A New Day

I worked out last night by myself, no one to go with, but it was great. I did the elliptical for 12 mins, I know that this doesn't seem like much but it is when you are out of shape. I did some Leg exercises and I did the bike for about 8 mins. It was such a great feeling to be doing something that is going to benefit me in huge amounts.

After I worked out I went to a softball game, it was a great time. We watched my co-workers play, they ended up losing but it was great to watch them. My daughter even enjoyed it, she was cheering them on and it was so much fun to watch her. She even asked why I wasn't playing, I told her maybe next year I will actually be able to play (because I might actually be able to run) Yippee!

This weekend I am hoping that all of us can go skating, I think it would be fun to have my whole family with. We will see what happens.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Discouraged

So, I am just going to put it out there. I am 100% discouraged, I feel sad because I often times let people get the best of me. I feel like sometimes I might set myself up for disappointment also. Or maybe I just let people and things get the best of me and allow myself to be disappointed. On any note here is what happened.

I had plans to go skating with a friend/co-worker and she bailed on me last minute. This has happened more than once and why I let it affect me is a question that will most likely go unanswered. So rather than going by myself I just felt completely bummed and my whole plan was ruined and felt like what is the point? I was so mad at myself for not going anyway and I was ready to sell my skates and cancel my gym membership. Why I let people get the best of me and get to the point where I want to throw in the towel is beyond me. So my wonderful and awesome husband talked to me and totally pin pointed why I was so upset, he said he felt it was silly for me to want to throw in the towel that easy and give up on my dreams of skating for the MN Roller Girls. He is right, why is it so easy for me to throw in the towel when things get to hard or I get let down? I should stand up and fight for the things I want. It shouldn't just be so easy to give up. Have any of you ever felt totally discouraged and felt like giving up? How did you work through it?

I have my skates with and I might just go skating by myself tonight, we will see. I am extremely tired but I kind of want to try and push through this and have a break through, hopefully!

I didn't die

Ok folks, so here it is. I didn't die! I survived my first workout session. It was definitely hard work and I realized that I am so out of shape, but I did it. I wish I could have done more but I thought it best to ease into this whole new lifestyle. I did about 10 mins ish on the eliptical, I did some arm/back excercises and sat in the sauna for like 10mins. So not great but I did it and it is a start!

I am going skating tonight so hopefully I will have a little more endurance than I have in the past. I really hope that I am able to skate at least 15 mins without stopping, this has been a little bit challenging for me in the past, we will see. I am trying to take one day at a time.

So what do you all do to stay active? Any ideas or suggestions?

Have a great day!

Work Out Day

So today is the big day of working out. I am sorta excited and sorta dreading it. Not to sure how I will feel at the end but I am excited to start this process. It will definitely start to get me in shape for Roller Derby. I know you all are probably sick of hearing it but I can't help but ask myself am I really going to be ready in a couple weeks for tryouts? I really want to do this, and think I can, but am I completely unrealistic? Who knows, really. Time will tell I suppose.

So I found this video about Roller Derby. It is super fun and great to see some girls from MN Roller Girls, which is awesome.


I will let you all know about my work out tomorrow. Have a great night!

This and That

I just want to start off by saying, I am sorry my long lost blog friends it has been a while. I plan to get back on track. I have no excuses except that I have not really had much to say I suppose.

Anyway, I am sure some of you would like to know how the meet and greet went last friday. Well, I didn't end up going :-(. When I got home that evening to get ready to go to the meet and greet my sweet almost 4 year old daughter begged and pleaded for me to go fishing with her and my husband. How does one say know to her cuteness? So I decided my family was more important that night than going to meet some roller derby girls. We had a great time, we caught a couple of fish and it was super exciting, while they weren't huge, it was still fun.

So on another note I haven't gone skating at all this week :-( which I am totally bummed about! I plan to get back on track this next week. I also signed up for LA Fitness, to get my butt in shape. Hopefully you all will see a new and improved me in the coming weeks. I hope to lose a little weight but more importantly build endurance and get healthy. I want to be here for my husband and daughter and don't want to worry about my health. So time to get on track and improve myself. Hopefully I can encourage anyone out there who is feeling like they can't do something about themselves. You totally can! I am, and I never thought I would get to this point but I am ready. I will do this and can do this! Crazy as I am!

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend and I will post on Monday!

Stretch it out

So I wasn't able to post anything yesterday because I couldn't get my pics to upload. So here you have it pictures of me and one of my co-workers. She stretched it out with me. I don't think I have laughed that hard in a really long time. She is super flexible and don't know if that is something I will ever be, LOL. So she encouraged me and helped me stretch before going roller skating. I don't know if it helped though as I was still really sore, I was only able to skate for about an hour. My co-worker who took the pictures went with me, she did really well for not skating since highschool, however she is a few years younger than me.

I am including a picture of me on my roller skates however it isn't a good picture. It is dark and a little blury, I will try to get a better one, one of these days.

