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Well, it's taken me a few days, but I've read through this entire thread! I doubt I'll be a regular participant, but I'll probably drop in occasionally.:o

I'll give a little background. I started doing Zumba in October of '09. My gym has it Tues/Thurs at 10AM, and I try to make it to both. Other days I do cardio on the elliptical or treadmill (I read or listen to my iPod), do strength training and take a couple pilates and/or yoga classes. I'm unemployed right now, so I'm taking advantage of the time to work on my fitness.

My biggest success was on our most recent cruise. My SO and I made a deal with each other that we had to be committed to working out on the cruise, and we stuck to it. We spent most of the morning in the fitness center doing cardio (Zumba for me...see Anita's other thread), weight training and stretching. We always took the stairs. The Epic is a big ship, and we were on deck 9, the fitness center was on 14 and the buffet was on 15. We made mostly healthy choices when eating, but also didn't deprive ourselves if we saw something we wanted. In fact, I'm pretty sure I had the fruit crumble with ice cream just about every day. Get this...neither of us gained any weight on an 11 day cruise!:D

Okay, so how's everyone doing? I've enjoyed reading about everyone's progress. I's nice to have some support, even if it is from across the globe, isn't it?

Goin' to get some water! ;)

I am not an instructor, but I had the good fortune of having a Zumba instructor as a fellow passenger on my last cruise. I met her on Day 2 of our 11 day transatlantic, and she taught a free class every day, except our 1 port day! Apparently there was only one person in class the first day (I met her later that day), but after that we had anywhere from 3 to 9 people in the class. She was delighted! She said she was planning on doing it by herself anyway, so she was glad to have company.

I'm not sure what arrangements, if any, she made with NCL. There were 3 extra classrooms in the fitness center, and we just used one of them after the pilates/yoga class finished at 9:30AM. There was a sound system in there, and she used her iPod. She made sure that we knew that we were liable for ourselves.

We had really calm seas, except for one day, when they were 14+ feet. That made it just a little more challenging.:D

I did see a sign-up sheet for a ship-sponsored Zumba class---for $20:eek:

Congrats on becoming an instructor! Off to post on your other thread!:)