anyone bellydance?

[cowgrrl 0]

I currently bellydance 1 day/week. I'm curious if anyone dances for fitness & if so, has the band affected your ability to belly dance? I'm a bit concerned about the abdominal movements (belly rolls, tucks & pushes, etc).

Thanks!

[101906apr 0]

I would love to bellydance. I believe this to be a good chose in maintaining good weight and excellent source for exercising.

[pharmgirl 0]

There is a show on fit tv called "shimmy" where they teach bellydancing as a form of fitness. You just do what you can. It's really fun. It's on 3-4 times per week.

[Lap_dancer 8]

There is a show on fit tv called "shimmy" where they teach bellydancing as a form of fitness. You just do what you can. It's really fun. It's on 3-4 times per week.

SWEET! I'm calling my cable company to see if we get FIT TV. I have wanted to learn how to Belly Dance but am too embarrassed at my size and with my big belly (which is where I carry most of my weight). To top it off, the local teacher I have seen in the newspapers is a sweet girl I use to work with some 25 years ago. Her family is Greek and she is absolutely gorgeous.

I would love to take her class.

Why do I make excuses for the times I cannot until the times I can and it is all fat related???? ahhhhhh.

[hatmama 0]

I do bellydance one day a week also. Since I haven't mastered the "tummy roll" yet, I don't know how that will effect my band. I'm not real good at the shimmy yet, but it is so much fun. Our instructor works several nights a week dancing (teaches 5th grade otherwise) and she has shown us a video of her dances. I made 4 different outfits, including the headband so I could practice with different types/weights of material. It is a good all round exercise if you do it a lot (which I dont, sigh). I like my group, we have fatties and twiggys, and we help out each other with different routines. Several women have lost weight and/or firmed up. I found it thru a local recreation dept, now I go to her private classes. Sorry this post is so long, it's a wonderful exercise and fun.

[pharmgirl 0]

lapdancer- you look great, the girls on the show look like hour glasses. Usually that would depress me. But I try to turn it around and say "I want to work towards looking like that!" I know I'm not going to but I can have the same muscles they do. You just can't see them thru my fat;). I'm going to the md today & I'll ask about all the tummy rolls and such with regard to my(our)port. Good day

[pharmgirl 0]

My dr said go for it. Should be no problem for the port site. He says the really fasten those suckers down in there. No chance of movement. Even with belly rolls.:tt1:

[rharriet62 0]

I love Shimmy on Fit TV! I TiVo it and do it when I feel like doing something fun or when my body bugg says I need to burn some more cals and I've already worked out that day. It's fun. I have never had any trouble with my port or band or anything doing it. I did fling a glass of Water across the living room during a veil sweep, tho! LOL!

[cowgrrl 0]

SWEET! I'm calling my cable company to see if we get FIT TV. I have wanted to learn how to Belly Dance but am too embarrassed at my size and with my big belly (which is where I carry most of my weight). To top it off, the local teacher I have seen in the newspapers is a sweet girl I use to work with some 25 years ago. Her family is Greek and she is absolutely gorgeous.

I would love to take her class.

Why do I make excuses for the times I cannot until the times I can and it is all fat related???? ahhhhhh.

Don't let your weight/size stop you!! I am by no means the largest dancer in my class & I get such positive reinforcement, not only from my teacher but from my fellow students. Even the drummers, who are mostly male, are wonderful guys & very supportive (many of them have wives or SOs who are dancers). When I first started classes I could barely wear a tank top & workout pants. Now I wear harem pants & within 10 minutes of class starting my tank top is tucked under my bra with my belly jiggling for all to see!

This summer I did my first performance with a bare stomach (I do wear a flesh-tone bodysuit). My DH didn't see me before the show but was waiting off to the side to help me down the stairs (veil + long skirt + lots of sparkly bits + stairs = accident waiting to happen!). The look on his face when he saw me all done up with cleavage for miles & wonderful makeup done by a friend was worth the issues I had to get over in order to dance with a bare stomach.

[pharmgirl 0]

you are too funny rharriet62!! I haven't had any water bottle casualties yet. Thanks for the tip!

[jelbel 0]

I do the belly dance DVDs every evening and I have lost 2 inches from my waist.

I am also taking a latin cardio class.I'm not ashamed of my pear shaped body, I might be heavy,but not for long.....

[RainyDay 0]

Bellydance is fun! I also love Shimmy!

[2thebeach 0]

i take belly dance lessons also.. dr ortiz said it should be no problem for the band or the port. i have never felt any pain or discomfort while in class. i started taking lessons years ago before i got soooo big, and now that im losing, im starting back up again. ( im still big, but getting smaller so i figured what the heck) :cursing:

[vessa 1]

i love shimmy too!

I have a bad heel fracture, that occasionally slows me down (cannot stand on toes) At first I felt pretty reiculous, but then, GASP! I kinda felt like,"Yeah, I'm sexy, look at me shakin' my money maker", and I will tell you, even when I was thin, I never, ever felt sexy exercising.

I suck at it, I'm sure, but good lord, the day I show off learned moves to my husband, he will be so flipped out!

Fun exercise that makes me feel sexy and can be new and exciting for my husband? I love it!

[deneicy 0]

I took classes for a year and loved it and also wondered how my new Realize port would respond to rolls. It seems to be settling in well. No weird feelings in a week or so.

I loved it. In fact, I'm wearing my favorite dance scarf in my photo.

I could see my 6 pack peeking thru when I was about 10 lbs lighter than I am now....and had also been working with a trainer 3x weekly for 2 years! That's thousands of crunches, I imagine. LOL

Best!