Boring Life of a Rollergirl

This is my boring life--most of which revolves around roller derby.

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  • Oct 18

  The Derby 15

  When someone joins roller derby, they do it for all kinds of reasons. Make new (female) friends, be active, they miss team sports, they want to be part of something, they saw a bout/Whip It/Heard someone on the train and are already in love with it.

  Another reason that a lot of women join roller derby is to be more fit and in shape. Maybe even to lose weight.

  If you were not very active before derby, you will probably drop some pounds from the get go. While you are in the try out-fresh meat process you will begin to focus on fitness, maybe start working out outside of practice. Your body feels good!

  What a lot of skaters may not realize—is that there can also be The Derby 15. Much like the Freshman 15, the radical change in your daily schedule can wreck your diet.

  A typical derby week can leave you rushing from the office to practice. Then, you are so exhausted, maybe you just eat a granola bar on the way home before bed. The next morning, you rush around and leave without packing your very nutritious lunch. Instead, it’s takeout. Then you rush again, from the office to practice—this time maybe you eat dinner when you get home.

  Don’t forget the mandatory team meeting/potluck on Thursday. And, instead of grocery shopping and being “healthy” on Friday—you are forced to happy hour with non-derby friends who haven’t seen you in weeks. Saturday morning you are up early and out the door for more derby—that ends with a trip to some pub for beers and french fries. Sunday you sleep in—finally making up for the week of no sleep and finally have enough time and energy to conquer laundry piles.

  And that is how the Derby 15 is born.

  It takes a lot of practice, will power and planning to beat the system. Especially, if you already have a problem keeping your weight where you want it to be.

  I definitely don’t have the right answers—but I think just being aware of your body and treating yourself like an athlete and food as fuel can help.

  Anyone else come across this? 

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I am a member of the DC Rollergirls.

I like to pretend this "Woody" background is a roller rink floor.