted for the best of the styles because my knees aren't the best and I need to protect them.
Now for me skating with the 187's, I love them. I can do knee falls and it lessens the impact greatly. I haven't had an issue yet with them knocking as I cross over. My only downfall is that my knees are slightly inward on my legs. My bones that surround my knees are slightly misshapen so my knee cap isn't perfect. So as I fall it works well, but if I am doing exercise on my knees, the hard plate likes to slide across the floor. This makes it very complicated to do an exercise on one knee. But other than that I have no issue. As I stay in derby and get bout ready, if it becomes a problem I might have to pay to get a much more expensive and personalized knee pad. But I don't regret a single bit getting the ones I did.
The best advice I can give someone is to go to a skate shop that will allow you to try on the pads. One that will let you get down on the ground and make sure they work for you. Then you can decide the best ones for you.
~ <3 Kiss My Blarney
Anyone who has ever skated and fallen on their knees know that your knees take a LOT of pressure on them.
My second day at derby I fell on my knee and bruised it fairly badly. It took several days, almost a week even for it to heal enough where it didn't hurt to get on my knees for stretches, let alone be able to fall on it. I was told that I really needed to get pads. I had no idea where to go or who to turn to. Online you have to know the correct measurements and I was afraid that because my upper thighs are bigger that a pad that would fit my knee wouldn't fit correctly. I was recommended by a fellow skater to a skate shop in the 'big' city. I went in and the lady that owned the skate shop was awesome. She let me try on all the pads to figure out which ones fit best, had the most cushion, and what was in my price range.
Knee pads come in MANY styles. You can have ones with rivets and without. if you skate on a hardwood floor rivets can destroy it. Some knee pads have more padding than others. There are ones that slide on and ones that Velcro on and many combinations there of. I tried on Triple Eight knee pads first. Their sizes are a little smaller than 187 in terms of how big they go. Again, I am a big girl, I need a bigger size. The 187's of course won b/c they had a size that fit. But between the two of them here is what I was told and what I thought. 187's had more padding on them. When you kneel down on them it feels like you are kneeling on to a mattress. Don't get me wrong Triple Eights have padding, just not what I was looking for. Also remember I was doing this WHILE having a bruise on my knee so I was a little pickier than I might have been otherwise. Some people don't like that 187's are so much thicker. A major complaint of girls is that during crossovers their knee pads hit each other and affect their skating. Since I had to relearn how to crossover on corners I wasn't too worried about that. I like the Triple Eight pads and I knew that I wanted the wrist guards that they make. I hate mixing brands, but that's how it worked out for me. 187's where the best option. In terms of their knee pads they have more than one. I opted for the best of the styles because my knees aren't the best and I need to protect them.
Now for me skating with the 187's, I love them. I can do knee falls and it lessens the impact greatly. I haven't had an issue yet with them knocking as I cross over. My only downfall is that my knees are slightly inward on my legs. My bones that surround my knees are slightly misshapen so my knee cap isn't perfect. So as I fall it works well, but if I am doing exercise on my knees, the hard plate likes to slide across the floor. This makes it very complicated to do an exercise on one knee. But other than that I have no issue. As I stay in derby and get bout ready, if it becomes a problem I might have to pay to get a much more expensive and personalized knee pad. But I don't regret a single bit getting the ones I did.
The best advice I can give someone is to go to a skate shop that will allow you to try on the pads. One that will let you get down on the ground and make sure they work for you. Then you can decide the best ones for you.
~ <3 Kiss My Blarney
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Not a setback, just different
I have to keep telling myself that today's practice is not a setback. Just something different. I am not going to be good at everything, I know this. But my head doesn't. Today was a practice of endurance. I am the fat kid and do NOT have the endurance that everyone else does. I know I need to work on the endurance, and I did. Just not to the degree that everyone else did. We did a partner pyramid. Half of us were in the center and the other half were skating around the rink. After one lap we traded off and the partner did one lap. Next one was two, then three, then four, all the way up to five. Once you finished the five laps you go back down the number scale trading off. It was really hard. I did almost all the way up to the five. Almost, then had to take a break. But I didn't stop, I went back out and skated some more laps. That I was proud of. After that they did five minutes of skating, a 180 knee fall, then five minutes skating the opposite direction. You can think five minutes of fairly fast skating maybe easy, but it is not. Not one bit. Instead of doing that I did squats in the center of the rink. Man, that was a torturous idea. Ten minutes of squats. I was timing my squats to PP's laps. One lap of standing on my skates to give my legs and feet a break, and two laps of staying in a squat position. My legs were shaking so badly. But I feel like I got a work out, and wasn't just being lazy or fat.
