Well ladies…I took the plunge again last night and went to my second Zumba class! I have been on a total health kick this week and I’m feeling like a million bucks…actually I’m feeling like one of those annoying women who jumps up and down and shouts to the world, “I Am Just So Happy I could Sh*!??”. I guess that’s what happens when you quit eating sludge and ditch the booze and get off the couch and…MOVE!
I have to admit that when I attended my very first class on Tuesday night, I really wasn’t sure what to expect. The sessions are held at our local middle school, and for whatever reason, I pictured us being in some classroom with the desks all pushed to the side and with the instructor in front and about 10 women in the class. Um…yeah…I was WAY off! Zumba is actually held in the gymnasium of the school, and there had to be at least 60 women there lined up willing and waiting to shake their tail-feathers.
I also was convinced that I’d be the only person in the room who is still bearing the scars of holiday mashed potatoes, gravy, and stuffing (and yes, I know that it’s the end of March and the holidays are long over, but for the past few weeks I’ve still been chowing down like every night is Christmas Eve). I pictured a bunch of twenty-somethings with perfectly tight little tushes and rock hard abs.
Guess what? I was wrong again! There were women of all ages, shapes, and sizes in that room, and as soon as I walked in, I could tell that no one there was going to judge me or wonder what the hell I was doing there. And during the class, I was focused on watching the instructor on stage the whole time so that I could do my best to follow along, and I wasn’t paying attention to any of the women around me. And I don’t think that they were paying attention to me either. And I don’t know why I overestimate my importance so much as to think that every eye in that room will be glued to my flailing body and the fact that I have absolutely zero coordination.
I really enjoyed Tuesday night’s Zumba class. And if there was any question in my mind about just how out of shape I am, that session certainly gave me a wake-up call. I was sweating like a pig and running out of breath after about the third routine! But it felt SO good to move. And it felt so good to let loose and have FUN. And BOY did it feel good to SHAKE MY ASS. I even felt a little bit SEXY.
Last night was my second class, and now I am officially hooked and will probably become a self-proclaimed Zumba junkie. Since I’d gotten over that initial “new-kid-in-school” first night fear, I was able to get into a better groove and let my guard down a little more last night. Actually, I think I let my guard down a LOT. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but as soon as Shakira started playing over the speakers, a feeling of empowerment came over me, and in that moment I went from being a stay-at-home mom with A-cup breasts, a bit of a muffin-top, and a dimpled tush to a complete and total sex symbol. That’s right…last night, I was a MILF. And my hips don’t lie.
Now that I’m on a Zumba kick, I’ve decided to make it my mission not only to bring sexy back, but to bring MOM SEXY back. Because there is just no reason in hell that we should let the fact that we are mothers make us feel any less sexy than we were back in our college days. We can still be sexy as ever, but it’s a different kind of sexy. It’s MOM SEXY. You know how everyone is saying that 40 is the new 30? Well I’m declaring that MOM SEXY is the new 20-something-with-perky-boobs-and-no-stretch-marks SEXY.
Being able to girate your hips and shake your booty in a room full of people that you don’t know who are doing the exact same thing? That’s MOM SEXY.
Attending an exercise class and knowing that there is a 99% chance that you won’t be thrown up on? That’s MOM SEXY.
Letting it all hang out and not even bothering to suck your stomach in because you are there to have fun and still be able to breathe? That’s MOM SEXY.
Standing behind a couple of high school cheerleaders with cute little bodies and not feeling the least bit insecure because you know they’ll in your position someday too? That’s MOM SEXY.
Having an entire hour to yourself and getting the blood flowing all through your body and really feeling like an individual again? That’s MOM SEXY.
A couple times during the class last night, the instructor brought one of the really seasoned Zumba girls from the front row up onto the stage to demonstrate the routine with her. I don’t know how long it’s going to take me, but I’m determined to be the girl on stage somewhere during my Zumba journey. Granted, the last time that I set foot on a stage was at a fraternity party, and I got called into the Kappa Kappa Gamma Standards Committee meeting the next week for being drunk and un-ladylike in public.
Well, I’m an alum now and there’s no Standards Committee to call me out anymore, so I’m gettin’ back on that stage come hell or high water.
And that’s MOM SEXY.
