{Video post} Not a costume
Halloween ended up being a fun whirlwind over here:
Teaching Zumba
doc appt
back to the casa to leave out candy for trick-or-treaters
dinner with madre and nana
[Twist my arm, eh?]
followed by some shopping…
A lovely day indeed 🙂
Remember last week when I said night weeks are over? Apparently it was a joke on me because the Pilot had a late night Halloween flight. I was glad that he flew instead of one of the pilots who has kids, and I just used the evening to hang out with the fam. For the holiday, many of my friends were with their husbands taking their new babies and young kids trick-or-treating (didn’t want to third-wheel it), while my other friends were out clubbing, so mom, nana and I enjoyed a girl’s night.
Breakfast of champions:
Egg and sliced goat cheese quesadilla with salsa
Snacks packed up to-go:
Organic GIANT grapes, an apple, and leftover sweet potato and black bean chili.
I ended up eating the fruit, but not the chili since I forgot it at the madre’s.
Conveniently, Whole Foods is on the way home and is often my post doc appt treat:
Chicken, miso-almond slaw, lentil and chickpea salad, chicken and a spaghetti squash pile topped with marinara. It’s funny because since we have Trader Joe’s and Sunflower Market here, I don’t go to Whole Foods nearly as much as I used to. Our bank account enjoys this greatly.
Throughout the day I also enjoyed a few mini Almond Joy’s and a Reese’s PB cup 🙂
So I was a little nervous about teaching Zumba at the high school yesterday. One of my friends who teaches choir at the school asked me to do a 5 or so dances during lunch after a flash mob that they had planned, and that they’d have a speaker set up in the dance room and one outside, so the kids at lunch could hear the music. I was nervous because high schoolers can be a tough crowd- they’re either shy, “too cool,” or will have a LOT of fun and get into it (which is the dream situation). When I taught dance back in the day, my high school hip hop girls were some of my favorites to teach. Today reminded me exactly why.
I have to give major props to the girls in the front, who came in yelling “Zumba!! ZUMBA!!!!” – their energy was fantastic. No one had seen the dances before, or ever taken Zumba and they picked it up like pros! I was so impressed at grateful to everyone for participating.
Of course things have been dialed down a little bit (I like to get a little crazy out there), but here are a couple of videos of me teaching Zumba with a 31-week baby belly:
My fave dance right now:
A classic (just a snippet since it’s not my choreography):
Feel free to dance along!
The best part was when students came up to me afterwards to ask if my belly was a Halloween costume. They thought I was *dressed up* 🙂
About to hop on a fun Skype conference call- I’ll be sure to post the deets (and a giveaway) tonight!
See ya later with a Family post <3
xoxo
Gina
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Gina, you can move!!! Even with your little lady inside of you!!! Love it!
I understand your nervousness about teaching high school students! Glad it went well and that you had such a pumped up group in the front!
I’ve been getting great fortunes, too. Last night my boyfriend got “We are very happy together” and it put a huge smile on my face. 🙂 I’d definitely love to get one telling me to have dessert though haha.
aww i love that!
You look AMAZING for 30+ weeks prego!!! Your belly does look fake bc the rest of you is still so tiny!!! Looks like you guys had a blasty!
So cute! I can’t believe how easily you move with your big baby bump, no wonder they thought it was a costume!
I love that they asked you if you were dressed up! You look great out there with your belly 🙂
Gina these videos are great! They instantly put a smile on my face. You really can shake it girl! 🙂
Wow! You can move like no otha! That baby doesn’t even seem to hold you back! I am seriously amazed! I made my husband watch too. 🙂
LOVE IT! You rocked it girl!! And I MUST have purple shoes!!!
Man, I would love to be in your Zumba class 🙂 You make my instructor look like Eyeore.
bahahahahahhaha I’ve never heard anyone compare their instructor to Eeyore!
Dang girl! You can move! and with a baby in your belly!
Impressed!
I have no rhythm bones over here. Ha.
You are too cute shaking your booty with your baby bump! Go girl!! 🙂 Very inspiring!
omg!! loved those videos..you are the cutest pregnant woman ever!! Go girl!
Wow, you can really move with the belly, this was so cool to watch! I would love to be in one of your zumba classes, I know you are an awesome fitness instructor!!
Ana
Look at you work it Gina! You’re awesome. I’d love to go to one of your classes if I lived in your area!
I definitely started laughing at the student in the 2nd video who was yelling “She’s PREGNANT!!” hahah
hilarious, right? we watched that part a few times.. those girls cracked me up
It cracked me up because I work with the teenagers at my church…and they would SO say something like that. Haha.
Lol, you can still shake it even with that baby belly!
