The Z Factor
I haven’t talked about weight loss on here in awhile. It could possibly be because I haven’t focused on it at all for the last 6 months. Not too long ago I was determined to love myself for who I was and not for my size. I still need to do that but treating my body like a human garbage dump was not the answer either.
I abhor exercise…that is until recently. A friend of mine had become a Zumba instructor. She had sent emails letting people know the location of the classes, prices and that it was “exercise in disguise”…whateva! I was born at night but it wasn’t last night!
Another friend of mine had actually went to a few of the classes and loved it. I of course have the gift of skepticism and thought it had to be too good to be true. We sat around one night with another friend who had not attended any Zumba classes and we all agreed that we needed to exercise because like everyone else we weren’t getting any younger or skinnier. So we decided to go to our very first class that next Monday.
To be honest I almost canceled on her. I do not function well on the first day of the work week and knew I would be tired by the end of the day. I also had some anxiety thinking that it would be all skinny chicks in the class and I have little coordination skills and even less rhythm. She had instant messaged me that day and told me not to cancel on her which I didn’t.
The class lasted one hour. At one point in my life I would stay on a treadmill for that amount of time and it would absolutely kill me. I would have a television in my face and techno music in my ears…didn’t help.
In the Zumba class the time flew by. There were women of all ages and sizes and none of them at the end of class told me they noticed I was uncoordinated or that I had no rhythm. We all had one goal in mind and that was to have a good time and to lose some weight in the process. You can’t ask much more than that when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle.
I go to my third class tomorrow and unlike other cardio exercises I’ve tried there is no dread involved with this. Well, except for rolling out of bed early on a day off!
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Who is lessWendy?
Two words. Hip Thrusts.
Well, #1, I could have done without the thought that comes along with the comment above me.
#2 I’ve been wandering what the heck this Zumba thing @shawnw has been twittering about is.
#3 Thanks again!
#4 Oops, I guess there really isn’t a #4. Sorry!
Hey, I am here by way of Toby. I am doing the Sat Weight Loss with him and Shawn.. when I heard you were doing Zumba, I wanted to read your entry. I went to my first Zumba class Thur nite and loved it. I HATE exercising also, but as you said the hr flies by and you don’t mind jumping around because the music and the crowd keep you going. I don’t know any of the steps but I just did what parts I could follow. I was very nervous but no one watches you or makes comments. I can’t wait to go back. I thought I would try to watch some youtube videos and get a grasp on some of the steps. Good luck and ENJOY!!
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