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Mom Sexy!! Holla!! You bring it back girl and we’ll roll with ya! There’s nothing like owning our stuff, stretch marks and all and working towards a healthier, more powerful mama! We’re behind you 100%! Sexy Moms can be a whole new movement!
Amen, sister!
And I’m completely jealous! There isn’t a Zumba class to be found in the sticks in which I live.
Love the philosophy! Can you imagine how much more fun we would all have if we adopted the Mom Sexy standard? I’m going to have to work on that one.
Good for you! Being a sexy mom is something most of us should probably practice more often that is for sure~ Love that you are hooked and I am going to see if there are any classes around here to check out.
You go, you MILFy, you! You’re making me think of that song, “Shake ya A**” — I think it’s Mystikal, or Ludacris. Perfect Gym music!-
Sounds fantastic! I need to get my booty moving too…
I tried Zumba at my gym and I got bored… I think it was too much repetition for me, or our instructor just blew a big one. But I’m glad yours is awesome and believe me if you feel like you need to get into shape you should see me after an exercise class. I’m sweating like “patrick ewing in the 4th quarter”(so aptly put by Chris Rock.)
I have heard so many great things about Zumba, and I must admit you are really inspiring me to give it a try. I’ve been feeling like I may need to shake up my exercise routine, as of late. Maybe this would be a good option. Thanks for the encouragement! xoxo
You go, you hot mama! I’m dying to take a zumba class. I have to see where they’re given near me. How the cleansing going?
Get down with your bad, sexy self! I’ve heard Zumba was a lot of fun! I may need to find a video. I can’t get out at night to go to classes. I love Shakira, she does make me want to shake my groove thing.
I work with a guy who teaches Zumba. he is obsessed!! I swear whenever a dance song comes on he just breaks out into his Zumba zone. I love it.
Work it girl!!!
Good for you! I’d love to do Zumba. I wish they had a class near me.
I need to bring mom sexy back! I am glad you are enjoying this class, it sounds like a lot of fun
Way to go! So glad that you are enjoying it….and Mom Sexy…great new word!
Zumba class sounds really good! Glad you enjoy it!
I loved this post and I hear ya. I do Jazzercise and often feel the same way. I’m so grateful to be able to move my body and not worry about who is watching or what I look like, etc…we are moms and we are SEXY, damn it!
Awesome….sounds like a lot of fun. I really need to stop eating crap and drinking vodka too. I think you may have just inspired me to go for a run!!!
I’m totally onboard with MOM SEXY!!!
You go girl!!! Get your MOM SEXY on!!!
I’ll be right behind you…I’m determined to get back into a bikini this summer…now, I just have to start exercising…
You go girl!
Ahhh…getting called to standards. Boy do I remember that. It was spring break that got me “in trouble” with the “council.” I am all for bringing Mom Sexy back…Keep up the good work!
I love the fact that there is a 1% chance you will be thrown up on in Zumba class…I gotta get this in my gym…in a time slot that I can make…gotta!
That’s so awesome girlfriend. I’ve been thinking about trying it…you have me wanting to definitely try it out!
Keep bringing that sexy back!
xo
ahhh haaa you’re killing me -lol. I hear Zumba kicks some real butt. I have a friend who is an instructor.
As for MOM SEXY being the new 20-something-with-perky-boobs-and-no-stretch-marks SEXY… not quite sure I’ll ever to make that claim after having nursed 2 kids, BUT I do have a plan to shrink my waist & backside A LOT by spinning.
Cheers to the new mom-sexy!! Bring it!
And now I am off to clean toliets maybe if I put on a little music I can pretend I am in my own little Zumba class…Sounds like so much fun!
This post is AWESOME! Good for you – I am smiling at my desk now.
How much fun is that?
I just went to the gym for the first time in ages this week too. And just like you, I was happy to see that no one seemed to care what I was doing. I don’t think we have anything as fun as Zumba around here but I will be back to the gym tomorrow.
Zumba is so much fun. Every now and then a guy will join in and that’s when it’s funny.
Girl, you are so Mom Sexy, it’s not even funny. Wish I could have seen you get down to the ground at the Zumba class. I took it a few times and LOVED it. Dancing is my favorite form of exercise. I should go back…
Loved the post! Mom Sexy is my new favorite phrase!
