ZUMBA!!

So yesterday I got Zumba in the mail. And I couldn’t WAIT to start it. I kept telling my friend Ty how I was excited to be shaking ma booty. So, this morning with my heart racing with fear, I did it! Today, I did Zumba for the first time.

If you don’t have a DVD player, or like me who has one but for some reason it doesn’t work with your TV, use your lap top. Clear a space in your living room and let er rip! I did mine with my TV on mute and cranked my laptop’s volume. I did the step by step one seriously and half of the ripped before I was so exhausted. But it’s not a bad kind of exhausted. It’s omg I just did Zumba exhausted...a omg I just danced! Exhausted.

To get through the step by step takes 55 minutes and it’s not start and stop. You get to pick through salsa, meringue, calypso, Reggae-ton, Cumbia (my favorite) and belly dancing!! I did all of them because I was so excited! The DVD, gives you step by step instructions and each move, the instructors give you a chance to modify the moves to fit your body or to fit your style. They even make it even more fun by allowing you to add your little twist or attitude to stuff. If you don’t get at first, don’t worry, you can muddle through then go back and try again. You can watch the moves forward or use the things on the screen to turn the instructors around so you can see the moves from the back!

The music is original and fun! The beats just make you want to dance!

The Ripped DVD, have you using the toning sticks and just shaking it, moving your hips, gyrating, air-guitaring...it’s a blast.

Do this before breakfast on your days off. If you’re like me with a work schedule all over the place, you’re going to have to pick your days. I do it before I have breakfast on my day off. Why? Because then my stomach is empty and there’s no food in there to hold you down. I get a glass of water and put it down and sip from it to keep myself hydrated. Don’t drink too much or else you will get cramps.

On your first day, don’t over do it. I did half an hour hardcore. Then I toned it down a little before switching to the ripped DVD. The ripped one is a lot more of what you did in the first DVD just a little faster. But don’t do that until you learn the step by step.

You’re going to be so happy once you get through the step by step DVD. Doing the Ripped one will make you feel sexy, happy you’re dancing! It’s so much fun!

How I felt afterward?

I felt as if I had accomplished something. My muscles ached but I don’t care because I was up and being active. Everything is step by step so it’s Kay proof lol.

Afterward, you don’t want to fall into the same patter like you normally do...work out for an hour then eat junk. So for breakfast I had bran cereal, with a half of grapefruit.

Ingredients:
2/3 cup of cereal (bran)
½ grapefruit
½ cup 1% Milk

And that’s breakfast!

And remember...you are fabulous!

Hugs,
Kay