Roller Skating - a fun workout!

Simplify gifts. Your loved ones probably feel just as overwhelmed about gifts as you do.Instead of buying for everyone, draw names from a hat or give to a charity in someone’s honor.

What a great tip! I tend to overdo Christmas, a lot. This year though Im trying to be financially smart. We chose to do secret santa in my family, so that narrows it down to 5 nieces and nephews, and 1 adult family member. When it use to be 14 people! And I opt out at work for secret santa. My friends and I that usually exchanged agreed no secret santa this year either. So I think this year defintey will be simplified. I also highly recommend giving to charity in someones honor. I dont know a better gift than that one!

So the scales been moving up and Ive been pretty bloated all week. Is it from all the fruit Ive been eating? Ive been eating more fruit than usual. I dont like it one bit though. I have been having trouble getting up for work in the morning as well. I have an appt with my endocrinologist tomorrow so hopefully we can see if my thyroid levels have dropped again. Well when I wake up late, I have to work late. Which sucks for not getting any workouts done outside. I tried the recommendation of interval training, but I think I need to work at it a bit more. I felt so unorganized and unsatisfied. Im think I just didnt feel like I was doing what I needed to do to get a sweaty workout. lol I think Ill research a bit more on different moves to do. But today the sun was shining and I had to get out in it, so I jetted home as fast and safely as I could. Threw on some workout clothes and went out for a jog. I only got 2 miles in before it got dark, but was pleased I got something in! Than I watched Intervention, (one of my top shows to watch), and than went roller skating afterwards :)

I havent been skating in YEARS! I use to go all the time when I was younger - speed skating, twirling, backwards skating, dancing on skates, etc. But its been a good 10 years since I even put skates on! My sister is having a hernia surgery on Thursday so the whole family headed out for a family skate night. My parents, 3 sisters, all the nieces and nephews, and one of my brother in laws made it to. How fun! My skates didnt fit from my younger years so I had to rent skates. They actually arent as bad as they use to be. They actually are skate-able. lol I have to say I didnt catch on as fast as I thought I would. But I was working up quite a sweat :) After about an hour I was grooving right along though. Although I was scared to do the cross over skate thing when I was turning. But I had some good speed going. :) My sister use to be an awesome skater when she was younger. She could do it all, star skater. Well it was great to see her doing her thing again. She has a disease where she has inflammation of her arteries, and she was on steroids for years. She gained a lot of weight with the steriods, and she tried everything and couldn't lose the weight. So she had gastric bypass this year. (I feel like Ive mentioned this before...if I did sorry!). For years she couldn't do anything. We went dancing before her surgery and she could dance one song and have to sit out. When we go now she dances for hours! And tonight was another great moment seeing her fly around that rink, turning around, backwards skating...it was just such a great site to see :)

Two great moments of the night. My brother in law said, Melissa you are looking great!!!! And said he wants to join me on a future 5k. Very cool :) And I think I mentioned before that my stepdad is adopting me, adult adoption. Well my niece said to me, Aunt Melissa...I cant wait until you are my true real aunt, you know legally. :)

Its been a nice night :)