9 wellness tips – zumba – and the Disappearing Metabolism
There Are wellness tips that can help our metabolism when it decides to go on strike.
9 Wellness Tips to Try
I’ve read over and under and pages and websites, that women get the slowdown around 35, some at 40, and the leprechauns in life, even later. My metabolism held strong until I saw number 4–and–8.
The glorious age of 48 was the year my metabolism bought a oneway ticket and vanished! Didn’t ask permission, didn’t give me warning, just one week I could have a few extra sweets, and the creamy half & half goodness in my coffee cup without a worry…And the next week I became the new poster child for a “mini muffin top”!
Your body decides for you when it’ll slow down. Orrrr drive off the end of a cliff at 75 mph
I’ve always exercised, from the days of Jane Fonda step aerobics to my favorite - Billy Blanks ta bo workouts. They were my coffee rush before I knew how much I liked coffee.
favorite wellness tip
If your body is going to change in a snap, Your workout routine can too.
I finally stepped out of my safe, cozy workout comfort-zone and danced, into a new move-it-love…
1/ ZUMBA
Before you say, “I can’t dance!” Lemme say that I can hold my own in a lot of sports, but when it comes to anything dance-related, I’m a running-Phoebe-through-Central-Park kind of dancer…can be funny to watch, but it’s NOT stage-worthy.
If I can try this - annnnnnyone can get their groove on too!
It took me over a year and a back surgery to work up the nerve to just walk into Zumba class.
After 37-classes, I moved myself into the advanced Zumba class {woo-hoo!}. I’m awful again…but K-sara-sara. I’m the rhythmically-challenged one in the back row. Come-on-in and step-it with me in the back row.
Unless you’re a front row person, then I’ll be behind following your steps ;)
At 50, starting new can be scarier than walking into freshman year homeroom at a new school.
But age has its grand privileges! At 14, there’s always something new to figure out, or adjust to, or puberty to survive. At 50, walking into class is less intimidating, because laughing at my missteps is how I roll now. How about you?
We aren’t 14 anymore. Surviving middle school is thankfully a one-n-done deal. But we’re never too old to start something new, and these wellness tips are the move into something new, something to shake up the metabolism, and maybe, juuuuussst maybe, a new routine you’ll fall in love with.
wellness tips TO Find Your Phoebe Run Groove
Pick one or two to focus on for the next 21 days {21 days cements it into a habit}.
If the first, Zumba, isn’t for you here are a list of other ideas to help move from your morning coffee to workout wear and sneakers::
2/ JUST DO IT FOR 10 MINUTES:: What do you like? Start it today {biking, walking, jumping rope, step aerobics, swimming, yoga, dancing in your basement…}
3/ MAKE IT FUN:: Make the first healthy step something that is - or could turn into - FUN {if we like it, it sticks!} Are you listening to an audio book right now? Plop your airpods in and go for a walk, vacuum, stair climb, hop scotch.
4/ DRINK WATER:: I wrote about what a big deal water is to our skin HERE and HERE. Maybe this is the place to start. I follow the half-your-weight method. Take your weight, divide by 2, and drink that many ounces a day.
5/ MOVE IT:: If you don’t have a fun idea to try yet, then just keep moving {instead of sitting to watch a show, try pacing or get on a treadmill} {walk at lunch and listen to a podcast!}
6/ SET YOUR DAYS:: Walking 2 days a week at lunch? Move it up to 3 days, and put the exact days on your calendar. Set a date with yourself + time on the calendar. {Writing it in your planner cements a time for you.}
7/ BUDDY SYSTEM:: Accountability works. We can talk ourselves out of going to Zumba class alone, but if we’re meeting a friend, we’ll push harder to get our tushie out the door.
8/ CUT IT OUT:: Pick one food or drink to cut out today {replace it with a water bottle}. I know you can do it! I replaced half of my half&half with skim milk in my morning coffee.
Cutting out ALL of my half&half wouldn’t last. But half of the half, not so ghastly 😉☕️
9/ MAKE IT A GAME:: I find a podcast that’s 30-60 minutes and don’t let myself get off the elliptical until it’s over {fast, slow, resistance or not – keep going until it’s over}. OR make a music playlist that’s 30/40/60 minutes long & go to the end.
10/ PICK A COLOR:: Add a new fruit or veggie to breakfast, snack, dinner…Pinterest has some great recipes for ideas. {Tried zoodles yet? I have good ones on my healthy eats board}
11/ Weird Water Fetish:: I need a straw.
I’m a better water-drinker when I drink from a straw instead of a glass or water bottle. Weird cup fetish – maybe. 🤷🏼♀️ Every night, I fill them up so they’re the first thing I go to in the morning {straw ones for home + 1 workout bottle}
Alright, that’s a few more than 9 wellness tips…but when we turn 50, is there such a thing as “too many” ideas to jumpstart our metabolism out of sluggish-ville?
What Gets You motivated to exercise or try a new food?
CHEERS to your health!
💖~Andrea
