I'm Canadian, which means that more than half the year is spent under a frost, in which we crazy Canadians have come up with multiple ways to enjoy the outdoors when it's cold out. One such way is Curling, that sport where you slides rocks across the ice, furiously sweep and hope your colourful stone is closest to the centre.

We spent yesterday curling, my family and I, and we had a lot of fun. The time passed quickly and easily, even though we spend 5 hours there. Today, I am sore, and since curling is a slow, easy sport more focused on strategy than brute force, this surprised me. But what's even more surprising is how much calories it burns -- about 280 per hour, which means that I burned about 1400 calories. Whew -- that's a day well spent.

Curling has a reputation of being a sport of older people and maybe it is, but it's fun, and I encourage you to try it if you're looking for a fun and fit way to spend a day with friends of your family.

It's been a while since I dated, but when I did, it was all the same old thing -- dinner, drinks, maybe a movie. Not that I minded then -- that's what I did 5 years ago. I didn't have any real hobbies and wasn't too into fitness then so everything revolved around food or drink. But nowadays, I try to spend the majority of my free time doing fit, wholesome things, and if I were single, I'd try to incorporate that into my dating life.

Fitsugar recently put together a list of fitness date ideas, and they have some great ones but here are a few that I would add to my own list:

• Go roller skating or roller blading. Seriously, it's a riot.
  
• Go bowling. Ok, this is a date idea that's old but it's a good one!
• Go for a luge or bobsleigh ride. This might not be available in your area but it is in mine. It looks scary, but exhilarating.
• Go curling. It's fun. Really.
  
• Go for a walk around a market or street festival.
  
• Go play paintball or laser tag.
  

What do you do that's fit and fun on a date?

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