ZUMBA!

I have a new obsession! HIP HOP ZUMBA! It is amazing. You not only burn 1000 calories in an hour but it is so much fun! Let me start off by saying I have never been interested in zumba. It is the fitness craze lately but I had no interest in trying it. I don't care for salsa music or salsa dancing so it did not appeal to me at all. Right before Christmas I saw on post of facebook from a photo studio in Fishers that was going to start having zumba classes every Tuesday and Thursday evening and Saturday morning for just $5 a session or you can buy a punch card and get 7 classes for $30 or 15 classes for $60. I saw in the post that the instructor said her playlist is all hip hop and full of energy. I figured for just $5 it wouldn't hurt to try it. I asked my friend Brandi to come to and she is now hooked as well.

The first class was on January 4. I only expected maybe 25-35 people at the class. Boy was I wrong. There were like 110 people there! Unreal! I guess the instructor, whos name is also Amy, has been doing this class for quite a while and this was just a new location for her class. So most of the participants had been doing her class for some time and had the routines down. It was very intimidating at first. We do the same songs and "routines" every week so you catch on quick. I wish this class was every day. I am addicted. I feel like I am at a night club dancing with my girlfriends shakin our booties and droppin it like its hot but sober and with brighter lights! It is so much fun!

Here is our song list, even though I think Amy said we will be getting some new songs this week. I love these songs and will be putting them on my iPhone so I can run to them this summer.

SONG LIST 1.1.2011

• Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz
• Jai Ho - AR Rahman & Pussycat Dolls
• Hey Baby - Pitbull
• Crazy - Lumidee
• 3 - Britney Spears
• La Fiesta - DJ Laz
• Drop it Low (clean) - Ester Dean & Chris Brown
• She's Hotter - Zumba
• Con el Pompi Pa'Arriba - Mala Fe
• La, La, La - Auburn
• Throw Your Hands Up - Rihanna & Elephant Man
• HeartBeat Love - Janet Jackson & Pitbull
• Danza Kuduro - Don Omar & Lucenzo
• Jump - Rupee
• Jiggle It (clean)- Young Leek
• Take your Shirt Off (clean) - T-Pain
• One Step at a Time - Jordin Sparks
• Chocolate -Joul Control
• Here I Come -Fergie

Saturday morning before class Amy sent out an email about a Party HEARTY 90 minute Zumbathon with 100% of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross. It's only $10 to participate and then I also bought one of these super cute tanks to wear during it!

Hurry up February 19! I am so excited!

And of course this class is helping me get bikini ready for May! Maybe I can finally get my pre-baby body back. Just because you are at your pre-pregnacy weight does not mean your body looks ANYTHING like it did before. Hopefully Zumba will get me where I need to be. And come spring when I can run outside again! Ah so much to look forward to!