Officially Zumba-fied

Last Thursday I finally made a plan to get back to the gym and actually followed through with it. Not only that, but I chose a class I've never done before-Zumba!
I've heard how wonderful Zumba is for ages but I'll admit it, I can be a bit of a cynic sometimes and can take a bit of convincing to get into the latest craze And also I get really nervous about these things so had to really gear myself up to go.
Well I LOVED it! Yup officially a Zumba fan here folks, I can see what all the hype is about now. It was quite a big class but people of all different shapes and sizes, and they had such awesome music, had even thrown in a bit of NZ dub, and a Bollywood style song complete with all the moves, it was awesome!
And then I was in such a good frame of mind, and not feeling too knackered, so I decided to do the next class which was aptly titled 'Bums and Tums'. Quite a contrast to the zumba class, and my Bum&Tum sure got a hammering but it just felt so damn good to get my body moving and doing something again.

It's amazing how you actually look at yourself in a different light after doing exercise. I have been looking at myself lately and have just been seeing yukness-and someone who has put on a few kilos after IVF. Straight after those classes when I could actually feel the muscles I had worked, I could look in the mirror and I felt way better about myself, and fitter. even though I hadn't made any visible difference to my body yet.

So I think that set me on a good roll to get through Christmas, and it was a great day,big G and I stayed at my parents house for a few nights over Christmas, and my 2 sisters were there too so it was just a small family day, lots of nice food and lots of chilling out. I even started reading a non-infertility related book! My sister recommended I read 'the Hunger Games' the first book in a trilogy, I wasn't sure I'd like it as she said it was a bit gruesome in parts and I hate horror kind of stuff, but it was easy to read and I actually did like it, can't wait to read the next one now.

So now I'm on holidays until the 10th jan, and then after that only a week of work left before I'm out on my own in the world of self employment eek! I'm hoping I'll have some dressmaking jobs lined up soon, already I don't know what to do with myself!It's quite hard to learn to relax and give yourself some time off so I'll be working on doing that today,in my new sun lounger I got for Chrissy! :)