-
A Strange Thing Happened at MY Gym Today
I went to my Saturday Zumba class as usual and found the Class Exercise room’s windows had been covered? The class exercise room is about 20% of the gym area. Two walls are all mirrors and the other walls facing out to the rest of the gym have large windows. Most people in my class thought it was weird and didn’t like it.…
-
Just got my first Food Scale
If anyone told me a month ago I would be buying a food scale, I would have told them they're crazy! But I was delighted when I received my wee scale yesterday. It was a mixed blessing though, as some of the food portions were larger than I counted but some were smaller. It is cool and so far has helped me with portion…
-
1st Zumba class!
I just finished my first Zumba class this morning. It was *@&%$@$ hard for me but I stuck with it and did the full 60 minutes. I went to Zumba Calories http://www.zumbacalories.com and used the calculator to see how many calories I burned for my weight 271 lbs.. Was amazed could I really have burned over 800 calories? If…
-
Need help with Kickboxing Calories
Just had my first kickboxing class and now I know why it has kick in the name because it certainly kicked my fat butt! But I made the whole hour - 50 minutes kickboxing, 10 minutes sit-ups ( which KILLED!) and cool down. Excitedly, first thing I did when I returned to my office was go to MFP to log the class into my…
-
A Great Common Sense Blog!
I just read a great Blog entry from iddreams. It is the best, most common sense post I have read on the website so far AND BY A PERSON WHO HAS EXPERIENCE AND IS SUCCESSFUL in her weight loss! It helped me and I am sure I will refer to it again. Thought I would share it with those that may not have seen it. Here it is:…
-
1st Zumba class!
Hi I started last Saturday and am sticking to my diet and exercise. I have been doing 30 minutes on the treadmill burning about 300 calories but it is still hard! I am at 3.5 MPH with a 1% incline for 30 mins. Anyway decided to take a Zumba class but a little nervous. Anybody do this before? Is the class hard? Should I…
