| I have been dancing to the Zumba beat for about | | | | shoes and getting ready to relax in the sauna that |
| five months now. I weighed one hundred and fifty | | | | another serious and maybe even more important |
| pounds back in January of this year. I don't want | | | | change had come over me. I wasn't tired. |
| to say that Zumba has saved my life but it sure | | | | I had just danced to the Zumba beat for nearly |
| as heck improved it. I have not felt this good | | | | an hour and I wasn't tired. Sure during Zumba |
| about myself and my body in years. | | | | class I was sweating, my heart was thumping, |
| Something has happened recently that I am very | | | | and I was working it for sure. But soon after I |
| proud of. Now of course I am proud of the | | | | stopped I had nearly completely recovered. My |
| twenty five pounds that I have lost. And why | | | | physical endurance is was up from my first couple |
| wouldn't I be, right? I have lost, on average, a | | | | months of Zumba where I was huffing, puffing, |
| pound a week for the past twenty five weeks. | | | | and flat out exhausted after Zumba class. To the |
| Nothing to sneeze at. Sure I could have lost the | | | | point that I would go home and spend the rest of |
| weight faster like many other people. But why | | | | the day lounging on the couch trying to recover. |
| rush it. It took me years to put these extra | | | | I don't need that sort of rest after Zumba class |
| twenty five pounds on. Why should I expect to | | | | anymore. I am stronger and more physically fit. |
| take them off in a month for a wedding, beach | | | | My body can handle the work load that I am |
| vacation or maybe a cruise,. Not a reasonable | | | | putting it through. Maybe it's time to step it up a |
| goal. You just don't want to rush these things. | | | | notch. Push my body to the next level of |
| What I did do was reasonably and slowly lose | | | | conditioning. Resting on my laurels just doesn't feel |
| these twenty five pounds using Zumba as my | | | | like the right thing to do! I've got to step it up and |
| primary source of exercise. But that's not what I | | | | start to push myself harder if I want to keep |
| am most proud of either. I'm beyond that. I | | | | improving my body and inside and out. |
| realized today as I was taking off my Zumba | | | | |