ANYONE LOST WEIGHT DOING ZUMBA?

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  • tmauck4472
    tmauck4472 Posts: 1,785 Member
    It looks so fun but I got the Wii zumba and have tried it a couple times and hated it. It moves so fast (even the tutorials) that I feel completely lost with in two or three minutes. It just keeps telling me how "great" I'm doing and moving ahead even though I'm totally lost. Maybe a real class; idk.


    You will feel lost until you learn the routines, I've been doing twice a week for a couple of months now and I still get lost and can not finish the whole hour yet but I'm getting there. My instructor says it's okay to not know all the routine just as long as you keep moving for that whole hour. Plus she changes things adds songs and different moves so your body doesn't get used to the routine. I can't say I've lost because of it but I know I feel better for it. I wanted to never go back after the first couple of times but I've kept going and now I love it. JUST KEEP MOVING!!!!!!
  • Jbbaby111
    Jbbaby111 Posts: 55 Member
    Zumba gives me more of a workout than anything else i have ever done!!
  • mommaat40
    mommaat40 Posts: 2
    Please read....

    Yes you can loose weight. Most of the instructors tho do not go over proper stretches before classes. I pulled my foot very badly in a class and ended up with plantar fassciatus or however you spell it. It took a year and half to heal and is extremely painful. Love doing Zumba but please stretch!.
  • turboleigh
    turboleigh Posts: 2 Member
    I just started going back to Zumba ... Just want to know who here has had sucess. I am taking Adipex and have lost 9 lbs i started at 250 and now 241 but hope to get to 160. I love zumba but not sure if it really works
  • i first got the wii zumba and that is horrible i hate it, but then I tried the zumda fitness dvd's and did it at home and i love it i have lost almost 50 pounds!
  • ncwingnut71
    ncwingnut71 Posts: 292 Member
    I LOVE Zumba!! I take it at the gym. I have lost quite a bit of not only weight, but toned up pretty well by doing it.
  • yes! i love zumba! great way to work out its really fun and it burns quite a lot of calories..
  • dogo187
    dogo187 Posts: 376
    i do Zumba but only once a week on Tuesdays...

    i use it as a light day since on Monday i do Les Mills Pump in the morning and then a high intensity Step aerobics class in the evening...

    not sure if it would help me lose weight and get in the kind of shape that i want to be in but its a good workout and anything that gets you moving is a good place to start...
  • purpleipod
    purpleipod Posts: 1,147 Member
    Any type of exercise with a calorie deficit will cause you to lose weight. It's much more about food intake than exercise, doesn't matter the type of exercise.
  • athenaheim
    athenaheim Posts: 496 Member
    Yes, kinda, I have lost weight while doing zumba but I have also done other stuff with zumba so I guess I really do not know that answer.
  • softballsharie
    softballsharie Posts: 154 Member
    I did! And now I'm teaching it. :] It's fun, and everyone's right, you can lose weight doing any exercise that creates a deficit, but why not have FUN while you're doing it? Message me if you want, I'll give you all the info you want.

    44 lbs. down by the way :D
  • Sparlingo
    Sparlingo Posts: 938 Member
    Going tonight with a friend (for the first time - I'd rather look like an idiot in front of strangers, not friends so I'm a tad nervous - ha ha!), I love Zumba!

    I do it with a myriad of other things (strength training, running, step class, swimming, etc.) so I can't say it's solely responsible for my little bit of success so far, but it has been one of my favourite ways to stay in shape :)!