The invision of someone jumping up and down saying ‘I am just so happy I could SH!??’ has be laughing so hard I almost pissed myself! OMLands!
Two of my sister in laws take a Zumba class together. They love it! I need to find one too!
Get your sexy mom groove on!
I love the idea of this! Mom sexy, yeah!
So this “Mom Sexy” thing. Can it apply to overweight, invisibly disabled mamas too? If so, I’m hawt shtuff!
You go girl!!! I’ll have to try Zumba now!
I love, love, love Zumba!!!! There are those brief moments that I think, “maybe, I can dance!!!!” They are fleeting…but I Zumba for those moments! It’s SOOOOOO stinking fun! And ANYONE can do it!
Good for u! I am also on a health kick and want to be sexy and
alive in my TODAY!! I applaud u!
You just inspired me to try Zumba! I wrote about a striptease class a while back. Read on: http://www.muffintopmama.com/2010/02/taking-it-all-off.html
Look at you go! Awesome! I tried Zumba a few times…my hips just did NOT want to move that way. I would love to take a hiphop class, but it seems I’m too old for any around here. =(
Sounds great! I’m going to have to check out a Zumba class soon!
Good for you. I used to take one look at the women(bringing sexy back) at they gym (that I never belonged too) and thought “Good for them, and heck no!” haha! I love dancing, and am not opposed to public dancing…sober even. but just can’t get into the public zumba-ing! Congrats! and good luck!
Good for you! In my case, it’s the thighs that don’t like. I’ve been doing a lot of walking lately…
What a great post….I may even try it…..Happy Saturday…..Enjoyed your post….
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You need a feather mask to go with that feathered ass!
You go girl!!! Now I am jealous, so many people are now doing Zumba I need to try it. BTW you are hot even without doing Zumba!!
I have been dying to try a Zumba class! I am pregnant w/ my first baby, due in June, and I’m terrified I will lose my sexy self post-baby. Thanks for the inspiration!
I’ve always wanted to do Zumba but my gym doesn’t offer it…I think it’s time to get a new gym because I am lookin to get sexy back! LOVE your post and giving all moms out there the inspiration to be SEXY again!
Look at you, you sexy thang! Zumba is offered at a gym near my house but I really didn’t know what it was. Sounds fantatsic and I’d like to get MOM SEXY back! Inspired…
Woohoo, sexy mama indeed!
Since this is about excersie and you mentioned your sorority… I’m going to share a KKG related tale with you, and do NOT take what I am about to tell you personally at all, or even believe that I’m generalizing about the -whole- sorority. This applies to a specific KKG chapter…
Back at college, my freshman year, my roommate (a very large girl) and I both went rushed Sororities. Part of the rules during Rush week is that you weren’t supposed to disclose your feelings about the sororities publicly. You submitted your bid silently. But… she and I were Roomies so of course I was going to share with her.
Well, the KKG chapter at my college had a reputation for being “big girls”. They had acquired a nickname from the other sororities that they did their best to keep the KKG sisters unaware of.
So when Roomie opened up to me one night during rush week about how she was afraid she wouldn’t get into a sorority because she didn’t feel she was the typical pretty or skinny co-ed, I replied (with a mouthful of ice-cream, mind you, in total hypocrite fashion)
“Eh, there’s always Krispy Kreme-A Gamma. They’ll take anyone.”
Turns out that was her number one sorority pick, and she was a legacy. I moved out shortly after pledging to another sorority.
Guilty as I feel about it I have to admit, my first thought when I read this post was “No wonder she was called before a standards committee. They’d put you on probation for eating a salad.” *cringes* Really, they were that bad.
But seriously, I can’t believe I said that to her! Ugh! Total word vomit.
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Holy crap I messed up the word “exercise”.
I was just reading this post because today I bought three swimsuits that I will be happy to wear in public, and that made me feel seriously Mom Sexy, and I run across this little gem at the end … you’re a Kappa?!? Me, too! (Epsilon Gamma, UNC. What chapter were you?)
I already knew I loved your blog, but this explains a lot.
Zumba on, girl.
Oh, Mommyologist…I heart you! I don’t have any buttons up on my blog yet, but Mom Sexy is SO going up there! I’m going to include you in my post tomorrow…hope you don’t mind. I’m following you now, too!