I have been having an issue with my feet. My right foot has been hurting when I skate. Not a blister type. Everyone keeps thinking that is what it is. Nope. It is kind of like a super tired feeling mixed with a cramp. I asked around and figured I would try a thicker sock. Maybe my foot was sliding too much and trying to "grip" the bottom of my skate too much. Didn't work at all. My foot still hurt. So after practice I went to Walmart and tried out that Dr. Scholl's foot sensor thing. It tells you if you have any foot issues and what is the best insert. The downfall? Those inserts are $50. But it did confirm what I thought. I have very low arches. From my research online that could cause the foot cramping. So I got a pair of $10 ones and I think I will try it out. If it helps some, then I might invest in the expensive ones. I really hope this will help, the pain is almost unbearable. I will find out Thursday during practice how it works.
~ <3 Kiss My Blarney
I have been having an issue with my feet. My right foot has been hurting when I skate. Not a blister type. Everyone keeps thinking that is what it is. Nope. It is kind of like a super tired feeling mixed with a cramp. I asked around and figured I would try a thicker sock. Maybe my foot was sliding too much and trying to "grip" the bottom of my skate too much. Didn't work at all. My foot still hurt. So after practice I went to Walmart and tried out that Dr. Scholl's foot sensor thing. It tells you if you have any foot issues and what is the best insert. The downfall? Those inserts are $50. But it did confirm what I thought. I have very low arches. From my research online that could cause the foot cramping. So I got a pair of $10 ones and I think I will try it out. If it helps some, then I might invest in the expensive ones. I really hope this will help, the pain is almost unbearable. I will find out Thursday during practice how it works.
~ <3 Kiss My Blarney
Friday, May 18, 2012
At somepoint you have to jump in
So yesterday was the first major practice in a while. I have been missing for a few and then we had Jr. Derby. I decided that somewhere in there that I was going to try everything I could. I was kind of nervous about practice and how well I would do. I had a friend come with me, she is thinking about joining derby. This makes me really happy and also gives me encouragement. She is the type of person that will support you and encourage you. Maybe that is part of the reason that I tried so much yesterday. I know that I had a realization that if I am EVER going to be bout ready I really need to jump in and just do it.
We started practice with holding on each others hips and skating around. The person in front does most of the skating and the person in the back holds on. Getting used to this will help with being comfortable with getting close to your team mates and eventually being able to do hip whips. I tried it out and didn't do too bad. I was afraid at first to be in front. Was I strong enough to pull someone else? Would I trip her with my skates? Would be both fall? Would it be my fault? Yes, No, No, No. It worked out really well. Beside getting tired from doing several laps in a good derby stance I did it very well. Well, I think I did. We didn't fall, we got practice in, and I understand a little bit more about how it is possible to skate close quarters and not trip others up.
Falls. Something I have done on my own, with no one around, and only a few times. Last night I actually did them with everyone else. I can't do as many as other across the floor. Getting up is still hard. But I did them. The one knee falls I can't just pop right up from them like the rest, but they will get there. The all four falls I can do as well. Again though takes me a little longer and a little more effort to get up. The baseball slide I can do, not very well at all, but I can do it. It will take a LOT more practice to get that one down and to be able to do the 180 turn. The only thing I didn't try last night was the barrel rolls. I think I need to be a little bit better at the rest of the falls first. I think that doing the falls and the pride I felt in doing it helped me with the scrimmaging.
