Zumba-licious + Jam-Packed Weekend

Wow, this weekend has been crazy!

I knew Friday night that I had a full day ahead of me, so I tried to keep dinner healthy.

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I tried to keep dinner light with some TJ’s Wild Blue Shrimp and some veggies – organic squash and organic red onion from our organic produce delivery service.

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For our carb, I heated up this cool new Kashi product I found – 7 Whole Grain Pilaf. It took a mere 60-90 seconds and was ready like that!

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Yum!

First, I went to a boot camp class with a couple zumba instructors to assist with an 8-9am Saturday class.

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I didn’t want to have a full stomach whilst zumba-ing the morning away, so I just had a Clif Energy bar in Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch.

It was pretty cool because I got to test out my cueing and mirroring skills and move around in the audience to try to help those who couldn’t see the lead instructor.

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Then, we rushed over to Southpark for the Asana Zumbathon! I downed a protein bar and lots of water. Water so was KEY today because of all the exercising – especially the outdoor part. I found these awesome and affordable gigantic bottles of electrolyte enhanced water at Trader Joe’s the other day and got 2 for Saturday’s events.

The Zumbathon went from 9:00 – 10:30am, but we got there right at 9:30 for the last hour. Better late, than never, right? 🙂

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I wish I had pictures, but alas, I left my camera in the car, so I found this one from Asana Activewear. The event was a blast! We’ll have to have one of those again soon. *crossing fingers*

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After the zumbathon, it was time to gear up for my zumba instructor auditions. I got some hummus from a local restaurant because I simply love it and it’s pretty healthy.

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I also got some fresh ingredients to make a delicious deli-style sandwich with a side of fresh, red pepper.

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I used Great Harvest Dakota bread, smoked turkey, tomato, organic baby spinach, and muenster cheese. It was so awesome! Filling, nutritious, and energy-providing.

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An hour before my audition, I made hubby and me a not-so-green smoothie with frozen, mixed berries, a banana, organic baby spinach, and skim milk.

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Although I put spinach in there, I think the berries won out as far as colors go. Hubby didn’t even know there was spinach in the smoothie till I told him…teehee. 🙂

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I wore a top I got especially for auditions, my zumba pants and used a black, leather cuff as my statement piece. I thought it added to the whole zumba look. 🙂 As for auditions, they went really well. I was nervous, but I am just pleased that I did about as well as I think I could have. I had to do 3 songs with mirroring and cueing and then some interview-type questions. Mostly, I was proud of my dancing…I was worried about messing up the routines, but they went very smoothly. No word yet on the results, but I’ll let you know.

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Later that night (yea, we’re still on Saturday…lol), we grilled out with friends.

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Hot!

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We did grilled onions on top of our burgers.

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Then, I topped my burger with a tomato slice, spinach, dab of mayo, mustard, and ketchup.

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I had a real Coke in a bottle (tastes so much better, I think) to drink.

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Trader Joe’s chocolate chip cookies were dessert.

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After dinner, we headed out to the marina…

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…for some night fishing….just as the sun was setting.

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We didn’t catch anything…

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…but we did have fun out on the water.

After night-fishing, we were ready to head home. I was sooo ready for bed after my extra long, but fun-filled day.

3 thoughts on “Zumba-licious + Jam-Packed Weekend”

  1. Sneaky Sneaky with the spinach! Mom and dad tried that with me and carrots but I could tell from the first sip that the smoothie didn't taste good, haha.

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