ZUMBA!!!! January 7, 2011

I now know that Zumba is latin for “another opportunity for your teenage daughter to roll her eyes at you”.

The Zumba fitness game (for Wii) caught my eye a few weeks ago and I decided I would give it a whirl. I gave up other things to get it because I am hopeful that it will be a fun way to work out while at home. Apparently I was not alone in my thinking. We FINALLY found one yesterday and I was so excited to get started.

I had to run out to the grocery store to get a few things for the soup I was making for dinner. My 13 year old daughter couldn’t wait and immediately went and got into work out clothes to try it out while I was gone. I was a little sad that someone was going to try it before me, but oh well, such is the life of a mom. When I arrived back home I can see through the front window that my hubby is bouncing around all over the family room. He’s doing Zumba!!….while my daughter reclines on the couch with a disgusted look on her face. He was smiling back at me through the glass to let me know it was FUN.

I quickly went to work on the soup, hoping to get it going quickly so I could get one workout in before supper. Ahhhhh…..finally, my turn. I put on the belt it comes with for the remote, and turn on the game. My daughter decides another show would be fun, so she hangs out to watch. I try to channel my inner latin dancer. At first said daughter said I had more rhythm than her dad (I beam), but as the routine goes on it is clear that I have fallen out of first place. I feel myself slinging my body all over the room trying desperately to keep the girl on the screen green. I thought my daughter’s eyes might roll right out of her head. I don’t care. I was sweating and tired and desperate for water, but I knew I had had a good workout – pretty or not. She comments that maybe she was wrong about the rhythm thing…her dad got higher points than I did.

After dinner she does the HARD version (not BEGINNER) and gets 3 times the points I got (and comes to gloat)!!!!! Being 13 must be nice. She’s still got well-oiled joints that swivel easily, I guess.

The real kicker came when I woke up this morning and could barely move. My shoulders were killing me and, well, just about everything hurt! I am trying to take it as a good sign. It WAS just my first day. I’ll learn and it will get easier…..if I can work up the COURAGE to do it again today!

This morning my 8 year old neice came over. She and my daughter have Zumba’d for about 2 hours. She loves it and wants one for her birthday. Maybe I’ll get a chance to try again sometime today (without an eye-rolling audience). I hope I don’t throw my hips out!!

2011 – the year of Zumba!! hahaha!
Gina

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