Yup, that's right. Scrimmaging. I did it. I was super nervous to scrimmage, I haven't ever done it before. I generally don't think I am good enough to scrimmage with the other girls. I'm not going to say that I was some miracle prodigy and kicked butt, because I didn't. But I did stay up, stay in the pack, and block people. I haven't done any of the blocks against another skater before, so I have no idea if I did it right. But I used my karate background and my big booty to my advantage. I did not want to try out being the Jammer. The Jammer is the one that starts at the back of the pack and on the second whistle their job is to pass the pack, hopefully first, score points, and call off the rest of the jam. But thanks to Femme, I was kind of forced/coerced into it. I was really really nervous at that point. Being the Jammer isn't the easiest of things. You are going to be hit, blocked, and pushed around. I wasn't sure if I had enough balance to do it, let alone enough courage to skate through the pack. But it's completely different when you are trying to skate through the pack. It's like a huge puzzle of moving pieces. You want to try to skate around the opposite team, hopefully when they are not looking and don't see you. I thought it was fun. I really liked the fact that I got through the first time with almost no problems. I wasn't the lead Jammer, but that is okay. I still had a job, and I still did it. Not once, but a few times. Jamming was fun, a lot more work, but fun. The last time I was a Jammer I was worried about the person that I was Jamming with. She is a very aggressive person. I don't think she means to be, just the way she is. Not only that, but she is a fast skater. Somehow, I think she let me, I got in front of her and made it to lead Jammer. There is no way that a Jammer at least 1/3 my size and a whole lot more skilled than me, didn't beat me through the pack on accident. But she did. I actually scored several points. I realized though that I lost where in the pack I was and which lap I was on. So I scored 5 points without realizing it. I was passed by the other Jammer and I called it off. Granted, by the time I called it off she got a few points. How many, I don't know, and it doesn't really matter. I was just happy with how I did. I am going to stop being afraid to try things. You can't get better if you don't push your comfort zone. Am I ready to jump yet? Probably not. Is that something I would try tomorrow? Probably not. But I will see. I will not be giving up, and I will not be sitting out because I am afraid. I will be a derby girl. I AM a derby girl!
~ <3 Kiss My Blarney
We started practice with holding on each others hips and skating around. The person in front does most of the skating and the person in the back holds on. Getting used to this will help with being comfortable with getting close to your team mates and eventually being able to do hip whips. I tried it out and didn't do too bad. I was afraid at first to be in front. Was I strong enough to pull someone else? Would I trip her with my skates? Would be both fall? Would it be my fault? Yes, No, No, No. It worked out really well. Beside getting tired from doing several laps in a good derby stance I did it very well. Well, I think I did. We didn't fall, we got practice in, and I understand a little bit more about how it is possible to skate close quarters and not trip others up.
Falls. Something I have done on my own, with no one around, and only a few times. Last night I actually did them with everyone else. I can't do as many as other across the floor. Getting up is still hard. But I did them. The one knee falls I can't just pop right up from them like the rest, but they will get there. The all four falls I can do as well. Again though takes me a little longer and a little more effort to get up. The baseball slide I can do, not very well at all, but I can do it. It will take a LOT more practice to get that one down and to be able to do the 180 turn. The only thing I didn't try last night was the barrel rolls. I think I need to be a little bit better at the rest of the falls first. I think that doing the falls and the pride I felt in doing it helped me with the scrimmaging.
Yup, that's right. Scrimmaging. I did it. I was super nervous to scrimmage, I haven't ever done it before. I generally don't think I am good enough to scrimmage with the other girls. I'm not going to say that I was some miracle prodigy and kicked butt, because I didn't. But I did stay up, stay in the pack, and block people. I haven't done any of the blocks against another skater before, so I have no idea if I did it right. But I used my karate background and my big booty to my advantage. I did not want to try out being the Jammer. The Jammer is the one that starts at the back of the pack and on the second whistle their job is to pass the pack, hopefully first, score points, and call off the rest of the jam. But thanks to Femme, I was kind of forced/coerced into it. I was really really nervous at that point. Being the Jammer isn't the easiest of things. You are going to be hit, blocked, and pushed around. I wasn't sure if I had enough balance to do it, let alone enough courage to skate through the pack. But it's completely different when you are trying to skate through the pack. It's like a huge puzzle of moving pieces. You want to try to skate around the opposite team, hopefully when they are not looking and don't see you. I thought it was fun. I really liked the fact that I got through the first time with almost no problems. I wasn't the lead Jammer, but that is okay. I still had a job, and I still did it. Not once, but a few times. Jamming was fun, a lot more work, but fun. The last time I was a Jammer I was worried about the person that I was Jamming with. She is a very aggressive person. I don't think she means to be, just the way she is. Not only that, but she is a fast skater. Somehow, I think she let me, I got in front of her and made it to lead Jammer. There is no way that a Jammer at least 1/3 my size and a whole lot more skilled than me, didn't beat me through the pack on accident. But she did. I actually scored several points. I realized though that I lost where in the pack I was and which lap I was on. So I scored 5 points without realizing it. I was passed by the other Jammer and I called it off. Granted, by the time I called it off she got a few points. How many, I don't know, and it doesn't really matter. I was just happy with how I did. I am going to stop being afraid to try things. You can't get better if you don't push your comfort zone. Am I ready to jump yet? Probably not. Is that something I would try tomorrow? Probably not. But I will see. I will not be giving up, and I will not be sitting out because I am afraid. I will be a derby girl. I AM a derby girl!
