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Best of the Past Week

I managed to capture the sweetest moment of my beautiful babies.

I also managed to cut a chunk out of the mister's hair. Accidentally.

Lufflump rocked this awesome hairdo courtesy of his daddy.

I rocked an Anythin' But Vanilla hair clip which lufflump broke the next day.

The kids and I went to watch NBR vs Sydney with my dad. Lufflump fell asleep during the second bout. His favourite part of the night was hi-fiveing the ladies and being an aeroplane thanks to Meg L'Mania.

The mister and I went on a lovely river skate to get to and from the movies. I fell twice on the way there and once on the way back. Battle wounds!

We also kind of adopted the neighbourhood cat. Just don't feed her smoked salmon, she'll turn up her nose.

This movie was awesome!

OMG storage porn!! 

I'm loving Sara's Fitness pins.

NBR made the cover of HAM! Jambi was one of my Wednesday night coaches. Her first bout and first cover.

YUM!!

I'm lusting after the new neon Jelly Beans. Full of awesome!

Dog Shaming. Hilarious.

#OperationMOVE Final Week

Well I failed September of #OperationMOVE. It was a hard month and I really wasn't consistent with my training thanks to illness, the mister's surgery and the QLD roller derby tournament. 
October should be much better although I've already missed one night of training due to sesame being sick. I'm being a tad lazy with my exercise, again. I'll get back onto it though. In fact, I have big plans today.
I've decided that minutes aren't what counts to me anymore but rather effort. The old quality over quantity. I'm choosing fifteen minutes of torture over an hour of comfortable moving. An hour of torture would be great but I don't have the stamina. Yet. October will be my fitness torture month. 
Let's get moving fast, hard and sweaty.

Roller Derby Update

It's been a while since I've done a proper roller derby update. So much has happened since June!

I finished and passed phase one of Northern Brisbane Rollers (NBR) Recreation League (rec league). I still had a lot to work on before phase two and thankfully we had a roughly six week break between rotations. During that time I trained once or twice a week still with a lovely group of girls at a social derby skills skate. I still attend that every Wednesday night and I cannot explain how valuable that time has been.

My helmet thanks to the mister. My number is the years the children were born - 2009/2012.

So far I'm in week five of phase two. Our next session in two weeks time will be our skills test to see if each skater is ready to move to phase three. I will be doing the test but doubt I will move up to phase three. Phase two is pretty fun and I have a lot I'd like to work on before scrimmaging in phase three.

What I can comfortably do;

• Skate in roller derby position (knees bent, elbows against side, hands in a fist holding boobs in)
• Single knee falls/slides
• Double knee fall/slide
• 180 knee slide
• Baseball slide
• Get up from the above falls/slides without using hands
• Stepping
• Weaving
• Transitions to the right
• T-stops on right side
• Crossovers
• Starts
• Anything on my toe stops
• Plow stops

What I need to work on;

• Balance. Still.
• Blocking with hip not shoulder
• 25 in 5 (PB: 23)
• 5 in 1 (PB: 4.5)
• Pack speed endurance (12sec pack laps)
• Transitions to the left
• T-stops on left side

I'm enjoying skating so much and advancing. My favourite move is the Owl Stop where you turn around jumping onto your toe stops. I suck at explanations but if I can get it on film I will post it up. My balance is so bad yet I can do this, it's amazing!

Here's to growing as a skater, athlete and person :)

Clashing on the rink is my style.

Bike Riding Hurts

Magical contraption that makes a bike stationary. Bike seats hurt! Any tips?

Linking up with the wonderful Trish for Wordless Wednesday.

Week Three #operationMOVE

This was a hard week.

Not only was the mister away for his operation and recovery but I also didn't attend one derby training session so I was already two hours down exercise wise.

Looking after the two kids alone took most of my energy. Sesame deciding to wake before 6am most mornings wasn't helpful. This week was the first week I wished I ran or enjoyed walking. My anxiety flares up when thinking of going for a walk with both kids. A treadmill would be ideal. A free treadmill that is.

