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I am Emily, I am 28, married, and I have twins, a son and a daughter. I am a graphic designer, and worked at a newspaper until the babies came, and now I do freelance work from home. I usually design magazines and books, and I love it! I have had dreadlocks for 8 years, and they reach my butt, but I am finally thinking…
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Just wanted to let everyone know that I am about to start a new thread for this group called "The Zumba Crew w/o 6-14" Come on over to that thread and join the conversation!
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Everyone should come over to our group "The Zumba Crew" Look for the thread under fitness and exercise!
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Oh I meant to also say that how many calories you burn during zumba can vary greatly depending on how high energy your class or moves are. I suggest getting a heart rate monitor with a chest strap to accurately count, BUT in general, if you are very energetic in your dancing (like you would be if you were teaching..not…
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Hey Allie! We are glad to have you here! We are getting more instructors on this board every day! I have only taught zumba about 5 times, filling in for my old teacher, but that was back before my twins, and I am not yet certified. Working on that though! Blue eyed...I know that you can get the dvd for cheaper on Amazon,…
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I am so glad that so many of you have awesome instructors! I am jealous but it is definitely motivating me to get certified!
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Machines ARE torture if you already know how fun zumba is! I am so glad that so many people are into zumba and telling us about it on this thread. I am hoping that if anyone is interested, they will see these posts and give in and attend a class or get the dvds. Now I just wish we all lived closer together so that we could…
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Me too me too! I just had twins in January and i have 25 pounds left to lose (of the 60 that I gained during pregnancy!) So know that you are definitely not alone!
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Hey lady :) I know we correspond often away from mfp, but I just wanted to say that we are in this together (except I have twice as much to lose than you do!) So we can keep each other on track!
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I wish there were more classes in this area! The reason I want to get certified is because she is the only instructor in our town apparently. At least the only one that is offering a class...I may just stick it out, and go to doing the dvds until I get certified, and then just offer my own class :) now...AQUA ZUMBA?! Ive…
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Ok, I need you guys to tell me if I should just let this go, or do something about it. As I stated before, my new zumba instructor has limited knowledge of the dances etc... I just found out that she teaches kindergarten dance classes...so it makes sense why she simplifies things so much. My thought is that I might try to…
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Cheetos in Cream Cheese?!??! Wow that's all your calories for a day right there!
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I'm with you, I was drinking too much sweet tea!
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SraArroz - I am with you, Zumba has ruined me for pretty much every other exercise except for swimming ( I still love it since it is high calorie burning, but low impact) I am so glad that you all are joining my Zumba crew thread! I can't wait til my DVDs get here....since my class kinda sucks it will be so nice to get the…
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Yes, I also tuck under the bra... but have never had that problem. Is there any chance that it is losing contact with your skin when you reach up? That is the only reason I can think of, other than it just loosing signal from the chest strap due to distance or angle?!
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LOL that is too funny! When I was pregnant, I had twins so I DEFINITELY got comments, BUT one time, when I was only about 5 months preggo, I was already so big that I got faint in a store and had to sit down right there on the floor. Everyone freaked out and thought I was going into labor!
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I am with the previous posters that have reminded us that MFP already puts us in a calorie deficit to begin with. So eating back the exercise calories means we still have our deficit, whereas, if you do not eat back your exercise cals, you risk going into starvation mode. So in my opinion it is important to eat them back.
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kcurtis - I can identify with you so much... I can't believe your instructor is moving to China!! I really really miss my old class more and more every single time I go to the new one so I hope that you can find a new class that is worth it!.... this new instructor is not a natural born leader at all... and I am! I have to…
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I know RIGHT!! It's a dance party! Not any ol aerobics class!
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For me, I finally just broke down and got a heart rate monitor. It helped me to track more efficiently. I have not used it yet since having the twins, BUT before the twins, I burned 600-700 calories regularly during the hour class, BUT if I was teaching the class, I burned in excess of 1000 cals in an hour! I just need to…
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Viv - I know what you mean about the 'musician in you cringing" that is exactly how I feel at every class! She does not stay on the beat at all! And there are some complicated beats as you know!! It just inspires me to get certified! I am also curious to hear if the zumba cert stands on it's own, or if you need other…
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That is so awesome! I want to get mine too... I just started attending a new class and the teacher..well, she is certified, but doesn't know the dances very well at all! It has encouraged me to go get my own cert. so that I can teach a class.
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I can NOT believe this thread is still going! I've been gone for over a year!! freshly baked bread is so yum always fills my tum too bad it's all carbs
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hi all! lots of new people here since i last signed in. I kind of went on a sabbatical from mfp for a while, but i had to post today, because, it is one week to the wedding and i am eating the crappiest stuff! Its like the closer the wedding gets, the LESS food control that I have! I am eating at erratic times, and eating…
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i am totally still here!! im sorry i havent been checking in much lately! I don't have the internet at home, and tho i am on a computer all day long, i don't have much chance to do 'fun' stuff online... BUT i have continued with my (decent) eating, and going to zumba very religiously, i just wish that i had more time to…
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the great thing about zumba is that no one cares if you 'can dance' no one is looking anyway! the important thing is that you keep that heart rate up and you will succeed!
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Hi Bonny! Glad to see you here too! I just realized that we might as well start a 'thread' of sorts for people like us who struggle daily with the fear of food. I haven't before now for a couple of reasons, so yall tell me what you think. So far so good on all of the posts, but just for those who might not be as 'in tune'…
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the one that i use is supposedly burst resistant, so i guess that it is the kind that deflates slowly, and it also has a bit of sand in the bottom so that it does not roll away when you stand up! It is by golds gym
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our date is April 18th! I am at 155 from 170 and would like to be to 150 or so before the wedding. I know five pounds doent seem like that much, but i have pretty much been at a plateau for 3 months! What i have found that works for me is Zumba! it is a latin dance aerobics class that actualy holds my attention so much…
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Namasté all i am here!!! I have mentioned this on mfp before, but i just thought i would remind all of you that if you have an office job, it works wonders to sit on a yoga ball instead of a chair! I have had mine for about 8 months or so, and i can NOT go back to a chair after being 'on the ball' for this long. It even…