~ <3 Kiss My Blarney
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Product Review: Duffel Bag
Under Armour Victory Duffel Bag: http://www.underarmour.com/shop/us/en/pth-victory-large-team-duffle/pid1218047-600
So this bag I actually didn't "buy." I got it through a point reward system at work, which is good because I recently graduated college and do not have money for a $55 dollar bag. BUT, I splurged with my points and got myself something that I needed but I knew I wouldn't normally buy. I am not a big stickler for name brand, but on a few items. I am super glad I got this though.
The bag I got was black and silver, I didn't really have a choice in the color. Thankfully my team colors are BLACK and red! The bag I had been carrying was a small Adidas sport bag. I have had it for years. I have used it for karate, overnight bags, and derby. It would fit my pads, a water, a small towel and if I was lucky my purse on a good day. (Keep in mind I say purse but it really is a cross the body hanging bag...purse is so... "girly".) Anyway my skates wouldn't fit in the bag. If they went in the bag, the pads wouldn't fit. If you know anything about derby pads, they are not small. You don't want them to be. The life of your joints are in the hands of the pads, the thicker usually the better. So this bag I got is amazing. I can fit my skates, my pads, two changes of clothes, a towel, water, my 'purse', my notebook for meeting minutes and agendas, and probably a friend. Well I can't literally fit the friend but you get the idea, LOTS of room. And if I didn't have size humungo jumbo feet I could probably fit more. It has an adjustable strap so I can carry where I feel comfortable, and remove it if I want to just carry it with the had straps. The best part? POCKETS!!! I love pockets. On my pants, on my bags, pretty much on everything. I also love zippers. This bag has a great combo of pockets with zippers inside pockets with zippers and a few pockets without for quick access to keys, phones, things like that. I haven't used the bag very much so far, but I love it. I am so happy with my purchase. I would completely recommend this bag. If you have small feet and small pads the medium will probably be the perfect size without being overwhelming. Without my gear I seriously could probably fit one of my small friends inside. So if you are size 8, you might not want a bag that you could crawl into. I suggest looking at them in a store to gauge what size you need. I didn't, but then again I didn't have that opportunity.
Later Skater
<3 Kiss My Blarney
So this bag I actually didn't "buy." I got it through a point reward system at work, which is good because I recently graduated college and do not have money for a $55 dollar bag. BUT, I splurged with my points and got myself something that I needed but I knew I wouldn't normally buy. I am not a big stickler for name brand, but on a few items. I am super glad I got this though.
The bag I got was black and silver, I didn't really have a choice in the color. Thankfully my team colors are BLACK and red! The bag I had been carrying was a small Adidas sport bag. I have had it for years. I have used it for karate, overnight bags, and derby. It would fit my pads, a water, a small towel and if I was lucky my purse on a good day. (Keep in mind I say purse but it really is a cross the body hanging bag...purse is so... "girly".) Anyway my skates wouldn't fit in the bag. If they went in the bag, the pads wouldn't fit. If you know anything about derby pads, they are not small. You don't want them to be. The life of your joints are in the hands of the pads, the thicker usually the better. So this bag I got is amazing. I can fit my skates, my pads, two changes of clothes, a towel, water, my 'purse', my notebook for meeting minutes and agendas, and probably a friend. Well I can't literally fit the friend but you get the idea, LOTS of room. And if I didn't have size humungo jumbo feet I could probably fit more. It has an adjustable strap so I can carry where I feel comfortable, and remove it if I want to just carry it with the had straps. The best part? POCKETS!!! I love pockets. On my pants, on my bags, pretty much on everything. I also love zippers. This bag has a great combo of pockets with zippers inside pockets with zippers and a few pockets without for quick access to keys, phones, things like that. I haven't used the bag very much so far, but I love it. I am so happy with my purchase. I would completely recommend this bag. If you have small feet and small pads the medium will probably be the perfect size without being overwhelming. Without my gear I seriously could probably fit one of my small friends inside. So if you are size 8, you might not want a bag that you could crawl into. I suggest looking at them in a store to gauge what size you need. I didn't, but then again I didn't have that opportunity.
Later Skater
<3 Kiss My Blarney
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
I'mmmmm Baaaack!
So I know that I have been Missing in Action lately. There have been lots of things going on in my personal life. But I am back and I am happy to be back. I will still have some issues with work training interfering with a few practices, but that is only for a few more months.
