Fit By Summer - February

Hi,

I'm Jennifir. I recently moved to Massachusetts and love it here and the active lifestyle. It has me more motivated than I have been in a long time. I would love to lose 15 pounds by my birthday in May and 25 by the end of the summer. I'd love to be comfortable in a bathing suit considering I live within 20 minutes of beaches now! I also want to pursue my desire to be a Zumba instructor and plan to be ready to look into that this summer..

The most outlandish thing that has happened to me...not sure. I did meet and eat lunch at a mcdonalds with James Brown when I was seven. I'll never forget it!

Crazy, I just moved to Massachusetts too!! Where did you move from? I hail from California, the weather has been totally harsh over here. I live in Haverhill how about you?

Hello friends and welcome to the newcomers!!! My name is Andrea, 24 year old in Massachusetts. My goal is to get down 20 pounds by summer...by my 25th birthday would be great, June 9th.

Craziest thing that has happened to me? It's happening right now...deciding to take a leap of faith and move across the country from California to Mass. with my bf in one of the harshest winters to hit the east coast in awhile (from what I hear). I have got to say the experience has been fun so far.

I did the same thing...but I moved up...lol And I live in Haverhill! I sent you a friend request...I think we need to hang out and help each other...maybe find a zumba class! I moved from asheville, nc

jennifir can i ask what is zumbo? ive never heard of it before.

Zumba is a high impact, most amazing dance aerobics. Once you try it you are addicted. It has a latino, hip hop feel to it. Check it out at Zumba.com or check out youtube because I'm sure there are videos of it. Iluvsparkles and I started zumba together a couple years ago!
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Do you do zumba through videos or did you enroll in a class?

does planet fitness have any zumba classes? I know Choice Fitness does.

jennifir can i ask what is zumbo? ive never heard of it before.

Zumba is a high impact, most amazing dance aerobics. Once you try it you are addicted. It has a latino, hip hop feel to it. Check it out at Zumba.com or check out youtube because I'm sure there are videos of it. Iluvsparkles and I started zumba together a couple years ago!

thanks ive heard of dance aerobics tried a couple and hurt my joints badly fab work out tho just wish i could handle the strain to my joints to do it more
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Zumba actually has a lot of "low-impact" options for most of the routines. All you need to do is tell the instructors that you have joint problems and they'll give you a variation of the routine. Everyone can do Zumba

jennifir can i ask what is zumbo? ive never heard of it before.

Zumba is a high impact, most amazing dance aerobics. Once you try it you are addicted. It has a latino, hip hop feel to it. Check it out at Zumba.com or check out youtube because I'm sure there are videos of it. Iluvsparkles and I started zumba together a couple years ago!

thanks ive heard of dance aerobics tried a couple and hurt my joints badly fab work out tho just wish i could handle the strain to my joints to do it more

Zumba actually has a lot of "low-impact" options for most of the routines. All you need to do is tell the instructors that you have joint problems and they'll give you a variation of the routine. Everyone can do Zumba
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thru dvds we dont get zumba classes near me as far as im aware id never heard of it. i do like my sports trampoline tho i can jump slowly and it cushions some of the impact which is good but mostly i walk for exercise the usual cleaning and i go to a ladies and babies swim class monday mornings not much swimming but alot of walking my toddler widths across the pool

Zumba does look fun.I do want to try it.I had a few days of rest and yesterday and today I did stretching and toning.I really need to start doing alot of aerobics soon too.

Hello friends, had another bad eating day and got to get that under control!!! Need to plan my meals ahead of time because when I improvise I get in major trouble. Hope all is well, gonna force my butt to get to the gym tomorrow.

How is everyone doing so far?

Andrea

struggling to get back into dieting if im honest
i starte dlast summer lost 12lbs using this site and exercising but then hit a plateau and xmas got close and i just stopped now me and my friend started again waite duntil feb 1st so all the xmas chocs etc would be out of the way but after no exercise and eating basically anything i wanted when i wanted im struggling i find myself at the end of the day 8pm feeling peckish and no calories left i could get my wii fit board out and earn some but by time ive done that and the exercise id need for a snack id probably be thinking forget it bedtime and i have already eaten a good sensible meal so its mor elikely to be boredom eating
i need it to be monday so i can see a result on scale and feel all motivated because its working if that makes sense and i tried my loose jeans on today i couldnt fasten them incentive enough there i think roll on these last 20lbs gone

Hi,

Good to see so many people still with us
So a bit more about me, I lost over 50lbs a couple of years ago and became addicted to running and am currently training for my 6th half marathon which is in March. I've put 20ish lbs back on over the last couple of years and my main motivation to lose it again is to get faster.

Emma