Anyway, this week was pretty much a write off. I did under four hours, the lowest I've done in months.

Saturday - twenty minutes arm strengthening workout (20mins)
Sunday - two hours roller derby training, five minute walk, fifty crunches, one chin up, ten reverse pull ups, ten minute blocking session with the mister (145mins)
Monday - twenty minutes reverse pull ups, push ups, crunches, fire hydrants (20mins)
Tuesday - thirty minutes push ups, crunches, fire hydrants, hip flexors, ballerinas (30mins)
Wednesday - ten minutes squats, ballerinas (10mins)
Thursday - forty minutes push ups, crunches, reverse crunches, squats, wall sits, derby stance holds (40mins)
Friday - ten minutes of light exercise (10mins)
Total - 275 minutes

Next week should be back to normal. I have my usual four hours of training so will, at least, be exercising more.

Best Of The Past Week

Naps make everyone happy

Sunday we all had pretzels and spent the morning outside before lufflump and the mister went to the movies.

Lufflump is a total super hero!

Sesame is a super hero just like her brother!

Outside has become our inside and everyone loves it especially these two.

FaceTime is awesome to connect with mum/Noni.

Iron Fist continue to make amazing shoes including these unicorn shoes.

Women's Health's Pinterest boards are worth following for pins like this.

Australian's own roller derby magazine, Hit and Miss, has awesome mercy that I'm eyeing off!

This week I've been obsessively watching archive footage of the 2012 Crossfit Games. Amazing athletes!

These recycled skateboard stools are amazing!

I'm totally lusting over these wheels. Really need a sponsor...

Week Two #operationMOVE

My need to find motivation to help me with my fitness journey led me to #operationMOVE over at Kate Says Stuff.

I have pledged 1720 minutes for the month of September. Every week I do 240 minutes of roller derby training but it's just not enough. I'm not as fit as I would like to or should be. Ideally I would like to double that which is what I have pledged for September.

This week I had a bit of a lazy week. My arms were sore from beginning to do chin ups and Monday's off skates training had me in a corner like a little bitch. So I slacked off. Made excuses, ate lots of chocolate and paid for it on Friday when I had to work harder to make up the time lost.

I'm noticing a huge difference in the ease of exercises. Saturday I struggled to do even fifty push ups (on knees but I'm stretching my body out further each time so I'll get there eventually) and crunches but Friday I did one hundred of each quite easily. Doing chin ups (finally) is so exciting too!

This week I won't have the extra two hours skating so I'll have to make sure I exercise daily and push myself more. Time may be a bit difficult this week as well as the mister has an operation on Tuesday and will be staying at his mum's to recover. Our little set up outside is perfect for the kids to be happily playing while I exercise which will help unless it rains like predicted. No excuses though. NO EXCUSES!

Saturday - Fifty push ups, fifty crunches, five assisted chin ups, two hundred figure skaters, five minutes derby position, five one minute wall sits (25mins)
Sunday - Fifty push ups, ten assisted chin ups and w hours general skating. (130mins)
Monday - Fifty minutes circuit training and one hour thirty minutes roller derby on skates training. (140mins)
Tuesday - Fifty crunches with sesame as weight (7kg). (5mins)
Wednesday - Ten reverse pull ups, Two hours roller derby on skates training. (125mins)
Thursday - Six reverse pull ups, one chin up (!), dancing. (10mins)
Friday - Ten reverse pull ups, two chin ups (!!), forty minutes mixed exercises. (45mins)
Total time: 480 minutes

Best Of The Past Week

We spent most of Saturday outside chilling and exercising.

Lufflump is obsessed with going higher.

Sesame already holds the bottle. Growing up so fast!

Pre-baby shorts fit me!

Sesame is ALREADY attacking her brother

I NEED this skull cushion from Sourpuss.

The Office is back on September 20th. I hope Michael comes back this final season.

This skull pendant is amazing!

Suger wants to see your style. Post it to her Facebook page or your instagram with the #showsuger hashtag.

Crossfit Mamas has awesome quick crossfit workouts.

Best leggings EVER!