Zumba!

Ok, so I know I've already mentioned zumba in a previous post, but tonight I went to my second-ever zumba class and it's definitely a sure thing.

The crowd tonight was different - for starters, there was about 30 more women there tonight compared to the Monday morning class I tried - and I was worried about "fitting in" cos these women all looked like regular gym-goers... but as soon as the music started I quickly realised that it didn't matter, cos nobody had perfected the moves and there were still a few newcomers.  And I was glad to see I wasn't the only one getting all hot and sweaty - loads of women around me were exactly the same.

The issue with fertility...

...is that you never even think about it until it becomes an issue.  And there are seemingly 2 extremes to the fertility scale - there are those who fall pregnant if someone so much as sneezes near them at 1 end, and there are those who do all the right things and yet never successfully conceive at the other.

If I'm honest, even though I've had moments throughout the last few years where I've wanted to get on board the baby train, my fertility has never come under scrutiny.  I told myself that it's unlikely to be a walk in the park, based on the experiences with my female relatives, but never thought until now that there might be a serious problem.  And yet, here I am, facing the possibility that I might have PCOS and other hormonal problems...

Note to self: step class is not for those returning to fitness!!

Well as the title says, I tried out a step aerobics class tonight.  Was feeling so positive after zumba yesterday, and felt confident that with all my years of step class when I was younger I'd be able to get into it without too much difficulty... wrong!

I could pick up most of the steps ok, but the instructor taking the class didn't seem to take account of the varying levels of fitness within the class. 

The start of a new leaf!

I go through phases of wanting to get fit & healthy - so naturally I start going to the gym, changing my diet (I don't believe in diets per se - any changes I make are done with the intention of a longer-lasting effect, rather than some fad diet) but my attention span is so short that I lose interest too quickly and fall back into old habits!

This time around, I want to make it stick - mainly because now I'm in my thirties I've noticed I can't just eat what I like and do what I like without having to face the consequences!  I'm lucky enough to still remember what it was like in my late teens/early twenties - no matter what I ate (and I've always had a good appetite) I could literally walk it off, and never had to take part in planned physical activities to stay in shape.