Fresh Meat here. I recently joined the Charlotte Roller Girls. I'm working toward WFTDA assessments in December. I probably won't pass.

What brought me to derby? I'm an ice skater. One of my best friends on MFP was a derby girl. I say "was" because she is no longer with us. Her passing inspired me to go check out a derby match. I'm watching this game, enjoying every second, thinking no way can I do this. By the end of the match, I'm all "I WANT TO DO THIS!" So I got my gear, attended their training clinics, and tryouts. I'm good enough for the league. Grannies say I've got potential. Now to be good enough for assessments and actually get to bout!

I don't have a name yet. I have one kind of picked out. It's not taken by two evils. But derby is so much more than names and fish nets.

I'm Mean Deneen and I play for Arizona Roller Derby. My team has won two state championships. I've been playing derby since 2006, but have been skating since I was four-years-old. My mother was a derby girl in the 70s, so it's kind of in my blood.

I need to lose 15 lbs., but I'm having a hard time figuring out the food balance with such an intense sport.

Hey guys! My name is Shannon, but my derby name is Astor Risk. I'm nearly graduated from the "tot" program with Diamond State Rollergirls. I only have to do my t-stops now and the written rules test. I think I'll wait until January to take the written over though, since the rules are all changing. I never wanted to do roller derby because I was so afraid of getting hurt, but it was suggested to me over and over again mostly because of my small size. Now that I've put on some skates, I'm in love with the sport and don't want to stop! I love Jamming!!! I hate blocking but I know it will make me a better jammer the more I block. Feel free to add me!

Hey My derby name is Spark an Burn.. I am co-president and co-captain of The Elm City Derby Damez in Keene NH.. I have been playing derby since 2010.. I am absolutely addicted to all things derby, But mostly I just love to skate and have fun )

Hey ladies! So happy I found this group!

I'm a recently-confirmed Level 1 skater for the Massachusetts Bay State Brawlers. I just had my second full-contact practice, and I have the bruises forming to prove it!

I've been up and down with my weight over the years, but I've finally committed to exercising and eating healthy because I want so badly to be a valuable player for my league. I've been losing weight and gaining tons of muscle (I think my *kitten* has been lifted like 3 inches from all the squats and wall-sits) so I hope my hard work and dedication will pay off in the end. I've been having some knee pain, so I'm starting physical therapy this week. Hope it helps!

It's so wonderful to meet all of you. Derby has truly changed my life, and I've never been so appreciative of a group of people before.

Best of luck to you all, and please add me! I need more derby talk on my dash!


With love,
Allison Bamcat
(no official name yet)

I'm Kelly Von Lunen, aka Mel Breakdown of the Royal Pains, a home team of Dead Girl Derby in Kansas City. I started skating in May 2010, practicing with DGD in June 2010, and promptly tore my ACL. So I had surgery, got back on skates, and started practicing again in January 2011. I'd missed the draft for that season, so I was an outside ref for most of the 2011 season. In 2012, I was rostered and spent most of the season as a jammer. At 5'4" and 162 pounds, I never would have guessed I'd be fast enough!

With a combination of antidepressants, a little muscle gain, a derby-cliche love for beer, and eating too damn much, I gained 30 pounds in a year. I'm just as fast, my uniform still basically fits and I can knock down girls bigger than me... but I'm not happy weighing this much. I want to get healthier and not feel like I'm carrying a 30-pound backpack around the track with me.

My league is stepping up our level of play. We have a big-time venue for the season, and everyone is getting more hard-core. I want to step up my game and be a MF-ing all-star. 162 pounds is still technically overweight for my frame, but I'd be back to a size 10-12 that I know I can maintain and be happy at.

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Hey everybody! I'm Breaking Back Sunday from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Roller Radicals in northeastern Pennsylvania. I've been playing derby for just under two years; I started with Three Rivers in Cecil County, Maryland before moving to Scranton and finding my home with the Radicals. I was having dinner with a few friends and my dear friend Faith (Fluxxx Decapitator) mentioned she had joined a roller derby team. I bought all my gear before I even attended one practice; I was that sure that roller derby was for me.