Last night we had a make-up practice for Sunday since it was Mother's Day. Our brand new Junior Derby team has practice so we did a joint practice. The first half was working on skills and the last half was our group doing a scrimmage to show them what it looks like. I'm still not good enough for scrimmages, but I did get to participate in the beginning of practice. One of the girls that was there was very worried about learning to skate and had only been a few times. On top of everything else it was her first day on her new skates. I completely understand that feeling and actually was excited to help her. DropHUR Dead Fred had her come skate with me for a little bit. I worked on her with her balance and trying to snow plow stop. I was super excited that she learned how by the time I was done. I really hope she continues to come back. I actually really enjoyed working with her. I really have missed that interaction with children, I think I might help out with Jr. Derby more often. I feel like I have nothing to offer with the kids that skate all the time, but I think I might be able to help out the kids that are just learning. If anything I can relate to them. I may not be able to show them all the "cool" moves, but I definitely can explain to them what it is like and understand their fears. And who knows, children have a really neat way of always teaching the adults that teach them.
I am thinking of doing some product reviews of my gear. Granted they will be one sided until I can try out more equipment, but at the same time I will be able to explain what I like, don't like, and how it works for me.
Later Skaters!
<3 Kiss My Blarney
Last night we had a make-up practice for Sunday since it was Mother's Day. Our brand new Junior Derby team has practice so we did a joint practice. The first half was working on skills and the last half was our group doing a scrimmage to show them what it looks like. I'm still not good enough for scrimmages, but I did get to participate in the beginning of practice. One of the girls that was there was very worried about learning to skate and had only been a few times. On top of everything else it was her first day on her new skates. I completely understand that feeling and actually was excited to help her. DropHUR Dead Fred had her come skate with me for a little bit. I worked on her with her balance and trying to snow plow stop. I was super excited that she learned how by the time I was done. I really hope she continues to come back. I actually really enjoyed working with her. I really have missed that interaction with children, I think I might help out with Jr. Derby more often. I feel like I have nothing to offer with the kids that skate all the time, but I think I might be able to help out the kids that are just learning. If anything I can relate to them. I may not be able to show them all the "cool" moves, but I definitely can explain to them what it is like and understand their fears. And who knows, children have a really neat way of always teaching the adults that teach them.
I am thinking of doing some product reviews of my gear. Granted they will be one sided until I can try out more equipment, but at the same time I will be able to explain what I like, don't like, and how it works for me.
Later Skaters!
<3 Kiss My Blarney
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Excuse my political post (non derby related)
I know this won't be derby related. So if you aren't ready for it, skip it for now. This will probably be the only time I write anything political. I hate politics and I hate people thinking I force my opinion, whether religion, politics, or whatever on them. This was something that I posted on FB. If you are curious about what I am talking about you can find TONS of stuff online if you search amendment one in NC. Before you judge one way or another, make sure you look at both sides, the history of the amendment, and what it has done in other states.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Medical Update
So for all of you that were worried you can breathe a sigh of relief. There are no blood clots. Which is good news. But now I have NO idea why my leg was hurting so badly. I have an old softball injury from several years ago. I got hit just below my right knee cap with a softball traveling about as fast as a baseball. I was the stupid pitcher that threw it baseball style to my friend, who has a VERY good shot. He hit it line drive back to me. I picked my leg up about two inches before it hit me. If I hadn't I am sure that it would have blown out my knee cap. Anyway, I still have had a softball size lump on my leg that was very lumpy inside of it. The doctors told me awhile back that it would probably never go away. It bled so much under the skin that my body couldn't reabsorb it so the leftover blood has basically gotten stuck inside my muscles.
I may be crazy, who knows, but I think that the bump is smaller and the lumps have traveled down my leg. That might be what is causing my pain. If it doesn't start to get better I will go back to the doctor to get it check and see what they can do. The original way to fix it would be surgery, but that surgery had no guarantee that my leg muscles would be okay afterward. Only time will tell on a thing like this. Meanwhile I have been trying not to push myself too hard, I really don't want to in anyway injure my leg anymore than it might be. I have a really bad habit of doing that...just look at my shoulder. But that is another story for another day.
That's all I have for now.... Later Skater ;)
<3 Kiss My Blarney!
I may be crazy, who knows, but I think that the bump is smaller and the lumps have traveled down my leg. That might be what is causing my pain. If it doesn't start to get better I will go back to the doctor to get it check and see what they can do. The original way to fix it would be surgery, but that surgery had no guarantee that my leg muscles would be okay afterward. Only time will tell on a thing like this. Meanwhile I have been trying not to push myself too hard, I really don't want to in anyway injure my leg anymore than it might be. I have a really bad habit of doing that...just look at my shoulder. But that is another story for another day.
That's all I have for now.... Later Skater ;)
<3 Kiss My Blarney!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)