On another note, I am going skating tonight for a little bit, there is going to be a North Star Roller Girls Meet and Greet tonight so I am going to go and hopefully get some awesome pics. I probably won't post again until Monday. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! Do something fun, enjoy the weather!

I will survive...

So I went skating last night. I had to go my by myself because my co-worker who was going to go with me forgot she made other plans. It turned out ok though. I skated for about an hour and realized how sore I was still from the other day when we went skating. CRAZY! I met this amazing girl who was super nice, she was skating with her fiance and her soon to be step kids. Super sweet girl! She is a musician which is totally awesome, she said she plays in a swing band which is even cooler. Anyway, she said she has a couple of friends who play Roller Derby, I love this girl already! It was great meeting her and hopefully I will see her at the skating rink again.

I am planning on going skating again tonight, we will see how far I get with being so sore, I am going to have to learn how to push through the pain. I have set some goals for myself from the North Star Roller Girls Recruits Group on Yahoo Groups. They said you should be able to skate 5 laps in one minute or less. OMG is this even attainable for someone who is as out of shape as me? So I am going to shoot for this by tryouts for next month. We will see, I will keep you all posted on how that goes. Another goal is to be able to skate 20 laps within five minutes. We shall see!

I also wanted to share with you all the benefits of Roller Skating. This link has some really interesting information about the health benefits of roller skating. Take a look, I never would have thought about this. http://www.skateland.net/pdf/skate_heart.pdf

I will hopefully be posting pictures of me in action here soon. Can't wait to share more about my crazy journey into the world of Roller Derby.

Tired but pushing through

So I am totally exhausted today but I must skate on, LOL. I haven't been sleeping well lately, maybe because I am just to darn excited to sleep? Not really sure what the deal is. I am however super excited to skate tonight. My co-worker is awesome and is going to go skating with me tonight, I am looking forward to having someone to skate with. It is always so much better to have someone to go with you.

So I should tell you all a little more about my dream of becoming a Roller Girl. My first and foremost goal is to try out for the MN Roller Girls check out their website http://www.mnrollergirls.com/. They are holding tryouts on May 15th. My goal is to try and get somewhat good by then, we will see if this is an attainable goal or not :-). I will also be trying out for the North Star Roller Girls check out their website http://www.northstarrollergirls.com/. Their tryouts are June 19th which gives me a little more time to get in shape and kick some serious butt. I am excited and eager to find out what happens with all of this, but regardless of what happens I can honestly be proud that I tried. This is still something that I want to be a part of no matter what.

On another note, I am joining a gym, I am happy about this, but also having mixed emotions, it is hard work to be healthy, lose weight and be committed to doing something. But I know I need to. I really want to be healthy most of all, it isn't just about losing some weight but really making a lifestyle change. I am fortunate enough to have a super motivating and awesome co-worker to work out with and be accountable to. Look for the new and improved Tara 2.0 to come in the near future.

I think that is about it for now, I will hopefully post pics tomorrow and write about my skating experience from tonight. Have a great day all!

New Skates

So I bought my skates on Friday and am super excited. I went skating with my daughter on Friday night. We went for about an hour, it was fun. My poor sweet girl had wheels that didn't roll though, it was like walk skating. She looked like she was running, it was funny but sad at the same time. Poor Girl, awe! We had a good time though.

We also went skating on Saturday for a few hours and that was fun, we went with some friends who made it that much more fun and are completely supportive of my crazy dream of becoming a roller girl. My husband on the other hand barely made it around the rink once. He was twirling in slow motion but I think this was his way of trying not to fall. He fell twice, poor guy! He was very brave, he went right out in the middle of the floor, awefully daring, no wall clinging or holding on for dear life, he just went for it. Pretty hillarious. Well I plan to skate a couple times this week we will see if I improve at all.

I also met this really nice lady that was skating with her husband. She seemed like she was really good and knew what she was doing. I asked her how long she had been skating, she said 30 years, I thought oh my word, 30 years! I don't have 30 years, I have 4 weeks to get somewhat good at this. She plays for the Madison Roller Derby League. She gave me some helpful tips such as practice falling, she said you need to be able to get up super fast. She also gave me advice about loosening up my wheels a bit so that I can be more in control so I am excited to see if that makes a difference. We will see what happens. Maybe I will meet more derby friends out on the rink.

I am going to try and go skating today and for sure tomorrow. Anyone want to join me? LOL!

Big Suprise?!?!?

So it is official, I want to be a Roller Derby Girl! I know, am I crazy or what? Do I really know what I am getting myself into?

I have always thought that it was awesome but not until I saw the movie Whip It did I really think, hmmm I think I want to do this. So I am just putting it out there, I want to get down and dirty and roller derby. I NEVER in my life ever thought I would want to play a full contact sport, but here I am having this crazy unquenchable desire to play roller derby.

So here I am, I have decided to start a blog to write about my journey on this crazy and possibly wild ride full of broken bones, missing teeth, black eyes and many bruises. I am excited to see where this journey takes me and I welcome comments and advice. (I will even welcome comments that say ARE YOU NUTS?)