Week 6, Day 1, Cristin

Managed to get in my Sunday start with an hour an a half of ice skating. It’s really the perfect exercise because it just feels like a good time. And yesterday was particularly fun. The rink in our neighborhood has been pretty crappy lately so we took a drive to Hyde Park (Barack Obama’s neighborhood!!) and skated on a rink that is on the sight of the Midway of the 1893 Worlds Fair. And then we headed to one of Obama’s favorite restaurants called Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop and ate Southern food that made me miss home and also think that I simply ice skated in order to eat since it was pretty calorie laden. But who cares? Barack Obama eats there!

Week 1, Days 2 and 3, Cristin

I managed to get in a workout on Friday and Saturday. Nothing on Sunday unless you count the 10 minutes it took me to get the snow off my car. I’m pretty sure I burned at least 15 calories doing that.

I was treated to a vacation in the city this weekend and stayed at a hotel on Friday night. After finding out that there was an $18/day per person fitness charge (18 dollars!!) we instead went up and down 12 flights of stairs 3 times. It resulted in a tough 15 minute workout. Not as long as I had hoped but still something to make me feel that I earned my steak dinner.

On Saturday I went ice skating for the first time! And here’s the amazing thing: I didn’t fall! Not once. I was really impressed with myself. I thought for sure I would be holding onto the rail the entire time. I was also really excited that 45 minutes of ice skating took the place of the gym that day. I think I worked muscles in my legs that have never been worked before. It's going to be my new thing. I just know it.

The Holiday eating is going to be my downfall. I'm hoping I can at least maintain throughout the season. Just maintain. I think that will be a feat in itself. I had so much good food this weekend I don't even want to talk about it.