Losing Weight To Music as Part Of a Free Weight Loss Program

I trained as a keep fit instructor, specialising in exercise to music and nutrition. Although I do all forms of exercise, I must admit that, the nicest part of My Free Weight Loss Program is being able to do the exercise I like best - dancing.

I love music. It can raise my mood when I feel low and it always makes me want to get up on my feet and dance. So what better way to help myself lose the excess weight and give my body a good workout than by dancing?

When I trained as an exercise instructor, I spent many an hour perfecting my moves, to see if they coordinated and were easy for beginners to follow. I set up tape after tape, mixing them all so that they provided an exercise low impact warm up, then a build up to a real aerobic workout and then slowly back down to the cool down and some stretching at the end.

It's surprising how much work it takes the keep fit instructor to get their classes just right and to have a variety of exercise moves to fit for beginners and the more advanced. In actual fact, taking a keep fit instructor's course is a really good way to keep slim and fit, because you have to try out all the moves yourself first and you have to eat a healthy diet in order to be able to keep on at this, day after day, unti l you get it right!

Nevertheless, I cannot recommend it as part of my free weight loss program, because you have to pay to take a course, but never mind, for anyone adventurous it's definitely worth a thought and I could almost guarantee that you would lose weight and be a whole lot fitter for doing it!

But anyway, the reason I am writing here about losing weight and keeping fit by dancing is because I have been resorting to this form of exercise more and more over the last few days. The weather here has been rainy - not the time to go mountain climbing to keep fit! So I got out some of my old CDs and exercise tapes and bopped around the living room.

And, do you know, not only have I lost another pound or two (I'll weigh myself tomorrow - it could be more), but I actually feel happy about exercising this way and that's always a bonus to any weight loss plan.

It's all very well that you naturally feel good once the pounds start to fall off and you are on your way to a slimmer you, with a flatter stomach and sleeker muscles, but sometimes dieting and exercise can get a little tedious; there's no two ways about it.

But when you do something you actually enjoy, and you know it's doing you good, it's a great bonus to any dieting plan wouldn't you say?

I also find I put much more effort into the exercise if I enjoy it. If you peeked into my living room while I'm dancing you would see me going at it like a woman possessed! I can work up a real sweat this way, but just think of the calories I am burning. Yay!

The forecast here is for sunshine again soon, so I guess I will have no excuse not to get out in more fresh air to get my exercise, but I will still do some dancing to keep the aerobic part of the weight loss plan going. And, in any case, I have loads of CDs I haven't bothered to listen to in months just waiting to be played, so why not?

So, basically, my free weight loss program is going to plan. I am feeling fitter. I know I have lost at least 3 pounds of fat. And I am feeling much better about myself already.

All in all, that can't be bad, can it?