Holy crap Gina, you and the baby were a’shakin’!!! Awesome job – I’m sure they absolutely LOVED you!
You can MOVE IT for how preggers you are!! I’ve done the second zumba dance before and it’s awesome!!! When I did zumba there for a bit, the teacher I really liked was preggers too, but she stopped way before you – making you extra awesome 😉
Your energy level at 31 weeks is amazing! At 0 weeks I’m not sure I could pull that off….
Way to rock it out Sista!! That was amazing. I love girls nights too. I am glad you had a nice night in spite of missing your hubby!
You rock! Love that you ar still doing this at 31 weeks. You look amazing.
Girl you can move!! That is awesome! I just went to my first Zumba “pump” class (with the weighted batan-things), but I think I would LOVE regular Zumba! It looks like so much fun!! 🙂
Good Lord girl!!!!! You can shake it with that buddha!!!!! WOW!
OMG, I cant totally see how they would think your belly is a costume, I have never seen a preggo lady have such awesome moves and high energy! You look fantastic! If these are dialed down, can you show me videos that are you at max? Holy cow, lady 🙂 Good for the school for inviting you, and good for the students! Loved the costumes as well.
You go Gina! You are so cute with your preggo belly! I’m seriously impressed with your booty zumba shaking at 31 weeks!! I’m not even sure I could shake it as I am now haha.
Way to go! I love that you can hear one of the girls yelling, “She’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!” Like she just cannot believe a pregnant woman can move like that.
OMG Gina you are hysterically adorable!!! Those video’s are so funny (in a great way)!! You are seriously working harder than anyone else that’s following, move that belly! Go Gina and Baby! 🙂 Work it girl!
You and baby girl have got it going on! You are still a great teacher, and everyone looked like they were having a blast!
Ahh! Que Te Pica (sp?) was my FAVORITE zubma dance to do when I still went to classes!! Then my regular teacher quit and they hired this girl who screams at her classes all the time and likes to replace half the choreography with jumping jacks… so I stopped going. 🙂 But you look SO awesome jamming out with baby!!
You’re an inspiration! My sis is teaching zumba now…gotta take more classes 🙂
You are the zumba teacher of my dreams!! I had an awesome teacher in college, but ever since then (out in the “real world”) I always end up finding a teacher who really gears classes towards the older ladies. You get so into it!
You look so cute teaching! I couldn’t stop smiling watchin’ you break it down with your belly bump!
dang momma, youve got some moves!
I can’t wait to try out that egg and goat cheese quesadilla, it looks delicious! I bought goat cheese Trader Joe’s over the weekend because you mention it so much, and it was amazing on my salad beast for dinner last night. 😀
Wow, you are rockin’ it! You look great, and so fun that those girls were so enthusiastic. Awesome energy! 🙂
Ahh! That looks like so much fun! I think you just put everyone in the mood to dance Gina 🙂
The ppl standing around in the back looking confused is like me when I take a dance class hahaha.
Awesome videos! You are droppin’ it like it’s hot! Congrats on the baby and amazing videos! 🙂
I love how much those kids got into it! You look fantastic!
YAY! You look fabulous! Thanks for sharing the video! Those girls were great too!
xoxo
You look awesome! 🙂
WOW!! You are an absolute inspiration! You are shakin’ it like a pro with that baby belly! Seriously…you should be ultra proud!
Seriously impressed with you! I don’t think I could keep up with you and I’m definitely not pregnant! Makes me wish I lived out there so I could come to your classes!!!
Wow, I thought I was pretty bad at Zumba dancing in general (I still LOVE it though!), but seeing you being pregnant and STILL being able to rock out makes me realize just how bad I am! Haha! You are so awesome and I hope that if I ever get pregnant, I can still work out as well as you! Congratulations on the little bundle of joy!
You go, girl! Look at you go with that beautiful belly, I loved it!
I cannot believe how hard you are workin’ it with a 31-week baby bump. You’re my hero.
Holy crap girl! You totally rocked it- looked like everyone was having a blast- and seriously.. I am impressed.. This is what I hope I can be like if I ever get pregnant! Where did you get your zumba training??
thank you! i got my license to teach zumba from zumba fitness (zumba.com), and have been teaching for 3 years 🙂
You are such a cute Zumba-er! It almost makes me want to do it again. Almost! How do you do it with your hair down though?! YUCK! Sweat all up in my face and sticky, sweaty hair! I sweat way too much when I’m working out. 🙂
OH you are MY HERO, look at you shaking it! I must say I love the “Te pica” song and routine. You ROCK! (PS I love reading your blog)
Haha, it’s actually kind of surreal to see such a pregnant woman doing some of those moves. You look fabulous, congrats on what was clearly a great class!