I'm Going to Camp!

As a counslor. It's called Camp Pine Lake and looks really fun. Mercades is comming too. It'll be for two months on a georgous camp ground. There's a lake, log cabins and there's only air condtioning in the dining hall.That's not great of course, but it'll still be fun. It's a camp for 5th and 6th graders. I'll still have my phone, so I'll keeep blogging and telling you all the wonderful stories from Camp Pine Lake. School ends school ends on friday, and I have to be at camp on June 1st for training. The kids won't be there until he 4th. I'm soo excited! ~Mia~

Recovery

I suppose I should apoligize for saying I would continue to blog then not updating for five months. I'm sorry, I went too far with the dieting thing. I fell into depression had virtually no friends and threw myself into skating, a bit too hard, the more I skated, the more determined I was to lose weight, even after I became a skinny mini. It got to the point that my coach foreced me to take a break. I spiraled even farther downward after that. I became a loner, I didn't even talk to Brooklyn or Meline. I didn't go home on weekends, and Ashley continued to bully me about getting kicked off the team. Thankfully, Brooklyn staged an intervention. Meline hadn't been aware what was happening with me, and when she found out, she got me help. I've been going to counseling, and back on he team. I've gained a bit of weight back, but it's healthy weight. I even got asked to the spring formal. His name is Andy and he's really sweet. We've gone out a few times since then, and I've made some friends. There's still times when I don't want to eat, but I'm getting there. One of my new friends is named Mercades, she's a soccer player who battled anorexia a few years ago. She encourages me alot, and next year we are going to be roommates. I hope to blog more now that summer is almost here. It's become a form of therapy for me. Thank you for still being there for me <3Mia<3

I'm going to stay

You all have inspired me, i shall continue blogging, for now at least. To get you caught up, I won my bet with Ashley, Although barely. Its not enough for me though, theres still pleanty to lose. Meline is concerned I'm taking this too serously but I assured her I was going to be fine, I'm excercizing daily and eating healthy, but thats where she's concerned. She is afraid I'm not eating enough, but I'm eating plenty. I have a compotition in a few weeks, and I'm really excited for it

Update

Hey guys, Mia here. lots has happened since my last update,but every time I've logged in to blog, I realize that there are very few of you who seem to be reading and responding to my blog, so why bother? I'm still willing to blog, but I need you guys to convince me it's worth it. If you read this and care, please comment and/or vote in my poll.

~Mia~

Torment

"So, I heard Coach has you on a special 'diet' to 'help' you land your double lutz" Ashley told me when I came into the locker room for practice this morning
"Yeah, so? I agree with her. I did put on a bit of weight last year when I was out with a concussion. what's wrong with a bit of healthy eating and excercize?"
"Nothing, except I do a 'bit' of healthy eating and excercize. You're going to need an extreme amount if you want to lose anything besides your spot on the team"
"Yeah, because I'm going to lose my spot because I'm a little overweight"
"You're more than a little, Mia, you're downright fat"
"Compared to you, I am, little miss toothpick. but in the normal world, I'm just fine"
"but we aren't in the normal world, we're in the skating world, and there, you're fat"
"So I'll lose the weight, no big deal"
"Let's see how that goes for you"
"Ashley, You're kinda new arround here, it's not really your place to challenge us, but, since you are, I accept. how much you wanna bet that I'll lose more than ten pounds by Thanksgiving?"
"That's somthing I'd like to see, however, I don't want to seperate you from you money, so, how about you lose the weight, you get the satisfaction of rubbing it in my face for the rest of the year, and if you don't, you clean the locker room. deal?"
"Deal." we shook on it. I'm highly competitive, so this'll be a breese. I'm gonna work harder than ever!

As usual, I awoke early this morning for my skating lessons. I managed to sneak out of the room without being heard by my roommates. I made the long walk down to the rink attached to the Good Sports Center and did all my usual pre-lesson warm ups like usual. before I put my skates on, Coach came over and told me she wanted me to work on my double lutz jump off-ice for a bit, so we did. I think I did ok, because we started doing it on ice, and I didn't do so great on it after that. I usually landed heavy or didn't land at all. I don't think I've been bruised this much in years. Before my lesson was over, Coach took me aside and said
"I think you might want to try losing some weight Mia, it might help you land your lutz neater."
"Um, o-ok" I've never really thought much about my weight, it's always been pretty healthy. I mean, my thighs have always been a little thick, but that's because hockey and skating take a lot of leg muscle
"Here's a recommended diet and exercise regimen for a figure skater your age and level" She handed me the paper, which was headed with the words
A FIGURE SKATER'S MEAL PLAN
Never skip breakfast,  eat a granola bar or piece of fruit before an early morning practice and have cereal with skim milk and fruit, or an egg and fruit and a glass of milk.
for a mid afternoon snack, eat a granola bar, fruit or yogurt.
For lunch, vegetable soup or a turkey sandwich with whole wheat bread an low fat mayo.
A good afternoon snack would be fruit, peanut butter crackers, or a slice of cheese
Dinnertime you usually want to include a lean meat (turkey, chicken or lean beef) along with a salad or other green vegetable, a potato or other starch in some form (eg. rice, corn, whole wheat bread)
Milk and ghram crackers are a good choice for an evening snack, as long as it is eaten at least an hour before sleep.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!
this is a guide, use your own discretion on healthy choices for your meals and snacks. sweets are fine on occasion in moderation.

A FIGURE SKATER'S EXERCISE PLAN
outside of figure skating itself, a skate should
do thirty min's. of cardio daily (eg. a stationary bike, elliptical machine or treadmill)
one hour of weight training three times a week
off ice stretching exercises twice daily

I already don't skip breakfast, and the off ice stretches are mandatory for the team, so that's not a problem, but the other stuff will take some doing. my lesson was over, so i went to the locker rooms to change before classes started. I looked myself over in the mirror. I guess I am getting a little chubby around my stomach, and maybe my hips. but I can't be that heavy right? I may be a little thicker than like, Ashely or Brooklyn, but that doesn't mean I'm fat, at least I'm proportionate right? or maybe not. I'm going to take this seriously and land that lutz!

Life Stinks

That just about sums up my life since school started. somehow, even though I spefically asked NOT to be put in the same room as Jenna, Rana and Makenze, I still am, and they are driving me crazier than ever before. to make it worse, there's a new girl who's joined the skate team, Ashley, and she's already running the show. she dosen't like me, and has managed to pit everyone against me, because no one on the team is talking to me except my coach. I'm not sure what she did to do that, but I'm going to try to find out. plus, having broken up with Trevor, I don't hang out with his group anymore, so I'm going though life friendless right now. I mean, I have my sisters, and I consider you readers my friends, but that's not the same as having friends from school. Things better change or it's going to be a lonely year

~Mia~