In October I had surgery and gained a LOT of weight (20 pounds) during my recovery time so I'm really trying to get myself back in a good place physically and mentally. I can't even do my 25 in 5 anymore and I really, really want to toughen up and get back in shape! Counting calories really helps me. Here's hoping I can stick with it and be in fighting form by the start of bout season!

xoxo,
Sunday

Hi I am Carmen Denominate-Her out of Lansing, MI. I play for the Mitten Mavens. I have been playing derby for about 18 months now and can't get enough. I am glad I found a group for derby girls on here

Heya, I'm Jean-Juke Picard with the Atlanta Rollergirls! I just finished my rookie year, I am on the Toxic Shocks home team, was on the B team and just joined the all star team! It's been a huge and awesome change in my life and i wanted to also get my diet on track to match all the other changes.. hoping to play some awesome games this year and score more points!

Excited to find a community of peeps on this thing and look forward to getting to know you!

Im Stephanie.. the Jampyre Slayer. and I skate with the Tar City Rollers in the Cape Breton Roller Derby League in Cape Breton Nova Scotia, Canada. I got into derby when a local gal came home from working on the other side of the country with a dream of starting a league, after skating with a team in Alberta. We started our league by meeting in church basements and before you knew it we were learning to skate, fundraising, and icing our bruises. I was hooked since day one. Its now 13 months later and we have almost 25 girls skating with us, and are training for our first bouting season!! Cant wait.!! check out our website! www.http://cbrdl.com Derby Love from up north!

My name is Krystle...I'm not on a team...YET that is but i have been skating with the Gotham Girls Recreational League just to get my skills right cause the last time i had skates on i was 5 and they had Barbie on them. So had to stop training cause i got knocked up with my daughter "Lee" and now am trying to lose the baby weight to get back to training again.

My real name is Aija (pronounced eye-ya) and I am back on MFP after a long break. Recently I tried roller derby and love it. I am fresh meat for the Chemical City Derby Girls in Midland, Michigan. I had not been on skates for 25+ years but so far I am loving the training. It may take me 6 months or more to pass the skills test but I am excited and committed to being a part of such a great group.
Being fresh meat for CCDG is just attending practices, they don't have tryouts and the team is relatively small. Once I can pass the skills test I can play in a bout.
I had been interested in derby for a few years but the closest league was 45 minutes away. Then I found CCDG in Midland which is only 20 minutes away. I have only been to 5 practices so far but I am getting better at skating each time. My body is screaming "what are you doing to me!!" but I love every minute of it!!!!!! Does that mean I have a sadistic streak in me?
There is a bout March 2 at home and I am excited to help out and sell merchandise for my derby sisters.
I have yet to get a derby name, as I am not an official team member. But, my family heritage is Latvian so I thought either Luscious Latvian or Latvian Assassin would be good.

I'm Eddy Nigma, I skate with the Plap City Rollers, and Girlmeat ^^ is my derby wife , I have been skating almost a year and derby helped me lose 15 pounds over last fall/winter. It's helped me realize how unfit I was before and how fit I can be. I am using MFP to help me lose those last pounds and get in shape for our bouting season, be healthy and a be good example of health for my daughter. I am working on losing another 5-10% body fat and working on gaining muscle. Derby helped me see my best friend more often and start getting in shape too. I'm currently doing derby 4 hours a week, doing the 30 day shred 6 days a week, and doing strength training as well 2-3 times a week.

Kinky Widdershins from the Pirate City Rollers in NZ, still a freshie, but my test is on the 31st OH DAMN. Derby is the first sport I have not got bored of, and I'm loving feeling my thighs turn to steel O_O

Hey Kink you'd know my girl Cutty who used to skate with NRDL and transfered. I have big love for her and miss her SO SO SO freaking much.