I've decided that the cold fails at life. Seriously, it totally makes me not want to do anything but sit around and watch reruns of Law and Order. Motivating myself to go work out today was the hardest thing I've had to do in a while. But after layering myself in a billion sweaters and sweatshirts, I decided to bare the cold and go. I go to classes at the gym-- the group exercise classes. I try to go three times a week, rotating between different dance classes. I love these classes but today's class was my favorite. There are so many different ethnicities, ages, shapes, and personalities in my Zumba class.
Going to this class always makes me smile a lot. Not only do I get to improve on my Latin dance moves (which really, really need improvement), but its the only point during my week I just get to shake myself as hard and fast as I can for no reason other than getting thin. And I really, really want to continue to be thin, so I shake what my momma gave me and have a blast while doing it. It's so funny to see the other people by me. Some of the ladies commit as hard as I am and roll their hips like Shakira taught them too. Other girls are so reserved; scared to fully believe they are allowed to move like that.
What causes the discrepancy in these two types of women? Why do some girls feel like they can't go balls to the wall crazy in Zumba class? What stops them from really feeling the music and trying as hard as they can to shake it? Are they worried about someone looking at them like their crazy? I dono, for me, Zumba class is one of the highlights of my week because I get to be my crazy self in a room full of strangers and no one judges me for it. In fact, my teacher encourages it.
So today to make me happy, I shook and let my She-Wolf out.
I checked out Hot Yoga last night. All the poses were beginner, but damn that was tough. Not quite the place where I can unleash my She-Wolf, but I had tons of energy after.
ReplyDeleteThen I ate a huge plate of nachos at the bar and passed the fuck out later.