It was a fun day!

Yesterday was Operation Lose that Pot Belly Health and Fitness day in Nairobi! Here are the highlights! 

There were nutrition talks, and exhibitors outside, I have loads of photos, here are a few of the workout sessions. Thank you everyone! The day was fabulous! 

Zumba....I have never seen a class like this one

Probably because of the instructor, Jossy Simonet....my goodness she rocks! 

Guess who.....warming up the class for strength

And you cannot have strength without push ups..yes ladies, hate me for it, I will always have you do push ups in my class

My very fit friend and a personal trainer Wangare leading the bums and tums class....by the way she is training for a triathlon this year....I'm gonna paparazzi that too!

One of Wangare's victims...that class would have made me ache too if I wasn't pretending to take photos 

And then we cut the cake. On the Left, Janet who just had a baby but was there full force, on the right, Shiku, organised the event. Don't be fooled by her stature, she's a pocket hercules! 

 And I cannot forget our Mistress of ceremony? Mueni did a great job! She has the mic on this one.

Let's do this again sometime!

And in other news I squatted today, and it felt great...

Don't mind the blog heading, I was on a mini holiday for 9 days, and I missed the squat rack, today it felt like heaven.

But that's not what I wanted to talk about....the real blog title of the day is.....wait for it..........

Things that happened since I started lifting heavy

1. My husband tells everyone I can beat him up....

2. I stopped focussing on weight, I don't weigh myself, but when I am reminded to do so, I am pleasantly surprised to find that I am on the higher end of the recommended weight for my height, and I still don't care.

3. I love being strong, I challenge myself with every lift. I started focusing on getting stronger, on balancing strength gains throughout my body. I started learning about my body, because I broke my body down to bits in order to build it.

4. I made good friends at the gym, most of them call me "kairatu"....which means young girl...and I'm not, but I like it.

5. Really, my husband tells everyone I can beat him up....luckily they never believe him.

6. I became more confident. Not in what I wear, but it helps too, in life, generally. The discipline, the kind of commitment it takes to build cannot be left at the rack, no way, you take it with you. You sit with your back straighter, you look people in the eye, heck, you even start swimming in a two piece before that potbelly completely disappears. Just because your brain is getting stronger too.

7. I learned more about food, about what food does to your body, about eating well, and I share this with people that I know, and my daughter suffers the vegetables, the fresh foods, because I want her to grow up healthy. I cared more, read more, got informed because I want to progress. But you know what? It is an investment in my future, in the future of my family, because they in turn get influenced as well.

8. I see someone carrying what seems to be a gym bag and I want to start a conversation with them because you learn something new from someone all the time and you cannot know it all. Sometimes I look like a stalker but heck, I just tell them I'm "kairatu"

9. I have a new found respect for Arnold

Yap, Arnold rocks.

Have a good one!