Get Slim With Belly Dancing
I was thinking of some form of physical activity to keep me active and stay healthy. I seem to have gradually lost my energy since my body has been exposed to different weather conditions. I become idle in the winter and sluggish in the summer. Now that it’s spring and sometimes the weather is warmer than usual, I feel drowsy when I get home. It would only make me more tired when I sleep at around 5pm and wake up at 7pm. Considering my age now, it will be difficult to choose a type of exercise that’s right for me. I stay away from strenuous exercise cos I’m afraid my bones would give up, yay! About a month ago, we had this fitness day at my job where we were obliged to choose an activity that would suit us. I shunt swimming, tennis and indoor bandy. Just to imagine doing those made me break my shoulder and ankle. There was one activity that I thought would be easy for me – calisthenics. It was indeed easy but the pains in my hips and shoulders the next day were almost unbearable. That was the end of it. Never again.
When I learned that there’s belly dancing as a form of physical fitness, I tried to look for easy variant of it. Till I found this belly dancing fitness for beginners. I tell you this must be the silliest thing I’ve ever done with my body. I’ve never been engaged into dancing. Geezz, I couldn’t even get a folk dance step in my head. And now this belly dancing. I’m sure I dare not dance in public. Hubby was surprised when he saw the dvd and he asked me where I’d be performing, lol! “Hahaa! Do you really think I could dance in public. I wouldn’t even let you look at me doing it”.
I’ve been doing this for, let’s say, eight days now but not successively. It didn’t give me pains, unlike that calisthenics. It gives me the liberty to do it on my own phase. I’m not doing this everyday though cos it’s not to get slim that I’m after but a physical activity from time to time. I’m not aiming to be a certified bum of this either. What? Me, dance like Shakira? Never in my wildest dreams!
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Marlene is a teacher by profession holding a degree of Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education. She works as a Mother Language Teacher in Sweden. She is a Filipina married to a Swede. She has been blogging since 2007 and she and her hubby own quite a number of websites.
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Shakira & Marlene – competetion starts now.
Hobo, it will take 10 maybe 20 years before I can compete with Shakira. Or never at all, hahaa!
I love belly dancing but I don’t know how to dance
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Same here, Jean. Dancing is something I always thought I could, but in reality, my body and feet have their own worlds.
You made me laugh Len. There’s nothing wrong exposing with what you can do. As for me, I’m into anything. Every Saturday I joined with my boys at Taekwondo. Pero may time talaga na tinatamad tayo at di lang maiksi kundi mahabang katamaran wahahaha. Buti nalang di natin masyado kelangan ang fitness para maging slim.
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Feeling ko kaya ko gawin kahit ano when it comes to fitness basta may gana lang.
Ay, ang galing naman sa yo at Taekwondo ang napasukan mo. Ganun din ako eh, tinatamad mag-exercise, kahit itong belly dancing minsan ko lang nagagawa. Kelangan ko lang talaga konting drastic motion sa katawan, hehee. Bakit kaya natatalo tayo ng katamaran.
With the size of my belly, it would be a crime to go belly dancing … hahaha …
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Hahaa! Don’t worry about that, Nick. I haven’t seen a man did belly dancing, not even a gay.
Sure as you mentioned in your post Belly much useful to become slim, and also some health expert suggest dance to be Fit and Slim.
CFF, thanks for your comment. Yes, and it’s fun, too.
I’ve visited your site, it seems commercial. It’s informative though.
ang dami nagpapayat ngayon, tamad pa naman ako mag exercise.. maybe belly dancing would worked for me? (really? *Rolling eyes*) haha.. but that’s good it’s healthy.
Jen, kaya nga belly dancing na lang naisip ko kasi tamad din akong mag-exercise. Ngayon nga di ko na naman nagawa ito, yay!
Ooooo!!! I have always wanted to try it out too. There’s this lady working in my office, she’s been doing it for a while now and she has lost so much of weight! It really does give you more of a figure even if you’re big in size.
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Rozella, that’s something to motivate me. I really had no idea what belly dancing could do to our body until I found the DVD. I should do it everyday, hehee!
Look Like a paid review but it is not. Good Luck with your belly Dancing
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Hahaa! It’s been long since my last paidpost. I couldn’t find the right topic from those sites anymore so…
I would love to learn Belly Dance, it is double benefits.
Weight Reduction + Belly Dance in your pocket.
You got it right, Ruchi. And you can do it at the comfort of your home, no need to go to the gym.
It’s funny because I bought Belly Dancing Video more than 4 years ago na yata, at once or twice ko lang yata ginawa yung dance dun. Ang tamad talaga, hehe. Subukan ko kaya ulit.
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Amor, bago ko nga lang naman na may exercise effect pala itong belly dancing. Kaya bumili agad ako’ng video para masubukan daw. But like you, tinatamad din ako kahit 30 min. lang yung haba ng workout.
Hello all,
Ang tagal kong nakabalik. … hhayz. how i wish nlng marunong akong mag belly dance. gusto ata ng isipan ko ang belly dance pero ayaw naman ng mga paa ko.
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I can imagine how hard it is to belly dance, dancing alone is already impossible for me
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