Ice Skating & My Fitness Status

When planning a team activity for my coworkers I always want to do something active. Last time it was Zumba, this time it was ice skating! I loved all the Christmas lights and music at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City. The rink was small but the fun was big! We practiced our tricks, danced on the ice and watched a couple get engaged. It was a great way to kick off the holiday season.

 

In Chelsea fitness news... My left IT band is still bugging me, I've been treating it like ITBS and have been running very little this past month but I'm really not seeing any improvement. I think I need to do some more research on how I can heal it quicker because it is hindering my yoga practice and this is my favorite time of the year to practice yoga.

I went to a pump class AND Zumba class on Thanksgiving and it was so wonderful, especially before  eating all that yummy stuffing at Tucanos--yes, we went to a restaurant for Thanksgiving and it was actually really fun and yummy!

Hope you're all having a great holiday season so far!


Happy Fitnessing (and relaxing)!

Disneyland 2013 :: Day One

We ended up with three different rooms in the hotel my brother-in-law Spencer booked because a couple of their students cancelled so we had our choice of several different sleeping arrangements. The first night Eric slept in his own room with a king, Spencer slept in his own room with a king and Shenelle and I slept in a shared room with two queens - except we slept together because we like cuddling. Anyway, moving on... We woke up early Friday morning to get in a workout in before Disneyland. We cycled, did the elliptical and worked our triceps, arms and abs. Shenelle is 16 weeks pregnant and did all the workouts with me. She rocks! I meant to take a pic of us working out as proof but I was having too much fun with my sis so, oops!

Notice the one bed slept in.

After a good workout, we had breakfast at the hotel which was not too shabby. I powered up with some eggs and a cinnamon raisin bagel and Eric ate like 15 pieces of bacon. He was seriously in heaven.

By 10:30am we were in line for our first and favorite ride at Disneyland, STAR TOURS! We then shared a churro, bought some mouse ears, rode space mountain and Eric killed me at Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters. At this point our Disneyland trip was made but we decided to stay a little longer. :)

Wow... I must be a terrible shot! I sure hope I never have to use those astro blasters to protect myself during the Zombie apocolypse 

Haha Space mountain - Eric's sweatshirt around his neck is so great! 

Eric satisfied his corn dog craving. He always has to get one in Disneyland.

We went on the Tower of Terror countless times. My favorite! I love posing for the camera!

Spencer made reservations to Ariel's Grotto in California adventure. I got the asian style chicken with noodles peppers, mushrooms and edemame and Eric got the steak and lobster tail. They brought us a fondu plate complete with strawberries, cheesecake, Oreos, and rice krispies (YUCK! I hate rice krispies, they really should never have been invented). The meal was all pretty good but overpriced in my opinion. It had a great view!

It was cool that because we ate there they let us sit in a special spot to watch the World of Color. You NEED to see it. I almost cry every time I see it. The various clips of the classic animated Disney movies and all the music is so nostalgic and it makes me want to cuddle up on the couch and watch every one of them! 

We had to wait a little before the show started. While we were waiting Shenelle taught me how to play Candy Crush while the boys slept. Yes, I know I'm late on the Candy Crush trend but I was avoiding it because I didn't want to be one of THOSE people who is addicted to it. Well, now I am.  

A great first day. Stay tuned for day 2!

Happy Fitnessing!

What is your favorite Disney movie? Aladdin all the way for me.

You fave thing to dip in chocolate? Strawberries - I'm pretty sure God creating strawberries for this very purpose.

Utah State Fair

I had my first experience at the Utah State Fair this week and because I am a firm believer in fully experiencing cultural events and gatherings this night was full of fried foods, rides that make you wanna throw up, smelly animals, bad amateur bands and performers, and LOTS of entertaining people watching. My friend actually entered a watercolor into the art contest and I was so impressed! I was gonna take a picture of it but there were signs everywhere saying NO PHOTOGRAPHY... geez Utah State Fair committee people, lighten up!

  

^^Witness a milk chugging contest... check!^^

^^Trying a dexterity test and fried oreos?!^^

^^Eric's new glow in the dark-flying-spinning-toy, it broke about 3 minutes after these photos.^^

We will most likely be returning next year for more fun memories with our fun friends and all the rednecks in Utah.

Happy Fitnessing!

When Eric and I Learned How to Drive a Segway

Last weekend Eric and I went on a Segway tour. Yeah, that's right, a SEGWAY tour. How fun/geeky, right? Oh my gosh though, it really was the best lil' day date.

After getting geared up and trained on how to maneuver the "unit" -as the tour guide referred to it- we were on our way out to explore the city of Spanish Fork. We rode our Segways on this beautiful path near the Spanish Fork river. It was so funny listening to the tour guide tell us all about ordinary city things we passed like "on the left you'll see the Spanish Fork baseball park which was built in blah blah blah by blah blah blah" haha. 

 
After an hour of Segway-ing we stopped to taste a little bit of summer before it ends. Mmmm Tiger's Blood snow cones - Eric's favorite.

Our tour was timed perfectly by Mother Nature because as soon as we got into our car and hit the freeway it started pouring... and I mean POURING rain. It was so cool/fun/scary. Like, what was up with that Utah County?! Craziest rain storm I've seen maybe, ever?

All in all it made for another great Saturday in the books.

Happy Fitnessing!

What are your plans this weekend?

Have you ever been on a Segway?