Hi friends! I hope you are all having awesome weekends!
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Kyle and I are on our way back to Chicago after a long weekend of skiing and snowboarding in Utah. On Friday morning, I wasn’t too hopeful or excited about skiing but after a lesson from a certified trainer, I gained a huge amount of confidence! The two best pieces of advice David, my trainer, gave me were: 1) to look ahead at where I want to go. I have a bad habit of looking directly down at my skis which causes skiers to crash… And 2) to lean forward in an athletic stance. I got the athletic stance down right away (thanks CrossFit!) and after I realized that leaning forward actually helped me gain control of my speed and direction, I got the hang of skiing! I had the biggest smile on my face after I made it down my first hill :)
I ended up going down the mountain 4 times Friday afternoon after my lesson and 9 times Saturday morning. I would have gone back out Saturday afternoon but my legs were shaky and worn out and I didn’t want to risk losing control and rolling down the entire side of the mountain :)
If you are ever in Utah and are looking for a fun place to ski, I totally recommend Solitude Mountain Resort. There were hardly ANY lines for the ski lifts, the trainers for the ski academy were great and super informative and the powder was outrageous!
I received a lot of comments and emails after my last post about how a lot of you are just as terrified of skiing as I was (yep, WAS!!) before this trip. I am still a novice skier but the best piece of advice I can give you is to take lessons and to continue to practice. I went down the same green 13 times and, before that, the bunny hill probably 15 times and was finally gaining confidence toward the end of the weekend. I really used my trainer’s advice and repeated “Look and Lean” to myself while I was skiing down the mountain. Also, don’t let anyone else talk you into going on a hill you aren’t comfortable with. This is when you have a higher probability of falling, losing the confidence you’ve gained and increasing the potential of injuring yourself! Seriously, if I can ski in Utah, ANYONE can ski in Utah :)
Check out the gorgeous views from the top halfway down the mountain!
That off-white spec by the tree is Kyle!
Kyle and I at our condo before heading to The Library (a bar at the resort) for some post-skiing medication ;)
Kyle relaxing at The Library before heading out for dinner.
Since this is another holiday week, my health goals and meal planning aren’t going to be as good as I would like them to be. I’m going to focus on continuing to be active since I know I’ll be eating some not-so-healthy foods in the coming days (Like the pizza I am going to order at 1am on January 1st! Haha ;) ).
Weekly Meal Plan
- Sunday: Healthy, homemade dinner – TBD
- Monday: NYE Party
- Tuesday: Travel Day – Something from the freezer :/
- Wednesday: Spanikopita
- Thursday: Fajitas
- Friday: TBD
- Saturday: Becky’s Celebration Dinner! (More on what I’m celebrating to come next week!!)
Weekly Fitness Plan
- Sunday: Rest
- Monday: Run or Elliptical
- Tuesday: Run – Happy New Year!!
- Wednesday: CrossFit
- Thursday: CrossFit
- Friday: CrossFit
- Saturday: Run or Elliptical
Overall Weekly Health Goal
Get back on track in 2013! Check out my 2013 New Year’s resolutions I made about a week ago. To be honest, I haven’t really fallen off track in the last few weeks of 2012. I have definitely eaten more than I typically would because of traveling but I have also been ridiculously active – I’ve made it to my mother-in-law’s gym everyday in Chicago plus skiing is a killer workout! I’m excited to go home Tuesday night and to start cooking healthy and delicious meals and to get back on a regular fitness routine.
What are your health goals for the last week of 2012/first week of 2013? Do you have any health-related or fitness New Year’s resolutions?
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Ive only been skiing once but it was so much fun. Looks like a great time! I am making your cheeseball today for a party tomorrow, just fyi :) And I havent made any goals yet, except to drink more water :)
Awesome! You’ll have to let me know how it turns out :)
Yay! How fun to really do some skiing……………….very satisfying I bet!
I survived so it was a positive experience :)
Hey, just a question for ya since we are both new to blogging.. I think we started ours around the same time :) I have tried a million times to get the pin it button plug in, do you have any tips for me? I think its bc I have wordpress.com and not wordpress.org
Hmm… I do have a self-hosted WordPress.org blog. I have noticed that the “pin it” image shows up on some computers and not others. I’ll let you know if I think or hear of anything that could help you!
thanks. I think it does have to be self hosted! I’ll have to work on that.
So glad you are feeling more enthusiastic about skiing! It’s so hard to learn as an adult, but definitely a fun social activity. I live in Utah, so obviously I think everyone should love skiing :)
It’s really intimidating! I am just happy that I can at least go down a hill now ;) The views are much too gorgeous to miss out on!
I’m a snowboarder girl myself, but haven’t gone in several years due to having young kids. The view is gorgeous, sounds like you had a lot of fun!
The view is what got me to the top of the mountain ;) Then I realized I had to learn how to get down, haha!