    Also, I got a HRM for Christmas, and Zumba is good for almost a 500 calorie burn when I give it my all!
  • HotMummyMission
    HotMummyMission Posts: 1,723 Member
    Meeee 28lbs xxxx done 45mins everyday but once I stopped I started to gain so I'm doing strength xxx
  • lisanxd
    lisanxd Posts: 93
    Of course. Anything you burn calories doing, will cause you to lose weight if you control what you eat. I have burned up to 800 calories in an hour of zumba at the gym. I think I burn far more in person at the gym than the DVDs.
  • balancedbrunette
    balancedbrunette Posts: 530 Member
    anyone tried zumba core for the wii?...:)
  • sugarkissprincess
    sugarkissprincess Posts: 2,595 Member
    I do X Box Kinect Zumba in the morning and walk @ lunch. 40 minutes a day and I have lost 30 pounds in 3 months. It's awesome and gets easier and funner as you go.
  • katielangley
    katielangley Posts: 152 Member
    I looked up the videos on youtube and was doing them added onto my workout, it was fun, got me loose for my 30 day shred workout, and had me sweating;) If it is to fast to keep up with just shake it!!! All you gotta do is move:) Good Luck!
  • Luvmesumkenny
    Luvmesumkenny Posts: 779 Member
    Any type of Exercise you do with a Calorie Deficit will help you shed the pounds... I Love to go to Zumba to just Shake my *kitten*!!!
  • smccully88
    smccully88 Posts: 36 Member
    I am a firm believer in Zumba. I absoultely lover it. I have lost a lot of weight with Zumba being my main source of Cardio. It is a lot of fun and you can't tell that you are working out. I feel like I am just dancing. I am drenched when I am finished. I do Zumba 5 to 6 times a week! Definitely reccommened giving it a try!
  • cruznuno
    cruznuno Posts: 1
    I totally recommend it! I have been doing it for about 4 weeks and have lost 8 lbs. I go Monday thru Friday. On the weekends I do housework and yard work which also count towards my exercise. You will love ZUMBA!!!
  • I had been doing Zumba for a year and hadn't seen results. The teacher taught a basic class. I "thought" I was working hard but I think I was giving myself a lot more credit than I deserved. I even bought the Zumba DVDs and started working out at home. Lost very little. I started taking zumba in Feb 2013 w/ a different instructor and she was high intensity! I almost didn't go back after the first class because I was scared I couldn't keep up. Well, I kept going and the weight is falling off of me, I am tone and I went from a size 12/14 to a size 6. So many people ask me what I am doing and as soon as I say working my *kitten* off they say, "oh :(" in a disappointed voice. I think so many people want a short cut but it really isn't going to work unless you YOU work.... HARD! Heart rate up and sweat pouring off of you.
  • wagonblaster
    wagonblaster Posts: 13 Member
    Depends what conditioning you're body is use too. I did not see any improvements in my body doing Zumba classes. I love to dance, and worked really hard, but I had to up it up a notch, so I went back to intense conditioning which worked better for my body. If you're just starting out, I would say Zumba is great. However, if you really want to tone and condition, then I would focus my attention on something else. None the less, Zumba is a great starting point.
  • CrazyC
    CrazyC Posts: 284 Member
    :heart: Zumba. I do theExhilarateDVD's at home. I have been doing them for about 20 days now and am HOOKED!! Before that, I did all 4 Just Dance games for the Wii (routating) for 2 months. I have lost 20 Ibs since Feb 17, 2013. (Per my ticker) since I started working out on 2/17 and logging my food since 2/21. However, I lost approximately 10+ Ibs before I joined here due to having a REALLY bad case of the flu and bronchitis.. Thus, if you count that I am down a total of between 33-35 Ibs thus far... My goal is to get down to my ideal weight of 120 Ibs... I am a vertically challenged gal at only 5 ft tall...

    I started out doing Just Dance for 3 hours daily 6x/week for about a month... (I :heart: and use to dance privately from age 5-16 and would of tried to go pro if I didn't injure my left knee... Then, I went down to two hours daily, again 6x/week, once I got the moves down. Recently, since starting Zumba and because of time constraints with my small children and hubby, I have reduced it down to 1 hour cardio everyday (sometimes up to 1 1/2 hrs) and every other day 1 1/2 - 2 hrs when I also do the toning and Sentao Dvd's with the cardio. :smile:
  • danapenguin
    danapenguin Posts: 161
    I have been doing a once a week Zumba class since April and I haven't really seen any changes but I am about to start doing it almost everyday at home using youtube videos!
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,268 Member
    I don't do Zumba, but I've lost weight eating pizza.:smile:
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